Spaceflight: A Concise History

A Concise History of Australia - Professor Stuart Macintyre

A Concise History of Germany - Mary Fulbrook

A Concise History of Bolivia - Herbert S. Klein

A Concise History of South Africa - Robert Ross

A Concise History of Switzerland - Clive H. Church, Randolph C. Head

Reducere. DescriptionPoland is a tenacious survivor-state: it was wiped off the map in 1795, resurrected after the First World War, apparently annihilated ag...

DescriptionBringing the story of Scotland up to date, this revised fifth edition of Fitzroy Maclean's classic work includes additional chapters by ...

Reducere. Few countries in Europe have undergone such rapid social, political and economic changes as Finland has during the last fifty years. David Kirby he...

Reducere. This is the most up-to-date and comprehensive study of French history available ranging from the early middle ages to the present. Amongst its cent...

DescriptionThis third edition of Mary Fulbrook's much-admired and popular introduction to German history provides a clear and informative guide to ...

The idea of the sword-wielding samurai, beholden to a strict ethical code and trained in deadly martial arts, dominates popular conceptions of the ...

From the momentous invention of the needle some 40, 000 years ago to the development of blue denim, from Neolithic weavers to the biggest names in ...

Drawing on the past 400 years of history, Susan D. Jones and Peter A. Koolmees present the first global history of veterinary medicine and animal h...

A Concise History of Spain - William D. Phillips, Jr. Carla Rahn Phillips

The development, manufacturing, and use of contraceptive methods from the late nineteenth century to the present, viewed from the perspective of re...

4th edition of an essential guide to the history of theatre, updated and extended to cover the key themes and shows of early 21st century drama. 30...

Reducere. Lays emphasis on the continuing influence of the country's African heritage whilst also chronicling the processes of colonial conquest and of econo...

Reducere. Stuart Macintyre, one of Australia's most highly regarded historians, revisits A Concise History of Australia to provoke readers to reconsider Aust...

Reducere. This book presents a concise history of Imperial Russia from the perspectives of geopolitics, system of government, social structure and military h...

Reducere. Now reissued in a fourth, updated edition, this book provides a concise, illustrated introduction to the modern history of Greece, from the first s...

Reducere. This concise, illustrated history of Portugal offers an introduction to the people and culture of the country, its empire, and its search for econo...

Reducere. A Concise History of the Classic Guitar by Graham Wade, one of the foremost international writers on the guitar, explores the history of the instru...

Klein's history of Bolivia from pre-conquest times to the present day has become the standard survey. In this new edition, he expands on the govern...

Reducere. Spanning a period of 2000 years from the Roman conquest of Dacia to the present day, A Concise History of Romania traces the development of a uniqu...

Reducere. The Baltic region is frequently neglected in broader histories of Europe and its international significance can be obscured by separate treatments ...

DescriptionThis short history of history is an ideal introduction for those studying or teaching the subject as part of courses on the historian's ...

Reducere. From the moment the first English colonists landed on the shores of Plymouth Bay, the experiences of the people of Massachusetts have been emblemat...

Reducere. This concise history looks at Mexico from political, economic, and cultural perspectives, portraying Mexico's struggle to break out of the colonial...

From the arrival of Indigenous peoples, through the conquest by Europeans, the American Revolutionary War, and Confederation in the nineteenth cent...

To this day, Japan's modern ascendancy challenges many assumptions about world history, particularly theories regarding the rise of the west and wh...

Reducere. From Polders to Postmodernism is a broad ranging history of the conception and development of the theories that have guided archivists in their wor...

Reducere. DescriptionDistilled from Arkansas: A Narrative History, the definitive work on the subject since its original publication in 2002, Arkansas: A Con...

Reducere. From Orhon inscriptions to Orhan Pamuk, the story of Turkish literature from the eighth century A.D. to the present day is rich and complex, full o...

Publisher: Milo BooksAuthor(s): Julian LordIllustration(s): 1 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 128Publication date: 2012Dimensions: 198 x...

Reducere. Learn about the first time in history that people of color overthrew a European colonial regime to establish an independent country Describing the ...

The rich cultural and political life of Spain has emerged from its complex history, from the diversity of its peoples, and from continual contact w...

Reducere. The Netherlands is known among foreigners today for its cheese and its windmills, its Golden Age paintings and its experimentation in social polici...

Reducere. A Concise History of Christian Thought offers a succinct, readable survey of key Christian thinkers and significant theological developments from t...

Reducere. In 1513, Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon first set foot on Florida's east coast. The land he discovered was a geographic anomaly so distinctive that...

Reducere. Kentucky is most commonly associated with horses, tobacco fields, bourbon, and coal mines. There is much more to the state, though, than stories of...

Reducere. This balanced history offers a concise, readable introduction to Nazi Germany. Combining compelling narrative storytelling with analysis, Joseph W....

Contributor(s): Author: Jr. Arthur GoldschmidtAuthor: Ibrahim Al-MarashiA Concise History of the Middle East provides a comprehensive introduction ...

Reducere. This fast-paced narrative traces the emergence of the United States Navy as a global power from its birth during the American Revolution through to...

Born on the Links encompasses the entire 600-year history of golf, from the links in Scotland in the fifteenth century up to the present. It not on...

Reducere. The Musical, Second Edition, introduces students and general readers to the entire scope of the history of musical theater, from eighteenth-century...