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Secret Life of Bletchley Park(2011) MCKAY, SINCLAIRThe first oral history of one of the most fascinating aspects of the war effort.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Hillsborough Voices(2016) SAMPSON, KEVIN,HILLSBOROUGH JUSTICE CAMPAIGNOn 15 April 1989, the world witnessed one of the worst football disasters in history occur at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield. Not only was he there as a fan to witness the horror first-hand, he also helped organise the Hillsborough benefit concert21,61 € -
Nazi Germany(2008)An authoritative and up-to-date history of Nazi Germany, with each chapter written by an internationally acknowledged expert in the field, covering everything from the ideological origins of Nazism, through the history of politics and society in the 'ThirVezava: Mehka70,32 € -
Cretan Runner(2009) PSYCHOUNDAKIS, GEORGEGeorge Psychoundakis was a young shepherd boy who knew the island of Crete intimately when the Nazis invaded by air in 1941. He immediately joined the resistance and took on the crucial job of war-time runner. This book presents an account of George's actVezava: Mehka16,81 € -
First Emperor(2009) QIAN, SIMA,BRASHIER, K. E. (ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF RELIGION (CHINESE) AND HUMANITIES (CHINESE), REED COLLEGE)Sima Qian tells the story of the First Emperor, founder of the Qin dynasty, in whose reign the Great Wall was built and whose tomb was guarded by the famous terracotta warriors excavated in 1974. His account details the ruthless exercise of power but alsoVezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Medieval Women(2005) LEYSER, HENRIETTAMEDIEVAL WOMEN looks at a thousand years of English history, as it affected - and was made by - women.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
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Dada and Surrealism(2004) HOPKINS, DAVID (, LECTURER IN ART HISTORY AT GLASGOW UNIVERSITY)Explores the range of media employed by both Dada and Surrealism, whilst at the same time establishing the aesthetic differences between the movements. This book also examines the Dadaist obsession with the body-as-mechanism in relation to the SurrealistsVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Washing Of The Spears(1994) MORRIS, DONALD RIn 1879, armed only with their spears, their rawhide shields, and their incredible courage, the Zulus challenged the might of Victorian England and, initially, inflicted on the British the worst defeat a modern army has ever suffered at the hands of men wVezava: Mehka35,05 € -
Gentleman's Daughter(2003) VICKERY, AMANDABased on a close examination of letters, diaries and account books, this study offers an insight into the intimate and everyday lives of genteel women and transforms our understanding of the position of women in this period.Vezava: Mehka21,61 € -
Wall Street and the Rise of Hitler(2010) SUTTON, ANTONY CYRILReveals one of the most remarkable but unreported facts of the Second World War: that key Wall Street banks and American businesses supported Hitler's rise to power by financing and trading with Nazi Germany.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Scandinavians from the Vendel Period to the Tenth Century(2012)Ethnographic studies trace the background to and impact of urbanisation and Christianisation, and the development of royal power, which stimulated the transition from the Viking age to the medieval period.Vezava: Mehka50,95 € -
Waugh in Abyssinia(2000) WAUGH, EVELYNIn 1935 Italy declared war on Abyssinia and Evelyn Waugh was sent to Addis Ababa to cover the conflict. This title captures the dilemmas and complexities of a feudal society caught up in twentieth-century politics and confrontation.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Early Tudors: England 1485-1558(2001) HUDSON, DAVID,ROGERSON, DAVID,ELLSMORE, SAMANTHADepend on SHP's comprehensive and best-selling core texts to enrich your understanding of A Level History.Vezava: Mehka72,71 € -
Another Day of Life(2001) KAPUSCINSKI, RYSZARDIn 1975 Kapuscinski flew into Luanda in Angola, to cover the murderous civil war that had broken out after independence. This book is a record of his experiences there, of a city and a country that seemed, for a prolonged period, to have taken leave of thVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Aethelstan(2012) FOOT, SARAHIn this nuanced portrait of Athelstan, Sarah Foot offers the first full account of the king ever written.Vezava: Mehka31,59 € -
Who Paid The Piper?(2000) SAUNDERS, FRANCES STONOR'Frances Stonor Saunders has almost single-handedly started off a branch of sub-history; the cultural cold war. Who Paid The Piper? is an extraordinarily good book and I do recommend it to anyone who's remotely interested in the period'- Ian McEwan authorVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Behind Enemy Lines(2012) BATH, RICHARD,MACPHERSON, SIR TOMMYWith three Military Crosses, three Croix de guerre, a Légion d'honneur and a papal knighthood for his heroics during the Second World War, Sir Tommy Macpherson is the most decorated living soldier of the British Army. Yet for 65 years the Highlander'sVezava: Mehka15,41 € -












