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By: John Keegan
ISBN: 9781844137398
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2004
UK Publication Date: 3rd June 2004
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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The Allied assault on Normandy was an almost flawless success, but it was to take three months of fighting before the German forces were beaten and Paris liberated. This account of the struggle is related through the different points of view of the six armies who fought to liberate and defend Franc
By: Jeremy Bowen
ISBN: 9780743449694
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2004
UK Publication Date: 2nd August 2004
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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A brilliantly compelling new history of the 1967 Six-Day War, by the BBC's distinguished former Middle East correspondent.
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By: Nicholas Shakespeare
ISBN: 9781784701000
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2018
UK Publication Date: 5th April 2018
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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By: Shen Fu
ISBN: 9780140444292
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2004
UK Publication Date: 25th August 1983
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Six Records of a Floating Life (1809) is an extraordinary blend of autobiography, love story and social document written by a man who was educated as a scholar but earned his living as a civil servant and art dealer.
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By: John Lewis-Stempel
ISBN: 9781409102144
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2011
UK Publication Date: 27th October 2011
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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The extraordinary story of British junior officers in the First World War, who led their men out of the trenches and faced a life expectancy of six weeks.
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By: Dr David Starkey
ISBN: 9780099437246
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2004
UK Publication Date: 4th March 2004
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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ANNE BOLEYN: the pretty, clever, French-educated Protestant whose marriage to Henry changed England forever...
JANE SEYMOUR: the demure and submissive contrast to Anne Boleyn's radical and vampish style...
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By: Marilynne Roach
ISBN: 9780306821202
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2013
UK Publication Date: 3rd September 2013
Publisher: Hachette Books
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A narrative that allows readers to experience the history of the Salem witch trials through the eyes of those who lived it
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By: Shlomo Aloni
ISBN: 9781472835277
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2019
UK Publication Date: 27th June 2019
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The story of how the Israeli Force achieved one of the most audacious and important air power victories in history, wiping out enemy air forces more than twice its own size in a single morning.
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By: Caroline Alexander
ISBN: 9781804189870
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2025
UK Publication Date: 13th February 2025
Publisher: Bonnier Books Ltd
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THE LITTLE-KNOWN STORY OF THE ALLIES' FIGHT IN WWII'S CHAOTIC AND LETHAL CHINA BURMA-INDIA THEATER.
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By: Caroline Alexander
ISBN: 9781984879233
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2024
UK Publication Date: 14th May 2024
Publisher: Penguin Adult
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By: David Alan Richards
ISBN: 9781681775173
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2017
Publisher: Pegasus Books
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The mysterious, highly influential hidden world of Yale's secret societies is revealed in a definitive and scholarly history.
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By: Saul David
ISBN: 9780008522162
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2024
UK Publication Date: 25th April 2024
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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From bestselling historian Saul David, a riveting new history of the British airborne experience across the Second World War.
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By: Padraic X. Scanlan
ISBN: 9781472142351
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2021
UK Publication Date: 26th November 2020
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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The idea that the British empire was built on freedom is a myth. Britain rose to global power in the eighteenth century on the backs of enslaved workers. And although Britain was the first European empire to abolish slavery, even British abolitionism was shaped by the slave empire.
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By: Mary Frances Berry
ISBN: 9780807007839
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2025
Publisher: Beacon Press
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"An acclaimed historian narrates the stories of newly emancipated children who were re-enslaved by white masters through apprenticeships and their parents fights to free them"--
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By: Herb Frazier
ISBN: 9780306829673
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2025
Publisher: Hachette Books
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The personal account of one man's groundbreaking project to sleep overnight in the countless oft-overlooked former slave dwellings that still stand across the country, the fascinating history behind those sites, and how he has used the experiences to shed light on larger issues of race in America.
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By: Herb Frazier
ISBN: 9780306829666
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2023
UK Publication Date: 22nd June 2023
Publisher: Hachette Books
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In this enlightening personal account, one man tells the story of his groundbreaking project to sleep overnight in former slave dwellings that still stand across the country-revealing the fascinating history behind these sites and shedding light on larger issues of race in America.
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By: Robert Capa
ISBN: 9780375753961
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2001
UK Publication Date: 12th June 2001
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
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The photographer and author recalls his experiences during World War II.
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By: Robert Lyman
ISBN: 9781472132833
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2019
UK Publication Date: 17th October 2019
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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Nothing less than one of the most interesting soldiers of his generation, Slim's 'smart' style of soldiering paved the way for how we make war today.
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By: Reed Tucker
ISBN: 9780751568974
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2017
UK Publication Date: 5th October 2017
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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The most bruising battle in the superhero world isn't between spandex-clad characters -- it's between the publishers themselves. For more than 50 years, Marvel and DC have been locked in an epic war, tirelessly trading punches and trying to do to each other what Batman regularly does to the Joker's face.
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By: Steven J. Zaloga
ISBN: 9781472849830
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2022
UK Publication Date: 12th May 2022
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Written by one of the world's leading experts on D-Day, Smashing Hitler's Guns, is a ground-breaking new history of the legendary Rangers' attack on Pointe-du-Hoc.
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By: Tom D. Crouch
ISBN: 9781588347916
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2025
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
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By: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 9781588346650
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2019
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
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"A unique, panoramic look at women's history in the United States through the lens of ordinary objects from, by, and for extraordinary women. Featuring more than 280 artifacts from 16 Smithsonian museums and archives, and more than 135 essays from 95 Smithsonian authors, this book tells women's history as only the Smithsonian can."--
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By: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 9781588343895
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2013
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
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By: Smithsonian Institiute
ISBN: 9781588347312
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2023
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
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