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Witness to Gettysburg(2021) WHEELER, RICHARDFrom the events that led to the clash at Gettysburg in July 1863 to the retreat of Robert E. Lee's defeated Confederates, Richard Wheeler uses the words of participants—both Northern and Southern—to bring one of the Civil War's bloodiest, most pivotal batVezava: Mehka19,59 € -
52 Times Britain was a Bellend(2021) FELTON, JAMESThe painfully funny history of Britain you were never taught at school, chronicling some of the ludicrous things the British have done to the world since time immemorial - and then conveniently forgetting we've done them, of course.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Algeria, 1830–2000(2004) STORA, BENJAMINA particularly vicious and bloody civil war has racked Algeria for a decade. Amnesty International notes that since 1992, in a population of 28 million, 80,000 people have been reported killed, and the actual total is almost certainly higher.Vezava: Mehka49,88 € -
How the Word Is Passed(2022) SMITH, CLINT'A beautifully readable reminder of how much of our urgent, collective history resounds in places all around us that have been hidden in plain sight.' Afua Hirsch, author of Brit(ish)Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
London, A Fourteenth-Century City and its People(2022) WARNER, KATHRYNReveals and illustrates the lives of our 'ordinary' ancestors.Vezava: Trda28,04 € -
In the Reign of King John(2020) JONES, DANAn illustrated portrait of English society in the year of Magna Carta, from best-selling author Dan Jones.Vezava: Trda35,05 € -
Partition(2022) GIBBONS, IVANPartition tells us how the idea of dividing Ireland came about, how it gained acceptance and popular support, about its complex and controversial implementation, and the turmoil of the years that followed.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Formation(2021) FAGBULE, FOLA,FAWEHINMI, FEYIA myth-busting history book that challenges the orthodox understanding of Nigeria's past as merely a product of colonial interference, and in the process paints a vastly different picture of the birth of Nigeria as a nation.Vezava: Trda30,88 € -
History of the Czech Lands(2019) PANEK, JAROSLAV,TUMA, OLDRICHBorn January 1, 1993, after the split with Slovakia, the Czech Republic is one of the youngest members of the European Union. Along with a chapter examining the transformation of the Czech Republic from a post-communist country into a member of the EuropeVezava: Mehka70,00 € -
Kings & Queens of Scotland(2015) VENNING, TIMOTHYA tale of triumph, tragedy and the tenacity of a nation.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
British Empire in 100 Facts(2014) DUDUCU, JEMDiscovering major historical topics through the history behind the facts. The story of the British Empire told in bitesize chunksVezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Turkey: The Pendulum between Military Rule and Civilian Authoritarianism(2021) CENGZ, FATH AATAYAn essential analysis of Turkey’s unique blend of military and civilian authoritarianismVezava: Mehka46,33 € -
Sociolinguistic History of Scotland(2020) MILLAR, ROBERT MCCOLL (READER IN LINGUISTICS, UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN)Robert McColl Millar examines how language has been used in Scotland since the earliest times. While primarily focusing on the histories of the speakers of Scots and Gaelic, and their competition with the encroaching use of (Scottish) Standard English, heVezava: Trda125,15 € -
Defending Heaven(2022) WATERSON, JAMESDetails the epic struggle between the mighty Chinese dynasties and their Mongol foesBased on first class research and told in accessible, compelling styleThrilling tale culminating in the Ming revolution and the Mongols expulsion from ChinaVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Ukraine(2022) SCHLOGEL, KARLA first-hand account of life and conditions in Ukraine, since Crimea's annexation in 2014.Vezava: Mehka18,16 €











