Running the Show. The Extraordinary Stories of the Men who Governed the British Empire, Paperback - Stephanie Williams

From Fiji to the Falkland Islands, from Malaysia to Australia and South Africa, from Lagos to Ottawa, British men and women, with no training, were...

Reducere. The loss of America in 1781 has traditionally been blamed on incompetent British military commanders and political leaders whose arrogant confidenc...

Paperback edition of a monumental new history by the Churchill College, Cambridge author of Eminent Edwardians and Dark Valley, full of brief lives...

The Penguin Historical Atlas of the British Empire traces the emergence of the world's greatest empire from its earliest beginnings in the British ...

Reducere. A captivating non-fiction anthology filled with heroic profiles, epic tales, and timeless parables. You'll meet valiant personalities who've challe...

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Reducere. Empire of the Air tells the story of three American visionaries--Lee de Forest, Edwin Howard Armstrong, and David Sarnoff--whose imagination and dr...

Reducere. This volume provides a synthesis of some of the most important themes to emerge from the recent proliferation of specialized scholarship on the per...

Reducere. From an acclaimed literary biographer, a riveting and groundbreaking account of what happened to the survivors of the Titanic. We think we know the...

Hardly anyone paid attention when Sultan Khan arrived in London on April 26, 1929. A humble servant from a village in the Punjab, Khan had little f...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): The Perils of Interpreting Henrietta HarrisonIllustration(s): 1 map. 36 b/w illus.Number of pages: ...

Reducere. 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 ...

Reducere. David Armitage presents the first comprehensive history of British conceptions of empire for half a century, tracing the emergence of British imper...

DescriptionFilms for the Colonies examines the British Government's use of film across its vast Empire from the 1920s until widespread independence...

Trevor Royle does for Culloden what Juliet Barker did for Agincourt, bringing us the definitive account of the battle and its wider role in the cre...

Reducere. Through the lens of an outsider, the gay world can seem like a kaleidoscope of colour, fun and frivolity, but underneath lurk shame, heartache and ...

The real Pirates of the Caribbean -- a swashbuckling slice of history that thrillingly re-creates the den of iniquity that was the pirates' HQ, Por...

Reducere. FASCINATING. ... Dramatic and timely. --New York Times Book Review, Editors' ChoiceIn this dramatic tale of discovery (San Francisco Chronicle), th...

The follow-up to Peter Fryer's modern classic, Staying Power

Reducere. Change your life in Hospitality forever.In this book, I will show you the way to change your service life forever. I will guide you through the 5 G...

Reducere. The modern era of distance running began in the early years of the last century. The classic distances for competition have been the five and ten t...

Reducere. DescriptionThe intention in creating this book was to make it a pleasurable, as well as an educational, viewing experience. But in the collecting o...

For Elizabeth, Drake made the impossible real, serving as a crucial and brilliantly adaptable instrument of her ambitions to transform England from...

The extraordinary story behind A Very British Scandal, starring Claire Foy and Paul Bettany.Publisher: Swift PressAuthor(s): Charles CastleNumber o...

Imperial Boredom offers a radical reconsideration of the British Empire during its heyday in the nineteenth century. Challenging the long-establish...

Examines various ways in which the Empire was displayed in Britain between the eighteenth and early twentieth centuries, looking at music, satirica...

As museums across Europe reckon with the post-colonial legacies of their collections, this volume combines approaches from material anthropology, i...

This is the story of the men and women who re-armed the British army.Illustrations: 40 black and white illustrations; 40 black and white illustrations

Reducere. Praying girls are world-changers . . . And this delightful storybook proves it Just for the girls in your life, ages 5 and up, this collection of t...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Mughal Empire and British Raj, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one book: ...

If you want to discover the captivating history of the Mughal Empire and British Raj, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one book: ...

The book is a highly original and long overdue examination of the ways that European concepts of time were imposed on other cultures as a component...

How did decolonization impact on Britain itself? And how did Britain manage its transition from colonial power to postcolonial nation? Sarah Stockw...

Publisher: becker&mayer! booksAuthor(s): becker&mayer!Illustration(s): 30 b-w illustrationsNumber of pages: 64Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 216...

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Written entirely in the first person and fully based on accurate historical accounts, Michael Farah imagines how this royal family would have descr...

Reducere. The author presents a behind the scenes look at the secretive international policies of the British government and how their successes allowed them...

In 1831 enslaved Jamaicans revolted. What began as a peaceful movement soon became a bloodbath as British troops retaliated. Tom Zoellner tells the...

Reducere. A brawling, rambunctious history celebrating the Empire--and the intrepid empire-builders--that gave the United States, Canada, India, and Australi...

The Empire Project: The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830–1970 - John Darwin

Reducere. Your New Favorite Book of MysteriesIf you are a fan of The Best American Mystery Stories series, you'll love The Book of Extraordinary Historical M...

'Hopkirk has made the extraordinary field of Central-Asian espionage his own ... an enthralling story' ObserverPublisher: John Murray PressAuthor(s...

Provides a description of the British rocketry and space programme from the 1950s to 1970s, detailing the Medium Range Ballistic Missile Blue Strea...

Reducere. A saga about one of the oldest and most romantic enterprises in the land--America's railroads--The Men Who Loved Trains introduces some of the most...

Fresh off of X-MEN: DEADLY GENESIS, Ed Brubaker (CAPTAIN AMERICA) takes the helm of Marvel's mighty mutants! And his incredible saga won't just aff...

Max Gunther's classic study of the super rich - now back in a new edition. The Very, Very Rich and How They Got That Way provides revealing insight...

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In this follow-up to his bestselling A Force Like No Other, Colin Breen brings together more compelling insider stories from RUC officers who serve...