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A Short History of the World in 50 Animals by Jacob F. Field
Category: History
A Short History of the World in 50 Animalsprovides a new perspective on the grand sweep of our planet’s making, taking readers from the time of the dinosaurs to the time of Dolly, the first cloned mammal. This book will include a great variety of beasts from across the animal kingdom, some well known an ...Show more
A Short History of the World in 50 Animals by Jacob F. Field
Category: Non-Fiction
A Short History of the World in 50 Animals provides a new perspective on the grand sweep of our planet's making, taking readers from the time of the dinosaurs to the time of Dolly, the world's most famous sheep, who was the first cloned mammal. This book will include a great variety of beasts from acr ...Show more
A Short History of the World in 50 Places by Jacob F. Field
Category: History
A Short History of the World in 50 Places provides a new perspective on the grand sweep of our planet's story, from the prehistoric era to the early twenty-first century, taking readers from the Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania, where fossil evidence of over two million years of human evolution was uncovered, ...Show more
Countries of the World in Minutes by Jacob F. Field
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: In Minutes Ser.
For each of the 195 officially recognized countries of the world, a mini essay clearly and concisely explains its key history, characteristics, and social and political structures. Alongside, an outline map shows each country's global location, main geographic features, and capital city, while a table o ...Show more
One Bloody Thing After Another by Jacob F. Field
Category: History
A grisly and gruesome guide to history's most shocking and macabre moments. Horrible, spine-chilling and deeply fascinating, this book details the vile history of bloodthirsty kings and queens, savage battles, torture and punishment, as well as deathly locations from the days of the ancients to the late ...Show more
One Bloody Thing After Another: The World's Gruesome History by Jacob F. Field
Category: History
Ever wondered why Tsar Ivan was the dubbed 'the Terrible' or how King Henri II of France perished in a jousting incident? Grisly and gruesome, this book details the vile history of bloodthirsty kings and queens, savage battles, torture and punishment, as well as deathly locations from the days of the an ...Show more
The Eccentric Mr Churchill: Little-Known Facts about the Greatest Briton by Jacob F. Field
Category: Biography
As well as providing a new insight into the epochal historical events that Churchill was a part of, it documents some of the lesser known moments of his life, as well as intriguing facts about how he lived and worked, his friends and enemies, loves and hates. Did you know that:- Churchill invented the ' ...Show more
The History of Europe in Bite-Sized Chunks by Jacob F. Field
Category: History
An accessible and succinct account of the story of Europe from its ancient foundations to the twenty-first century, The History of Europe in Bite-sized Chunks details the events, personalities, ideas and disasters that have shaped our continent. The book is broken down into six easily digestible chapter ...Show more
We Shall Fight on the Beaches: The Speeches That Inspired History by Jacob F. Field
Category: Non-Fiction
Prefaced by brief historical and biographical introductions, the examples in this book show how words can be used to inspire, to comfort, to move, or to enthuse even the most seemingly hard-bitten of listeners. From rallying cries such as Garibaldi's 'To arms, then, all of you!' and Chou En-lai's 'We mu ...Show more
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