The Nations of Britain

Reducere. Is Britain one nation, or many? Is it a nation with more than a thousand years of history, or 'an invented nation', only as old as the 1707 union o...

Taking an extraordinary journey into the history and landscape of the Hebrides, Bunting explores the islands' turbulent history, their influence an...

Reducere. Throughout the chronicle of Britain's history, one factor above all others has determined the fate of kings, the security of trade, and the integri...

This edited collection focuses on the negotiation of national, geographic and cultural identities during the Second World War among the constituent...

Brings together the early histories of the development of the turbojet, turboprop and turboshaft engines. This work describes the work of twelve na...

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

A book about the rise of English nationalism and the impending breakup of the United Kingdom.

Reducere. DescriptionIntroduction the Catholic Conscience of History 4 I. What was the Roman Empire? 15 II. What was the Church in the Roman Empire? 25 III. ...

As the oldest living inhabitants on the planet, trees have played a major part in the way we live today, providing both the daily oxygen we breathe...

A book about the rise of English nationalism and the impending breakup of the United Kingdom.Publisher: Head of ZeusAuthor(s): Gavin EslerNumber of...

Contributor(s): Author: Kori SchakeHistory records only one peaceful transition of hegemonic power: the passage from British to American dominance ...

A guide to Celtic places across Britain, Ireland and France.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): John MossIllustration(s): 20 monoNumber of p...

Reducere. Description7 Steps to Revival Years ago, the Lord spoke these words to international Bible teacher Derek Prince, author of the acclaimed book Shapi...

In the decades after 1944 the four nations of Britain shared a common educational programme. By 2015, this programme had fragmented: the patterns o...

This book offers the first integrated study of the formation of diasporas from the islands of Ireland and Britain, and explores how the examples an...

"Cool Britannia" is alive and well today. British culture is at the top of its game--in fashion, popular music, art and entertainment, science and ...

* Incisive new study of artillery tactics throughout the Great War * Compares artillery tactics of the principal belligerent nations - Britain, Fra...

In this expansive historical synthesis, Richard Butsch integrates social, economic, and political history to offer a comprehensive and cohesive exa...

Reducere. DescriptionIn the late 1930s, as Europe moved toward war, the peaceful kingdom of Norway found itself strategically vital to the interests of Germa...

Are disabled people second class citizens in modern Britain? Despite severe criticisms from the United Nations the UK Government has continued to r...

DescriptionIn 1908 the most incredible naval arms race in history began. Flush with cash from rubber and coffee, Brazil decided to order three of t...

Reducere. In the post-1945 era, the aircraft carrier has remained a valued weapon despite the development of nuclear weapons, cruise and ballistic missiles, ...

Reducere. The untold history of the multiracial making of the border between Canada and the United States. Often described as the longest undefended border i...

Updated in 2017. Celtic Christianity is as exciting as it is intriguing, from the first native Christians in the British Isles, through to the grea...

Reducere. The animal fur trade played a key role in the development and ultimate ownership of lands and resources on the West Coast of North America. Yet it ...

DescriptionAn incisive, comparative study of the development of Post-World War II progressive politics in Britain, France, and the United States To...

DescriptionFor better or worse, what we are is often determined by our family; the events that occurred many years before we were born and the choi...

Reducere. In this provocative reinterpretation of one of the best-known events in American history, Woody Holton shows that when Thomas Jefferson, George Was...

Reducere. Friends sometimes have problems with one another, the reasons are myriad, because after all, they are human beings and therefore subject to all of ...

Reducere. From the author of the he award winning Fledgling Jason Steed, comes a brand new thrilling adventure. Jason Steed Absolutely Nothing is Mark A. Coo...

A path-breaking history of how the United States superseded Great Britain as the preeminent power in the Middle East, with urgent lessons for the p...

Contributor(s): Author: Angus KonstamIllustrator: Tony BryanFrom the end of the 19th century through the first half of the 20th, most Western power...

Reducere. What determines why some countries succeed and others fall behind? Economists have long debated the sources of economic growth, resulting in confli...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Alexander FooteBritish citizen Alexander Foote was recruited into a Soviet network of spies against Nazi Germany. Based in ...

Introduction and Notes by David Blair. University of Kent at Canterbury. It is 1757. Across north-eastern America the armies of Britain and France ...

Reducere. Following Napoleon's defeat and exile in 1814, the future of the European continent hung in the balance. Eager to negotiate a lasting, workable pea...

The first comprehensive history of the Aboriginal First World War experience on the battlefield and the home front.When the call to arms was heard ...

The rugby union has undergone immense change in the past two decadesintroducing a World Cup, accepting professionalism, and creating a global marke...

During World War II the "special relationship" between the United States and Great Britain cemented the alliance that won the war in the West. But ...

Reducere. In a world of supercomputers, genetic engineering, and fiber optics, technological creativity is ever more the key to economic success. But why are...

Reducere. In The Last Good Neighbor Eric Zolov presents a revisionist account of Mexican domestic politics and international relations during the long 1960s,...

Reducere. Franklin Roosevelt is the assistant secretary of defense. Thomas Dewey is running for president with a blunt-speaking Missourian named Harry Truman...

About World War IIIn collaboration with the Imperial War Museum, go back in time and experience history with this picture-led guide to the Second W...

At the height of its power, the Roman Empire encompassed the entire Mediterranean basin, extending much beyond it from Britain to Mesopotamia, from...

DescriptionCreating A Napoleonic Wargames Army 1809-1815 describes the creation of a wargames' army and provides essential guidance for someone sta...

Reducere. Published to mark the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation. For the past five hundred years God has been pouring out His Spirit, to reform and to r...

Reducere. DescriptionA dazzling new history of the irrepressible demographic changes and mass migrations that have made and unmade nations, continents, and e...

Reducere. In 1938, a year before the outbreak of the Second World War, the German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop launched a campaign in Britain in o...

Reducere. "This is the kind of investigatory history Hochschild pulls off like no one else . . . Hochschild is a master at chronicling how prevailing cultura...

Reducere. From one of the South′s foremost historians, this is the dramatic story of the conflict in South Carolina that was one of the most pivotal contribu...

DescriptionThe invasion of Normandy was the most significant moment of World War II--and one of the most significant in the history of the world. B...

Reducere. DescriptionImprobable, if not impossible. How could a people who'd been scattered for two millennia reestablish a homeland on their ancient soil?Ag...

Reducere. The high-octane thriller hailed by David Baldacci as "chilling and suspenseful" and by Nelson Demille as "one of the best novels to come out of the...

Reducere. Give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. (Proverbs 30: 8) One of the most difficult questions facing Christians today i...

Reducere. If we are to take seriously the need for telling the truth about our history, we must start at first principles. What if the sovereignty of the Fir...

DescriptionThough World War II took place after the development of color photography, nearly all of the familiar images of it are in black and whit...

Reducere. Jack Malloch was Rhodesia's principal pioneer in aviation. He was an aviator and entrepreneur who left his mark on Rhodesia in a number of ways. He...

At the end of the Second World War, Hong Kong lived up to its description as "the barren island." It had few natural resources, its trade and infra...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Frank TayellBook 3: Family The undead rose. Nations collapsed. Some people survived. Three months after escaping from Londo...

Reducere. In Re-Union, David Madland explores how labor unions are essential to all workers. Yet, union systems are badly flawed and in need of rapid changes...