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'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 ...

A Young Russian Soldier Offers A Harrowing Chronicle Of His Experiences In The Chechen Wars That Captures The Fear, Chaos, Hardship, Drudgery, And Brutality...

This is the next issue of the Anglotopia Print magazine. It features many articles about British Travel, Culture, and History. It has 64 full color pages ...

This is a major new edition of a stimulating and authoritative book. Merry Wiesner has updated and expanded her prize-winning study; she has added new secti...

As we are approaching our fin de sielce, issues of time and memory haunt contemporary culture. Musuems and memorials are being constructed rapidly, as if t...

Machine Generated Contents Note: Introduction -- I. Date And Fate Of The Mosaic Map -- Ii. Character And Geographical Value Of The Map -- Iii. Sources Of Th...

Based on exhaustive research by a trained historian, the definitive work on the Ripper murders includes much new material, the discovery of a possible new v...

The First Plantagenet King Inherited A Blood-soaked Kingdom From The Normans And Transformed It Into An Empire Stretched At Its Peak From Scotland To Jerusa...

Many books on the Luftwaffe in World War II have been published over the years, although the Night Fighter´s branch has been studied less often. In our Gui...

"There was a smell in the air of tar and rope and rusted chain, a smell of tidal water. Down harbour, around the point, was the open sea. Here was the freed...

The Millennium Between The Breakup Of The Western Roman Empire And The Reformation Was A Long And Hugely Transformative Period--one Not Easily Chronicled Wi...

Countless myths and legends attest to the ancient sanctity of the Isle of Avalon. Yet archaeologists have long been puzzled by the absence of material evide...

The author Igor Nebolsin continues with his detailed chronology of the 2nd Guards Tank Armys combat operations. This volume includes the hard fighting outsi...

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 ...

This Is The Second In The Comprehensive Ten-volume Germany And The Second World War. The Five Volumes So Far Published In German Take The Story To The End O...

Following on from the hit BBC series Victorian Farm, this book accompanies a new 12-part BBC series. This time, Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands, and Peter Ginn...

A powerful and true story of warfare and human survival that exposes a side of World War II that is unknown by many— this is the story of Wolfram Aïchel...

Celtic origins, heroes, and stories spring to life in T. W. Rolleston's classic work, Celtic Myths and Legends. Spanning thousands of years and across tho...

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...

This book reads like a legal thriller; it will leave you thinking about the nature of justice and inspired by the human spirit.-Sister Helen Prejean Justic...

Hobsbawm's classic history, repackaged as an Abacus History GreatCategories: HistoryWorld

From one of the most prominent biographers of the Nazi period, a new and provocative portrait of the figure behind the century's worst crimesAcclaimed hist...

This Book Includes Documents Pertinent To Benjamin Franklin Found In The Archives Of Spain. These Documents Speak To The Relatively Unknown History Of Spain...

The third edition of Europe 1783-1914 provides a comprehensive overview of Europe from the outbreak of the French Revolution to the origins of the First Wo...

To understand Russian history without understanding serfdom—the peasant-lord relationship that shaped Russia for centuries—is impossible. Still, before...

The Birth of a Great Power System, 1740-1815 examines a key development in modern European history: the origins and emergence of a competitive state system....

Editor, Thomas Hinde. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 343) And Index.Categories: History EuropeGreat Britain

Alistair Urquhart was a soldier in the Gordon Highlanders, captured by the Japanese in Singapore. Forced into manual labor as a POW, he survived 750 days i...

A new and major contribution to the field, Women in European Culture and Society is a transnational history of women in Europe from the beginning of the ei...