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24 Hours at Waterloo(2015) KERSHAW, ROBERTIn March 1815, the Allies declared war on Napoleon in response to his escape from exile and the renewed threat to imperial European rule. Three months later, on 18 June 1815, having suffered considerable losses at Quatre-Bras, Wellington's army fell backVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Loot(2022) PHILLIPS, BARNABYA tragic story of the British empire run amok and the plunder of great works of artVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
UFOs of the First World War(2015) WATSON, NIGELMaxwell took off in his BE2C fighter but saw nothing unusual until 8.25 p.m. when, according to his report: ‘My engine was missing irregularly and it was only by keeping the speed of the machine down to 50 mph that I was able to stay at 10,000 feet.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Grim Almanac of the Workhouse(2013) HIGGINBOTHAM, PETERFor two centuries, the shadow of the workhouse hung over Britain.In the early hours of 31 August 1888, the mutilated body of Mary Ann Nichols – the first generally accepted victim of Jack the Ripper – was discovered in Buck’s Row, Whitechapel, just a littVezava: Mehka25,22 € -
Ship of Fools(2010) O'TOOLE, FINTANFor twenty years, Ireland's economic miracle was supposed to be the envy of the world. For years, those with economic power had been investing in a gigantic property bubble. In Ship of Fools Fintan O'Toole tells the story of this dizzying rise and sickeVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Under the Red White and Blue(2021) MARCUS, GREILA deep dive into how F. Scott Fitzgerald’s vision of the American Dream has been understood, portrayed, distorted, misused, and kept aliveVezava: Mehka26,60 € -
Devour the Land(2021)Tracing the impacts of militarism on the American landscape, through the lens of art, environmental studies, and politicsVezava: Mehka70,00 € -
Decoding the Bayeux Tapestry(2019) WRIGHT, ARTHURUnique examination of this famous artefact. Challenges many of the accepted interpretations. Highly illustrated throughout, including images of panels from the tapestry itself.Vezava: Trda35,05 € -
Women of the Third Reich(2019) HEATH, TIMFrom camp guards to combatants and typists to telephone operators, Tim Heath shines a light on the experience and activities of women embroiled in the Third Reich.Vezava: Trda35,05 € -
Ravenous(2021) APPLE, SAM (JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY)The extraordinary story of the Nazi-era scientific genius who discovered how cancer cells eat—and what it means for how we should.Vezava: Trda38,24 € -
Year of Chaos(2022) O'DOHERTY, MALACHIThe shocking story of the worst year of violence in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, which included Bloody Sunday, published to coincide with the 50th anniversary.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
1916: The Rising Handbook(2016) COLLINS, LORCANA handbook to the events and locations of the Easter 1916 Rising. This ‘1916 bible’ will be invaluable to anyone with an interest in recent Irish history who wants to separate the facts from the fiction.Vezava: Trda19,95 € -
Waterloo(2021) HIBBERT, CHRISTOPHERChristopher Hibbert was an English author, historian and biographer. He has been called "probably the most widely-read popular historian of our time" and was the author of over 50 works of history.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
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No Moon as Witness(2021) STEJSKAL, JAMESA history of the perilous missions undertaken by British and American agents in Occupied Europe during WWII.Vezava: Trda28,04 €
