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By: Kelly DeVries
ISBN: 9781472831286
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2018
UK Publication Date: 26th July 2018
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A highly illustrated account of one of the major battles of Italy's 13th century wars between the Guelphs and Ghibellines, immortalized in the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, who was one of the combattants.
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By: Nicolas Werth
ISBN: 9780691130835
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2007
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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During the spring of 1933, Stalin's police rounded up nearly one hundred thousand people as part of the Soviet regime's "cleansing" of Moscow and Leningrad and deported them to Siberia. This work weaves this episode into a broader story about the Soviet frenzy in the 1930s to purge society of all those deemed to be unfit.
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By: Kristin Otto
ISBN: 9781921520778
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2009
Publisher: Text Publishing
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In 1901, the Australian colonies came together to form a new nation which, for the next 26 years, was governed from Melbourne. And this overgrown town, in all but name the nation's capital, oversaw the birth of modern Australia. In Capital, Kristin Otto describes how it happened.
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By: Eric Williams
ISBN: 9780241548165
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2022
UK Publication Date: 24th February 2022
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Geoffrey Blainey
ISBN: 9781760895099
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2020
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia
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By: Rob Mundle
ISBN: 9780733335433
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2017
Publisher: ABC Books
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By: Dr Jade Scott
ISBN: 9781789297171
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2024
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
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In Captive Queen: The Decrypted History of Mary, Queen of Scots, Jade Scott, a historian and expert on Marys correspondence, draws on these ground-breaking letters to paint a vivid portrait of one of historys most compelling figures.
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By: Brendan Cormier
ISBN: 9781851779673
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2019
Publisher: V & A Publishing
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From the Ford Model T and the legacy of mass production, to the original Volkswagen expression of national identity, this book presents the car as the driving force that accelerated the twentieth century. It takes an in-depth look at the history of the automobile and its impact, to better understand where we might want to go in the future.
(Hardback)
By: Neill Lochery
ISBN: 9781541702301
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2024
Publisher: PublicAffairs,U.S.
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When Nazis looked to flee Europe with stolen art, gems, and gold in tow, certain "neutral" countries were all too willing to assist them.
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By: James Holland
ISBN: 9780857505545
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2024
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
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By: Stuart Cosgrove
ISBN: 9781846975790
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2023
UK Publication Date: 1st September 2022
Publisher: Birlinn General
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Cassius X is the remarkable story of the transformation of Cassius Clay into global icon Muhammad Ali, pivoting on the year that he converted to Islam under the guidance of Malcolm X and prepared for his title fight against ex-convict Sonny Liston.
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By: Max Hastings
ISBN: 9780007519743
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2014
UK Publication Date: 8th May 2014
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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The Amazon History Book of the Year 2013 is a magisterial chronicle of the calamity that befell Europe in 1914 as the continent shifted from the glamour of the Edwardian era to the tragedy of total war.
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By: Kjetil Saeter
ISBN: 9781925322224
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2018
Publisher: Scribe Publications
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A remarkable true story of courage and perseverance and a wake-up call.
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By: Robert K. Massie
ISBN: 9781789544534
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2019
UK Publication Date: 8th August 2019
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The extraordinary story of an obscure German princess who became one of the most powerful women in history.
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By: Sallust
ISBN: 9780140449488
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2008
UK Publication Date: 6th December 2007
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Contains three stories from Sallust: "Catiline's War" - tells of the conspiracy in 63 bc; "The Jugurthine War" - describes Rome's fight in Africa against the king of the Numidians; and Histories" - depicts Rome after the death of the dictator Sulla.
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By: Murray Pittock
ISBN: 9780719058264
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jan 2000
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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Celtic Identity and the British Image explores the idea of the Celt and definition of the so-called 'Celtic Fringe' over the last 300 years.
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By: Alice Roberts
ISBN: 9781784293352
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2016
UK Publication Date: 19th May 2016
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
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TV tie-in to major new BBC series revealing a new history of the Celts and their international legacy today.
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By: David G. Embrick
ISBN: 9781642590654
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2019
Publisher: Haymarket Books
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This edited collection represents the latest scholarship in the area of diversity and inclusion, pertaining to institutional policies, practices, discourse, and beliefs.
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By: Rachel Lance
ISBN: 9781835010747
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2025
Publisher: Bedford Square Publishers
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The untold story of the D-Day scientists who changed special operations forever.
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By: Anne De Courcy
ISBN: 9781474608213
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2020
UK Publication Date: 11th June 2020
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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Bestselling social historian Anne de Courcy reveals the glamour and grit of the Second World War on the French Riviera
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By: Air Commodore Kirrily Dearing AM
ISBN: 9781923144873
Publication Date: Oct 2024
Publisher: Big Sky Publishing
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(Paperback)
By: David Dufty
ISBN: 9781761471353
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2024
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
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The construction of the Overland Telegraph in 1870 is an extraordinary feat of engineering and a wild gamble that nearly went terribly wrong.
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By: Bob Breen
ISBN: 9781922896209
Publication Date: Jan 2023
Publisher: Big Sky Publishing
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(Paperback)
By: Max Hastings
ISBN: 9780008280567
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2020
UK Publication Date: 14th May 2020
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A masterly history of the Dambusters raid from bestselling and critically acclaimed Max Hastings.
