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This definitive history of American xenophobia is "essential reading for anyone who wants to build a more inclusive society" (Ibram X. Kendi, New York Times-bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist) The United States is known as a nation of...
Editeur :
Basic Books
Parution :
2019-11-26
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A comprehensive history of the women’s suffrage movement in the United States, from 1776 to 1965 Most suffrage histories begin in 1848, when Elizabeth Cady Stanton first publicly demanded the right to vote at the Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York. And...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2019-11-21
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This open access book captures and elaborates on the skill of storytelling as one of the distinct leadership features of Xi Jinping, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and the President of the People’s Republic of China. It gathers the stories...
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Springer
Parution :
2019-11-20
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In August 1972, Ryszard Kuklinski, a highly respected colonel in the Polish Army, embarked on what would become one of the most extraordinary human intelligence operations of the Cold War. Despite the extreme risk to himself and his family, he contacted the American...
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PublicAffairs
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2019-11-19
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From a Bancroft Prize-winning historian, a biography of the famed poet, courtier, and colonizer, showing how he laid the foundations of the English EmpireSir Walter Ralegh was a favorite of Queen Elizabeth. She showered him with estates and political appointments. He...
Editeur :
Basic Books
Parution :
2019-11-19
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Writing War in Contemporary Iran offers a complete account of Esma’il Fasih’s life, works, and position in contemporary Iranian literature. This book uses a text-based analysis of Fasih’s wartime novel Zemestan-e 62 (The Winter of ‘83, 1985) as a case study, and...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2019-11-19
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This study is to analyze the transformation of the policies of different political systems for ethnic minorities in the Central Highlands (Vietnam) from French colonial rule to American warfare in the context of decolonization, cold-war politics, and attempts of...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2019-11-19
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Kenneth Rose was one of the most astute observers of the post-war Establishment. The wry and amusing journals of the royal biographer and historian made objective observation a sculpted craft. His impeccable social placement located him within the beating heart of the...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2019-11-14
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Au lendemain de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, en Allemagne et en Autriche occupées, les Alliés mettent en œuvre des politiques de dénazification. Dans ce cadre, une épuration judiciaire, administrative et professionnelle est conduite dans chacune des quatre zones...
Editeur :
P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
Parution :
2019-11-14
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'Drawing on the stories of the soldiers who were there, this dramatic history of the SAS is full of bravado. Forged to fight guerrillas in the sweltering jungles of Malaya... Ryan writes with the authority of a man familiar with every nuance of the regiment's tactics,...
Editeur :
Coronet
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2019-11-14
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'Lively' THE TIMES'Engrossing' THE SPECTATOR'Stunning' WOMAN & HOME'Marvellous' BBC HISTORY MAGAZINEThrough ancient art, evocative myth, intriguing archaeological discoveries and philosophical explorations, Bettany Hughes takes us on a voyage of discovery to reveal the...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2019-11-14
Collection :
The Legacy Trilogy
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"Heartbreakingly good" Stephen, Amazon review ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐"You can't put it down" Anon, Amazon review ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐"Immensely moving" Jo, Amazon review ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐"An...
Editeur :
Seven Dials
Parution :
2019-11-14
Collection :
The Legacy Trilogy
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Vladimir Babitsky was born before the Second World War and migrated West after Perestroika. The theory of vibro-impact systems that he developed helped create the world’s safest jackhammer and other record-breaking machines. The author has lived through a...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-11-13
Collection :
Springer Biographies
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**Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) Book Award Finalist**The gripping story of a team of Nazi hunters at the U.S. Department of Justice as they raced against time to expose members of a brutal SS killing force who disappeared in America after World War Two.In...
Editeur :
Grand Central Publishing
Parution :
2019-11-12
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In 1917 the world was turned upside down by a popular uprising in Russia followed by a Bolshevik coup d'état. Suddenly the socialist revolution was underway. Capitalism was morally and materially exhausted by war, and history seemed to be on the side of communism at...
Editeur :
Constable
Parution :
2019-11-07
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'Compelling' Sunday Times'A triumph' Daily Mirror'Gripping' Jonathan Dimbleby1941. The Battle of the Atlantic is a disaster. Thousands of supply ships ferrying vital food and fuel from North America to Britain are being torpedoed by German U-boats. Britain is only weeks...
Editeur :
Sceptre
Parution :
2019-11-07
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Given fascist proscriptions against homosexuality, a surprising number of artists under Mussolini’s regime were queer. Exploring the contribution of Italy to our understanding of both the history of homosexuality and European modernism, this ground-breaking study...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2019-11-07
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From UFOs to Dr. Strangelove, LSD experiments to Richard Nixon, author Brian Brown investigates the paranoid, panicked history of the Cold War.In Someone Is Out to Get Us, Brian T. Brown explores the delusions, absurdities, and best-kept secrets of the Cold War, during...
Editeur :
Twelve
Parution :
2019-11-05
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This stunning visual guide is a journey of discovery through fashion's fascinating history, one day at a time.Beginning on January 1st and ending on December 31st, Worn OnThis Day looks at garments worn on monumental occasions across centuries, offering capsule fashion...
Editeur :
Running Press Adult
Parution :
2019-11-05
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The fully-revised second edition of the bestselling textbook—an original interpretation of the entire span of California historyThe rich history of California can best be told through its connection with the Pacific Basin. From the geological origins of the land and its...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2019-11-05
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