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A thought-provoking study of a neglected aspect of one of the decisive episodes in French and European history.

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Superb collection of graphic contemporary images depicting the brutality and horror of the Nazi Concentration Camp system. A lesson that mankind must never forget. The first pictorial study of the notorious group of men who ran the Nazis' punishment and extermination camps.

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The living history of the NZ home front in WWI is bought alive here with vivid words, photographs and maps showing military bases, internment camps, railway lines, brothels, factories memorials and more. Much can be seen and visited today. This book shows the enormous and continuing impact of the war from its beginning to beyond the armistice.

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The 30 stories in this book describe some of the most devastating accidents and tragedies in New Zealand history, some famous the Wahine disaster, Erebus and Tangiwai but many now forgotten. Fires, tornados, earthquakes, drownings, rail and air crashes all feature in these dramatic retellings, as well as the sometimes heroic acts of rescue.

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The night war over Germany was fought with equal ferocity on both sides, and was one of the toughest campaigns of the Second World War. This new publication seeks to provide a balanced account of the proceedings, including testimonies from pilots caught up on either side of the conflict.

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First hand accounts of 3 years captivity in Singapore, the Burma Railway and on Hellships"

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Photographic history of the two-month battle for Caen in 1944 .

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Photographic history of a key stage in 1944 Normandy campaign.

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Explores war and conflict in Northumberland and Durham from the Celtic age to modern times. The author reconstructs the epic struggles, setting them in the context of their tumultuous times and recalling the human bravery and frailty that influenced their outcome. His account is based on research and is illustrated with maps.

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Fascinating memoir by the Red Army's greatest sniper

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Nurses of Passchendaele faithfully recounts the experiences of nurses working behind the Ypres Salient in one of the most intense and prolonged casualty evacuation processes in the history of modern warfare.

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Okay, Boomer: New Zealand in the Swinging Sixties looks at Politics, Sport, Wining & Dining, fashion, night life and everything sixties in a highly illustrated format. This title will take us on a nostalgic trip down memory lane!

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The Allied landings that took place in Southern France in August 1944 represented both one of the concluding elements of the wartime Mediterranean campaign and a decisive follow-on to the invasion of Normandy that had taken place two months before.

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SEALION was arguably the greatest threat to the British nation in its history. Experienced historian and much published author examines all aspects of the Nazis' plan and the response that British land, sea and airforce's could have mounted.

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From Mae West through Johnny Carson, Amos 'n' Andy through Beavis and Butt-Head, a celebrated cultural historian chronicles the controversies of American show business and the ongoing attempts to change what we watch, read and hear.

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A lively tour through the history of US cemeteries that explores how, where, and why we bury our dead

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A concise history of Paris and the great events and personalities, from prehistory to the present, that have shaped its unique cultural legacy.

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A carefully selected collection of World War I images, showcasing a range of striking, rare and personal images of the conflict.

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This study explores the making of peace in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries based on the experiences of the kings of England and the kings of Denmark. It offers a vision of how relationships between rulers were regulated and maintained in a period before nation states and international law. -- .

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The powerful image that the kings of Egypt presented to their subjects was so awe-inspiring and captivating that people today are still impressed by the compelling stories and imposing statuary of the Pharaoh. But the reality of Egyptian kingship was often much more complex, as Pharaoh: King of Egypt seeks to reveal.