History

Greece: A Short History of a Long Story presents a comprehensive overview of the history of Greece by exploring the continuity of Greek culture fro...

For three decades, Sri Lanka''''s civil war tore communities apart. In 2009, the Sri Lankan army finally defeated the separatist Tamil Tigers guerr...

The Holocaust in Italian Culture, 19442010 is the first major study of how postwar Italy confronted, or failed to confront, the Holocaust. Fascist ...

The Hoo Peninsula is located on the north Kent coast 30 miles east of Central London. This book raises awareness of the positive contribution that ...

America's Forgotten Colony examines private US citizens' experiences on Cuba's Isle of Pines to show how American influence adapted and endured in ...

At the height of the Irish Famine, now considered the greatest social disaster to strike nineteenth-century Europe, Anglo-Irish landlord Major Deni...

''''Padre McShane says the reason I was not given a Brigade was for being so outspoken at Loos. He said that if that were so, I wear the invisible ...

Ivy, Dulcie, Barbara, Ann, Dorothy and Jean all had different reasons for applying to work at Carrs biscuits, but once they had put on their overal...

Suffragette, socialite, novelist, nurse, Mary Borden wrote some of the most remarkable poems of the First World War. Still in her twenties, the wea...

Little known in the English-speaking world, Burundi is Rwanda's twin, a small Central African country with a complex history of ethnic tension betw...

Racundras First Cruise is Arthur Ransomes account of Racundras maiden voyage, which took place in August and September 1922. The cruise took him f...

Ligon's True and Exact History of the Island of Barbados is the most significant book-length English text written about the Caribbean in the sevent...

An examination of the mid-seventeenth century maritime battles between Ireland, England, and Scotland, showing them to have had a dramatic impact o...

LIFE was one of the premiere sources of news about the Vietnam War and its coverage was revolutionary; Larry Burrows was the first photographer to ...

This book: covers the essential content in the new specifications in a rigorous and engaging way, using detailed narrative, sources, timelines, k...

This is the story of one man who served throughout the Great War, at the very front of the Fronts in the most brutal battles in history, and achiev...

Drawing on the author''s deep understanding of military life and the strengths and frailties of politicians and generals, this is a myth-puncturing...

The Holocaust in Italian Culture, 19442010 is the first major study of how postwar Italy confronted, or failed to confront, the Holocaust. Fascist ...

The Heinkel He 111 was the main work-horse of the Luftwaffe's bomber force throughout much of the Second World War. Consequently, when Hitler launc...

Between the covers of this magnificent red Album with a gilded cover you will discover more than 600 of the Gentle Author''''s favourite pictures o...

The Lafayette Escadrille was an all-volunteer squadron of Americans who flew for France during World War I. One hundred years later, it is still ar...

A collection of Rudyard Kipling''s articles based describing Lord Kitchener''s volunteer army, written just a couple of months after the death of h...

Traditionally Scotland has made a contribution to Britains wars well out of proportion to her population and her military achievements are recognis...

Drive critical, engaged learning. Helping learners more deeply understand historical concepts, the student-centred approach of this new Course Book...