The extraordinary, true story of Eliza Lynch, an Irish courtesan in Paris, who destroyed Latin America's wealthiest country -- and became its national heroine. Born in Ireland in t...Nigel CawthorneVintagejueves, 5 de marzo de 2020
A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of The Oxford English DictionaryThe Professor and the Madman, masterfully researched and eloquently written, is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that l...Winchester, SimonHarper Perennialmiércoles, 4 de marzo de 2020
'You always, I notice, feel the same when you are under heavy fire - not so much afraid of being hit as afraid because you don't know where you will be hit. You are wondering all t...Orwell, GeorgePenguin Booksmartes, 3 de marzo de 2020
Reaction, Revolution and RevengeThe definitive work on the Spanish Civil War, a classic of modern historical scholarship and a masterful narrative.Preston, PaulHarper Perennialmartes, 3 de marzo de 2020
The Prophetic StatesmanChronicles the amazing predictions that Winston Churchill made throughout his life, including the rise of a Hitler-like figure along with Nazi Germany; the year the Iron Curtain wo...Humes, James C.Regnerysábado, 29 de febrero de 2020
A Brief History of the Globalized World in the Twenty-first CenturyThe explosion of advanced technologies, knowledge pools and resources that have connected over the planet levelling the playing field as never before, each of us is potentially an ...Thomas L. FriedmanEditors Varissábado, 29 de febrero de 2020
The Royal Air Force in the European War, 1939-1945This text is Jones's account of his part in British Scientific Intelligence between 1939 and 1949. It was his responsibility to anticipate German applications of science to warfare...John TerraineWordsworth Editions, Ltdsábado, 29 de febrero de 2020
How Britain Made the Modern WorldThis astoundingly successful, superbly reviewed book vividly recreates the excitement, brutality and adventure of the British Empire. Ferguson's most revolutionary and popular work...Niall Ferguson,Penguin Books Ltdsábado, 29 de febrero de 2020
A History"Israel is a small and relatively young country, but its turbulent history has placed it squarely at the centre of the world stage for most of this century. For two millennia the J...Martin Gilbert,Black Swanviernes, 28 de febrero de 2020
An Ethnography of Colombia's Death Squads"Since its independence in the nineteenth century, the South American state of Colombia has been shaped by decades of bloody political violence. In this book, Aldo Civico draws on ...Aldo CivicoUniversity of California Pressviernes, 28 de febrero de 2020
How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied VictoryChronicles World War II's pivotal deception by two British naval officers who successfully fed false intelligence to the Nazis about where Allied forces were planning an attack in ...Ben MacintyreVintagemartes, 25 de febrero de 2020
Sketches France's political and intellectual development and comments on social divisions and customs from the late 1840's through the Second World War.by Theodore ZeldinOxford ; Oxford University Press, 1979-81.viernes, 21 de febrero de 2020
Reflections on the United States of AmnesiaPresents a series of articles and essays criticizing recent developments in American government and foreign policy, especially during the administration of George W. Bush.Gore Vidal,Clairview Booksviernes, 21 de febrero de 2020
U.S. Foreign Policy from Vietnam to ReaganExamines United States foreign policy from the Vietnam era to the Reagan years, including discussions on policy decisions in Indochina, the Middle East, Central America, East Timor...Noam Chomsky, John Pilger...New Pressviernes, 21 de febrero de 2020
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