General and world history

Until recently James Beatson was one of the millions of forgotten soldiers of the Great War.

'Very funny book alert!

From the Greek professional armies of Alexander, through the Hundred Years War, indeed, to today, mercenaries have been ever-present, their role constantly evolving.

In the following pages, we will get to know about the 50 Famous People in Modern History.

A prewar Sapper, Charlie Radford served in North Africa until he returned to the UK for parachute training.

Los fondos documentales que conforman la correspondencia de Antonio Perrenot de Granvela, conservados en la Biblioteca Nacional de Madrid, constituyen una valiosa fuente de informacion sobre gran cantidad de aspectos historicos, filologicos y linguisticos referentes a buena parte de siglo XVI.

A brilliant and prolific collection of rare photographs celebrating the war-winning qualities of arguably the most important tank of the Second World War.

This is a book of buttons from a revolutionary, dramatic period of accelerated social change, the last half of the Twentieth Century.

Believe it or not but what happened in Old Babylonia centuries ago still holds water today.

In Toponymy of Nagaon District, the author provides a scientific, lucid and nuanced study of the place names of Nagaon District of Assam.

First raised by his maternal grandmother and her four youngest sisters in the harbour city of Le Havre, in the English Channel, a boy, Jean, will discover later in tragic circumstances the love of his mother.

'Far and wide was [Redgauntlet] hated and feared.

Few books in the history of New Directions have received such praise as came to Edward Dahlberg's autobiography, Because I Was Flesh, which is now on our paperback list.

The 20th century pertains to the years from 1900 to 1999.

This completes the trilogy of classic James Hilton novels (the other two being "e;Lost Horizon"e; and "e;Goodbye Mr.

La historia es una disciplina en continuo movimiento gracias a las investigaciones, descubrimientos y reinterpretaciones de nuestro pasado.

All hail to the man who discovered America and placed it in the map.

An award-winning journalist portrays life and faith on the frontlines of the Iraq War through the experience of a US Army chaplain.

El último gobierno del PP ha mostrado una escalada de medidas legislativas represivas que han provocado una importante protesta social y denuncia de numerosas instituciones internacionales.

This is the story of an ordinary young man, unworldly, untried and patriotic, who enlisted at 18 in 1942 and became an infantryman specialising as a machine gunner with the Middlesex Regiment and later with the Cheshire Regiment.

This 2nd book is a continuation of the 1st book.

Los almogávares.

When Will Davies discovered the manuscript for Somme Mud he knew he had found a lost treasure.

Government are governed by laws.

A captivating panorama of a world poised between despair and hope in the aftermath of the Great War.

My interest in the Russian Expeditionary Force (REF) began some years ago when I went on a Battlefield Tour with Flanders Tours led by Lieutenant Colonel Graham Parker OBE (retd.

Sir John Palmer was at sea for virtually the entire war serving in three ships.

The 20th century pertains to the years from 1900 to 1999.

David Christian, creator of Big History ('My favourite course of all time' Bill Gates), brings us the epic story of the universe and our place in it, from 13.

Setting out to provide a definitive history of the European Film Fund (EFF), the purpose of this thesis is as follows: first, to draw attention to the many exile and refugee organisations by examining one of them, the EFF.

The Merchant Seaman never faltered.

'Our childhood came to an end when our parents parted and from then on Jennifer was placed in the impossible position of having to be a parent to me, her sister.

'Fascinating and richly documented .