General and world history

The First World War was the first 'total war'.

This prayer book is intended to build up your child's prayer life in a fun and relatable way.

For two thousand years countless people around the world viewed reality through a Christian lens that endowed their lives with meaning, purpose, and coherence.

To write this book more than 3,900 hours of investigation went into examining new evidence to answer the following five questions: Who hated the Princess?

Classical orthodoxy, the Reformational understanding of the gospel, and the Great Awakening beliefs and behaviors, including missions/missiology, reflect what the evangelical movement and its mission should be if it is to have a future.

Our world is facing an enormous and unprecedented challenge.

This book draws from the examples of God, that of Jesus Christ and of others like Joseph, Moses, Joshua, and Paul, who had been called into leadership, as recorded in the Bible, in order to show good leadership approaches, styles, best leadership practices, and the underlying guiding principles that today's leaders need to embrace in order to become more effective in their leadership roles.

The doctrines of covenant, faith, and the order of salvation are crucial components of early modern Reformed soteriology.

The metrical translation of the Psalms into the Punjabi language, set to indigenous music in the late nineteenth century in India, plays a vital role in the personal and communal worship of the global Punjabi Christian community.

If ever a writer needed an introduction Arthur Conan Doyle would not be considered that man.

The social history of the Reformation era remains a constant source of fascination for scholars.

This essential text addresses the growing need for a dedicated coursebook for students and teachers of world development.

A US Army historian chronicles a vital zone of conflict within The Battle of the Bulge in this authoritative and detailed account of WWII combat.

This history of the Royal Flying Corps during the Battle of Somme offers a comprehensive firsthand look at WWI military aviation.

Most people's knowledge of world history is hazy and incomplete at best.

If ever a writer needed an introduction Arthur Conan Doyle would not be considered that man.

A one-volume history of the most consequential political movements of our timepopulism, nationalism, socialismand how they are influencing the twenty-first centuryThe distinguished political analyst John Judis has brought out a book with Columbia Global Reports during each of the last three national political seasons: The Populist Explosion in 2016, The Nationalist Revival in 2018, and The Socialist Awakening in 2020.

If ever a writer needed an introduction Arthur Conan Doyle would not be considered that man.

In the autumn of 1916 the Germans began to equip with the Gotha twin-engine bomber.

We are living in a world desperately in need of hope.

For as long as generalship in war is studied, there is certain to be controversy over the qualities, achievements and treatment of Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck.

Military Service Tribunals were formed following the introduction of conscription in January 1916, to consider applications for exemption from military service.

On 6th June 1944 there took place the greatest seaborne invasion in the history of mankind.

Church, nation and race compares the worldviews and factors that promoted or, indeed, opposed antisemitism amongst Catholics in Germany and England after the First World War.

Often described as Britain's answer to Rommel, the charismatic and courageous Sir Brian Horrocks was one of the most successful field commanders of the Second World War, much of which he spent working with Montgomery.

This history reclaims the Second World War as a global fight 'from below'.

John Buchan was born on August 26th 1875 and is most famously known for his novel 'The Thirty Nine Steps'.

A response to the prominent Methodist historian David Hempton's call to analyse women's experience within Methodism, this book is the first to deal with British Methodist women preachers over the entire nineteenth century.

What was distinctive about the founding principles and practices of Quakerism?

This book focuses on the aural and musical sphere of fictional audio-visual reconstructions of the Holocaust, a defining event in the history of the 20th century.

A groundbreaking rethink of Islamic education in the modern world.

Frederic Manning was born on 22nd July 1882 in Sydney, Australia, one of eight children to local politician Sir William Patrick Manning.

On 23 April 1918 a force drawn from the Royal Navy and Royal Marines launched one of the most daring raids in history.

Contained within is one headline a day for an entire decade from the New York Times presented in chronological order.

John Buchan was born on August 26th 1875 and is most famously known for his novel 'The Thirty Nine Steps'.

Questions about drink - how it is used, how it should be regulated and the social risks it presents - have been a source of sustained and heated dispute in recent years.

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the opponents of Britain's first attempt to join the European Economic Community (EEC), between the announcement of Harold Macmillan's new policy initiative in July 1961 and General de Gaulle's veto of Britain's application for membership in January 1963.

John Buchan was born on August 26th 1875 and is most famously known for his novel 'The Thirty Nine Steps'.

John Buchan was born on August 26th 1875 and is most famously known for his novel 'The Thirty Nine Steps'.

In July 1942 German and Italian forces were on the point of sweeping away the remainder of the British resistance in the Middle East and triumphantly overrunning Egypt.

Why did British boats shoot their way up the Yangzi in 1842, rather than Chinese ones up the Thames?

"e;A powerful, illuminating book.

First Published in 1992, this classic David Suzuki title is now available with a new introduction.

Best known in the USA as a former colony and exotic tourist location, the Republic of the Philippines has seen civil unrest, insurgencies and separatism movements ever since independence in 1946.

In the 2010 federal election, independent candidate Andrew Wilkie grabbed headlines after winning the seat of Denison, and with it a key role in deciding who would form the next government of Australia.

A new, revised and expanded edition of an Ocean Press classic.

Navigate the world's belief systems with this faith-filled resource!

Poems by Nguyen Phan Que MaiTranslated from the Vietnamese by Bruce Weigl and Nguyen Phan Que MaiNguyen Phan Que Mai is among the most exciting writers to emerge from post-war Vietnam.

Featuring the art and images from World of Tanks, plus additional illustrations, the story of the SU-152 is told in graphic form along with tips on how to play with the SU-152 in the multi-player online game World of Tanks.