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The public interest in state secrets and espionage has been piqued by our current international conflicts, and this engrossing book - engagingly written for the general reader - will definitely feed that fascination.

Offers information on the major world powers of the nineteenth century and their global empires, as well as on the people, events, and ideas, both European and non-European, that shaped the Age of Imperialism. This encyclopedia also offers entries on important figures, places, movements, and events.

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The more than 150 historic items showcased here include documents, letters, images, and artifacts, many never before published

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Bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize-winner Garry Wills explores Thomas Jeffersons final and favorite achievement, the University of Virginia.

(Hardback)

This monumental volume presents world history from an original perspective that provides fresh insights with every colorful spread.

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(Hardback)

From the dawn of civilization to the first decade of the 21st century, this straightforwardly written, superbly accessible reference distills the essence of world history into a single compact volume. Featuring more than 1,000 illustrations, its a book as vivid as it is definitive.

An academic undertaking that reflects a different vision of world history, this multivolume encyclopedia focuses on specific themes of human development across cultures, era by era, providing an in-depth presentation of the development of humanity from a global perspective.

(Hardback)

100 fascinating and brilliantly written stories about history's bravest, baddest but little known 'nasty' women from across the world.

(Paperback, 2nd edition)

Fully updated for 2021, this is a comprehensive guide to those extraordinary moments that defined human history, written by respected figures from the fields of science, history, and journalism.

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Travelling through time from Ancient Egypt to today, A History of Love and Hate in 21 Statues unpicks the past, illuminates the present and offers a new perspective on the future through these controversial symbols of our identity.

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A history of the university grounds, their design, management and landscape evolution. It is also a reminder of the very rich educational resource the grounds can offer in botany, ecology, landscape design and social history. It includes sections on areas of special interest such as the Sunken Garden, Somerville Auditorium and Japanese Garden.

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A ground-breaking examination of the societal impact of fear that gives us a thrilling new insight on world history

(Hardback, Main)

A ground-breaking examination of the societal impact of fear that gives us a thrilling insight on world history

(Hardback)

Features an eclectic group of brave, ordinary men who came together on the shores of Gallipoli to help pioneer the ANZAC spirit as their legacy. This book allows you to tread in the shadowy footsteps of the soldiers through each painstaking battle for ground, encompassing everything from minor skirmishes to major encounters.

(Hardback)

A powerful antidote to our atomised lives, Hello, Stranger delves into humanity's rich history of welcoming (and worrying about) strangers, to show us how being more open might end the loneliness epidemic, solve the migrant crisis and change the world.

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(Paperback)

From the bestselling author. Rebel Women: The renegades, viragos and heroines who changed the world
From the French Revolution to today. How far we have come! How far we - and men too- have yet to go. Exhilarating and inspiring for readers of all ages.

(Paperback, Export ed)

February 1945. A German U-boat reaches American waters after an agonising three months and founders, blasted apart by undnown causes. All 56 Nazi sailors die, entrapped with the submarine. This is the story of the daring endurance of a handful of men determined to solve a mystery - or die in the attempt.

(, Australian ed)

This absorbing CD set provides genuine extended historical recordings of 20 of the most significant speeches of the 20th century, each introduced by acclaimed historian Simon Montefiore. This is a fascinating and essential addition to any historian's library: a history of humanity told through the speeches that shaped it.

(Paperback)

More wildly entertaining tales of flying a bush plane in America's final frontier, from the author of Flying the Alaska Wild.

(Hardback, Main)

A groundbreaking book that explains how the world's history of empires still shapes our lives and politics today.

(Hardback, Main)

A brilliant work of historical true crime charting a pivotal event in the l9th century that gripped the world and forever altered the course of Irish history.

(Paperback, New edition)

Demonstrates the relationship between money, people and power in both Western and Eastern culture over the centuries. The author reiterates that many of the trends that have been regarded as distinctively new in the past decades have parallels in earlier centuries.