Story of Britain. From the Romans to the Present, Paperback - Roy Strong

A fully updated, authoritative and exceptionally readable history of Britain from the Romans to the present.

DescriptionThe Story of Britain is an accessible one-volume history that clearly depict Britain's origins--and explain how the past shaped the nati...

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From the bestselling author of Viking Britain, a new epic history of our forgotten past. As Tolkien knew, Britain in the 'Dark Ages' was a mosaic o...

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Highly illustrated history of warfare in Yorkshire from Roman times to the seventeenth century.Illustrations: 100 black and white illustrations

Modern Greece is an updated and enhanced edition of a classic survey of Greek history since the beginning of the 19th century. Giving equal weighti...

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The most interesting tensions and ambitions of twentieth-century American poetry intersect in one resonant word: voice. The term "poetic voice" emp...

Publisher: Association for Asian StudiesAuthor(s): Shelton WoodsNumber of pages: 118Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 151 x 228 x 11Cover type: Pap...

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Vrasidas (University of Sydney, Australia) KaralisIllustration(s): 26 bw illusNumber of pages: 304Co...

This sweeping, multidisciplinary exploration of the major epidemics since the Black Death reveals the impact of diseases ranging from bubonic plagu...

Historian Thomas J. Misa's sweeping history of the relationship between technology and society over the past 500 years reveals how technological in...

From the author of Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters comes an in-depth examination of sexual serial killers throughout human histo...

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"A sweeping look at the history of voting rights in the U.S."--VoxWho has the right to vote? And who benefits from exclusion?For most of American h...

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Recent challenges to US maritime predominance suggests a return to great power competition at sea, and this new volume looks at how navies in previ...

Reducere. An Oxford professor of archaeology explores the unique history of magic--the oldest and most neglected strand of human behavior and its resurgence ...

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Now in a fully revised and updated edition, this comprehensive and balanced history of modern Korea explores the social, economic, and political is...

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Shakespeare's plays have been adapted or rewritten in various ways since the seventeenth century. This anthology brings together thirteen theatrica...

Publisher: Anness PublishingAuthor(s): Charles PhillipsNumber of pages: 96Publication date: 2013Dimensions: 232 x 297 x 8Cover type: Paperback / so...

What Is Work? offers a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding labor within the highly gendered realm of household economies.Editor(s): Manuel...

A history of Americans who spied against their country and what their stories reveal about national securityWhat's your secret?American Spies prese...

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Reducere. DescriptionUnlike previous works that focus on the relationships of the Chippewa with the colonial governments of France, Great Britain, and the Un...

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Presents an illustrated history of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. This title takes the reader on a journey from prehistoric times onwards, e...

DescriptionBeginning with Aristotle and the Greeks and ending with semiotics and post-structuralism, Theories of the Theatre is the first comprehen...

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Reducere. DescriptionThe long battle between exclusionary and inclusive versions of the American storyWas America founded as a Christian nation or a secular ...