The Man who Declared War on AmericaWho is Osama bin Laden???the only terrorist leader ever to have declared a holy war against America? What drives him and those he leads to hate a West that helped enrich and arm th...Bodansky, YossefEditors Varismartes, 17 de septiembre de 2019
The influence of the British Empire is everywhere: from the very existence of the United Kingdom to the way we send our troops to war, from the way we travel to the way we trade. I...Jeremy PaxmanVikingmartes, 17 de septiembre de 2019
Franklin, France, and the Birth of AmericaReveals how Benjamin Franklin outmaneuvered hostile colleagues, British spies, French informers, and other challenges to convince France to underwrite America's experiment in democ...Stacy SchiffHolt Paperbacksviernes, 13 de septiembre de 2019
How Not to Liberate The WorldDoes free information mean free people? At the start of the twenty-first century we were promised that the internet would liberate the world. We could come together as never before...Evgeny MorozovAllen Laneviernes, 13 de septiembre de 2019
The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated PlatoonRecounts events surrounding the 1944-45 Battle of the Bulge in Ardennes, France, during World War II, and the plight of eighteen men of a single platoon who were captured and survi...Alex KershawCambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2004.viernes, 13 de septiembre de 2019
This book examines the most important themes in European social and economic history from the beginning of growth around the year 1000 to the first wave of global exchange in the 1...Cambridge University Pressviernes, 13 de septiembre de 2019
How the Renaissance BeganWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NONFICTION Almost six hundred years ago, a short, genial man took a very old manuscript off a library shelf. With excitement, he saw what he had di...Stephen GreenblattJonathan Capejueves, 12 de septiembre de 2019
Recreates two eventful and bloody weeks in the history of Romans in the Dauphine region of southern France, focusing on the Mardi Gras festivities that ended in massacre in 1580Emmanuel LeRoy Ladurie; t...New York : G. Braziller, 1979jueves, 12 de septiembre de 2019
This famous book--a general survey of Europe in the era of 'Renaissance and Reformation' for students and general readers--was hailed on publication as 'an outstanding addition to ...Helmut Georg Koenigsberge...Longmanjueves, 12 de septiembre de 2019
An accessible and succinct account of the story of Europe from its ancient foundations to the 21st century, The History of Europe in Bite-sized Chunks details the events, personali...Jacob F. FieldEditors Varisviernes, 6 de septiembre de 2019
After the Albigensian Crusade against the Cathars of south-west France in 1208, a Spanish monk - later canonized as St Dominic - took up the cudgels by establishing a kind of secre...Michael Baigent Richard L...Penguin Books Ltdviernes, 6 de septiembre de 2019
With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Bryson--the acclaimed author of The Lost Continent--brilliantly explores the remarkable history, eccentricities, resilience and shee...Bill BrysonNew York : Perennial, 2001, c1990.martes, 3 de septiembre de 2019
Why are Iraqi prisoners of war forced to listen to Barney the Purple Dinosaur's theme tune repeatedly, at top volume? Why have a hundred de-bleated goats been secretly placed insid...Jon Ronson,Picador USAmartes, 3 de septiembre de 2019
The Remarkable True Story of a British Agent Behind the Lines in Wartime FranceA gripping story: There cannot be many clearer or more detailed accounts of the operations of the French resistance, and Hue's death-defying adventures make for riveting reading' N...Andre Hue Ewen Southby-Ta...Penguin Books Ltdsábado, 31 de agosto de 2019
A Short History of Private LifeWhat does history really consists of? Centuries of people quietly going about their daily business - sleeping, eating, having sex, endeavouring to get comfortable. And where did al...Bill Bryson,Black Swanmiércoles, 28 de agosto de 2019
And Two Essays on AmericaA study of America's national government, egalitarian ideals, and character offers reflections on the effect of majority rule on the rights of individuals and provides insight into...Alexis Tocqueville Gerald...Penguin Books Ltdmiércoles, 21 de agosto de 2019
Inside Ravensbruck - Hitler's Concentration Camp for WomenOn a sunny morning in May 1939 a phalanx of 800 women - housewives, doctors, opera singers, politicians, prostitutes - were marched through the woods fifty miles north of Berlin, d...Sarah HelmLittle Brown Hardbacks (a & C)lunes, 19 de agosto de 2019
The Golden Age of Paranoia'Strange Days Indeed' tells the story of how the paranoia exemplified by Nixon and Wilson became the defining characteristic of Western politics and culture in the 1970s.Francis WheenHarperCollins Publishers Ltdsábado, 17 de agosto de 2019
Inside Baghdad's Green ZoneImperial Life in the Emerald City is an unprecedented account of life in Baghdad's Green Zone, a walled-off enclave of towering plants, posh villas, and sparkling swimming pools th...Rajiv ChandrasekaranBloomsbury Publishing UKsábado, 17 de agosto de 2019
Partners in PowerThey were perhaps the most powerful, ruthless, flawed and fascinating duo in modern times: President Nixon and his secretary of state, Henry Kissinger. Both had risen from nothing ...Robert DallekPenguin Bookssábado, 17 de agosto de 2019
Discover the Amazing Origins of the Clothes We Wear, the Food We Eat, the People We Know, the Languages We Speak, and the Things We UseAn entertaining treasury of trivia and facts offers information on the origins of everyday items, detailing how and when things began, where they came from, and why they started as...Trevor HomerPlumemiércoles, 14 de agosto de 2019
The Struggle For Global JusticeIn this fresh edition of the book which has inspired the global justice movement, Geoffrey Robertson QC explains why we must hold political and military leaders accountable for gen...Geoffrey RobertsonPenguin Books Ltdmiércoles, 14 de agosto de 2019
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