685 books (35 pages) in this category
Photographs of Civil Rights Activists and Black Lives Matter Protests
by Sheila Pree Bright
<DIV>Artist and activist Sheila Pree Bright honours the Civil Rights activists from America's past and celebrates the people who carry on their important work today in this fine art photography book. Collected in a handsome volume, the book ...
ISBN: 9781452170725
Binding: Hardback
100 Days to Victory: How the Great War Was Fought and Won 1914-1918
by Saul David
ISBN: 9781444763386
Binding: Paperback
100 Documents that Changed the World: From Magna Carta to Wikileaks
by Scott Christianson
100 Documents That Changed the World brings together the most important written agreements, declarations and statements in history. 100 Documents That Changed the World brings together the most important written agreements, declarations and ...
ISBN: 9781849943000
Binding: Hardback
1434: The Year A Chinese Fleet Sailed To France and Ignited the Renaissance
by Gavin Menzies
ISBN: 9780007269556
Binding: Paperback
The Lost Chapters of Australia's Beginnings
by Nick Brodie
<DIV>For over 200 years Australia’s official history has focused on English colonisation and ‘discovery’, with tales of British explorers and first generation white Australians navigating the vast and unfriendly land. But what ...
ISBN: 9781743791608
Binding: Paperback
1788: The Brutal Truth Of The First Fleet
by David Hill
<B>An extraordinary narrative history of the First Fleet, by the bestselling author of The Forgotten Children</B>.<BR><BR>Never before or since has there been an experiment quite as bold as this. Set against the backdrop of Georgian England with
ISBN: 9781741668001
Binding: Paperback
1812: Napoleon's Fatal March On Moscow
by Adam Zamoyski
The Sunday Times bestselling account of Napoleon's invasion of Russia and eventual retreat from Moscow, events that had a profound effect on the subsequent course of Russian and European history. The saga of Napoleon's invasion of Russia and ...
ISBN: 9780007123742
Binding: Paperback
The Year the Decade Exploded
by Jon Savage
2016 is the 50th anniversary of defining year in global pop cultural history, 1966. Jon Savage's exploration of the key highs, lows and revolutionary moments, will be at the centre of reflection on what made that year so uniquely resonant. ...
ISBN: 9780571277636
Binding: Paperback
A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There
by Philip Matyszak
Athens, 416 BC . A tenuous peace holds. The city-state’s political and military might are feared throughout the ancient world; it pushes the boundaries of social, literary and philosophical experimentation in an era when it has a greater ...
ISBN: 9781782439769
Binding: Hardback
A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There
by Donald P Ryan
Spend 24 hours with the ancient Egyptians.<BR /><BR /> Ancient Egypt wasn’t all pyramids, sphinxes and gold sarcophagi. For your average Egyptian, life was tough, and work was hard, conducted under the burning gaze of the sun god Ra.<BR ...
ISBN: 9781782439110
Binding: Hardback
The 50 most important classical myths, monsters, heroes, and gods, each explained in half a minute
by Robert A Segal
The perfect introduction to the study of mythology, covering essential facts and details in one handy volume. ...
ISBN: 9781742669922
Binding: Hardback
75 Squadron and the Fight for Australia
by Michael Veitch
In March and April 1942, RAAF 75 Squadron bravely defended Port Moresby for 44 days when Australia truly stood alone against the Japanese. This group of raw young recruits scrambled ceaselessly in their Kittyhawk fighters to an extraordinary and
ISBN: 9781489348166
Binding: CD-Audio
Audio Bookby Gordon Brook-Shepherd
The account of the Great War portrayed in this book spans the last hundred days of the conflict; from the surprise blow struck by the British at Amiens on 8 August, down to the signing of the Armistice which ended the war three months later. ...
ISBN: 9781448217182
Binding: Paperback
A Brief Guide to J. R. R. Tolkien
A comprehensive introduction to the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
by Nigel Cawthorne
ISBN: 9781780338590
Binding: Paperback
A Brief History of Ancient Greece
Politics, Society, and Culture
by Sarah B. Pomeroy
Revised and updated throughout, the fourth edition of A Brief History of Ancient Greece presents the political, social, cultural, and economic history and civilization of ancient Greece in all its complexity and variety. Written by six leading ...
ISBN: 9780190925307
Binding: Paperback
The Quest to Think the Unthinkable
by Brian Clegg
ISBN: 9781841196503
Binding: Paperback