China: A History. A History, Paperback - Harold M. Tanner

Giving an introduction to the political, social, and cultural development of imperial Chinese civilisation, this work introduces a number of import...

Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, IncAuthor(s): Harold M. TannerNumber of pages: 414Publication date: 2010Dimensions: 234 x 163 x 20Cover type: Pap...

Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, IncAuthor(s): Harold M. TannerIllustration(s): heavily illustratedNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2010Dimen...

Reducere. The civil war in China that ended in the 1949 victory of Mao Zedong's Communist forces was a major blow to US interests in the Far East and led to ...

Reducere. A concise history of an uprising that took down a three-hundred-year-old dynasty and united the great powersThe year is 1900, and Western empires a...

"Information" has become a core concept across the disciplines, yet it is still often seen as a unique feature of the Western world or the digital ...

Contributor(s): Author: Harold G. MarcusIn this eminently readable, concise history of Ethiopia, Harold Marcus surveys the evolution of the oldest ...

Reducere. A misericorde is a medieval poniard or dagger made for one purpose -- to give the coup de grace or killing stroke. It was a beautiful, deadly instr...

The Diary of Ralph Tanner, 2nd Battalion The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Reducere. As Adam Zamoyski set out to update The Polish Way, his bestselling first history of Poland, he realized the task required not so much re-writing as...

Reducere. DescriptionNoise/Music looks at the phenomenon of noise in music, from experimental music of the early 20th century to the Japanese noise music and...

Reducere. Martha's Vineyard is cherished by many as a summer paradise, but few know of its rich past. Descendants of the first Native American inhabitants st...

In history, mythology, religion, folklore, medicine and warfare, the yew tree bears timeless witness to a deep relationship with mankind.Publisher:...

New edition of this popular history of the Picts.

Reducere. Europe - and the question of whether to stay in or leave - has dominated British politics for the last three years. Discover the most ambitious his...

DescriptionFor centuries, on prairie grasslands, dusty streets and racing ovals, everyday Montanans participated in the sport of kings. More than a...

New paperback edition of a popular history

Illustrated with selected images from Watford Museum and the author's own collection, it will interest newcomers and local residents alike, celebra...

A history of Tavistock, new in paperbackPublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): Gerry WoodcockNumber of pages: 144Publication date: 2022Dimensio...

A new history of Nottingham that traces the growth of the city from the days of Robin Hood to its rise as one of the great Victorian cities.

Beelzebub is one of the most popular of all "demons" in the Western Occult tradition. He, like many of his infernal colleagues, has roots in the an...

Third edition of this definitive, comprehensive, yet accessible textbook covering this key topic in medieval and religious history. Jonathan Riley-...

Ireland has rarely been out of the news during the past thirty years. Whether as a war-zone in which Catholic nationalists and Protestant Unionists...

Description First published in 2002, Marek Haltof's seminal volume was the first comprehensive English-language study of Polish cinema, providing a...

Reducere. DescriptionOver the past century, some of the world's largest wildland fires have occurred in Oregon. Accidentally set by a disgruntled cook on an ...

Offering insights into the unique outlook of slave soldiers who created the Mamluk Sultanate, which ruled Egypt, Syria and the Arabian hinterland a...

The book opens with a review of Ethiopian prehistory, showing how the Ethiopian section of the African Rift Valley has come to be seen as the "crad...

A timely and definitive narrative history of Israel in the context of the modern Jewish experience and the Middle East. Ideal for anyone seeking to...

The first comprehensive history of London's Queen's ParkPublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): Steve CrabbIllustration(s): 12 Plates, black and...

A thought-provoking and entertaining twenty-first century look at what was once referred to as 'angelology', which searches out the origins of ange...

DescriptionLocated on the banks of the River Clyde, Glasgow was once the second city of the Empire, producing ships, locomotives, cars and heavy en...

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 ...

``With eloquence, wit, passion, and irony, The American Future traces the history of an idea: that of our national destiny....A book of beautiful w...

In this overview of the Baltic region from the Vikings to the European Union, Michael North presents the sea and the lands that surround it as a No...

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From "the great storyteller of modern Russian historians" ("Financial Times") comes the definitive account of the forgotten war that shaped the mod...

DescriptionFor centuries, people have talked of a powerful bodily disorder called migraine, which currently affects about a billion people around t...

Reducere. In this tour de force of historical and literary research, Fone, an acclaimed expert on gay and lesbian history and professor emeritus at the City ...

Reducere. This book is a compilation of efforts. A majority of the text is taken from a photocopy of Glenbard West High School's history. The author-or autho...