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Presents the evolution of heavy metal music as seen by its top metal bands, including photo spreads with accounts of legendary events and analyses of how this musical genre continues to shape each generation.

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On the centenary of the Russian Revolution, a classic history of the Soviet era, from 1917 to its fall

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A dramatic blow-by-blow account of the defeat of the Spanish Armada by the English fleet - a tale of daring and disaster on the high seas by one of our best narrative historians.

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What was it that roused left-wing sympathizers from all over the world to fight against Franco between 1936 and 1939 This title presents the objective and unbiased analysis of a passionate struggle where fascism and democracy, communism and Catholicism were at stake - and which was as much an international war as a Spanish one.

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The Spanish Civil War, 1936-39, was the curtain-raiser to World War II, and the major international event of the 1930s. Featuring specially commissioned full-color artwork, this book depicts the fighting men of the Nationalist forces that strove to take control of Spain alongside their German and Italian allies.

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A rousing and full-blooded account of the Spanish Civil War and the rise to prominence of General Franco.

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The story of the most famous revolt of the ancient world, and its legendary leader, Spartacus the Gladiator.

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The definitive account of the extraordinary people of Sparta, from the world's leading expert.

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Presents the history of the economic and naval power of the modern Western world, from its struggle to ascendancy, through the arc of its glory. This book offers the story of the Venice of Marco Polo, Titian, Tintoretto, Leonardo da Vinci, Galileo, Casanova, and an array of equally captivating heroes and villains.

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A bestselling BBC World Service ten-part series and podcast that celebrates the men and women who built and flew the Second World War's most famous fighter plane - the Spitfire.

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Published in readiness for the centenaries of the battles detailed in this book, Prit Buttar expertly describes the collapse of the three great empires that fought on the Eastern Front, Russia, Germany and Austria-Hungary, in the face of defeat on the battlefield and revolution at home. This concludes his best-selling series on the Eastern Front in World War I.

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The first published account of the undercover agent who fought for Britain in the Great War, and became MI6's most important resource in the highest Nazi circles

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The sweeping story of the American stadium-from the first wooden ballparks to today's glass and steel mega arenas-revealing how it has made, and remade, American life

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From internationally bestselling historian Giles Milton comes the remarkable true story of the Allies' secret mission to wartime Moscow.

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The Stammering Century is a model of exposition and a straight-out delight to read.

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The Standard of Ur is one of the most famous objects to be discovered from ancient Mesopotamia. It was un earthed in a tomb in 1927 by Leonard Woolley during his archaeological excavations of the Royal Cemetery of Ur located in present - day Iraq. This beautifully illustrated short introduction tells the story of discovery and significance of this splendid object.

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The extraordinary true story of the Stasi's poetry club: The Lives of Others crossed with Dead Poets Society.

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Originally published in French as L'Etat d'Israel contre les Juifs in 2020 by Editions La Decouverte, Paris.

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"New York Times"-bestselling author Jenkins and distinguished Harvard professor Stauffer mine a nearly forgotten piece of Civil War history and strike gold in this surprising account of the only Southern county to secede from the Confederacy.

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In this final letter to the country he loved, the late Ambassador David Abshire warns his fellow citizens that America has lost its sense of strategic direction and common purpose. Drawing on the lessons of history and his own extraordinary life, Abshire tells us how to reclaim what truly made America great.