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SS United States by Andrew Britton
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: History Press Ser.
A colorful illustrated history celebrating 60 years of the SS United States Complete with deck plans, newspaper coverage, and accounts from log books and ship records, this history covers the SS United States' active service from 1952 to 1969, when she dominated the seas of Atlantic. The astonishing ope ...Show more
Sacred Secrets - Freemasonry, the Bible and Christian Faith by Mike Neville
Category: Fiction | Series: History Press Ser.
Who were Tubalcain, Jabal and Jubal and what is their significance for the Freemason? There is a general interest in the rituals of Freemasonry, generated in part by the apparently obscure references they contain. This is the only book that offers a guide to the stories used in Masonic ritual and their ...Show more
Talking to Rudolf Hess by Desmond Zwar
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: History Press Ser.
Rudolf Hess was Adolf Hitler's Deputy F#65533;hrer until, in 1941, he flew to Scotland, ostensibly to negotiate peace between Germany and Britain. Captured by the British, he was held for the rest of the War, before being convicted of war crimes at the Nuremberg Trials in 1946.Desmond Zwar collaborated ...Show more
The Assassination Of Julius Caesar: A People's History Of Ancient Rome by Michael Parenti
Category: No Category | Series: New Press People's History Ser.
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The Wartime House - Home Life in Wartime Britain, 1939-1945 by Mike Brown; Carol Harris
Category: History | Series: History Press Ser.
The demands of a nation at war had many far-reaching effects on the average home. How did women cope with bringing up a family single-handed after their husbands were conscripted for military service? How did they use the rations and keep up their family's spirits? What was it like to "Make Do and Mend" ...Show more
Victoria & Abdul: The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant by Shrabani Basu
Category: History | Series: History Press Ser.
The tall, handsome Abdul Karim was just twenty-four years old when he arrived in England from Agra to wait at tables during Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. An assistant clerk at Agra Central Jail, he suddenly found himself a personal attendant to the Empress of India herself. Within a year, he was esta ...Show more
William John Wills: Pioneer of the Australian Outback by John Van Der Kiste
Category: History | Series: History Press Ser.
In 1860 the Australian interior was unmapped and unknown to European settlers. When the Victorian Exploring Expedition tasked Robert O'Hara Burke, William John Wills and a party of nineteen men with crossing the country from South to North, this was soon to change. Following their slow and arduous journ ...Show more