Military History

Author: Emmanuel Le Roy LadurieBinding: PaperbackPublished: Yale University Press., 1995Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Water damage to various pages and edges, foxed edges, previous...

Author: A. KostenevichBinding: HardbackPublished: Aurora Art Publishers., 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe Hermitage, one of the world's biggest treasuries of Western European art, already had a wide...

"Studies in Ancient Technology" forms a series of books, each containing a number of essays on ancient technology, covering both the preclassical and classical period and demonstrating the continuity and...

England, late 1547. Henry VIII is dead. His 14-year-old daughter Elizabeth is living with the old king's widow Catherine Parr and her new husband Thomas Seymour. Ambitious, charming and dangerous,...

One of the inspirations for the smash hit Broadway musical Come From Away , Channel of Peace is an unforgettable memoir of the extraordinary kindness afforded to passengers whose flights...

Tracing the life of one of the most highly regarded political figures of his generation, this work presents both the public and private sides of Paine's life. It was written...

This is a composite biography of the queens and royal bedfellows of these centuries, and provides a fascinating picture of their political importance and the many factors that affected their...

Esme Howard (1863-1939), 1st Baron Howard of Penrith, was one of Britain's most important diplomats of the early part of this century. Linguistically and diplomatically gifted, he was an integral...

As a soldier and an emperor, Napoleon was ruthless and determined; as a lover, he showed the same single-minded ferocity. Christopher Hibbert introduces us to the many intriguing women behind...

During the Second World War, Winston Churchill won two resounding victories. The first was a victory over Nazi Germany, the second a victory over the legion of sceptics who had...

An Open Elite? sets out to test the traditional view that for centuries English landed society has been open to new families made rich by business or public office. From...

McIntyre traces Joshua Reynolds' journey from his humble origins as the seventh child of the Reverend Samuel Reynolds in Devon to the splendour and pomp of his funeral at St...

The brilliant sequel to the prize-winning Enlightenment. 'As an introduction to early modern thinking and the impact of past ideas on present lives, this book can find few equals and...

This book studies the evolution of the family from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century and how the process radically influenced child-rearing, education, contraception, sexual behaviour and marriage.

How did Edward VII, whose reign lasted for only nine years, become one of the most popular and well-known of British monarchs? This biography, combining informative text with illustrations, provides...

A compelling history of the German ethnologists who were inspired by Prussian polymath and explorer Alexander von HumboldtThe Berlin Ethnological Museum is one of the world's largest and most important...

A comprehensive intellectual history of the idea of the West How did "the West" come to be used as a collective self-designation signaling political and cultural commonality? When did "Westerners"...

Lord Byron described Greece as great, fallen, and immortal, a characterization more apt than he knew. Through most of its long history, Greece was poor. But in the classical era,...

Most people will admit to a passion for islands. For some it's the romance of a Swiss Family Robinson adventure, for others simply the discovery of a hideaway where a...

La Roja is bestselling author Jimmy Burns tremendous opus on Spanish soccer. From its early beginnings when the first soccer on the shores of Bilbao and Buenos Aires was played...

Apirana Turupa Ngata (1874-1943) of Ngati Porou was one of the most important and illustrious New Zealanders of the twentieth century. He was the most influential Maori leader of recent...

Author: Robert JacksonBinding: HardbackPublished: Brown Books, 2002Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive historical account chronicles the pivotal role of aerial combat in the Second World War. It meticulously details...

The children of survivors of the Holocaust, the second generation, are in middle life, their own children already independent. This volume contains a collection of personal reflections of the child...

Author: Musée d'OrsayBinding: PaperbackPublished: San Francisco, CA Munich; New York [Paris, France]: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; DelMonico Books/Prestel Publishing; Musée d'Orsay, 2005Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No...

This fully documented account of ' the first American' gives a detailed and lively picture of the writer who invented the lightning conductor; the politician who spent years as emissary...

Author: Nienke BakkerBinding: HardbackPublished: Van Gogh Museum, 2011Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis insightful art history volume, Vincent Van Gogh And Montmartre, chronicles a pivotal period in the artist's...

Author: Frank FosterBinding: HardbackPublished: Skeffington and Son Ltd, 1946Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsComrades in Bondage presents a firsthand...

The next-true life NCIS story from New York Times bestselling authors Mark Harmon and Leon Carroll, Jr. Panama, 1989. The once warm relationship between United States and Gen. Manuel Noriega...

A REESE'S BOOK CLUB X HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK PICK * THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER This book is my story about growing up in a Black girl's body. It's about...

Fox News Channel's Chief Political Anchor reveals George Washington's indispensable-yet overlooked-contributions to America's founding " To Rescue The Constitution is a masterful exploration of the electrifying struggle to unite a...

Author: Olwen H. HuftonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Fontana Press, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling historical analysis, Europe: Privilege And Protest 1730-1789, chronicles...

Author: ProcopiusBinding: PaperbackPublished: Penguin Classics, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis historical exposé The Secret History uncovers the scandalous underbelly of the...

Author: Sir Maurice PowickeBinding: HardbackPublished: Clarendon Press, 1953Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis authoritative historical account, The Thirteenth Century: 1216-1307, chronicles...

Author: Walter PfeifferBinding: HardbackPublished: THAMES AND HUDSON, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis volume presents a captivating visual and historical journey through the...

Author: Iris OrigoBinding: HardbackPublished: CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, 1111Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Stained book block. The acclaimed historical work The Last Attachment:...

Author: Compiled By The Editors Of The Danish National EncyclopediaBinding: HardbackPublished: The Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1996Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive volume presents an...

From the acclaimed author of The Gunpowder Age, a book that casts new light on the history of China and the West at the turn of the nineteenth century. George...

Author: Charles DickensBinding: HardbackPublished: Readers Digest Association., 1999Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsA sweeping historical novel, A Tale Of Two Cities chronicles the tumultuous years leading up to and during...

Author: -Binding: PaperbackPublished: Marshall Cavendish in association with the Imperial War Museum, 1990Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Map and Facsimile Newspaper...

Author: -Binding: PaperbackPublished: Marshall Cavendish Collection in association with the Imperial War Museum, 1990Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Map and Facsimile...

Author: -Binding: PaperbackPublished: Marshall Cavendish in association with the Imperial War Museum, 1990Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Map and Facsimile Newspaper...

Author: -Binding: PaperbackPublished: Marshall Cavendish Collection in association with the Imperial War Museum, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Map and Facsimile...

Author: -Binding: PaperbackPublished: Marshall Cavendish Collection in association with the Imperial War Museum, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Map and Facsimile...

Author: -Binding: PaperbackPublished: Marshall Cavendish in association with the Imperial War Museum, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Map and Facsimile Newspaper...

Author: -Binding: PaperbackPublished: Marshall Cavendish in association with the Imperial War Museum, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Map and Facsimile Newspaper...

Author: -Binding: PaperbackPublished: Marshall Cavendish Collection in association with the Imperial War Museum, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Map and Facsimile...

Author: -Binding: PaperbackPublished: Marshall Cavendish Collection in association with the Imperial War Museum, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Map and Facsimile...

Author: H. V. MortonBinding: HardbackPublished: METHUEN & CO. LTD, LONDON, 1956Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsA Stranger In Spain...