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The Channel Islands were the only British soil to be occupied by the Germans in WW2, the Islanders the only British citizens to fall under German rule. How the Islanders reacted to the invaders has re...
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The world first publication of a previously unknown work by J.R.R. Tolkien, which tells the extraordinary story of the final days of England´s legendary hero, King Arthur....
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Features an account of the planning and execution of the Bin Laden raid from inside the US Navy SEAL team who carried out the extraordinary mission to kill the terrorist mastermind. This title puts re...
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Born at the turn of the 20th century and raised in Vienna, Eric Hobsbawm, who was to become one of the most brilliant and original historians of our age, was uniquely placed to observe an era of titan...
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16 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white tables, 13 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings...
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In this updated Very Short Introduction to British Politics, Tony Wright adds a wealth of new information to highlight the important changes affecting the British political system; including the impac...
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The end of the Second World War saw a terrible explosion of violence across Europe. Prisoners murdered jailers. Soldiers visited atrocities on civilians. Resistance fighters killed and pilloried colla...
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The titanic armor battles of the Russian Front are widely known, but the role of Germany's eastern allies is not as well known. This book covers the many smaller and lesser known forces including the ...
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The must-read book for anyone concerned about the present and the future...
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Beginning with the bloody suppression of the Filipino struggle for independence and spanning the two World Wars, this title documents how US administrations have repeatedly intervened in conflicts on ...
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This book is part of the Eastern Front from Primary Sources series, a new military history range compiled and edited by Emmy Award winning author and historian Bob Carruthers. The series draws on bot...
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The mountain paths are as treacherous as they are steep - the more so in the dark and in winter. Even for the fit the journey is a formidable challenge. This title uncovers stories of midnight scrambl...
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Packed with facts and stories, this book helps you to learn how we would be as freezing cold as Siberia without the Gulf Stream; why we drive on the left-hand side of the road; and why the Midlands be...
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A riveting and revelatory account of Winston Churchill's first campaign - in Afghanistan in the 1890s, offering shocking parallels into today's Afghan war...
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Looks at the shape of society in the digital age, of the direction in which the 21st Century may take us. From urging us to drop outdated ideas of the internet to showing how to design more humane and...
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Deluxe collector's edition featuring the first edition text and containing a facsimile page of Tolkien's original manuscript. The book is quarterbound with a gold motif stamped on the front board and ...
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Over 150 images of original propaganda posters and materials used by the Nazis during the Second World War. In-depth analysis of the types of Propaganda used and the affect it had on the German popul...
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Based on a wealth of interview material and original reportage, the book enters the terrain of grass-roots politics, identifying how Bolivians work within the country's social movements and how they v...
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The Dutch DXXIs saw less than a week of action following the German invasion of the west on 10 May 1940, with many of the country's 28 fighters being destroyed on the ground. However, those that survi...
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Fully integrated with original black and white photographs, line drawings and technical diagrams of the Panzer tanks and tables giving the tank's specifications. This book is part of the "Hitler's Wa...
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The must-read book for anyone concerned about the present and the future...
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This book examines and evaluates various private initiatives to enforce fair labor standards within global supply chains. 20 b/w illus. 26 tables...
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The daring "Dambusters" raid on 17 May 1943, when a special force of British Avro Mark III Lancasters attacked and destroyed the Eder Dams in Germany, was one of the iconic moments of the Second World...
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Skilfully blending intellectual, political, and cultural history, the author elucidates the ideas that shaped the period of ideological extremes before 1945 and the liberalization of Western European ...
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17 black & white illustrations, 19 black & white tables, 17 black & white line drawings...
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Beyond Swat readdresses Fredrik Barth's seminal work Political Leadership among Swat Pathans, and the reactions it sparked, in relationship to contemporary developments in Swat and the wider Afghanist...
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