Hope and Glory. A People's History of Modern Britain, Paperback - Stuart Maconie

In Hope and Glory Stuart Maconie goes in search of the days that shaped the Britain we live in today.

The origin of capitalism and modern industrialism--and, not unrelated, the birthplace of Marxism--modern Europe provided the perfect conditions for...

The first true people's history of modern India, told through a seven-year, 9, 000-mile journey along its many contested borders Sharing borders wi...

'He is as funny as Bryson and as wise as Orwell' ObserverIt was the spirit of our finest hour, the backbone of our post-war greatness, and it promo...

Publisher: OrionAuthor(s): Jendella BensonPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 155 x 234 x 33Cover type: PaperbackRedescopera farmecul lecturii si ale...

HOPE AND GLORY is a rich, heart-warming story of loss, love and family chaos, and marks an exciting new voice in fiction.Publisher: Orion Publishin...

Paperback edition of Marr's history of Britain from 1900 to the end of WWII, which ties in with his BBC2 TV series. The hardback edition was a Sund...

Hope and Glory. Epic Stories of Empire and Commonwealth - Melissa Blackburn, Steve Humphries

DescriptionA People's History of Scotland looks beyond the kings and queens, the battles and bloody defeats of the past. It captures the history th...

Reducere. This latest addition to The New Press's People's History series offers an incisive account of the war America lost, from the perspective of those w...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Sofi ThanhauserNumber of pages: 400Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 163 x 242 x 39Cover type: HardbackRedes...

The author of Pies & Prejudice clocks off in the North of England, taking trips to forgotten corners, local haunts, caravan parks and bowling green...

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Pristine lawns, tennis whites, strawberries and cream, tennis is synonymous with the upper echelons of society, but scratch beneath the surface and...

Reducere. With a new introduction by Anthony Arnove, this updated edition of the classic national bestseller reviews the book's thirty-five year history and ...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Hernaan HornaAuthor: Herman HornaThe history of Latin America has been written principally with a top-down approach that fo...

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A detailed history of the rise, fall and rise again of Progressive Rock, from its beginnings in the 60s to the vibrant contemporary scene in the ne...

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Since being elected president in 1998, Hugo Chávez has become the face of contemporary Venezuela and, more broadly, anticapitalist revolution. Geor...

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An innovative illustrated history of the Second World War, told with the help of personal stories from across the globe.Publisher: Thames & Hudson ...

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First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Paul Langford's Very Short Introduction to Eighteenth-Centur...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Clifford ConnerWe all know the history of science that we learned from grade school textbooks: How Galileo used his telesco...

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Publisher: Bookmarks PublicationsAuthor(s): John NewsingerNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2013Dimensions: 211 x 135 x 22Cover type: Paperback...

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Reducere. David Baron's exceptional study of the Book of Zechariah analyzes every meaningful passage in the text, provisioning the reader with a comprehensiv...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Eugene LindenNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 163 x 241 x 35Cover type: HardbackRedesco...

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Reducere. An abridged classroom edition of Howard Zinn's bestselling history of the United States, with teaching materials to accompany each chapter. Like Vo...

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Upon its first publication in 2001 as the inaugural volume in The New Press People's History series, edited by the late Howard Zinn, Ray Raphael's ...

Reducere. Winner of the 2015 William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award The Game of Our Lives is a masterly portrait of soccer and contemporary Britain. Socc...

A fresh look at the Tudors and Stuarts by one of Britain's leading historians of the period.Publisher: Little, Brown Book GroupAuthor(s): Professor...

Now available in a fully-revised and updated second edition, A History of Modern Britain: 1714 to the Present provides a comprehensive survey of th...