Europe

An ideal first dictionary that gives learners all the help they need to use new vocabulary correctly.Categories: ReferenceEnglish as a Second Language

Albanians -- Serbs -- Creating History -- From Dardania To Yugoslavia -- Kosovo In Yugoslavia -- From The Golden Age To The Memorandum -- The Milošević-ru...

'Larson is a marvelous writer...superb at creating characters with a few short strokes.'-New York Times Book ReviewErik Larson has been widely acclaimed as ...

An array of five hundred photographs, many never before released, provides a visual portrait of Diana, Princess of Wales, and includes anecdotes about and r...

A seasonal meander through the wilds of Scotland. 'If Clanlands was a gentle road trip through Scotland, this almanac is a top down, pedal to the metal up ...

On 2 June 1953, 27-year-old Princess Elizabeth of York was crowned Queen, the eyes of the world upon her as she dedicated herself to her country. It is fasc...

A rich social history of the eighteenth century that accompanies a BBC TV series, here is the story of four sisters as threads in the tapestry of a grand er...

From The Acclaimed Biographer Of The Sisters, The Story Of One Of The Most Remarkable Women Of The 19th Century, Who Traveled Far And Wide On A Quest For Tr...

With nearly 1,500 Broadway performances, six Tony Awards, more than three million albums sold, and five Academy Awards, The Sound of Music, based on the li...

It could have been the biggest military disaster suffered by the British in the Second World War, but against all odds the British army was successfully ev...

From the bestselling author of How the Irish Saved Civilization, a fascinating look at how medieval thinkers created the origins of modern intellectual mov...

The heroes and villains, triumphs and disasters of English history are instantly familiar—from the Norman Conquest to Henry VIII, Queen Victoria to the t...

General Francisco Franco came to prominence during the days of David Lloyd George and Woodrow Wilson and was able to cling to absolute political power unti...

Discover how a boy became devoted to the people who enslaved him, returned to their shores, and changed Ireland forever... He was taken from his home in En...

How was Great Britain made? And what does it mean to be British? This brilliant and seminal book examines how a more cohesive British nation was invented a...

the Story Of The Bayeux Tapestry — From Its Origins And Creation To Its Long And Dramatic Afterlife.the Vivid Scenes On The Bayeux Tapestry Depict The Event...

Investigating Babyn Yar Tells The Story Of The Murder Of Kyiv's Jews Using Available Fragmentary Evidence. The Book Follows The Trail Of Discarded Property ...

First of the widely celebrated and sumptuously illustrated series, this book reveals in intimate detail what life was really like in the ancient world. Be...

"Full of fascinating characters, deeds of heroic daring . . . [a] powerful book."--New York TimesOne of the last secrets of World War II is why the Germans...

Francis Spufford explores the British obsession with polar exploration in a book that Jan Morris, writing in The Times, called, "A truly majestic work of sc...

Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Delambre and Pierre-Francois-Andre Mechain set out from Paris in 1792 with a common goal. headed in opposite directions, they hoped to...

Will & Kate: A Royal Family is one of an exciting series of lush books celebrating some of the most popular and influential figures of the day – who ...

Covering A Vast Area, From The Home Front To Nazi Europe And Japan, Lyn Smith Has Compiled A Richly Diverse And Moving Collection Of Testimonies, Which Reve...

A behind-the-gates journey into Buckingham, Balmoral, and Sandringham palaces reveals for the first time how the royals really live, including portraits of ...

Andrés Sopeña Monsalve. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [235]-239).Categories: Education & TeachingSchools & Teaching

«La imagen de Notre-Dame en llamas me dejó aturdido y profundamente afectado. Me encontraba al borde de las lágrimas. Algo de un valor incalculable estab...

A bold new accounting of the great social and political upheavals that enveloped Europe between 1914 and 1945—from the Russian Revolution through the Secon...

Ryszard Legutko lived and suffered under communism for decades--and he fought with the Polish ant-communist movement to abolish it. Having lived for two de...

A significant retelling of the often-misunderstood tale of Lady Jane Grey's journey through her trial and execution―recalling the dangerous plots and web...

Introduction: Kossovo Day -- History: War By Other Means -- Slobodan. Milosevic@gov.yu -- Phantom State -- Homeland Calling -- Friends From The Woods -- Quo...

The Second World War might have officially ended in May 1945, but in reality it rumbled on for another ten years... The end of the Second World War in Euro...

An Award-winning Author Reconsiders The Role Of Historians In Political Debate. For Generations, British Thinkers Told The History Of An Empire Whose Story ...

the Tragedies Of Bosnia And Kosovo Are Often Explained Away As The Unchangeable Legacy Of Centuries-old Hatreds. In This Richly Detailed, Expertly Balance...

The Inspiring Story Of A Young Armenian's Harrowing Escape From Genocide And Of His Granddaughter's Quest To Retrace His Steps. Growing Up, Dawn Mackeen Hea...

Maidens In Tasseled Gowns And Elaborate Headpieces. Jousting Knights In Armor With Swords And Breastplates. Young Men In Flowing Robes And Wide-brimmed Hats...

This volume forms the third part of one of the finest general introductions to the medieval world of prevailing times. Lavishly illustrated, with numerous a...

Perfect for fans of The Crown, this captivating biography from a New York Times bestselling author follows Queen Elizabeth II and her sister Margaret as the...

Winner of the 2017 Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize for nature writingThe natural history of the Western Front during the First World War'If it weren't fo...

Which king ordered everyone to bed at 8pm? How many Pot Noodles are sold every second in Great Britain? How many streets must a London cabbie memorize in or...

With the sudden Argentine invasion of the remote Falkland Islands on 2 April 1982 the United Kingdom found itself at war. Due to the resolve of a determined...

This practical book is designed to help not only the specialist, but also the primary and middle school teacher, whose responsibility it is to provide gymna...

A pedagogically innovative new edition of the most-balanced and best-selling western civilizations text of all time. New to the Western Civilizations team...

A fresh look at how three important twentieth-century British thinkers viewed capitalism through a moral rather than material lens What’s wrong with capi...

Describes political developments in Europe from the aftermath of World War II to the decline of the Soviet empire. Describes polit...

Prologue: Our Title To India -- Empire At War -- Harvesting The Colonies -- Scorched -- At Any Price -- Death Of A Thousand Cuts -- An Occupied And Starving...

The history and philosophy of the mysterious Cathar religion and its lost treasure • Demonstrates that Catharism is not simply a heretical Christian cul...

Patrick Pearse's role in the development of Irish nationalism remains controversial. Previous historical analysis has tended to view him as either a saint-...

in This Original And Meticulous Work Of Historical Ethnography, Janice Boddy Deftly Offers An Acute Analysis Of Imperial Ambition And The Gendering Of Pol...