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The Republic(2014) TOWNSHEND, CHARLESA narrative of the critical years in modern Ireland's history. This book presents the never loses sight of the ordinary forms of heroism performed by Irish men and women trapped in extraordinary times.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Plain Tales From The Raj(2000) ALLEN, CHARLES* A classic history of Britons' experiences of India in the last days of the Raj.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Red Azalea(2009) MIN, ANCHEEThe acclaimed memoir from the bestselling author of Empress OrchidVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Flame Trees Of Thika(2014) HUXLEY, ELSPETHWhen Elspeth Huxley’s pioneer father buys a remote plot of land in Kenya, the family sets off to discover their new home: five hundred acres of Kenyan scrubland, infested with ticks and white ants, and quavering with heat.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Pol Pot Regime(2008) KIERNAN, BENOffering an account of the Cambodian revolution and genocide, this book includes a preface that takes the story up to 2008 and the UN-sponsored Khmer Rouge tribunal.Vezava: Mehka38,00 € -
Rejoice! Rejoice!(2013) TURNER, ALWYN W.An acclaimed history of the biggest, brashest and most tumultuous decade in recent British history.Vezava: Mehka28,04 € -
Secret State(2010) HENNESSY, PETERWhat were the secret plans for Britain if World War Three had erupted and 'breakdown' had occurred? When would the Queen have been informed and where would she have gone? How does the contingency planning for a national emergency work today? This book givVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Now It Can Be Told(1983) GROVES, LESLIE"General Leslie Groves and J. Robert Oppenheimer were the two men chiefly responsible for the building of the first atomic bomb at Los Alamos, code name "The Manhattan Project." As the ranking military"Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Oracle Bones(2007) HESSLER, PETERFrom the acclaimed author of River Town comes a rare and authentic portrait - both intimate and epic - of twenty-first century China as it opens its doors to the worldVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Razor's Edge(2007) BICHENO, HUGHThe controversial memoir of a top British spy which finally reveals what really went on behind the scenes of the Falklands WarVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Fascist Voices(2013) DUGGAN, CHRISTOPHERHe examines the extraordinary hold the Duce had on Italy and how he came to embody fascism. By making use of rarely examined sources, such as letters and diaries, newspaper reports, secret police files, popular songs and radio broadcasts, Duggan exploreVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Russian Origins of the First World War(2013) MCMEEKIN, SEANIn a major reinterpretation, Sean McMeekin rejects the standard notion of the war’s beginning as either a Germano-Austrian pre-emptive strike or a miscalculation. The key to the outbreak of violence, he argues, lies in St. Petersburg. Russian statesmen unVezava: Mehka33,35 € -
Struggle for Mastery in Europe, 1848-1918(1971) TAYLOR, A. J. P.A. J. P. Taylor examines the relations of the Great Powers, when Europe was still the centre of the world. Written in characteristically vigorous prose, this is a challenging and original diplomatic history, that also considers the political and economicVezava: Mehka72,22 € -
Angel Of Grozny(2009) SEIERSTAD, ASNE* 'I devoured this in a few hours - a powerful book of heartbreaking yet flamboyant reportage from a forgotten hell' Simon Sebag-MontefioreVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
True Tales of American Life(2002) AUSTER, PAULChosen by Paul Auster out of the four thousand stories submitted to his radio programme on National Public Radio, these 180 stories provide a wonderful portrait of America in the twentieth century.Vezava: Mehka18,21 €
