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Man Who Outshone The Sun King(2009) DRAZIN, CHARLES*In 1664, the musketeer D'Artagnan rode beside a heavily-armoured carriage as it rumbled slowly southwards from Paris, carrying his great friend Nicolas Foucquet to internal exile and life imprisonment in the fortress of Pignerol.Vezava: Mehka22,42 €
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OCR A Level History A2: Civil Rights in the USA 1865-1992(2009) PATERSON, DAVID,WILLOUGHBY, DOUG,WILLOUGHBY, SUSANMatched to specification with specific exam support, this title features planning support with inspirational lesson ideas. It includes accessible, engaging resources to help students achieve their potential. An 'Exam Cafe' provides students with a motivatVezava: Mehka53,53 €
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Gambling Man(2010) UGLOW, JENNYCharles II was thirty when he crossed the Channel in fine May weather in 1660. His Restoration was greeted with maypoles and bonfires, like spring after long years of Cromwell's rule. This title is a portrait of Charles II, exploring his elusive nature thVezava: Mehka21,02 €
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Decline And Fall Of The British Empire(2008) BRENDON, PIERSNo empire has been larger or more diverse than the British Empire. Within a generation this mighty structure collapsed, often amid bloodshed, leaving behind a scatter of sea-girt dependencies and a ghost of an empire, the Commonwealth, overshadowed by ImpVezava: Mehka23,82 €
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Diamonds, Gold and War(2008) MEREDITH, MARTINAn epic, sweeping history of the making of South Africa by the bestselling and acclaimed author of The State of Africa.Vezava: Mehka16,81 €
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3 Para(2008) BISHOP, PATRICKAfghanistan in the summer of 2006. In blazing heat in remote outposts the 3 Para battlegroup is pitted against a stubborn enemy who keep on coming. Until now, the full story of what happened there has not been told. This is it.Vezava: Mehka15,41 €
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William and Mary(2008) KISTE, JOHN VAN DERMary (1662-94), daughter of James, Duke of York, heir to the English throne, married William (1650-1702), son of William II of Orange (1626-50), Stadtholder of the Dutch republic, who was eleven years older than her. This dual biography deals with both thVezava: Mehka25,22 €
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Dancing into Battle(2007) FOULKES, NICHOLASThe social backdrop, vividly described, to one of the greatest battles in European history, Waterloo 1815.Vezava: Mehka15,41 €
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Unfree French(2007) VINEN, RICHARDIn the summer of 1940, the French army was one of the largest and best in the world, confident of victory. In the space of a few nightmarish weeks all that changed as the French and their British allies were crushed and eight million people fled their homVezava: Mehka23,82 €
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Alfred the Great(2006) POLLARD, JUSTINIn an era darkened by the terror of the Viking invasions, England's first and greatest king was a beacon of light.Vezava: Mehka18,21 €
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Hollow Crown(2006) RUBIN, MIRIThere is no more haunting, compelling period in Britain's history than the later middle ages. This account brings the reader a long lost world, a strange, Catholic, rural country of monks, peasants, knights and merchants, almost perpetually at war, but coVezava: Mehka23,82 €
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Never Had It So Good(2006) SANDBROOK, DOMINICA fresh, enlightening and comprehensive history of Britain in the early 1960s by a supremely talented young historian.Vezava: Mehka26,62 €
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Origins of the Final Solution(2005) BROWNING, CHRISTOPHEROffers an analysis of the descent of the Nazi persecution of the Jews into mass murder. Arguing that genocide was not a preconceived plan, this book explains how the decision to murder the Jews en masse emerged in stages and by a process of elimination thVezava: Mehka18,21 €
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Affirmative Action Empire(2001) MARTIN, TERRYThe Soviet Union was the first of Europe's multiethnic states to confront the rising tide of nationalism by systematically promoting the national consciousness of its ethnic minorities and establishing for them many of the institutional forms...Vezava: Mehka64,15 €
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Easter Rising(2000) KOSTICK, CONOR,COLLINS, LORCANDefying all the odds 1600 men, women and children went out on 24 April, Easter Monday, 1916 to fight for an independent Ireland. Vividly illustrated, this book takes you through the battle-torn streets of Dublin.Vezava: Mehka12,82 €
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Among the Bohemians(2003) NICHOLSON, VIRGINIASubversive, eccentric and flamboyant - the Bohemians ate garlic and didn't always wash; they painted and danced and didn't care what people thought. They sent their children to co-ed schools; explored homosexuality and Free Love. They were often drunk, brVezava: Mehka22,42 €
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Nathaniel's Nutmeg(2000) MILTON, GILESThe extraordinary adventure-filled story of how England came to own Manhattan in the seventeenth centuryVezava: Mehka21,02 €
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Rethinking the Holocaust(2002) BAUER, YEHUDAA study of the Holocaust, evaluating accepted views of its history and meaning. Yehuda Bauer offers his own interpretation of why the Holocaust occurred and how another can be prevented. He also examines topics such as the relationship between the HolocauVezava: Mehka24,70 €