Short History of the Motorcycle, Hardcover

Reducere. The enduring appeal of the motorbike and how it has been responded to in differing ways across history and culture is considered by TV's Richard Ha...

In this imaginative adventure from Newbery Medal-winning author Beverly Cleary, a young mouse named Ralph is thrown into a world of excitement when...

Reducere. Carefully selecting the best articles from our collection of classic magazines we have compiled a series of informative publications on the subject...

A moving journey through the history of the Vietnam War, packed with gripping accounts of struggle, sacrifice, and braveryThis is the definitive st...

The Crimean War (1853-1856) was the first modern war. A vicious struggle between imperial Russia and an alliance of the British, French and Ottoman...

An accessible introduction to a very complex cultural history, that ranges from Ancient beginnings to modern radicalism, including Islamic State. P...

From the first symptoms of serious unrest to the tortuous political manoeuvrings culminating in the 2003 Assembly elections, the book traces the re...

Reducere. Of all civilizations of the ancient Mediterranean, it is perhaps the Etruscans who hold the greatest allure. This is fundamentally because, unlike ...

Of all civilizations of the ancient Mediterranean, it is perhaps the Etruscans who hold the greatest allure. This is fundamentally because, unlike ...

The Mughal Empire dominated India politically, culturally, socially, economically and environmentally, from its foundation by Babur, a Central Asia...

Part of the }Short History{ series, this provides a concise and accessible history of one of the most important conflicts of the 20th century. Comp...

Reducere. Distillation is an art. And even an ancient one. It is strange to find that the history of this oldest and still most important method of producing...

Reducere. A gripping and informative visual guide to one of the bloodiest conflicts in US and world history Journey through the Vietnam War; exploring detail...

This stunning new textbook traces the full history of the Ottoman Empire from its origins through to its dissolution in the early twentieth century...

Martin Luther's foundational bringing about of a schism towards Protestantism is considered in terms of its impact on art, sexuality, print culture...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Christopher Lascelles'A clearly written, remarkably comprehensive guide to the greatest story on Earth - man's journey from...

DescriptionOf the more than one hundred books that H. G. Wells published in his lifetime, this is one of the most ambitious. Spanning the origins o...

All you need to know about WW1 from one of the world's foremost experts

In A Short History of the United States, National Book Award winner Robert V. Remini offers a much-needed, concise history of our country. This acc...

The social and economic changes of Queen Victoria's era along with the experiences of such eminent Victorians as Florence Nightingale and Isambard ...

Notre Dame: A Short History of the Meaning of Cathedrals is Ken Follett's tribute to the the Notre-Dame de Paris, one of the greatest cathedrals in...

DescriptionEqual parts hilarious and heartbreaking, this unrequited-love story will appeal to fans of Jennifer Niven, John Green, and Jesse Andrews...

Award-winning historian Kenneth R. Bartlett applies his decades of experience teaching the Italian Renaissance to this new and beautifully illustra...

A new perspective on the grand sweep of our planets story, from the prehistoric era to the early twenty-first century.

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Prof. Julian (University of Zaragoza, Spain) CasanovaNumber of pages: 240Collection: Short Histories...

Discover the power of the book through fifty of the most influential texts ever written from around the world and throughout time. Books that truly...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Geoffrey BlaineyGeoffrey Blainey's Short History of the World, published by Ivan R. Dee in 2002, rapidly became a book of c...

DescriptionThe American Civil War (1861-65) remains a searing event in the collective consciousness of the United States. It was one of the bloodie...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Professor Emeritus Geoffrey (University of Glasgow, UK) SwainIllustration(s): 14 bw illusNumber of p...

Reducere. In the late fall of 1095 Pope Urban II gave a speech in Clermont, France and set all of Europe into motion. As many as a hundred and fifty thousand...

Reducere. Description"Stokesbury's rare combination of scholarship and readability merits the highest recommendation."--Booklist In commemoration of the 150t...

In this newest edition of her bestselling book, Barbara H. Rosenwein integrates the history of European, Byzantine, and Islamic medieval cultures--...

A Short History of the State in Canada is a valuable introduction to the topic for political scientists, historians, and anyone interested in Canad...

Discover the most impactful and incredible episodes from history, from the prehistoric era to the present day, told through the story of fifty of t...

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 ...

Discover the most impactful and incredible episodes from human history, from the prehistoric era to the present day, through the perspective of fif...

This book explores the Hungarian Communist Party's (HCP) political operation, which was intertwined with the history of the country itself. It is b...

Discover the power of the book through 50 of the most influential texts ever written - from around the world and throughout time. Books that truly ...

DescriptionThe conflict that swept over France from 1337 to 1453 remains the longest military struggle in history. A bitter dynastic fight between ...

The idea of the United States as a contained territory is cast into dispute in this assessment of the geographical spread of American imperialism. ...

Discover the most impactful and incredible episodes from history, from the prehistoric era to the present day, told through the story of fifty of t...

Reducere. Charles Williams was a writer of unusual genius. He had an ability to make theological matters not merely interesting to the lay person; but to mak...

Reducere. "Lascelles has achieved the seemingly impossible: a concise and highly readable history of Catholic Popes that manages to be extremely entertaining...