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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 € -
Eleni(1997) GAGE, NICHOLASA son's quest to avenge his mother's murder. In 1948, in a Greek mountain village, Eleni Gatzoyiannis was arrested, tortured and shot. Eleni is the story of his obsessive and harrowing reconstruction of his mother's life and death and his pursuit of hisVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
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: Mehka15,41 € -
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: Mehka72,23 € -
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 € -
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 € -
Uriel's Machine(2000) KNIGHT, CHRISTOPHER,LOMAS, ROBERTThe authors of this text show that the ancient Book of Enoch, rediscovered in the 18th century, describes how Uriel's Machine should be constructed, and how Enoch's secret technology has been preserved since ancient times in Freemasonic lore.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
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 € -
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Quick and the Dead(2012) WATERTON, WILLIAM ARTHURFirst published in 1956, but still relevant and thought-provoking today, this book is an absolute revelation on test flying with the British aircraft organisations and manufacturers in the 1950s. Written from the pilot's viewpoint, with refreshing candourVezava: Trda19,63 € -
Poverty, Gender and Life-Cycle under the English Poor Law, 1760-1834(2013) WILLIAMS, SAMANTHAExamination of welfare during the last years of the Poor Law, bringing out the impact of poverty on particular sections of society - the lone mother and the elderly.Vezava: Mehka50,48 € -
Medieval Britain(2000) GILLINGHAM, JOHN (EMERITUS PROFESSOR, EMERITUS PROFESSOR, LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS),GRIFFITHS, RALPH A. (PROFESSOR OF MEDIEVAL HISTORY, PROFESSOR OF MEDIEVAL HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF WALES, SWANSEA)First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, John Gillingham and Ralph A. Griffiths' Very Short Introduction to Medieval Britain covers the establishment of the Anglo-Norman monarchy in the early Middle Ages, throVezava: Mehka14,01 €











