Civilians Under Siege from Sarajevo to Troy, Hardback - ***

This edited volume analyses siege warfare as a discrete type of military engagement, in the face of which civilians are particularly vulnerable.Ill...

A richly detailed account of the lived experiences of ordinary people in this multicultural city between 1992 and 1996, during the war in the forme...

The Greek myths have a universal appeal, reaching far beyond the time and physical place in which they were created. In this book, the reader is ta...

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With the aid of over 300 photographs, complemented by full-colour maps, The Balkans, Italy & Africa provides a detailed guide to the background and...

This is a deeply personal memoir of the Bosnian Civil War, detailing the author's experience of the siege of Sarajevo, of having to flee their home...

Inspired by real-life accounts of the Siege of Sarajevo, only thirty years ago, Black Butterflies is a heartrending and utterly captivating portrai...

In the style of Benjamin Black, an evocative, literary crime thriller set in Ireland and London during the outbreak of WWII.

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Publisher: The New PressAuthor(s): Mathias RisseNumber of pages: 448Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 162 x 237 x 39Cover type: HardbackRedescopera...

Agent Under Siege by Lena Diaz Can they outsmart a killer who escaped justice?Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersAuthor(s): Nichole SevernNumber of...

Reducere. The ancient city of Troy really existed. The Trojan War that figures in Homer's two great epic poems, The Iliad and The Odyssey, really happened. B...

DescriptionIn this perceptive retelling of The Iliad, a young Greek teacher draws on the enduring power of myth to help her students cope with the ...

Despite the resounding victory at the battle of Oudenarde, the Duke of Marlborough finds his position as captain-general threatened by political en...

Twenty years after the siege of Sarajevo, BBC Samuel Johnson Prize winner Barbara Demick revisits her compelling account of living in a city under ...

The gripping, shocking and true story of a Bosniak family's flight from their home at the outbreak of war in former Yugoslavia. Hasan Nuhanovic was...

A sophisticated "how to" for owners of troubled companies who want to salvage as much of their equity as possible in the face of daunting foes.

Reducere. The 1992-1995 battle for Sarajevo was the longest siege in modern history. It was also the most internationalized, attracting a vast contingent of ...

The NHS is in crisis. The past 10 years of Tory real-terms cuts in funding has been disastrous. This book looks at the threat to the NHS posed by t...

Publisher: Olympia PublishersAuthor(s): Buddy ShayNumber of pages: 174Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 140 x 205 x 16Cover type: Paperback / softb...

Reducere. Michael Wolff, author of the bombshell bestseller Fire and Fury, once again takes us inside the Trump presidency to reveal a White House under siege.

Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.Author(s): Michael WolffNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2019Dimensions: 292 x 216 x 5Cover type: PaperbackRedesc...

Nine hostages. Ten hours. One chance to save them all.Publisher: Orion Publishing CoAuthor(s): John SutherlandNumber of pages: 368Publication date:...

Reducere. On August 5, 1864, the Civil War arrived at Mobile's doorstep. The Union navy blockaded Mobile Bay and the city for eight months. Confederate gener...

Reducere. Charleston was the prize that the Union army and navy desperately sought to capture. Union General Halleck, in writing to General W.T. Sherman, dec...

Publisher: Little, BrownAuthor(s): Michael RussellPublication date: 2020Dimensions: 154 x 233 x 32Cover type: PaperbackRedescopera farmecul lecturi...

Publisher: University of Minnesota PressIllustration(s): 26 black & whilte illustrationsNumber of pages: 376Collection: Indigenous AmericasPublicat...

Reducere. Charlie and Marcy Boxford are two normal teenage kids. Their parents are David and Louise Boxford. Although the two siblings have grown up in a Chr...

Reducere. A dissection of the Soviet Union's legacy of health and environmental disaster, this book examines a former country of 103 cities - home to 70 mill...

Tells the history of this pivotal region, the doorway between Europe and Asia.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): John D GraingerIllustratio...

In the style of Benjamin Black, an evocative, literary crime thriller set in Ireland and London during the outbreak of WWII.

DescriptionA brand-new edition of the greatest work from comics master Joe Kubert The astonishing true story of a family in Sarajevo, Bosnia, trapp...

DescriptionAll roads lead to Rome, as the famous saying goes. Rome was a melting pot of peoples from across the Mediterranean and beyond, each brin...

Challenging the claim that democracy is a means to an end rather than an important value in and of itself.

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A vivid recreation of how the governors and governed of early seventeenth-century Florence confronted, suffered, and survived a major epidemic of p...

Reducere. Carmen Bryan is no stranger to the rap world. Not only did she work at Def Jam and Capitol Records but she shares a daughter with hip-hop superstar...

The Sunday Times top ten bestselling story of a British company under siege in Afghanistan - outnumbered, outgunned and out of time.

Reducere. TARZAN: THE GREYSTOKE LEGACY UNDER SIEGE The Greystoke Legacy lifts the TARZAN series to new, ground-breaking heights: A high adventure that immers...

Reducere. Meet Lucy McRae and two other young people, Willie Lord and Frederick Grant, all survivors of the Civil War's Battle for Vicksburg. In 1863, Union ...

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DescriptionBe like Bond. James Bond. MI6 Spy Skills for Civilians shows readers how to master the skills of an agent in Her Majesty's Secret Servic...

The shocking story of the three year siege of Leningrad, now known as St Petersburg.

(Guitar Educational). From the former editor of Guitar One magazine, here is a daily dose of vitamins to keep your chops fine tunedMusical styles i...

Reducere. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Barbara W. Tuchman, author of the World War I masterpiece The Guns of August, grapples with her boldest subject: t...

This comprehensive, readable survey of the Classical past is ambitious in scope: it ranges from the Aegean world of the second millenium BC to Augu...

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