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Discover the best books on history, including world, American, and ancient European history. Find top-selling history books and must-reads at our online bookstore.
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British Consul: Heir to a Great TraditionIn an era when many other familiar pillars of society have disappeared in Britain, one valiant figure has survived: the traveller's best friend, the British Consul. Till now there has been no comprehensive account of how the Consul evolved from the fifteenth century as...
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The Lighthouse on SkerryvorePerched on an isolated rock in the Scottish Hebrides, this is a fascinating and comprehensive account of Skerryvore, 'the most graceful lighthouse in the world, ' and the great Victorian engineer who designed and built it. At a height of 48m (156 feet), it...
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Modern Art and St. IvesModern Art and St. Ives explores the art and artists associated with this seaside Cornwall town from 1915 to 1965. The authors investigate how the art of St. Ives drew upon two key strands of modern art: the utopian ideal of constructivism that began...
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Chocolate as Medicine: A Quest Over the CenturiesThe Mesoamerican population who lived near the indigenous cultivation sites of the "Chocolate Tree" (Theobromo cacao) had a multitude of documented applications of chocolate as medicine, ranging from alleviating fatigue to preventing heart ailments to treating snakebite. Until recently, these applications have received little...
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Revolution and the State: Anarchism in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939This book analyses the processes of revolution and state reconstruction that took place in the Republican zone during the Spanish civil war. It focuses on the radical anarchists who sought to advance the revolutionary agenda. Their activity came into conflict with the leaders of...
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May Made Me: An Oral History of the 1968 Uprising in FranceQ: "You threw paving stones at the cops]?" A: "Oh yeah. I had no problem doing that. And I threw marbles as well that we stole from stores. And towards the end we even managed to steal tractors from construction sites and we knocked...
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Disassembly Required: A Field Guide to Actually Existing CapitalismThe book's argument does not rely on ideologies, scapegoats, or heroes. more than anything, Disassembly Required is about a kind of common sense that's become hard to escape--a common sense of privatization, austerity, and financialization that has invaded virtually every aspect of our lives...
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M103 Heavy Tank 1950-74The T43 design represented the pinnacle of U.S. Army tank engineering of the late 1940s, with its cast elliptical hull and turret, Continental AV-1790 engine, cross-drive transmission, and torsion bar suspension. A range-finder and mechanical computer directed a powerful 120mm main gun in a...
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M4 Sherman vs Type 97 ChI-HA: The Pacific 1945While the Pacific campaign is not well known as a theater for tank combat, the US Army deployed nearly a third of its tank battalions to the Pacific, and Japan was among the top five tank manufacturers during the war. The obscurity of Pacific...
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Georgy Zhukov: Leadership, Strategy, ConflictZhukov was the dominant figure in the Red Army during World War II even though his actual job title varied from day to day. Serving as a senior General Staff representative from the Stavka, Zhukov moved from one critical sector to the next, serving...
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Mark V TankAlthough to the casual eye all British tanks of World War I look much the same, the Mark V is quite outstanding and has a strong claim to be the tank that won World War I for the Allies. In this title, renowned tank...
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The Falklands 1982: Ground Operations in the South AtlanticOn the night of 1-2 April 1982, the Argentinian Junta led by Gen. Leopoldo Galtieri made its move against the Falkland Islands. On 3 April British Prime Minister Mrs. Margaret Thatcher faced an appalled and furious House of Commons to announce that Argentine armed...
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Inside the Mind of XI JinpingXi Jinping wants to become the world's most powerful leader. To succeed, he must balance Mao's Little Red Book with the Analects of Confucius, and more.For Xi, the task ahead of China is to preserve the guiding ideology of Marxism, while challenging mistaken credos...
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Christian Life and Character of the Civil Institutions of the United StatesBenjamin Franklin Morris' monumental work on the Christian roots of America.Author: Benjamin Franklin MorrisPublisher: Benediction ClassicsPublished: 08/10/2010Pages: 830Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 3.04lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 2.00dISBN: 9781849026703This title is not returnable
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Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans (Complete and Unabridged)"I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my power or possessions." Plutarch "To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to continue in a state of childhood all our...
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London Was Ours: Diaries and Memoirs of the London BlitzFor the nine months of the Blitz, London was subjected to a brutal and indiscriminate bombing campaign, aimed for the first time in history at shattering the resolve of a nation. The Nazi raids on night-time London provide some of the defining narratives of...
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Opening Doors: The Untold Story of Cornelia Sorabji, Reformer, Lawyer and Champion of Women's Rights in IndiaClever, attractive and ambitious, intellectually daring and physically courageous, Cornelia Sorabji was a truly remarkable woman. As India's first female lawyer, she was original and often outspoken in her views - for example, in her criticism of Gandhi and her surprising friendship with Katherine...
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Counter-Insurgency: Lessons from HistoryInsurgencies are at the center of most of the conflicts that confront the modern world, and they have been since the Second World War. Leading armies across the globe have well-developed strategies for fighting counter-insurgency campaigns which are continually adjusted and refined as a...
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Jocks in the Jungle: The Second Battalion of the 42nd Royal Highland Regiment, the Black Watch, and the First Battalion of the 26th CameronIn 1943, there was no thought of good times for two battalions of Scottish soldiers. For them, India meant a new and unimaginably arduous kind of training. Some of the Black Watch boys had seen action in Somaliland, Crete and Tobruk. Some of the...
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Tracing Your East End Ancestors'East Enders are a very special breed and tracing your East End ancestry is going to be tremendous fun. Everyone has got some East End ancestors - and if they haven't they invent them, rollicking chaps, larky and resourceful, talking a funny language to...
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