Discover unrelenting spirit and strength in the extraordinary true story of Franci: a woman who survived the holocaust against all of the odds'Achingly moving, gives much-needed hope.
Hidden History of Britain: Declassified Events, Secret Projects, & Forgotten OperationsBritain's modern history contains far more hidden layers than most people realise.
This second volume of Roman Hispania explores the transformation of the Iberian Peninsula under Roman rule, from fierce resistance against conquest to becoming one of the most important regions of the Roman Empire.
The Green Cord: The Rise and Fall of Kara Mustafa Pasha In November 1676, Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha received the imperial seal of the Ottoman grand vizierate, the most powerful administrative office in the world.
'The definitive biography' - Simon Sebag Montefiore, bestselling author of The RomanovsGet lost in the labyrinthine life of Grigori Rasputin, an enigmatic figure that continues to puzzle historians to this day.
A vivid and visceral portrayal of the most famous naval battle in history, focusing on the human cost of war, by a brilliant military historian'A striking success' The Times'Fresh, original and brilliantly vivid' Telegraph'The best all-round book on the subject yet' SpectatorAt about 1.
A comprehensive overview of twentieth-century Russian history that treats the years from 1917 to 2000 as a single period and analyses the peculiar mixture of political, economic and social ingredients that made up the Soviet compound.
The story of contemporary Ireland is inseparable from the story of the official republican movement, a story told here for the first time - from the clash between Catholic nationalist and socialist republicanism in the 1960s and '70s through the Workers' Party's eventual rejection of irredentism.
Georgian London evokes images of elegant buildings and fine art, but it was also a city where prostitution was rife, houses of ill repute widespread, and many tens of thousands of people dependent in some way or other on the wages of sin.
'Leanda de Lisle brings the story of nine days' queen, Lady Jane Grey and her forgotten sisters, the rivals of Elizabeth I, to vivid life in her fascinating biography' Philippa GregoryThe dramatic untold story of the three tragic Grey sisters, all heirs to the Tudor throne, all victims to their royal blood.
'In the craven world of architectural criticism Hatherley is that rarest of things: a brave, incisive, elegant and erudite writer, whose books dissect the contemporary built environment to reveal the political fantasies and social realities it embodies' Will SelfDuring the course of the twentieth century, communism took power in Eastern Europe and remade the city in its own image.
George IV spent most of his life waiting to become king: as a pleasure-loving and rebellious Prince of Wales during the sixty-year reign of his father, George III, and for ten years as Prince Regent, when his father went mad.
A Fortunate Shot: The Life of Francesco Morosini, Destroyer of the ParthenonIn the summer of 1687, a Venetian mortar round passed through the marble roof of the Parthenon and detonated the Ottoman gunpowder store within.
Die Renaissance ist eine wirtschaftliche, wissenschaftliche, technische, gesellschaftliche, religiose, soziale und kulturelle Entwicklung, die einzigartig in der Geschichte ist.
Echoes of Britain: Stonehenge: Sun, Stone and Mystery explores the story of Britain's most famous prehistoric monument, from its earliest earthworks and cremation burials to the raising of the great sarsens, the long journey of the bluestones, the mystery of its alignments, and the many myths that have gathered around it.
Groundbreaking and critically-acclaimed, Tommy is the first history of World War I to place the British soldier who fought in the trenches centre-stage.
Die Kolner Synodalstatuten des Spatmittelalters (1261-1513) sind eine wertvolle Quelle fur die Rechts- und Frommigkeitsgeschichte einer der bedeutendsten Diozesen Europas.
Boredom and Creativity: Neuroanatomy, Immunology, and Physiological Mechanisms of Boredom to Breakthrough Creativity by Minh Hung / Nguyen Dong Hung is an interdisciplinary work that brings together neuroscience, immunology, psychology, existential philosophy, and creativity studies to explore a profoundly modern question: why do boredom, emptiness, and stagnation sometimes become the starting point of breakthrough creativity?
Das Buch beleuchtet den Aufstieg der Sachsen von einer als Piraten bekannten Kriegervolk im vierten Jahrhundert uber ihre Konfrontation mit dem christlichen Glauben wahrend der Herrschaft Karls des Groen im achten Jahrhundert bis hin zu Otto dem Groen, einem Sachsen, der etwa 160 Jahre spater zum Kaiser gekront wurde.
A Times Book of the Year'A superb work of history' JAMES HOLLAND'A thrilling account from a master of Second World War history' DAN SNOWA landmark history of the U-Boat war told through the experiences and recollections of the U-Boat crews themselves.
Pestizide waren und sind ein zentrales gesellschaftliches Thema von ungebrochener Aktualitat: Die (deutsche) Gesellschaft ist untrennbar mit den Schadlingsbekampfungsmitteln verbunden und immer wieder erreicht ihre Nutzung politische und offentliche Aufmerksamkeit.
Amidst the tumult of the Algerian War, "e;8th January 1961: Shifting Sands"e; delves into a pivotal moment in history when the fate of Algeria hung in the balance.
Explore the Ancient Roman Empire as you ve never seen it before with the acclaimed anthropologist and Sunday Times bestselling author of Domination, Alice Roberts.
This story, based on real events, provides us with an image adjusted to a historical moment – the mid-twentieth century – in which the world, in general, and Europe in particular, were divided into two large ideological blocs, as a result of the end of the S.
FINANCIAL TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR and DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOKS OF THE YEARShortlisted for the 2012 DUKE OF WESTMINSTER MEDAL FOR MILITARY LITERATUREAt the end of 1917 Britain and France faced a strategic nightmare.
The most iconic planes of WWII, the Supermarine Spitfire, Hawker Hurricane, DeHavilland Mosquito and the Avro Lancaster, were all powered by one engine, the Rolls-Royce Merlin.
On the evening of 30 March, 1982, Commander David Hall, chief engineer of the British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror received a telephone call giving him the order to 'store for war'.
Eleni Gage, a young journalist living in New York, leaves her Manhattan flat to return to the remote but beautiful Greek village of Lia in northern Greece and rebuild her ruined ancestral home.
BOOK 9 OF THE LADYBIRD EXPERT HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, FROM AWARD-WINNING HISTORIAN JAMES HOLLANDFeaturing stunning illustrations from Keith Burns, bringing the story to life in vivid detailWhy did the Allies attack on D-Day?
This history of Britain since 1945 confronts two themes that have dominated British consciousness during the post-war era: the myth of decline and the pervasiveness of American influence.
