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By: Allan Mallinson
ISBN: 9780553815405
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2011
UK Publication Date: 12th May 2011
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
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Edgehill, 1642: Surveying the disastrous scene in the aftermath of the first battle of the English Civil War, Oliver Cromwell realizes that war can no longer be made in the old, feudal way: there has to be system and discipline, and therefore - eventually - a standing professional army.
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By: Nicholas Crane
ISBN: 9780753826676
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2017
UK Publication Date: 5th October 2017
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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The history of 12,000 years of the British landscape, from the Ice Age to the twenty-first century, by prizewinning author Nicholas Crane, co-presenter of COAST.
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By: Francis Pryor
ISBN: 9780141040592
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2011
UK Publication Date: 7th April 2011
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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From our suburban streets which still trace the boundaries of long vanished farms to the Norfolk Broads, formed when medieval peat pits flooded - evidence of man's effect on Britain is everywhere. This title includes over 250 maps and photographs that changes the way you see your surroundings.
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By: Philip Bowring
ISBN: 9781350296817
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2022
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: D'arcy Jenish
ISBN: 9780385663274
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2021
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
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By: Theodore H White
ISBN: 9780061900648
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2010
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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By: Theodore H White
ISBN: 9780061900679
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2010
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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"Hardcover edition of this book was published in 1973 by Atheneum House, Inc." -- verso page.
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By: Jon E. Lewis
ISBN: 9781841195933
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Feb 2004
UK Publication Date: 26th February 2004
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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Truth, tragedy and magic, the story of America's original inhabitants
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By: Gillian Tindall
ISBN: 9780712667579
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2003
UK Publication Date: 7th August 2003
Publisher: Vintage
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Yet its populous river, its timbered streets, fashionable ladies, old St Paul's, the devestation of the Fire, the palace of Whitehall and the meadows of Islington live on for us in his etchings.
Drawing on numerous sources, Gillian Tindall creates a montage of Hollar's life and times and of the illustrious lives that touched his.
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By: Joseph Kessel
ISBN: 9781783966936
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2023
UK Publication Date: 9th March 2023
Publisher: Elliott & Thompson Limited
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The incredible story of Felix Kersten who used his influence over Henrich Himmler to save thousands of lives during the Second World War
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By: Stuart Tootal
ISBN: 9781848546790
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2014
Publisher: John Murray Press
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D-Day as it has never been told before.
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By: Neha Dixit
ISBN: 9781804442272
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2025
Publisher: Footnote Press Ltd
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A searing account of urbanlife in modern India, told through the eyes of an ordinary working class Muslim woman, Syeda X.
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By: John Keegan
ISBN: 9781844137381
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Aug 2004
UK Publication Date: 3rd June 2004
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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The Mask of Command is about generals: who they are, what they do and how they affect the world we live in. Grant and the false heroic of Hitler - John Keegan propounds the view of heroism in warfare as inextricable linked with the political imperative of the age and place.
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By: Mark Danner
ISBN: 9781862077850
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2005
Publisher: Granta Books
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The story of the 1989 massacre of civilians in El Salvadore by US-trained soldiers.
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By: Rebecca Fraser
ISBN: 9780099477686
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2018
UK Publication Date: 1st November 2018
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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A Times History Book of the Year
The voyage of the Mayflower is one of the seminal events in world history. Yet, fifty years later, Edwards son Josiah was commanding the New England militias against Massasoits son in King Philips War.
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By: Sebastian Haffner
ISBN: 9781857998788
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jun 1997
UK Publication Date: 10th March 1997
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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A remarkable historical and psychological study of the enigma of Adolf Hitler and his impact on the twentieth century - by the bestselling author of DEFYING HITLER.
'Dazzlingly brilliant' OBSERVER
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By: Neil MacFarquhar
ISBN: 9781586488116
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2010
Publisher: PublicAffairs,U.S.
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Introduces a cross-section of unsung, dynamic men and women pioneering political and social change.
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By: Jonathan Davies
ISBN: 9781472837219
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2019
UK Publication Date: 22nd August 2019
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: Neil Grant
ISBN: 9781472806000
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2020
UK Publication Date: 25th June 2020
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This illustrated guide to the medieval longsword draws on both period sources and the latest research to tell the full story of one of Europe's most iconic medieval weapons.
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By: Catherine the Great
ISBN: 9780812969870
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2006
UK Publication Date: 13th June 2006
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
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Empress Catherine II brought Europe to Russia, and Russia to Europe, during her long and eventful reign. She fostered the culture of the Enlightenment and expanded the empire created by Czar Ivan the Terrible, shifting the balance of power in Europe eastward. Famous for her will to power, Catherine was also a prolific and gifted writer.
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By: Simon Winchester
ISBN: 9780007532407
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2014
UK Publication Date: 3rd July 2014
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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From bestselling author Simon Winchester, the extraordinary story of how America was united into a single nation.
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By: Will Pearson
ISBN: 9780061928222
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2010
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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In true smart-aleck style, "Mental Floss" presents an insightfully accurate and incisively humorous exploration of little-known truths and widely believed falsehoods, which simultaneously exposes some of America's oddest moments, strangest citizens, and much, much more.
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By: Erik Sass
ISBN: 9780061928239
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2012
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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By: Erik Sass
ISBN: 9780061842672
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2010
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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Sass and Wiegand cover 60,000 years of human history in one volume. Along with the names of people and places, dates and statistics, wars, disasters, revelations, and accomplishments, there are fascinating stories, hilarious oddities, and plenty of fun.
