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The idea of British soldiers using American tanks was not viewed with a great deal of enthusiasm by the British Army. They perceived American tanks...

Contributor(s): Author: Kori SchakeHistory records only one peaceful transition of hegemonic power: the passage from British to American dominance ...

Bake it Better: Sweet Breads includes everything you need to know about baking delicious sweet bread.Whether you are new to baking and looking for ...

DescriptionA comprehensive and authoritative history that explores the significance of one of the most famous buildings and institutions in England...

DescriptionWinner of the Apollo Magazine 2016 "Book of the Year" award. A landmark publication--beautifully illustrated with over 300 prints from t...

The British have been baking for centuries. Here, for the first time, is a comprehensive account of how our relationship with this much-loved art h...

Featuring a foil-on-board cover design from Sinem Erkas, knowledgeable curator of H.P. Lovecraft's work Xavier Aldana Reyes puts the classics along...

DescriptionFor better or worse, what we are is often determined by our family; the events that occurred many years before we were born and the choi...

Reducere. The author presents a behind the scenes look at the secretive international policies of the British government and how their successes allowed them...

Reducere. From Gilbert and Sullivan to Andrew Lloyd Webber, from Julie Andrews to Hugh Jackman, from Half a Sixpence to Matilda, Pick a Pocket Or Two is the ...

Reducere. The British Empire, one of the most powerful forces in history, was also one of the most humane. Yet at its twilight, few were willing to defy the ...

DescriptionThe ninth HMS Vanguard bearing one of the most illustrious names in the Royal Navy with honors from the Armada to Jutland was the last a...

Rank and file soldiers were not 'the scum of the earth' but included a cross section of working-class men, who retained their former civilian cultu...

This searching account sheds new light on Christopher Wren's relationship with Eastern architecture.About the AuthorVaughan Hart is a professor of ...

This traditional brand-new British mystery series is an intriguing departure for bestselling romantic suspense author Stella Cameron. It introduces...

Whether you're just starting out as a songwriter, you're an experienced songwriter or just looking for a new perspective on the beautiful craft of ...

DescriptionBritain yesterday; America today. The reality of being top dog is that everybody hates you. In this provocative book, noted historian an...

Weapons of myth and scandal, that is the best way to describe the spigot weapons deployed by the British in the Second World War.Unlike conventiona...

The M4A4, also known as the Sherman V, with its unusual 30-cylinder Multibank engine, was the type of Sherman most widely used by Commonwealth forc...

Reducere. Medieval and early modern literature was fascinated with the material remains of the past. Scenes involving the discovery, description, circulation...

Reducere. Debunking conventional narratives of Afghanistan as a perennial war zone or marginal frontier, Faiz Ahmed presents a vibrant account of the first M...

The generation of young men and women who joined the British Army during the mid to late 1980s would serve their country during an unprecedented pe...

Reducere. In a world rife with conflict and tension, how does a great power prosecute an irregular war at a great distance within the context of a regional s...

DescriptionCruisers were the Navy's maids-of-all-work employed in a greater variety of roles than any other warship type. Smaller faster and far mo...

DescriptionWhat is the artistic impulse uniting Robert Hooke's drawings of insects, George Stubbs's studies of horses, and Damien Hirst's pickled s...

The first British casualties of the Second World War were not members of either the Royal Navy, the Army or the Royal Air Force but British merchan...

DescriptionAfter discovering a derelict record plant on the edge of a northern English city, and hearing that it was once visited by David Bowie, K...

'Napoo', 'compray', 'san fairy ann', 'toot sweet' are anglicized French phrases that came into use on the Western Front during the First World War ...

With Britain by late 1916 facing the prospect of an economic crisis and increasingly dependent on the US, rival factions in Asquith's government ba...

After writing Elementary Geography for earlier grades, Ms Mason wrote this book, the second in her series of five readers, to teach students about ...

Reducere. The Complete Official Triumph TR6 & TR250: 1967-1976 includes complete coverage of Triumph TR6 and Triumph TR250 models sold in the United Kingdom ...

Celebrating the gooiest, yummiest, sweetest treats from Britain, this new cookbook lets you in on the secrets of the best desserts in the countryPl...

Reducere. 015Over the course of thirty years, Will Vaus has journeyed to the British Isles many times to walk in the footsteps of C. S. Lewis. His private ph...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Marking the third centenary of the office of Prime Minister, this book tells its extraordinary story, explaining how and why it has endured longer ...

To find the killer, he must lose his mind...When a missing teenager is found on her parents' doorstep, Jennifer Standing becomes the only survivor ...

Reducere. Sir Oswald Mosley came upon the political scene like a meteor. A hero of World War One, he was the youngest MP elected to the British Parliament at...

Reducere. In 1902, the British government concluded a defensive alliance with Japan, a state that had surprised much of the world with its sudden rise to pro...

DescriptionFighting the People's War is an unprecedented, panoramic history of the 'citizen armies' of the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, India...

DescriptionTHE BRAND-NEW OFFICIAL GBBO BOOK, FEATURING RECIPES FROM THE NEW SERIES From children's birthdays and charity bake sales to celebrating ...

DescriptionAn update of the well-loved course for young learners - now fully in line with the revised Cambridge English: Young Learners tests. The ...

An update of the well-loved course for young learners - now fully in line with the revised Cambridge English: Young Learners tests. The fun course ...

DescriptionInsiders/Outsiders, published to accompany a UK-wide arts festival of the same name in 2019, examines the extraordinarily rich and perva...

DescriptionThis book offers an original interpretation of Britain's relationship with Europe over a 25 year period: 1959-84 and advances the argume...

DescriptionThe Royal Family of the United Kingdom is one of the most instantly recognized institutions in the world. Since the current monarch, Que...

Reducere. On April 15, 1945, Brigadier H. L. Glyn Hughes entered Bergen-Belsen for the first time. Waiting for him were 10, 000 unburied, putrefying corpses ...

Reducere. FASCINATING. ... Dramatic and timely. -New York Times Book Review, Editors' ChoiceIn this grand and thrilling narrative, the acclaimed biographer o...

Over 100 recipes from simple to showstopping bakes and cakes Bake like you're in the tent - from the comfort of your own home. Make brilliant bakes...

DescriptionToday the Korean War of 1950-1953 is overshadowed by later twentieth-century conflicts in Vietnam and the Middle East, yet at the time i...

DescriptionThe first comparative history of African American and Black British artists, artworks, and art movements, Stick to the Skin traces the l...

Reducere. The Papyrus of Ani is a papyrus manuscript with cursive hieroglyphs and illustrations created c. 1250 BCE, in the 19th dynasty of the New Kingdom o...

Reducere. DescriptionRichard Reynell Bellamy joined Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists soon after it was founded, and in the role of National Inspecto...

This book examines the connections between the British Empire and French colonialism in war, peace and the various stages of competitive cooperatio...

Reducere. For nearly two hundred years huge wooden warships called "ships of the line" dominated war at sea and were thus instrumental in the European strugg...

DescriptionJohn Lambert was a renowned naval draftsman, whose plans were highly valued for their accuracy and detail by model makers and enthusiast...

Reducere. Bonds of Empire presents an account of slave law that is entirely new: one in which English law imbued plantation slavery with its staying power ev...

Reducere. The final volume in a full survey of the work of John Singer Sargent, covering his late watercolors, designs for the Boston murals, and work as an ...

Reducere. In a time of terror for Europe s monarchs--imprisoned, exiled, executed--Napoleon s army marched toward Lisbon. Cornered, Prince Regent Jo\u00e3o h...

DescriptionWhy did the Germans brutally and illegally execute a group of British soldiers who had been trapped behind the lines during the retreat ...