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(Hardback)
By: Simon Read
ISBN: 9780306921711
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2021
Publisher: Hachette Books
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From Simon Read, author of stirring works of military history, the action-packed story of the Allies' brutal naval engagements and daring harbor raids to destroy the backbone of Hitler's surface fleet.
(Paperback)
By: Roger Osborne
ISBN: 9781845952129
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2014
UK Publication Date: 22nd May 2014
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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In late eighteenth-century Britain a handful of men brought about the greatest transformation in human history. This book tells the story of those decades, the moments of inspiration, the rivalries, skulduggery and death threats, and the tireless perseverance of the visionaries who made it all happen.
(Hardback)
By: Charlie Colenutt
ISBN: 9781035015047
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2025
UK Publication Date: 6th March 2025
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
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From the sex worker to the lorry driver, the hedge fund manager to the veteran-turned-teacher, this is the story of work in twenty-first-century Britain, as told by workers themselves.
(Paperback)
By: Alison Weir
ISBN: 9780099578390
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2012
UK Publication Date: 2nd August 2012
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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Described by Christopher Marlowe as the 'She-Wolf of France', Isabella was one of the most notorious femme fatales in history.
(Hardback)
By: John C. McManus
ISBN: 9780451475060
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2021
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
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"From the author of Fire and Fortitude, the continuation of the US Army's epic crusade in the Pacific War, from the battle of Saipan to the occupation of Japan"--
(Paperback)
By: Joan Druett
ISBN: 9781616209704
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2019
UK Publication Date: 6th August 2019
Publisher: Workman Publishing
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Auckland Island is a godforsaken place in the middle of the Southern Ocean, 285 miles south of New Zealand. With year-round freezing rain and howling winds, it is one of the most forbidding places in the world. To be shipwrecked there means almost certain death.
(Paperback, Main - Canons)
By: Charles MacLean
ISBN: 9781786896100
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2019
UK Publication Date: 17th January 2019
Publisher: Canongate Books
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A classic work of social history and a moving account of the destruction of a remote Scottish community.
(Paperback, Main)
By: Joshua Jelly-Schapiro
ISBN: 9781782115625
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2018
UK Publication Date: 1st February 2018
Publisher: Canongate Books
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A highly topical and accessible exploration of the Caribbean Islands, their history and peoples.
(Paperback)
By: Clare Balding
ISBN: 9781529195415
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2024
UK Publication Date: 17th October 2024
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
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(Hardback)
By: Trude Strand
ISBN: 9780755656165
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Jan 2026
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Explains Israels evolving domination and control of Gaza following the 1967 Arab-Israeli War.
(Paperback, 2nd New edition)
By: Tanya Reinhart
ISBN: 9781583226513
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2011
Publisher: Seven Stories Press,U.S.
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An indispensable primer for understanding the current Middle East crisis, Israeli journalist Tanya Reinhart here closely examines the roots of the Israel/Palestine conflict and offers an invaluable analysis of core issues involved on all sides of the issue, concluding with a proposal for moving beyond the violence towards.
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By: Professor Anita Shapira
ISBN: 9781780227399
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2015
UK Publication Date: 26th February 2015
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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A timely and definitive narrative history of Israel in the context of the modern Jewish experience and the Middle East. Ideal for anyone seeking to understand the roots of the current conflict in Gaza.
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By: John Freely
ISBN: 9780140244618
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 1998
UK Publication Date: 26th February 1998
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Istanbul's history has managed to retain its own identity. This book captures the flavour of daily life as well as court ceremonial and intrigue. It also includes a gazetteer of major monuments and museums.
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By: Bill Fawcett
ISBN: 9780380807710
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2000
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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(Paperback)
By: Jack Lowery
ISBN: 9781645036609
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2024
Publisher: Bold Type Books
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The story of art collective Gran Fury-which fought back during the AIDS crisis through direct action and community-made propaganda-offers lessons in love and grief.
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By: Eleanor Roosevelt
ISBN: 9781568589428
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2019
UK Publication Date: 16th May 2019
Publisher: Bold Type Books
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A classic clarion call from First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, with a new introduction by Jill Lepore
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By: Filippo Cappellano
ISBN: 9781472824332
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2018
UK Publication Date: 26th July 2018
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The fascinating history of Italy's armored cars and the role they played in two world wars, especially the campaign in North Africa. It will appeal to armored vehicle enthusiasts, wargamers, modelers, and all those interested in World War II military technology.
(Paperback)
By: Filippo Cappellano
ISBN: 9781849087759
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2012
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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"Semovente -- self propelled gun"--Page 3.
(Paperback)
By: James Holland
ISBN: 9780007176441
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2009
UK Publication Date: 28th May 2009
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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Today Italy is a land of beauty and prosperity but in 1944-45 it had become a place of nightmares, a land of violence, war, and destruction. James Holland's ground-breaking account expertly documents the German advance and a segment of Italian history that has been largely neglected.
(Hardback)
By: Enrique Salmn
ISBN: 9781604698800
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Sep 2020
UK Publication Date: 15th September 2020
Publisher: Workman Publishing
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In this powerful book, Salmn reveals the deep relationship between people and plants by exploring 80 plants of importance to American Indians.
(Paperback)
By: Lesley Adkins
ISBN: 9780349120348
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2009
UK Publication Date: 3rd September 2009
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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* A unique and thrilling narrative which uncovers the lives of the heroes of Nelson's navy
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By: Jacqueline Riding
ISBN: 9781408867648
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2017
UK Publication Date: 6th April 2017
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Hardback)
By: Doris Stevens
ISBN: 9780762470365
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2020
Publisher: Running Press,U.S.
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With a new introduction, this 100th-anniversary edition of Jailed for Freedom - the firsthand account of the courageous campaign of militant suffragists who fought with their lives for the right to vote - serves as an inspiring and instructive example for social movements today that continue to seek justice and change.
(Paperback)
By: Thomas Cogswell
ISBN: 9780141989921
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2019
UK Publication Date: 25th April 2019
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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