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Vienna: Behind the facades - a personal journey is the story of Jenny Haworth's life-long love affair with Vienna, a personal memoir that pulls back the curtain and reveals the secrets of a city that once considered itself the centre of the world.

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Explore a city of architectural splendor, ubiquitous history, and incomparable heritage of art, design, and music. This collection brings together hundreds of photographs from the last 175 years to trace the history of Vienna; from imperial city to modern metropolis, from major landmarks to tucked-away treasures, and from the flowering of the fin de sicle to the Cold War.

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A guide to the Norse world of the tenth century ad. It helps you discover everything you will need to become a successful Viking warrior: how to join a war band; what to look for in a good leader; how to behave at a feast; what weapons and armour to choose; how to fight in a shield wall; where to go raiding; and how to navigate at sea.

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Michelle Higgs combines a rich narrative of the sights, sounds and smells of Victorian England that will fascinate social history lovers with original sources helpful for students of the period. This title will also appeal to the audience captivated by recent popular costume dramas such as Ripper Street and Downton Abbey.

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An insightful exploration of history's 30 most influential popular revolutions and a celebration of people power

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Latest in the successful Images of War Series. The most comprehensive pictorial study of this peerless and ruthless Nazi combat unit. Waffen-SS were elite troops.

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This is the story of Robert Holding, a young English adventurer who was only 23 when he was shipwrecked with 19 others on the Auckland Islands in the sub-Antarctic Ocean in 1864. A year later he was rescued, along with only two of his shipmates. Wake of the Invercauld is a gripping story that will enthral anyone interested in true adventure at sea

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A vivid and uncompromising personal account of the war in the air on the Western Front written by one of a rare breed of US volunteers that served with the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Air Force.

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The South Pacific saw intense land, sea and air battles form 1942 to 1945. Superb imagery and informative text in true Images of War style.

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Primary source engravings, drawings and paintings with 100 images from the Great War period.

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A unique visual record of the Balkan campaign during the Second World War * Covers the fighting in Jugoslavia, Bulgaria, Greece, Crete * A graphic introduction to a neglected theatre of the conflict * A mine of rare wartime photographs of special interest to modellers and wargamers

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Covers a period of the second World war that is of particular interest to historians. Will appeal to readers of military, maritime and air publications.

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Development of warfare in Ancient Egypt

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1400 years, 206 bones, 1 extraordinary story...The never-before-told story of a nameless Anglo-Saxon warrior and the bloody life he led.

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This edition of a classic scrapbook is published to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the end of the World War II.

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Detailed account of how the experience of war impacted on the garrison town.

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War correspondent's graphic account of the most famous episode in the final battle for Berlin

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The ancient peoples of the Iberian Peninsula were renowned as fierce and skilful warriors (it took the Romans two centuries to conquer them.) This book describes and analyses all their military equipment - weapons, armour, horse tack, fortifications etc - as well as their tactics and warrior society.

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The reconsideration of the Duke of Wellington as a military commander, focussing on his qualities as a general and on the reputed qualities of his subordinates.

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A detailed, fast-moving account of the fighting in a neglected theatre of the Peninsular War

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Dramatic new angle on the bitterly fought Peninsula War.