History of the English-Speaking Peoples since 1900, Paperback - Andrew Roberts

Prize-winning British historian tells the story of the English-speaking peoples in the 20th century - 'Magnificently provoking' New Statesman

A history of Great Britain and its former colonies and possessions, from Caesar's invasions to the beginning of the First World War.

"This history will endure; not only because Sir Winston has written it, but also because of its own inherent virtues - its narrative power, its fin...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Sir Sir Winston S. ChurchillNumber of pages: 632Collection: Bloomsbury RevelationsPublication date: ...

A history of Great Britain and its former colonies and possessions, from Caesar's invasions to the beginning of the First World War.

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...

Reducere. "Roberts'spopulist approach makes for a rollicking good read and never comes at theexpense of accuracy. His mastery of the huge variety of subjects...

The overlap between periods of technological development that are misleadingly delineated is explored in this investigation of the use of invention...

This lively synthesis of global history since the end of World War II offers a gripping account of an interdependent world and the challenges facin...

Reducere. From the books of H.G. Wells to the press releases of NASA, we are awash in cliched claims about high technology's ability to change the course of ...

Over 150 of the 20th century's most significant poems.Publisher: Quercus PublishingAuthor(s): Michael SchmidtNumber of pages: 224Publication date: ...

Reducere. Art Since 1900 introduces students to the key theoretical approaches to modern and contemporary art. A flexible year-by-year structure and extensiv...

Jesse Owens, Katherine Johnson, Sir David Attenborough, Dame Zaha Hadid, Stephen Hawking, Meryl Streep, Bill Gates, J.K. Rowling. Eight people from...

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Classic text on this subject, now revised, updated, expanded and redesigned for this third edition. There are many new illustrations too, including...

Ideas defer to no border--least of all the idea of belonging. So where does one belong, and what does belonging even mean, when a border inscribes ...

For an element so firmly fixed in American culture, the frontier myth is surprisingly flexible. How else to explain its having taken two such diffe...

The only one-volume introduction to modern and post-modern art from Latin America, perhaps the most exciting and rewarding art scene in the world t...

Aims to bring to life the great dramas of modern France - the two cataclysmic wars - the Algerian disaster, and the student and worker revolt of 19...

DescriptionThe city of a thousand minarets is also the city of eclectic modern constructions, turn-of-the-century revivalism and romanticism, concr...

This Companion explores women's work in music since 1900 across a broad range of musical genres and professions, including the classical tradition,...

Reducere. DescriptionIn Unchained Voices, Vincent Carretta has assembled the most comprehensive anthology ever published of writings by eighteenth-century pe...

Discover the many twists and turns through history that led to the language, accents and turns of phrase which make up modern EnglishPublisher: Amb...

Reducere. The Yoruba speaking group inhabits Benin and Nigeria. This pioneering investigation, published in 1894, reveals the culture, history, spiritual bel...

Using a wide range of prosecution and trial records, along with more recent newspaper coverage of court proceedings, this book furnishes a fascinat...

English is the official language spoken in many countries, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa. Any study of English should t...

The story of the great British comedy double act is put on a timeline connecting the likes of Morecambe and Wise to Mitchell and Webb in this revea...

Presents the biography of Napoleon who lived one of the extraordinary of all human lives. This book shows how after seizing power in a coup d'etat ...

Interior design experienced an extraordinary amount of changes in taste and style during the twentieth century. From William Morris and the Arts an...

Reducere. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER One of The Wall Street Journal's Ten Best Books of 2018One of The Economist's Best Books of 2018One of The New York Times...

A comprehensive guide to the law of contract in England and Wales, this Restatement comprises a number of clear and succinct rules, supported by ex...

A new edition of this hugely successful international survey covering all aspects of fashion, organized around crucial shifts in style and major wo...

...Roxy is a hot, sexy woman unmatched with a gun...Roxanne Louise Doyle, (Roxy) is Lady Gunsmith, the daughter of Gavin Doyle. The early legend of...

Includes the developments in the study and practice of art. With a clear year-by-year structure, this book presents 130 articles, each focusing on ...

One Hundred Years of Social Work is the first comprehensive history of social work as a profession in English Canada. Organized chronologically, it...

Examines the transformation of the Catalan nation in socio-economic, political and historical terms, and offers an interpretation of the determinan...

Speaking American shows what the English language looked like from various points on the American continent at crucial points in its linguistic his...

Reducere. An exciting retelling of one of the moments that shook the world - Waterloo, one of the truly decisive battles of history.

A dual biography of the greatest opposing generals of their age who ultimately became fixated on one another, by a bestselling historian. 'Thorough...

A controversial account of the Churchill years by a bestselling historian. 'The best sort of history - revealing, gossipy and acidulous' OBSERVERPu...

This book rethinks the idea of privacy. It argues that a satisfactory account of privacy should not limit itself to identifying why privacy might b...

The Doctor, Romana and K-9 are hoping for a holiday in London in the sweltering summer of 1930. An adventure set in 1930s London, featuring the Fou...

Searching for her father, famed bounty hunter Gavin Doyle, Roxy rides into Sunset, New Mexico. On Boot Hill she sees a crowd, celebrating. Dismount...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Andrew RobertsNumber of pages: 784Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 165 x 243 x 51Cover type: HardbackRedesc...

Owners of estates and titles in the peerages of England, Scotland and Ireland were more, rather than less, likely than ordinary people to experienc...

Reducere. "The Ecclesiastical History of the English People" is considered one of the most important documents of Anglo-Saxon history. The work is chiefly co...

Reducere. "Masterly. . . . A triumph of vivid description, telling anecdotes, and informed analysis." --The New York Review of Books "Britain's finest contem...

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