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The story of the hero behind the attempt to kill Hitler, the subject of Valkyrie, starring Tom Cruise, set for June 2008 release. By July of 1944, the Thi...

From Finland To Newfoundland And Jelling To Jerusalem, Follow In The Wake Of The Vikings -- A Transformative Story Of A People That Begins With Paganism And...

A kind of meditation on Welsh history, past and future, from Owen Glendower to the 21st century, centred on the town of Machynlleth.Categories: ReferenceLan...

An Account Of The Worst Cholera Outbreak In Victorian London--and An Exploration Of How Dr. John Snow's Solution Revolutionized The Way We Think About Disea...

The complete Cambridge History of Latin America presents a large-scale authoritative survey of Latin America's unique historical experience from the first c...

The Third Reich was the twentieth century’s most popular tyranny. After Adolf Hitler took power in 1933, most of Germany’s civil servants and profession...

Looking at the historical evolution of the central political institutions, and the social milieu surrounding them, this book helps to explain Britain's pree...

"An extraordinary book . . . Peter Ackroyd is arguably the most talented and prolific writer working in Britain today." ―Daily Express (UK) In Foundation...

From the Gilded Age until 1914, more than 100 American heiresses invaded Britannia and swapped dollars for titles—just like Cora Crawley, Countess of Gran...

A surprising and lively history of an overlooked era that brought the modern world of art, culture, and science decisively into view. The Victorians are of...

This Text Focuses On A Selection Of Case-studies Drawn From Events In The Habsburg, Romanov And Ottoman Empires, As Well As The Nation-states That Arose Fro...

Written Directly After Combat, Rommel Critiques His Own Battle Strategies And Tactics During World War I In An Attempt To Learn Further From His Losses And ...

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The Most Profound Characteristic Of Western Europe In The Middle Ages Was Its Cultural And Religious Unity, A Unity Secured By A Common Alignment With The P...

“In December 1776, a small boat delivered an old man to France.” So begins a dazzling narrative account of Benjamin Franklin’s French mission, the most exa...

Book by Pirenne, HenriCategories: History EuropeWestern

Jedwin Smith. Includes Index.Categories: Science & Math Earth SciencesGeography

A tour through the centuries and through a bizarre Italian town in search of an unbelievable relic: the foreskin of Jesus Christ In December 1983, a pri...

1. War And Peace -- 2. The Fight For Peace -- 3. On The Brink -- 4. Trials By Fire -- 5. Pushing The Envelope -- 6. Hitting The Fan -- 7. Doubling The Stake...

The basis for the PBS Masterpiece series starring Samantha Bond (Downton Abbey) and Francesca Annis (Cranford) Away from the frontlines of World War II, in...

Jessica Warner. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 225-262) And Index.Categories: HistoryWorld

The Civilization of the Italian Renaissance offers material drawn from the fourteenth to the early sixteenth centuries surveying the social, economic, polit...

Takes a detailed look at each ruler, revealing their life, achievements and failures, as well as their impact on the wider world. Now in a new handy-forma...

Explore the changing nature of the West Rather than looking at Western civilization only as the history of Europe from ancient times to the present, t...

Dispatches From The New Britain: A Slyly Funny And Compulsively Readable Portrait Of A Nation Finally Refurbished For The Twenty-first Century. Naughty Boys...

"[Julian Barnes] reinvents the wheel; I'm always fascinated to see what shape it's going to be next."—Jay McInerney With the same brilliant style and idio...

Algernon Percy. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 230-233) And Index.Categories: HistoryWorld

The true story behind the award-winning movie of the same name, The King's Speech is written by London Sunday Times journalist Peter Conradi and Mark Logue...

all The Mystery, Earthiness And Romance Of The Middle Ages Are Captured In This Panorama Of Everyday Life. The Evolving Concepts Of Intimacy Are Explored--...

Retraces Two Critical Centuries Of Middle Eastern History, Presents An Intriguing Chronicle Of The Crusades, And Offers Insights Into The Forces That Shape ...

The son of a musician, Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) tried at first to enter a monastery before engaging the skills that made him the foremost scientist of hi...

From tales of chivalrous knights to the barbarity of trial by ordeal, no era has been a greater source of awe, horror, and wonder than the Middle Ages. In...

The definitive history of Austria’s multinational army and its immense role during three centuries of European military history Among the finest examples...

The sequel to Jennifer Worth's New York Times bestselling memoir and the basis for the PBS series Call the Midwife When twenty-two-year-old Jennifer Worth...

Describes the activities on a medieval manor, including the role of peasants, farmers, tradespeople, women, and children.Categories: HistoryEurope

From the winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize, an extraordinary story of the meteoric rise and fall of King James I’s favorite, George Villiers, the first ...

Tourists Know Amsterdam As A Picturesque City Of Low-slung Brick Houses Lining Tidy Canals; Student Travelers Know It For Its Legal Brothels And Hash Bars; ...

In This Rich, Irreverent, Compelling History, Nobel Prize-winning Physicist Steven Weinberg Takes Us From Ancient Miletus To Medieval Baghdad And Oxford, Fr...

The Perfect St. Patrick's Day Gift, And A Book In The Best Tradition Of Popular History -- The Untold Story Of Ireland's Role In Maintaining Western Culture...

Eleanor Herman. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 257-274) And Index.Categories: Medical Books PsychologySocial Psychology & Interactions

The League of Nations - pre-cursor to the United Nations - was founded in 1919 as a response to the First World War to ensure collective security and preven...

Winston and Clementine Churchill wrote to each other constantly throughout the fifty-seven years of their life together, from the passionate and charming ...

Nemesis: Medieval England's Greatest EnemyCategories: HistoryMilitary

This study examines the Norman settlement of Anglo-Saxon England, that was begun before 1066 but which was made permanent by military conquest between 1066 ...

Colin Morris traces the origin of the concept of the individual, not to the Renaissance where it is popularly assumed to have been invented, but farther bac...

Spanning 500 years of British history, a revealing look at the secret lives of some great (and not-so-great) Britons, courtesy of one of the world’s most ...

I. Parentage And Early Life, C. 1096-1135 -- Ii. The Succession, 1135-1136 -- Iii. Mistakes, 1136-1139 -- Iv. The Empress And Her Party, 1136-1140 -- V. Dis...

* from USA. Will take 25-35 daysCategories: History EuropePortugal & Spain