A World on Edge. The End of the Great War and the Dawn of a New Age, Paperback - Daniel Schoenpflug

The internationally bestselling account of the transformative period that followed the Armistice in November 1918.

Encompassing both tragedy and humour, it brings immediacy and intimacy to a moment of deep historical transformation - with consequences that echo ...

The characters who defined the inter-war years are considered in terms of the connections between them, including stories about the inter-war traje...

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Examines how viruses like HIV, swine flu, and bird flu have almost wiped us out in the past - and may do so in the future. This title explores why ...

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Although skill, leadership, strategy, and number of forces have been important factors in battles, armaments have played the most decisive role in ...

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Explores the brutal, heroic and extraordinary final days of the First World War. In this study, the author examines the last days of the war and as...

Reducere. From a millennial climate activist, an exploration of how young people live in the shadow of catastrophe Strikingly perceptive. --Jenny Offill Warm...

A globe-spanning narrative history of the 1850s - a time of electrifying change - seen through the eyes of the men and women who embraced the adven...

Reducere. On a cold, rainy dawn in late November 1872, Lieutenant Frazier Boutelle and a Modoc Indian nicknamed Scarface Charley leveled firearms at each oth...

The definitive history of the Opium War between Britain and China in the nineteenth century, shortlisted for the 2018 Baillie Gifford Prize.

Reducere. Written with clarity, tenacity, humor, and warmth, A Hundred Little Pieces on the End of the World attempts to find tolerable ethical positions in ...

Reducere. Major General J. F. C. Fuller, a pioneer of mechanized warfare in Great Britain, was one of this century's most renowned military strategists and h...

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The World War II fighter-pilot story On the very first day of the invasion of Sicily, three months into his combat career, Allan Knepper flew his P...

Reducere. Named one of the Ten Best Books of 2013 by The Economist World War I altered the landscape of the modern world in every conceivable arena. Millions...

Leading historians and political scientists explore the changes and continuities in world politics that emerged from the end of the Cold War. Using...

The dramatic, untold story of a brilliant team, the world's first digital electronic computer, and the race to decrypt the Nazis' toughest code Pla...

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Reducere. Have you ever wondered how a man like Adolf Hitler could have come into power?How did he legally become a dictator by using a democratic process?Or...

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Reducere. DescriptionPhotos and stories that will stop you in your tracks -Created in partnership with Outside magazine for its 40th anniversary -The grippin...

Publisher: Clinical Press LtdAuthor(s): Diana AshworthNumber of pages: 190Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 142 x 200 x 23Cover type: Paperback / s...

The definitive, behind-the-scenes account of the greatest science story of our time - a Best Science Book of the Year for the Guardian, Financial T...

Battle of the Bulge - World War IIThe bloodiest battle in American history earned its name from the war correspondents who were covering the confli...

The Second World War lasted for 2, 174 days and claimed the lives of over 50 million people. Why did it take the course that it did? Why did the Ax...

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With the recent death of Hugh King and the disposal of his collection by auction, The Naval and Military Press have republished both volumes of thi...

Reducere. X marks the spot in the millennia-long quest to unlock the secrets of the Creation, Nativity and End-Times in Planet X, the Sign of the Son of Man,...

Reducere. In April 2015, Beth and Eric Jusino, laden with backpacks and nerves, walked out of a cathedral in the historic village of Le Puy, France, down a c...

Reducere. Devil in the Grove, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction, is a gripping true story of racism, murder, rape, and the law. It brings t...

The Great War set in motion all of the subsequent violence of the twentieth century. This volume offers a significant interdisciplinary contributio...

Reducere. The Tuskegee Airmen Chronology: A Detailed Timeline of the Red Tails and Other Black Pilots of World War II provides a unique year-by-year overview...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Sir Charles Chadwyck-HealeyIllustration(s): 18 bw illusNumber of pages: 416Publication date: 2021Dim...

FDR's Ambassadors and the Diplomacy of Crisis: From the Rise of Hitler to the End of World War II - David Mayers

The epic first instalment in a sequence of novels set at the end of the Roman Empire, during the reign of the Emperor Constantine.

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Nicholson BakerBestselling author Nicholson Baker, recognized as one of the most dexterous and talented writers in America ...