1917, Paperback

The book is about what happened to one man in the course of the Great War and it will certainly appeal to people interested in such things and to d...

`It is unlikely that a clearer, more stimulating account of the Russians' extraordinary period of imperial history will be written.' Philip Marsden...

DescriptionWhen workers and peasants rose up across Russia and smashed the centuries old Tsarist autocracy their actions reverberated across the wo...

Reducere. This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base f...

A study of Russia from 1848 to 1914. It is designed to fulfil the AS and A Level specifications in place from September 2000. The AS section deals ...

DescriptionHailed as "a rousing read" by The New York Times, this breathtaking chronicle of Antarctic exploration was written by expedition leader ...

In this clear and accessible introduction to late Imperial Russia, Professor Hutchinson outlines the key problems facing the Tsarist regime, and th...

In Life Is Elsewhere, Anne Lounsbery shows how nineteenth-century Russian literature created an imaginary place called "the provinces"-a place at o...

A concise introduction to the Russian Revolution and its origins dating back to the emancipation of the Russian peasant serfs in 1861.

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: C. GavittA valuable aid to the memory of the Masonic student for learning the degree work written in code. Essential for al...

Co-published with the European Ethnological Research Centre, in the Flashbacks series. Andrew Ramage, the son of a farm servant, kept a diary over ...

It has been said that Herbert Hoover was responsible for saving more lives than any other person in history. This phenomenal achievement, long obsc...

The Greatest Expedition Rescue in HistoryExperience one of the most unexpected survival stories in modern history. Read the first-hand account of S...

On July 12, 1917, in the mining town of Bisbee Arizona, twelve hundred striking miners and their supporters were rounded up by forces organized by ...

A much needed investigation of the influence and legacy of Ukraine's revolutionary workers' movement.Publisher: Haymarket BooksAuthor(s): Marko Boj...

The Bolshevik seizure of power in 1917 and the ensuing communist regime have often been portrayed as a man's revolution, with women as bystanders o...

Reducere. This expanded volume of the distinguished poet's work contains 29 previously uncollected poems, some that had been published, and some found in man...

For Emma Goldman, the "High Priestess of Anarchy, " anarchism was "a living force in the affairs of our life, constantly creating new conditions, "...

A groundbreaking study that shatters longstanding assumptions about the nature and origins of the Russian RevolutionPublisher: Haymarket BooksAutho...

How working-class socialist women changed the course of American history.Publisher: Verso BooksAuthor(s): Meredith TaxNumber of pages: 368Publicati...

Reducere. This slim volume contains recipes for 173 of Tom Bullock's most famous and popular cocktails. Perhaps best known for mixing a Mint Julep so delicio...

Through a detailed history of the asylum at Ticehurst in Sussex, Charlotte MacKenzie explores the consumer revolution which stimulated the prolifer...

Publisher: Heritage House Publishing Co LtdAuthor(s): Rich MoleNumber of pages: 144Publication date: 2012Dimensions: 200 x 160 x 9Cover type: Paper...

Reducere. "Broué enables us to feel that we are actually living through these epoch-making events.... [D]o not miss this magnificent work."--Robert Brenner, ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Dr Stephen BullIllustration(s): 40 b/w; 17 colNumber of pages: 80Collection: CombatPublication date:...

DescriptionAmid the twists and turns of her survival to this day, the story of the light cruiser HMS Caroline spans a century and more. This book f...

The first global history of 1917-a year of calamitous events, and of pivotal importance in the development of the First World War.

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Biography of Richard Wain from Penarth, Glamorgan, who won the Victoria Cross for his heroic actions at the Battle of Cambrai in the First World Wa...

Reducere. Engineered Irony, a 150th commemorative edition, revisits civil engineers Octave Chanute and George Morison's greatest achievement to 1869-the comp...

Reducere. Great revolutions make history. Conservative resistance and counter-revolutions only delay their progress. The French revolution invented modern po...

Of all the tomes published on the centenary of the Russian Revolution, none will reckon with a key part of the story: what if the revolutionaries' ...

Winner of the National Jewish Book AwardWinner of the Washington Institute Book PrizeOne of the Best Books of the YearSt. Louis Post-Dispatch * Kir...

DescriptionHow did a regime that promised utopian-style freedom end up delivering terror and tyranny? For some, the Bolsheviks were totalitarian an...

Reducere. In Volume I, E. H. Carr begins with an analysis of the events in Russian history from 1898 to 1917 that shaped the course of the Revolution. He exa...

Reducere. In Volume III, Russia's geographical position as both a European and an Asian power and her twin aims of promoting world revolution and establishin...

Reducere. Tony Cliff was a lifelong organizer within the international socialist movement. His groundbreaking work established the unique interpretation of t...

Reducere. The second volume discusses the regime's economic policies; the civil war and the subsequent series of radical measures known as "war communism"; t...

Drawing on exhaustive research from interviews and unpublished archival material, John Richardson has produced the long-awaited third volume of the...

Reducere. How a new American identity was forged by immigration and expansion a century ago.In Barbarian Virtues, Matthew Frye Jacobson offers a keenly argue...

Reducere. Gaza conflict-the forgotten history. The Palestine Campaign of World War One has been largely ignored in the popular press, and this book seeks to ...

Reducere. A complete reproduction of the Vintage Cocktail Book "The Ideal Bartender" originally published in 1917. Tom Bullock became to be a well-recognized...

Examines a fascinating and critical epoch in the architectural history of Jerusalem. It proposes a fresh and analytical discussion of British Manda...

DescriptionAt the beginning of 1917, the three empires fighting on the Eastern Front were reaching their breaking points, but none was closer than ...

During World War I, a specialized Russian battalion comprised of ethnic Czechs and Czech and Slovak prisoners of war--the Legion--became a pawn in ...

Reducere. DescriptionMarianna Peters, the daughter of German-speaking parents, takes us back to quieter times when a family's life and industry was centered ...

Depuis des d cennies, les m dias officiels et les historiens conformistes, abreuv s de propagande am ricaine, nous racontent que le monde libre a t...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Fredrik LogevallNumber of pages: 816Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 129 x 197 x 49Cover type: Paperback / ...

Help your students achieve their full potential while ensuring pace, enjoyment and motivation with this unique series from the leading History publ...

This book presents a comprehensive overview of the history, archaeology and architecture of the city of Ramla from the time of its foundation as th...

Intends to recreate the Pablo Picasso's life and work during the decade of 1907-17 - a period during which the artist and Georges Braque invented C...

This is the first volume of a new integrated documentary history of the Soviet Union. Conceived as companion to the highly-regarded, best-selling 4...

New addition to the Images of War series, focussing on the Sopwith Camels flown over Italy during the First World War and the victories achieved by...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Dr Douglas H. IsraelIllustration(s): Black & white and colour photos.Number of pages: 64Collection: ...

Reducere. In Enemies and Neighbors, Ian Black, who has spent four decades studying and covering the Middle East, offers a major new history of the Arab-Zioni...

Reducere. With air travel a regular part of daily life in North America, we tend to take the infrastructure that makes it possible for granted. However, the ...

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Reducere. A classic work depicting the early months of the Russian Revolution, featuring a new introduction for the revolution's centenary. During the months...

The Iranian holocaust was one of the worst genocides of the 20th century, yet it remained concealed for nearly a century. Using primary sources suc...

New B-format paperback edition. The murders but also the exciting escapes of the wider Romanov family - the Tsar's mother, siblings and cousins. Di...

The experience of a group of Russian avant-garde artists (such as Kazimir Malevich, Vassily Kandinsky, Alexander Rodchenko, Olga Rozanova, Vladimir...

Supporting great history teaching: developing confident, articulate and successful historians. Our new resources* include 16 Student Books - one fo...

A new centenary history of the infamous Western Front campaign for the Belgian village of Passchendaele fought from 31 July - 10 November 1917.

Retaining all the well-loved features, this book is now matched to the new AQA specification and covers AS and A Level content together. With a str...

Publisher: Lit VerlagAuthor(s): Hans-Dietrich FischerNumber of pages: 242Collection: Pulitzer Prize PanoramaPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 159 x...

Publisher: Lit VerlagAuthor(s): Jose M. FaraldoNumber of pages: 312Publication date: 2020Dimensions: 161 x 235 x 23Cover type: Paperback / softback...

With the aid of over 300 photographs, complemented by full-colour maps, The Western Front 1917-1918 provides a detailed guide to the background and...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: C. I. ScofieldA brief but comprehensive reference to the Christian Bible.

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