Regional / International studies

WINNER OF THE MILITARY HISTORY MATTERS AWARD 'Hart is a historian and author at the peak of his powers' Richard van EmdenThe best way to understand what it was like to fight in the Second World War is to see it through the eyes of the soldiers who fought it.

It takes more than historical facts to help readers connect to a part of history that is so diabolical and devastating.

A boy writes home during WWII, revealing his own fascinating story, full of zest for life, information and humour.

A controversial and radical study of the Bible portraying it as a political rather than religious book.

Why secular society cannot solve its biggest problems.

A compelling and inspiring tale of one man's journey from Alpha Boy to Alpha Wolf.

A lovestory in fragments, told in the margins of a new philosophy of 21st Century sexuality.

To some, the notion of mixing religious groups and community organizing may seem a pleasing prospect, an idea long overdue.

The Second World War was not the 'Good War' of legend.

The Great Escape was one of the most remarkable episodes of the Second World War.

The testament to a tragedy.

The dramatic story of the sinking of the Dunedin StarNovember 9th, 1942.

A magisterial history of the Jews in Nazi Germany and the regime's policies towards them in the years prior to World War II and the Holocaust.

The second and concluding volume of the definitive two-volume account of the HolocaustWith THE YEARS OF EXTERMINATION, Friedlander completes his work on Nazi Germany and the Jews.

Woody Belsheim had one question when he gave his niece, Rozanne Enerson Junker, a miniature sealskin kayak made for him in 1944 by Inuit hunter Renatus Tuglavina: Would it be possible for you to find out what happened to Renatus .

';For me these Ormond College women were, and are, the first voices of the revolution that is #MeToo in Australia.

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A New York Times BestsellerLess a mystery unsolved than a secret well kept.

Of American and German parentage, Ernst Hanfstaengl graduated from Harvard and ran the family business in New York for a dozen years before returning to Germany in 1921.

Highly readable and up-to-date to reflect the vast changes taking place in the region In this up-to-date, painstakingly researched dictionary, author Dilip Hiro brings one of the most tumultuous regions of the world to our fingertips.

This richly illustrated book takes a different angle on Robert E.

Zwischen 1940 und 1945 kamen drei Viertel der niederländischen Juden im Holocaust um – ein höherer Anteil als in allen anderen Ländern Nord- und Westeuropas.

A convincing and cogent argument refuting the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Church dogma and revealing the true father of Jesus*; Provides historical and archaeological evidence of a tomb of the Virgin Mary*; Introduces the theory that Jesus's father was Antipater, son of HerodWhat became of the Virgin Mary after the Crucifixion is one of the greatest mysteries of the Bible.

FOR FANS OF THE BBC SERIES SAS ROGUE HEROES, THIS IS THE REAL STORY OF BLAIR 'PADDY' MAYNE'Absolutely gripping from the word go' Alexis Conran, Times Radio'A convincing insight into the terror and adrenaline rush of war' Mail on SundayDamien Lewis's new bestseller tells the action-packed, riveting story of the band of mavericks and visionaries who made the SAS.

Der Mythos einer nicht an NS- und Kriegsverbrechen beteiligten Wehrmacht war einer der einflussreichsten historischen Narrative der Nachkriegszeit.

The Sunday Times top 10 bestseller, with a foreword by King Charles III, as Prince of Wales.

Holocaust survivor Eddie Jaku made a vow to smile every day and believed he was the 'happiest man on earth'.

The gripping, vividly told story of the largest prisoner of war escape in of the Second World War - organized by an Australian bank clerk, a British jazz pianist and an American spy.

'A lyrical, fascinating, important book.

'Prepare to have your heart broken' - Good HousekeepingWoman & Home Book Club PickPoland, 1941.

A haunting fable that tells a story of the Holocaust, and the remarkable acts of kindness which people are capable of.

Adolf Hitler hat im Verlauf seiner politischen Karriere der ausländischen Presse mehr als hundert Interviews gegeben.

An in-depth look at the decades-long effort to escalate hostilities with Russia and what it portends for the future.

Every year, nearly one hundred thousand Japanese vanish without a trace.

'They were not just reporters; they were also pioneers, and Judith Mackrell has done them proud.

Meticulously researched and vividly written, Eight Days at Yalta is a remarkable work of intense historical drama.

'I was on a train, and a German soldier began shouting at me and poking me in the ribs with his machine gun.

A special edition of The Dam Busters by Paul Brickhill reissued with a bright retro design to celebrate Pan's 70th anniversary.

Transporting the reader to the heart-wrenching times of World War II, Some Sunny Day is an evocative memoir of love and courage in war-torn Asia by Madge Lambert.

'Taylor has done us a great service in making the personal stories of what it was actually like to live through the most crucial year of the twentieth century vivid, compelling and salutary.

From 1942 Speer was the second most powerful man in the Reich and Hitler's right-hand man.

Autumn 1944.

A genuinely new Second World War story, The 21 Escapes of Lt Alastair Cram by David M.

Television Studies provides an overview of the origins, central ideas, and intellectual traditions of this exciting field.

China's future is arguably the most consequential question in global affairs.

The Immigration Act of 1965 was one of the most consequential laws ever passed in the United States and immigration policy continues to be one of the most contentious areas of American politics.

WHAT IF THE FAMILY YOU WANT.

At the beginning of the Second World War, medical experts predicted epidemics of physical and mental illness on the home front.