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The concept for this book materialised as a result of some brilliant research by University of Buckingham MA Archaeology students in 2014-15. Each examined a feature of the Stonehenge landscape from a different space and time perspective and produced work which...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2019-03-13
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The explosive narrative of the life, captivity, and trial of Bowe Bergdahl, the soldier who was abducted by the Taliban and whose story has served as a symbol for America's foundering war in AfghanistanIn the early hours of June 30, 2009, Private First Class Bowe...
Editeur :
Wildfire
Parution :
2019-03-12
ePub
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Nashville, August 1920. Thirty-five states have ratified the Nineteenth Amendment, twelve have rejected or refused to vote, and one last state is needed. It all comes down to Tennessee, the moment of truth for the suffragists, after a seven-decade crusade. The opposing...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2019-03-07
ePub
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'It's brave and honest, and not a moment too soon.' Afua Hirsch, Brit(ish)'[An] outstanding myth-busting book. Everyone should read it.' Bernardine EvaristoWhat is the experience of Black men in Britain today? Never has the conversation about racism and inclusion been...
Editeur :
Trapeze
Parution :
2019-03-07
Collection :
The Legacy Trilogy
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? comes a fun, frank book of reflections, essays and interviews on topics ranging from politics and career to motherhood, sisterhood and making and sustaining relationships of all kinds in...
Editeur :
Little, Brown Book Group
Parution :
2019-03-05
ePub
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Discover the trailblazing women who changed the world from their kitchens.If "a woman's place is in the kitchen," why is the history of food such an old boys' club? A Woman's Place sets the record straight, sharing stories of more than 80 hidden figures of food who made...
Editeur :
Little, Brown and Company
Parution :
2019-03-05
ePub
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“Wondrous . . . Compelling . . . Piercing.” —The New York Times Book Review Award-winning writer Matti Friedman’s tale of Israel’s first spies has all the tropes of an espionage novel, including duplicity, betrayal, disguise, clandestine...
Editeur :
Algonquin Books
Parution :
2019-03-05
ePub
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How did the Nazis imagine their victory and the subsequent ‘Thousand-Year Reich’? Between 1939 and 1943, the Nazi imperial Utopia started to take shape in the conquered areas of Eastern Europe, brutally emptied of their inhabitants, who were displaced, reduced to...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2019-03-05
ePub
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER"If you loved the movie, you will love the real story in the book." -- Fox & FriendsOn the 50th anniversary of the creation of the "Topgun" Navy Fighter School, its founder shares the remarkable inside story of how he and eight other risk-takers...
Editeur :
Grand Central Publishing
Parution :
2019-03-05
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An eye-opening look at Little Women author Louisa May Alcott's time as a Civil War nurse, and the far-reaching implications her service had on her writing and her activism Louisa on the Frontlines is the first narrative nonfiction book focusing on the least-known aspect...
Editeur :
Seal Press
Parution :
2019-02-26
ePub
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Stretching 1,200 kilometres across six countries, the colossal mountains of the Alps dominate Europe, geographically and historically. Enlightenment thinkers felt the sublime and magisterial peaks were the very embodiment of nature, Romantic poets looked to them for...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2019-02-25
Collection :
Environmental History
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Barcelona has existed as a settlement for two millennia. Early civilizations shaped the city before it achieved, in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, global power as a trading metropolis and empire capital. After a long struggle with the unifying Spanish state, the city...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2019-02-21
Collection :
Cities in World History
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Exam board: International BaccalaureateLevel: IB DiplomaSubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2015First exams: Summer 2017Reinforce knowledge and develop exam skills with revision of key historical content, exam-focussed activities and guidance from experts as part...
Editeur :
Hodder Education
Parution :
2019-02-18
Collection :
Access to History
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Published to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, these gripping true stories capture the astonishing bravery of the fliers who helped win World War II. American pilots fought fierce and often deadly battles in every theater of war, and many...
Editeur :
Union Square & Co.
Parution :
2019-02-15
ePub
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In September 2014, Azad Cudi became one of seventeen snipers deployed when ISIS, trying to shatter the Kurds in a decisive battle, besieged the northern city of Kobani.In LONG SHOT, he tells the inside story of how a group of activists and idealists withstood a...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2019-02-14
Collection :
The Legacy Trilogy
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Spannend und ergreifend, so blutig wie leidenschaftlich und eine der großen Erzählungen unserer Zeit: die deutsche Geschichte. Christian v. Ditfurth nimmt Sie mit auf eine Reise zu Horden, Königen, Kaisern, Ketzern und Kriegern. Er erzählt eine Geschichte von Heiligen,...
Editeur :
Wiley-VCH
Parution :
2019-02-12
Collection :
Für Dummies
ePub
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THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR COLLECTION: VOLUME 2 brings together three more of Michael Jecks' most popular Knights Templar mysteries. Join Sir Baldwin de Furnshill and Baliff Simon Puttock as they journey from England to France, and back again, in three riveting tales of murder...
Editeur :
Headline
Parution :
2019-02-07
ePub
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The mutiny on HMS Bounty, in the South Pacific on 28 April 1789, is one of history's great epics - and in the hands of Peter FitzSimons it comes to life as never before.Commissioned by the Royal Navy to collect breadfruit plants from Tahiti and take them to the West...
Editeur :
Constable
Parution :
2019-02-07
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A comprehensive review of World War II that offers a global-level analysis Written for academics and students of history, World War II in Global Perspective, 1931-1953 presents a dynamic and global account of the historical events prior to, during, and after World War...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2019-02-05
Collection :
Wiley Short Histories
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A poet's memoir of his mother that flows backwards through time, through a tumultuous period of European history - a tender and yet unsparing autobiographical journey.**RADIO 4's BOOK OF THE WEEK FROM 15 March 2021**"A truly remarkable book . . . fiercely compelling"...
Editeur :
Maclehose Press
Parution :
2019-01-31
ePub
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