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From the jaws of defeat, incredible victories.AT ALL COSTS! transports you to the battlefront for over two centuries of astonishing military confrontations.From the Battle of Minden in 1795 to dramatic second world war stories and the Battle for Goose Green in the...
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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2020-12-10
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SEIZE AND HOLD vividly demonstrates how military objectives can be seized by clever tactics and ruthless action.From the First World War to Vietnam, this collection gives exciting, atmospheric descriptions of eleven twentieth-century battlefield triumphs. Portraying...
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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2020-12-10
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W&N Military
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"An engrossing portrait" IndependentBased on a lifetime living in and reporting on Germany and Central Europe, award-winning journalist and author Peter Millar tackles the fascinating and complex story of the people at the heart of our continent.Focussing on nine cities...
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Arcadia Books
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2020-12-10
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Als durch die Reformpädagogik geprägter «politischer Pädagoge» steht der Schwelmer Pädagoge und Schulreformer Fritz Helling (1888-1973) für eine Existenz im bewegtesten und spannendsten Jahrhundert der deutschen Geschichte. Helling war ein engagierter Teilnehmer am...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2020-12-07
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Cet ouvrage réunit une série de travaux portant sur la préhistoire et la protohis-toire de la Grèce et des régions avoisinantes. Présentés le temps d’une journée à l’Université de Genève, ils ont pour but d’illustrer toute la diversité des études égéennes, que ce soit...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2020-12-02
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From the TIME 100 author of the Sunday Times and number 1 New York Times bestseller So You Want to Talk About Race, a subversive history of white male American identity -- now with a new preface.'One of the most admired writers and "internet yellers" around... [Mediocre...
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Basic Books
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2020-12-01
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This book is the first monograph to study the processes of establishing and reconstructing the academician system, and the landmark events in the history of science and technology in 20th century China. It also provides new insights to help us understand the...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-11-30
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'Engrossing and powerful . . . rich and thought-provoking'Fara Dabhoiwala, Guardian'Path-breaking . . . a major rewriting of history'Mihir Bose, Irish Times'Slave Empire is lucid, elegant and forensic. It deals with appalling horrors in cool and convincing prose.'The...
Editeur :
Robinson
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2020-11-26
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Historical geography is an active, theoretically-informed and vibrant field of scholarly work within modern geography, with strong and constantly evolving connections with disciplines across the humanities and social sciences. Across two volumes, The SAGE Handbook of...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2020-11-25
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The moon landing was an important moment in history, but many forget what was happening behind the scenes -- discover the groundbreaking political history of the Apollo program in this riveting exploration of America's space missions.Since July 1969, Neil Armstrong's...
Editeur :
Basic Books
Parution :
2020-11-24
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Delight in the cultural aspects of Latin America by observing the objects that give life to history Latin American Cultural Objects and Episodes provides readers with an eclectic and fascinating exploration of Latin American history through the examination of physical...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2020-11-24
Collection :
Viewpoints / Puntos de Vista
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T?his edited volume offers a descriptive analysis of foreign direct investment (FDI) flows and cumulative stock, industrial composition, and important spatial trends for each successor state of former Yugoslavia: Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo,...
Editeur :
Springer
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2020-11-16
Collection :
Economic Geography
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'Deeply touching.' - Daily Mail'A personal, sometimes harrowing history of partition... a writer well worth reading.' - The Times'A deeply personal story of identity and a highly relatable journey for many in the diaspora... Wheeler taps a rich vein of personal...
Editeur :
Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2020-11-12
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'Fierce, funny and long overdue - I read this book out loud to anyone who'd listen.' Adam Kay'Toksvig's Almanac is intended merely as a starting point for your own discoveries. Find a fabulous (or infamous) woman mentioned and, please, go looking for more of her story....
Editeur :
Trapeze
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2020-11-12
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This book examines the most important Czech women philosophers and scientists. It highlights the lives and achievements of a group that has often not received the recognition they deserve. Chapters provide a systematic description and critical evaluation of the impact...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-11-11
Collection :
SpringerBriefs in History of Science and Technology
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“A journey as epic, and varying, as the Silk Road itself...[The Fabric of Civilization is] like a swatch of a Florentine Renaissance brocade: carefully woven, the technique precise, the colors a mix of shade and shine...
Editeur :
Basic Books
Parution :
2020-11-10
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Master storyteller Brad Meltzer counts down and decodes the world’s top 10 most intriguing conspiracies stories. Wanted: the truth. In a riveting collection, Brad Meltzer guides us through the 10 greatest conspiracies of all time, from Leonardo da...
Editeur :
Workman Publishing Company
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2020-11-10
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The first book-length overview of agricultural development in the ancient world A Companion to Ancient Agriculture is an authoritative overview of the history and development of agriculture in the ancient world. Focusing primarily on the Near East and Mediterranean...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2020-11-10
Collection :
Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
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A brilliant and surprising account of the coming of the American Civil War, showing the crucial role of slaves who escaped to Mexico.The Underground Railroad to the North promised salvation to many American slaves before the Civil War. But thousands of people in the...
Editeur :
Basic Books
Parution :
2020-11-10
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“A Nazi resistance story like none you’ve ever heard or read.” —Hampton Sides, author of Ghost Soldiers and On Desperate Ground"Every page is gripping, and the amount of new research is nothing short of mind-boggling. A brilliant book for...
Editeur :
Algonquin Books
Parution :
2020-11-10
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