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By: Samir Puri

ISBN: 9781785907708
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2022
UK Publication Date: 28th August 2022
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
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Russia's Road to War with Ukraine is a concise entry-level account of the path to the conflict that now dominates our headlines. It offers an objective and lively narrative, peppered with eye-witness accounts, of the key moments of drama leading to Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.


(Paperback)

By: Abraham Ascher

ISBN: 9781786071422
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2017
UK Publication Date: 7th September 2017
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
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A revised edition of this popular and brilliantly concise guide to Russia's turbulent history - from Peter the Great to President Vladimir Putin.


(Paperback, Main)

By: Sir Rodric Braithwaite

ISBN: 9781800811898
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2023
UK Publication Date: 2nd February 2023
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
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A short and pithy introduction to the history of Russia as we know it today


(Paperback)

By: Antony Beevor

ISBN: 9781474610162
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2023
UK Publication Date: 25th May 2023
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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Beevor's biggest book yet - The dramatic story of Russia's revolution and civil war, from Antony Beevor, the bestselling historian and author of the classic Stalingrad.


(Paperback)

By: Professor Eliot Borenstein

ISBN: 9781350399396
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jan 2025
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)

By: Giles Milton

ISBN: 9781444737042
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2014
UK Publication Date: 22nd May 2014
Publisher: John Murray Press
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1917, post-Russian Revolution, an unlikely and eccentric band of British spies are smuggled into newly Soviet Russia to thwart Lenin's plan to destroy British rule in India, as a precursor to toppling the democracies of the West. The spies, under Mansfield Cumming, were the unsung founders of the present-day MI6.


(Paperback)

By: Katie Cooper

ISBN: 9781776711116
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2024
Publisher: Auckland University Press
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A look through the kitchen window into early rural life in Aotearoa.


(Paperback)

By: Eva Taylor

ISBN: 9780008519186
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2023
UK Publication Date: 25th May 2023
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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An astonishing tale of romance, resistance and bravery

A sad and beautiful book, shining a light on quiet heroism in dark times. Lucy Adlington, New York Times bestselling author of The Dressmakers of Auschwitz


(Paperback)

By: Marcelino Truong

ISBN: 9781551526898
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2017
Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press
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Sequel to the acclaimed Such a Lovely Little War: growing up Vietnamese in swinging London as the Vietnam war intensifies.


(Paperback)

By: Richard J. King

ISBN: 9781802063097
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2024
UK Publication Date: 5th September 2024
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Paperback)

By: Geoffrey Troughton

ISBN: 9781776561643
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2017
Publisher: Te Herenga Waka University Press
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This book focuses on Christian peacemaking and opposition to war in the period from the nineteenth century until the end of the Second World War. It provides critical insights into New Zealand Christianity, as well as peace activism, politics, and New Zealand society more generally.


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By: Professor Eamon Duffy

ISBN: 9781472909176
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: May 2014
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Professor Eamon Duffy explores the broad sweep of the English Reformation, and the ways in which that Reformation has been written about, remembered and retold.


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By: Mark Kurlansky

ISBN: 9780099281993
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Apr 2003
UK Publication Date: 6th March 2003
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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Wars have been fought over salt and, while salt taxes secured empires across Europe and Asia, they have also inspired revolution - Gandhi's salt march in 1930 began the overthrow of British rule in India.


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By: Paul Ham

ISBN: 9781864711417
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2013
Publisher: Random House Australia
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(Paperback)

By: Ryan Lowry

ISBN: 9781667896878
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2023
Publisher: BookBaby
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"Sandspit Assault: The Battle of Eniwetok" delves into the last battle for an atoll in military history. The furious battle on Eniwetok Atoll concluded the chapter on the Central Pacific Campaign and occurred halfway through the Pacific War in World War II. Follow the men who fought, lived, and died during the battle on the tropical islands of Eniwetok.


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By: Yuval Noah Harari

ISBN: 9780099590088
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: May 2015
UK Publication Date: 30th April 2015
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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**THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLER**

Discover the book that inspired Gareth Southgate's leadership style.


'Interesting and provocative...


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By: Damien Lewis

ISBN: 9781787475304
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2022
UK Publication Date: 3rd February 2022
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
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SAS Great Escapes tells the story of seven of the most dramatic and daring escapes executed during WWII by what is arguably the world's most famous military fighting force - the SAS.


(Paperback)

By: Damien Lewis

ISBN: 9781787475168
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2019
UK Publication Date: 30th May 2019
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
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An impossible mission in wartime Italy: the next explosive bestseller from Damien Lewis.


(Paperback)

By: Damien Lewis

ISBN: 9781787477896
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2019
UK Publication Date: 7th March 2019
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
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The extraordinary true story of the SAS's bloody rebirth, revealed for the very first time


(Paperback)

By: Damien Lewis

ISBN: 9781787475205
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2020
UK Publication Date: 11th June 2020
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
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The incredible story of the radar wars - Britain's most secret battle


(Paperback)

By: Ben Macintyre

ISBN: 9780241186862
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2017
UK Publication Date: 1st June 2017
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Paperback)

By: Carolyn Collins

ISBN: 9781925835960
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2021
Publisher: Monash University Publishing
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(Hardback)

By: Wayne Kalayjian

ISBN: 9781639365869
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2024
Publisher: Pegasus Books
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In 1742, when the legendary dome atop St. Peters Basilicadesigned by Michelangelocracks and threatens to collapse, Pope Benedict XIV summons three mathematicians whose groundbreaking ideas spark a revolution in the world of architecture.


(Paperback)

By: David W. Cameron

ISBN: 9781922765611
Publication Date: Sep 2022
Publisher: Big Sky Publishing
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