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The Donkeys (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The landmark exposé of incompetent leadership on the Western Front - why the British troops were lions led by donkeys On 26 September 1915, twelve British battalions – a strength of almost 10,000 men – were ordered to attack German positions in France.
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The City Of London Volume 1: A World of its Own 1815-1890 (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
A World of Its Own tells the story of the City of London's nineteenth century ascent to its position as the world's leading international financial centre.
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The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
In this illuminating work of history, Shlaes follows the struggles of those now forgotten people, from a family of butchers in Brooklyn who dealt a stunning blow to the New Deal, to Bill W., who founded Alcoholics Anonymous, and Father Divine, a black cult leader.
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The Sense Of Reality: Studies in Ideas and their History (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Eight of the nine pieces in The Sense of Reality are published here for the first time. The range is characteristically wide: realism in history;... Læs mere
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A World by Itself: A History of the British Isles (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Six historians focus on the major themes and most dramatic moments of the last two millenia: the rise and fall of empires; reformation, revolution and restoration; wars both civil and global; and the enduring question of what it means to be British. .
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Wild Olives: Life in Majorca With Robert Graves (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
William Graves conveys the texture of life in Majorca, where he lived from the age of five in the household of his father, the poet Robert Graves. The book... Læs mere
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World History: A New Perspective (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Conventional accounts of world history tend to focus on the rise of Western civilisation and concentrate on the story of ancient Greece, the Roman empire and the... Læs mere
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Auschwitz And The Allies (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
When Hitler announced that the result of the war in Europe would be 'the complete annihilation of the Jews', he did so in 1942, not only in public, but before an enormous crowd in Berlin.
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The Crimean War: The Truth Behind the Myth (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
In this fascinating book, Clive Ponting separates the myths from the reality, and tells the true story of the heroism of the ordinary soldiers, often through eye-witness accounts of the men who fought and those who survived the terrible winter of 1854-55.
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Maeve Brennan: Wit, Style and Tragedy: An Irish Writer in New York (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Born in Dublin in 1917 to politically active parents, Maeve Brennan's childhood in Ireland was moulded by the cultural ideologies of nationalism and lit by the creative energy of the Abbey and Gate theatres.
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Before Civilization (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The refinement of radiocarbon dating using the information form tree-ring counts has raised serious doubts about the accepted theoretical frameowkr of European prehistory.
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Days In The Life (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Jonothan Green offers a time trip from lat-fifties CND, beatniks and bop to the threshold of our own decade's designer revolutionaries and style warriors. . . . . Green has collected... Læs mere
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