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Roman Soldier vs Germanic Warrior(2014) POWELL, LINDSAYThe struggle for control of the area between the Rhine and Elbe rivers in the early 1st century AD pitted the Roman forces of Augustus and Tiberius against their agile, aggressive German adversaries, as different styles of combat, equipment and leadershipVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Annals(2004) TACITUSWoodman's translation masterfully conveys Tacitus' distinctive and powerful literary style and reflects the best of relevant current scholarship. His introduction provides a wealth of insight into the period about which Tacitus wrote, Tacitus himself, andVezava: Mehka34,92 € -
Northern Crusades(1997) CHRISTIANSEN, ERICThe 'Northern Crusades', inspired by the Pope's call for a Holy War, are less celebrated than those in the Middle East, but they were also more successful: vast new territories became and remain Christian, such as Finland, Estonia and Prussia. This titleVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Stalin and His Hangmen(2005) RAYFIELD, DONALDStalin, like Hitler and other tyrants, won and held power because he had collaborators - hangmen. Drawing on newly released archival material, Donald Rayfield gives us a fuller and more colourful picture of Stalin's inner circle than ever before. Stalin wVezava: Mehka25,22 € -
Young Prince Philip(2012) EADE, PHILIP'The narrative is as suspenseful as any thriller. Truly, an excellent read' Lynn Barber, Sunday Times Married for almost seventy years to the most famous woman in the world, Prince Philip is the longest-serving royal consort in British historVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Gallipoli(2010) PRIOR, ROBINThe Gallipoli campaign of 1915-16 was an ill-fated Allied attempt to shorten the war by eliminating Turkey, creating a Balkan alliance against the Central Powers, and securing a sea route to Russia. This book assesses the many myths that have emerged abouVezava: Mehka28,50 € -
Elizabeth of York(2014) LICENCE, AMYThe biography of Henry VII's queen, and mother of Henry VIII, the true story of the 'White Princess'Vezava: Mehka16,81 € -
Norman Conquest(2013) MORRIS, MARCThis riveting book explains why the Norman Conquest was the single most important event in English history. Assessing the original evidence at every turn, Marc Morris goes beyond the familiar outline to explain why England was at once so powerful and yeVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Selected Poems(2013) ROCHESTER, JOHN WILMOT, EARL OFRochester's scandalous reputation belies the variety and sophistication of his love poems and satires. This new, modern-spelling edition is the most textually up to date, based not on the unreliable printed editions but on the most authoritative manuscripVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Russian Roulette(2014) MILTON, GILES1917, post-Russian Revolution, an unlikely and eccentric band of British spies are smuggled into newly Soviet Russia to thwart Lenin's plan to destroy British rule in India, as a precursor to toppling the democracies of the West. The spies, under MansfielVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Globalisation In World History(2002) HOPKINS, A GA second view holds that globalisation has a long history that can be traced back to the nineteenth century, if not earlier. First, it offers a categorisation of types and stages of globalisation that existed before the late twentieth century, No such taxVezava: Mehka28,03 € -
Austerity Britain, 1945-1951(2008) KYNASTON, DAVIDThe groundbreaking series that will tell the story of Britain from VE Day in 1945 to the coming of Margaret Thatcher in 1979 as never beforeVezava: Mehka26,62 € -
Making of Modern Britain(2010) MARR, ANDREWPublished alongside a landmark BBC2 series, this is the story of Britain from 1900 to the end of the Second World War.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Occupation Diaries(2013) SHEHADEH, RAJALife in Palestine today - what it is really like - day to day, from the Orwell Prize winning author, Raja Shehadeh.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Philip the Good(2004) VAUGHAN, RICHARD,SMALL, GRAEMEPhilip, who ruled from 1419 to 1467, was one of the most powerful and influential rulers of the fifteenth century. Forced into an alliance with the English, he soon found that he held the balance of power between England and France - reflected in the finaVezava: Mehka46,32 € -
Age of Fracture(2012) RODGERS, DANIEL T.Shows how the collective purposes and meanings that had framed social debate became unhinged and uncertain. This title offers a reinterpretation of the ways in which the decades surrounding the 1980s changed America. It explains how structures of power caVezava: Mehka33,35 € -











