Hundred Years of Spying, Hardback - Phil Carradice

The true story behind the secret agents who have captivated and enthralled generations of readers.Illustrations: 40 black and white illustrations

The story of Owain Glyndwr is one of magnificent courage and sacrifice, of military and political success and failure.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books ...

In 1905, Japan and Russia were at war. With the Russian Far East Fleet destroyed, the Czar decided to send his Baltic Fleet half way around the wor...

An honest depiction of one of the great war leaders and statesmen of the Middle Ages.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Phil CarradiceIllus...

Phil Carradice's account of growing up in Pembrokeshire after the Second World War ended.Publisher: Amberley PublishingAuthor(s): Phil CarradiceIll...

Perhaps not in casualties but as far as prestige and standing in the world were concerned, the Bay of Pigs invasion of 1961 was the worst disaster ...

A lavishly illustrated, beautiful collection of highlights from the Tate collection over the past 500 years. A must have treasure for those wanting...

Reveals Revolutionary France's attempt to invade Britain in 1797, the last military invasion of Britain.

A concise and beautifully illustrated introduction to printmaking that uses highlights from Tate's extensive print collection.Publisher: Tate Publi...

Written by an acclaimed railway expert, the first book of its kind to feature the story of Scotland's railways through maps.

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PlcAuthor(s): Flora (Maastricht University, the Netherlands) LysenIllustration(s): 38 bw illusNumber of pages: 304...

Covers a much-ignored aspect of the First World War - how both troops and the general public were kept bolstered and entertained during the war.Pub...

'Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendia was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to disco...

Gabriel Garcia Marquez's great masterpiece is the story of seven generations of the Buenedia family and of Mocondo, the town they have built. Thoug...

Argues the doings of Winnie-the-Pooh remain relevant for readers in a posthuman, information-centric, media-saturated, globalized age. The first vo...

Publisher: Palgrave MacmillanIllustration(s): XVII, 359 p.Number of pages: 359Publication date: 1986Dimensions: 216 x 140Cover type: HardbackEditor...

New title in the Following in the Footsteps' series focussing on Henry Tudor.

In 1941, Britain stood alone. North Africa dominated the news. Bismarck sank Hood. Fortress Britain endured the Blitz. Russia was invaded. Japan wo...

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 ...

DescriptionCold War nadir: January 1968 and in Czechoslovakia the new Communist Party leader Alexander Dubcek has made it clear that this is the op...

DescriptionIn the spring of 73 AD the rock fortress of Masada on the western shore of the Dead Sea was the site of an event that was breathtaking i...

Reducere. •One Of The World's Most Famous Books And Winner Of The Nobel Prize For Literature Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aurelian...

DescriptionWhen Mary Tudor, eldest daughter of Henry VIII, succeeded to the throne of England in 1553 it was with wild rejoicing and a degree of po...

"A beautiful debut, funny, tender, and animated by a willingness to confront life's obstacles and find a way to survive. . . . It celebrates friend...

Reducere. "A beautiful debut, funny, tender, and animated by a willingness to confront life's obstacles and find a way to survive. . . . It celebrates friend...

A smart and lively journey through a century of pandemics, from the Spanish flu to Zika.

Starting at the end of the First World War, this book follows Sir Hugh Trenchard's attempt to fend off disparaging attacks by the other services on...

A remarkable and very important unpublished chronicle written by two soldiers, covering in detail the English campaigns in France from 1415 to 1429...

Reducere. "A beautiful debut, funny, tender, and animated by a willingness to confront life's obstacles and find a way to survive. . . . It celebrates friend...

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 ...

Economic balance of Romania at one hundred years - Constantin Anghelache

Representing Landscapes: One Hundred Years of Visual Communication offers a detailed account of how past and present landscape architects and pract...

Absorbing study of military leadership during the Hundred Years War.Illustrations: 20 colour illustrations

Reducere. First published in 1930 as 200 Years of Charleston Cooking, this collection of more than three hundred recipes was gathered by Blanche S. Rhett fro...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is ...

A highly original study of eccentric English garden-makers and their extraordinary gardensPublisher: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British ArtA...

Though little more than a settlement surrounded by mountains, Macondo has its wars and disasters, even its wonders and miracles. A microcosm of Col...

In the book which put South America on the literary map, Marquez tells the haunting story of a community lost in the depths of that almighty contin...

For almost a century, the Blair Strip Steel Company of New Castle, Pennsylvania, has made cold-rolled specialty steel beyond a world-class standard...