History of Britain - Volume 2. The British Wars 1603-1776, Paperback - Simon, CBE Schama

Simon Schama explores the forces that tore Britain apart during two centuries of dynamic change - transforming outlooks, allegiances and boundaries...

Rough Crossings is the astonishing story of the struggle to freedom by thousands of African-American slaves who fled the plantations to fight behin...

What makes or breaks a nation? To whom do we give our allegiance and why? And where do the boundaries of our community lie - in our hearth and home...

Merciless and wily, the greatest paintings grab you in a headlock and proceed in short order to re-arrange your sense of reality.' In inimitable st...

* 'Great art has dreadful manners...' Simon Schama observes at the start of his epic exploration of the power, and whole point, of art.

A reissue of Simon Schama's landmark study of the Netherlands from 1780-1813, this is a tale of a once-powerful nation's desparate struggle to surv...

A wide-ranging collection of essays written by the award-winning writer and historian over his forty-year career, chosen by the man himself.

Reducere. The second volume of Oman's trilogyProfessor Charles Oman's exemplary credentials as an historian require no elaboration. His substantial volume of...

Reducere. In this New York Timesbestseller, award-winning author Simon Schama presents an ebullient country, vital and inventive, infatuated with novelty and...

``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...

Presents the story of the year of the birth of the United States of America. This book tells two stories: how a group of squabbling, disparate colo...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZESELECTED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 BY THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, MAIL ON SUNDAY AND OBSERVERBelonging is a magn...

A wide-ranging collection of essays written by the award-winning writer and historian over his forty-year career, chosen by the man himself.

Aceasta carte face parte din colectia Anansi Mentor. Arta este o minciuna care te face sa intelegi adevarul. - Pablo Picasso Arta extraordinara are...

This is an OCR endorsed resource Build strong subject knowledge and skills in A Level History using the in-depth analysis and structured support in...

Reducere. America's beloved and distinguished historian presents, in a book of breathtaking excitement, drama, and narrative force, the stirring story of the...

The untold stories of the British talent behind the biggest movie of all time... In the sweltering heat wave of 1976, the filming of Star Wars was ...

Bounded by the Great War on one side and by the looming shadow of the Second World War on the other, the inter-war period has characteristically be...

Appian (ca. AD 95-161) is a principal source for the history of the Roman Republic. His theme is the process by which Rome achieved her contemporar...

Publisher: Hoxton Mini PressAuthor(s): British Journal of PhotographyIllustration(s): 320 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 336Publication...

Herodotus the great Greek historian was born about 484 BCE, at Halicarnassus in Caria, Asia Minor, when it was subject to the Persians. He travelle...

Publisher: British Museum PressAuthor(s): Ralph JacksonIllustration(s): Illustrated in colour throughoutNumber of pages: 160Publication date: 2010D...

The outbreak of WW1 in 1914 found the British Army unready in many respects for a new age of warfare. However, the British led the world in the per...

Reducere. The New Zealand Wars, A History Of The Maori Campaigns And The Pioneering Period (Volume I) (1845-1864) has been considered by academicians and sch...

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 ...

This book, originally published in 1977, is comprised of a selection of documents which have been carefully arranged and edited to illustrate the m...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes contemporary descriptions of various practices of magic *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further read...

Ethiopia, a country of ancient origins in eastern Africa, remains a military powerhouse of that continent until our days. Nowadays involved in the ...

This book provides the first discussion of the most steadfast supporter of parliament in Wales during the British Civil Wars (1642-9), who was even...

A lavishly illustrated book celebrating and examining the contribution to British brewing made by its family brewers. They are the often-overlooked...

Explores high and popular culture; family, race, gender and class relations; sexual attitudes and material conditions; science and technology - the...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Alec (Durham University, UK) RyrieIllustration(s): 2 Halftones, black and whiteNumber of pages: 308Collec...

The official book of the music charts, exclusive to Virgin. Up to date and comprehensive, it's drawn from the Official Charts Company Data, and tak...

A spectacular, puzzle-fuelled, myth-busting journey through the hidden history of Britain in 500 questions.Publisher: British Library PublishingAut...

Assesses the historical development and societal impact of the motorcycle industry, from the influence of motor sports on vehicle sales in the earl...

Incisive study of Parliament's leading commanders during the English Civil War.

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The Wars of the Lord is the major treatise of Levi ben Gershom of Provence, one of the outstanding philosophers of the medieval world. This work ex...

Reducere. The History of Roman Britain has been told many times before, but never like this. The Roman invasion of the British Isles transformed Britain's la...

Reducere. The Ozarks of the mid-1800s was a land of divisions. The uplands and its people inhabited a geographic and cultural borderland straddling Midwest a...

Volume 2 surveys twentieth-century European intellectual history, conceived as a crisis in modernity. It focuses on figures such as Freud, Heidegge...

History in Progress features clearly differentiated tasks that are designed to support and encourage the progression of pupils of all ability level...

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 ...

Reducere. Title: The Results in Europe of Cartier's Explorations, 1542-1603 ... Reprinted ... from the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society.Pu...

Reducere. This popular history tells the story of Virginia's portion of the Delmarva Peninsula from the first recorded English landing to the opening of the ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Gordon S. WoodOne of the half dozen most important books ever written about the American Revolution.--New York Times Book R...

Draws on the British Museum collection and other finds, sites and monuments to celebrate Viking culture and explore the impact of their conquest an...

Full of information which will make you say, 'I never knew that!'

One of the world's leading writers on propaganda and information projection presents a remarkably detailed history and critique of the workings and...

Final volume of the seven-volume Cambridge History of the Book in Britain series, focusing on the twentieth century and beyond. The book is for stu...