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The first biography of Pyrrhus in English for over half a century.

RAF 100 celebrates and commemorates the 100-year anniversary of the Royal Air Force. Officially endorsed by the RAF, and with unique access to the their historic archives, the world-renowned broadcaster James Holland uses photographs and documents to bring the story of the people, planes and missions to life as never before.

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Acquaints the reader with the history of the ASR service during this conflict and the ways in which rescue techniques were developed in response to the increasingly perilous challenges of the war.

When war broke out in 1939, few knew that they would soon be fighting to survive, let alone how or when it would end. This title looks at the measures the British government took to ensure the wellbeing of its people during wartime, and how the British public dealt with it.

The first full-length study of the Disinherited since 1959.

Between 1946 and 1951, 25,000 Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian refugee men and women displaced by the Second World War came to Great Britain to fill labour shortages in Britain.

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In exploring the intersection of art, politics and society, few collections in the world can compare with the David King collection. David King (1943-2016) was not only a passionate collector, but also an artist, designer and historian. Over a lifetime he amassed one of the world's largest collections of Soviet political art and photographs.

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Published on the 250th anniversary of Captain James Cooks extraordinary voyages of exploration, this publication reflects on and charts the enduring legacies of his encounters with Pacific peoples.

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An engaging and witty compendium of ninety-four notable men and women who shaped and experienced one of the most creative and inventive periods in human civilization.

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An essential primer on twenty-four of the most significant revolutions from the 17th century to the present day, narrated by leading historians from around the world.

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Rhetoric and the writing of history provides an analytical overview of the vast range of historiography which was produced in western Europe between c.400 and c.1500 and argues that its sophistication and complexity provides a much-needed perspective on more modern debates over the relationship between history and literary theory. -- .

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"A potted history of everywhere [David McKie]goes, with some reflective observations about how things were and how they ought to be, and a few jokes thrown in." - Tribune

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Photographic history of the Japanese army from 1931 to 1945 with over 180 archive photographs, most never published before

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Deals with the Roman conquest and occupation within the larger context of Romano-British society and how it functioned. With nearly 300 illustrations and aerial views of Roman sites, and brimming with research and discoveries, this title intends to inform all those with an interest in this seminal epoch of British history.

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Narrates the Roman conquest of the Danube basin, one of the most troubled frontiers of the Roman Empire.

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Catalogues and gives a brief description of every significant battle (and most insignificant ones too) known to have been fought by the Roman Republic.

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An in-depth exploration of the myths and legends of early Rome, highlighting the enigmatic origins of the Romans and how the first seeds of this vast empire were sown.

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The third edition of David Potters lively history, which tells the extraordinary story of Rome from its origins, through the Republic and Empire, to the period of its decline and fall.

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The commonly-held view of Rome's naval history is that it essentially ended with the defeat of Antony and Cleopatra's fleet at Actium in 31 BC, which left Rome with no rivals at sea just as the Republican period gave way to the Empire.

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From obscure Neolithic pastoral village to "capital of the world," the history of ancient Rome constitutes the start of an uninterrupted "bridge" between the dawn of Italic civilization and the modern West. With photographs, reconstructions and plans, this book helps to clarify the dynamics of the exceptional development of the Roman world.

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Tim Pankhurst records the excesses of the roughy gold rush in its early years in remarkably candid and colourful interviews with skippers and crews, observers, politicians and scientists. This is a story of loss - and of redemption - and of the men and women who shaped the world's largest orange roughy fishery.

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