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Sub-Categories of History
History
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The French Revolution and What Went Wrong
Stephen Clarke
History; European history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; French Revolution
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An entertaining and eye-opening look at the French Revolution, by Stephen Clarke, author of 1000 Years of Annoying the French... [more]
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Story of a Secret State: My Report to the World
Jan Karski
Memoirs; History; European history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Second World War
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Karski was a brilliant young diplomat when war broke out in 1939 with Hitler's... [more]
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The United States, the Soviet Union and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1948-67:...
Joseph Heller
History; The Cold War; Jewish studies; International relations
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This book presents a comprehensive history of the modern Middle East and Arab-Israeli conflict through the Cold War, focusing... [more]
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Ancient Mesopotamia Speaks - Highlights of the Yale Babylonian Collection...
Agnete W. Lassen, Eckart Frahm, Klaus Wagensonner
Exhibition catalogues & specific collections; History; Middle Eastern history; Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Archaeology
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A stunning guide to the treasures housed within the Yale Babylonian Collection, presenting new perspectives on the society... [more]
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The Australian Army at War 1976-2016
Leigh Neville
History; Australasian & Pacific history; Military history; Uniforms & insignia
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Since the end of their involvement in the Vietnam War, the Australian Army has been modernized in every respect. After peacekeeping... [more]
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Castagnaro 1387: Hawkwood's Great Victory
Kelly DeVries, Niccolo Capponi
History; European history; Medieval history; Military history; Battles & campaigns
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The battle of Castagnaro, fought on 11 March 1387 between the Veronese and the Paduans, is one of the most famous Italian... [more]
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Border: Journeys Along the U.S.-Mexico Border, the World's Most Consequential...
David Danelo, Andrew Selee
History; History of the Americas; 21st century history: from c 2000 -
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David Danelo has traveled the U.S.-Mexico border and his investigative report about a complex issue examines the border in... [more]
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American Covenant: A History of Civil Religion from the Puritans to the...
Philip Gorski
History; History of the Americas; History of religion
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The long battle between exclusionary and inclusive versions of the American story Was America founded as a Christian nation... [more]
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Our Sphere of Influence: Rivalry in the Pacific: Australian Foreign Affairs...
Jonathan Pearlman
History; International relations; Finance; Business strategy
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The uncomfortable reality is that preserving an exclusive sphere of influence in the South Pacific is not going to be possible... [more]
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Armies of Russia's War in Ukraine
Mark Galeotti
History; Military history: post WW2 conflicts
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In February 2014, street protests in Kiev and other Ukrainian cities led to the ousting of the Russian-backed President Yanukovych.... [more]
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Out of Our Minds: What We Think and How We Came to Think It
Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
Interdisciplinary studies; History; Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Philosophy of mind; Cognition & cognitive psychology
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An extraordinary journey through the history of the human imagination, from the dawn of civilization to the present day [more]
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Larrikins in Khaki: Tales of Irreverence and Courage from World War II Diggers...
Tim Bowden
History; Australasian & Pacific history; Second World War; Military life & institutions
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With a reputation for being hard to discipline, generosity to their comrades, frankness and sticking it up any sign of pomposity,... [more]
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Stalingrad
David M. Glantz, Jonathan M. House
History; European history; Second World War
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This is the long awaited one-volume campaign history from the leading experts of the decisive clash of Nazi and Soviet forces... [more]
$55.95
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Science: Antiquity and its Legacy
Philippa Lang
Classical history & classical civilisation; Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500; History of ideas; Mathematics & Sciences; History of science
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Modern science and its technology are the children of the seventeenth-century. Shedding fresh light on topics such as Euclid's... [more]
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The Holocaust: The Basics
Paul R. Bartrop (Florida Gulf Coast University, USA)
History; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; The Holocaust; Ethnic studies; Human rights
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The Holocaust: The Basics is a concise introduction to the study of this seismic event in mid twentieth-century human history.<br... [more]
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Staring at God: Britain in the Great War
Simon Heffer
History; Social & cultural history; First World War
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Throughout, he complements his analysis with vivid portraits of the men and women who shaped British life during the war -... [more]
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Smoky the Brave
Damien Lewis
True war & combat stories; History; Second World War; Dogs as pets
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The World's Smallest Dog with the World's Biggest Heart [more]
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The Masque of Africa
V. S. Naipaul
History; Religion: general; Travel writing
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An astonishingly prescient, beautifully written and deeply humane meditation on belief from the late Nobel Laureate, Sir V.... [more]
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Agent Jack: The True Story of MI5's Secret Nazi Hunter
Robert Hutton
Biography: historical, political & military; True war & combat stories; History; Second World War; Fascism & Nazism; Espionage & secret services
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Revealed for the first time, the astonishing story of the MI5 agent at the heart of Operation Fifth Column, the secret wartime... [more]
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Barbarians: Rebellion and Resistance to the Roman Empire
Stephen P. Kershaw
History; European history; Ancient history: to c 500 CE
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A fresh new look at the Roman Empire, from the point of view of those regarded by the Romans as 'barbarians'. Kershaw builds... [more]
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Winds of Change: Britain in the Early Sixties
Peter Hennessy
History; British & Irish history; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; Social & cultural history
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As with his acclaimed histories of British life in the two previous decades, Never Again and Having it so Good, Peter Hennessy... [more]
$69.99
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The Walls Have Ears: The Greatest Intelligence Operation of World War II...
Helen Fry
History; British & Irish history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Second World War; Espionage & secret services
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A history of the elaborate and brilliantly sustained World War II intelligence operation by which Hitler's generals were tricked... [more]
$47.99
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Scorched Earth: Peacekeeping in Timor During a Campaign of Death and Destruction...
Tammy Pemper
Biography; Peace studies & conflict resolution; Military history
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As a UN peacekeeper, I joined the East Timorese fight for life. By then, the earth had drunk the blood of one third of their... [more]
$29.99
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The Man Inside...The Bloodiest Outbreak
Graham Apthorpe
History; Second World War; Prisoners of war
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The War in the Pacific has turned; thousands of the previously invincible Japanese soldiers are now being captured in New... [more]
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Thermopylae: Great Battles
Chris Carey
History; Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Classical history & classical civilisation; Military history
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The story of Thermopylae, the famous last stand of the Greco-Persian Wars: how it was fought, how it has been remembered,... [more]
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