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By: Dr Stephen M. Cullen
ISBN: 9781472827753
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2018
UK Publication Date: 22nd February 2018
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: Jon E. Lewis
ISBN: 9781849010030
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2007
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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A remarkable series of eye-witness accounts covering the entire course of the war, from Hitler ordering war on 31 August 1939 to an account of the dropping of the atom bomb on Nagasaki on 9 August 1945 by Tatsuichiru Akizuki.
By: Spencer C. Tucker
ISBN: 9781851099689
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Sep 2016
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Hardback)
By: Richard Overy
ISBN: 9780233006215
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2021
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
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Contains dozens of specially commissioned maps and specially photographed items of ephemera.
(Paperback)
By: Norman Stone
ISBN: 9780141031569
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2008
UK Publication Date: 27th March 2008
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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In 1914 a new kind of war, and a new kind of world, came about. Fourteen million combatants died, a further twenty million were wounded, four empires were destroyed and even the victors' empires were fatally damaged. This title provides a terse, opinionated and wry short history of the First World War.
(Paperback)
By: Norman Stone
ISBN: 9780141037141
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2014
UK Publication Date: 6th February 2014
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Tells the narrative of the Second World War.
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By: Hugh Thomas
ISBN: 9780141034478
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Sep 2015
UK Publication Date: 2nd July 2015
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Describes the conquest of Paraguay and the River Plate, of the Yucatan in Mexico, the only partial conquest of Chile, and battles with the French over Florida, and then, in the 1580s, the extraordinary projection of Spanish power across the Pacific to conquer the Philippines. This is book deals withe the history of the Spanish Empire.
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By: Prof Eric Hobsbawm
ISBN: 9781780228839
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2015
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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A landmark study in the history of working class labour organisations, WORLDS OF LABOUR is a sequel to the author's widely acclaimed LABOURING MEN.
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By: Deatra Cohen
ISBN: 9781623179625
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2025
Publisher: North Atlantic Books,U.S.
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(Paperback)
By: Edward Paice
ISBN: 9781847247940
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2009
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
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Just after half past nine on the morning of Sunday 1 November 1755, the end of the world came to the city of Lisbon. Portugal's proud capital was struck by a massive earthquake. Drawing on primary sources, Edward Paice paints a vivid picture of a city and society changed for ever by a day of terror.
(Paperback)
By: Joni Rendon
ISBN: 9780452298460
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2014
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
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By: Madeleine Pelling
ISBN: 9781800811997
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2024
UK Publication Date: 28th March 2024
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
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Hear the voices of the eighteenth century: an eye-opening new history of Britain's most tumultuous period, told through its graffiti
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By: Simon Sebag Montefiore
ISBN: 9781474609197
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2019
UK Publication Date: 1st October 2019
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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A collection of the greatest letters in history, charting world-shaping events and revealing the unique personalities of some of history's most famous figures
(Paperback)
By: Mike Lee
ISBN: 9780399564468
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2018
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
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(Paperback)
By: Leah Garrett
ISBN: 9781529111613
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: May 2022
UK Publication Date: 26th May 2022
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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(Paperback)
By: John Man
ISBN: 9780553820027
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2010
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
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Drawing on his own journey, archaeology and archival study, John Man paints a vivid picture of the man behind the myth and the true story of the great court of Kublai Khan.
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By: Robin Waterfield
ISBN: 9780571223831
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Dec 2006
Publisher: Faber & Faber
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This is the epic story of Greek mercenaries stranded in Persia, forced to fight their way home across deadly terrain
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By: Clayton K. S. Chun
ISBN: 9781472837257
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2020
UK Publication Date: 20th February 2020
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This gripping new study details the crisis point of the Korean War: the UN advance across into North Korea and the following Chinese offensive that drove the forces back south of the 38th Parallel.
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By: Ian Buruma
ISBN: 9781848879393
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2014
UK Publication Date: 4th September 2014
Publisher: Atlantic Books
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'Ian Buruma's wonderful book is about a time, immediately after the end of the war, which has somehow fallen between the cracks of history, and which the author has now devastatingly brought to light. A compelling and astounding addition to the literature of the war' Daily Mail
(Hardback)
By: D. J. Mulloy
ISBN: 9781538128657
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2021
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Years of Rage is a powerful and revealing examination of the history of white supremacy in America from the 1920s to the present. It explores the various groups that have operated in the United States during this time, from the Klan to the alt-right, the ongoing dangers they pose to the country, and their deep roots within American society.
(Paperback)
By: Paul Kriwaczek
ISBN: 9780753819036
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2006
UK Publication Date: 1st June 2006
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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A portrait of a civilisation which flourished within living memory and left an indelible mark on history
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By: Richard Morris
ISBN: 9781780229096
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2019
UK Publication Date: 4th April 2019
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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A lyrical history of England's greatest county.
(Hardback)
By: Patrick Strickland
ISBN: 9781685890667
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2025
UK Publication Date: 15th April 2025
Publisher: Melville House Publishing
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(Paperback)
By: Bill Fawcett
ISBN: 9780061130502
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2008
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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Throughout history, there have been frauds, deceptions, propaganda, and trickery from governments, corporations, historians, braggarts, and everyone in between. Written in a fun, irreverent style, this book chronicles the vast history of these falsities.
