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• Author(s): G. E. R. Lloyd • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: History & Surveys - Ancient & ClassicalLong before science as we know it today existed, sophisticated studies of the external wo...

• Author(s): Eaton Richard M. • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Islam - HistorySpanning some twenty-five years of research and writing, the essays in this volume fall into two categories: historiog...

• Author(s): Alain Corbin • Publisher: MixBT • Publisher Imprint: MixBT • Subject: HistoryIn a book whose erudition and originality had a dazzling impact on first publication in France and the UK, Alain Corbin has put the sense of smell on the hi...

• Author(s): Paul Aron • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley • Subject: History • BISAC: United States - GeneralAbout the Book Praise for Unsolved Mysteries of American History "The facts are presented clearly and concisely, and the answ...

• Author(s): MATHIEU • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Polity Pr • Subject: History • BISAC: Europe - GeneralAbout the Book Stretching 1,200 kilometres across six countries, the colossal mountains of the Alps dominate Europe, geographically...

• Author(s): Richard Goldstein • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley • Subject: History • BISAC: Ships & Shipbuilding - GeneralAbout the Book A stupendous feat of reportage.-Ron Powers, cowriter of Flags of Our Fathers Praise for Desp...

• Author(s): Suss | . • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Wars & Conflicts - World War II - GeneralAbout the Book The German 'Blitz' that followed the Battle of Britain killed tens of thousands an...

• Author(s): Peter Aleshire • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley • Subject: HistoryTWO OF AMERICAN HISTORY'S MOST BRILLIANT WARRIORS-AND FIERCEST ENEMIES-COME ALIVE "An invaluable addition to western history."-Evan Connell, author of So...

• Author(s): Grossman | . • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: English, Irish, Scottish, WelshAbout the Book The same week in February 1836 that Charles Dickens was hired to write his first novel, The ...

• Author(s): Jeffreys-Jones | . • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: EspionageAbout the Book In Spies We Trust reveals the full story of the Anglo-American intelligence relationship - ranging from the ...

• Author(s): Michael Golay • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley • Subject: HistoryAbout the Book A vivid tableau of the American conquest of the Pacific Coast "With Broughton's expedition, the Americans and the British had posted compet...

• Author(s): Hal Hellman • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley • Subject: HistoryAbout the Book The colorful true stories of ten monumental feuds in the history of technology The history of technology is full of heated disputes over who, ...

• Author(s): Jeffrey Rosen • Publisher: Simon & Schuster • Publisher Imprint: Simon & Schuster • Subject: History, • BISAC: United States - Revolutionary WarThe bestselling author of The Pursuit of Happiness shows how the opposing consti...

• Author(s): Harris • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Europe - Great Britain - GeneralAbout the Book A gripping new account of one of the most important and exciting periods of British and Irish his...

• Author(s): Richard Pailthorpe | Iain McGowan • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley • Subject: HistoryAbout the Book Following the release of Chichester - A Contemporary View in 1994, Chichester - A Millennium View looks at the following...

• Author(s): Segal David • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: InventionsAbout the Book What would our world today be like without inventions like tarmac, aspirin, liquid crystals, and barbed wire. This...

• Author(s): Poole Robert • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Nonfiction - GeneralAbout the Book On 16 August, 1819, at St Peter's Field, Manchester, armed cavalry attacked a peaceful rally of some 50...

• Author(s): Paul Aron • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley • Subject: HistoryAbout the Book A fascinating look at thirty of the mysteries that have baffled the world through the ages, by the author of Unsolved Mysteries of American Hist...

• Author(s): Colin Evans • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley • Subject: HistoryAbout the Book Praise for Great Feuds in History "Everyone loves a good fight, especially on the world stage, and Evans calls these contests with skill and ...

• Author(s): Michael Scott • Publisher: Yale University Press • Publisher Imprint: Yale University Press • Subject: History • BISAC: MilitaryA portrait of the Athenian politician and general Themistocles, tracing his political development, his vi...

• Author(s): Scott Cookman • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley • Subject: History • BISAC: Polar RegionsAbout the Book Absorbing.artfully narrat[es] a possible course of events in the expedition's demise, based on the one official note ...

• Author(s): Martin Gilbert • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley • Subject: HistoryAbout the Book A preeminent historian examines World War II's turning point On June 6, 1944, Allied troops landed at five Normandy beaches, preceded by ma...

• Author(s): Robert Lloyd Kelley • Publisher: Pearson • Publisher Imprint: Prent Hall • Subject: HistoryAbout the Book The modern manager faces a bewildering range of challenges every single day. Their ability to make critical decisions, often un...

• Author(s): Richard Cork • Publisher: Yale UP • Publisher Imprint: Yale UP • Subject: History • BISAC: European - GeneralAbout the Book Richard Cork is one of the most serious, most influential, and best-informed art critics in Britain today. Th...

• Author(s): Dev Nath Pathak • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge India • Subject: History

• Author(s): No Author • Publisher: Plume Books • Publisher Imprint: Plume Books • Subject: History • BISAC: United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)Abraham Lincoln is the most frequently quoted United States President. In this fascinating co...

• Author(s): E.A. Smith • Publisher: Yale UP • Publisher Imprint: Yale UP • Subject: History • BISAC: GeneralThis engrossing biography of George IV, king of Great Britain between 1820 and 1830, provides a full and objective reassessment of the mo...

• Author(s): David Arnold • Publisher: University of California Press • Publisher Imprint: University of California Press • Subject: History • BISAC: MedicalIn this innovative analysis of medicine and disease in colonial India, David Arnold explo...

• Author(s): R.C. Smail • Publisher: Cambridge UP • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge • Subject: History • BISAC: Europe - MedievalAbout the Book This is a revised edition of R. C. Smail's classic account of the military achievements of the Crusaders ...

• Author(s): Bernard Bailyn | Barbara DeWolfe • Publisher: Cambridge UP • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge • Subject: History • BISAC: United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775)About the Book This text collates the personal letters written by 18 of ...

• Author(s): Weis | Robert • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • Subject: History • BISAC: Latin America - MexicoThis volume untangles the multiple threads of the Mexican Revolution to present an accessible introducti...

• Author(s): Robert Mcnab • Publisher: Yale UP • Publisher Imprint: Yale UP • Subject: History • BISAC: History - GeneralAbout the Book A moving and spectacular tale of love, jealousy, and exotic travel, centering on three significant figures in ...

• Author(s): Smith | Michael G. • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • Subject: History • BISAC: United States - GeneralThis engaging survey of the Space Age links science and technology with politics and popular cultu...

• Author(s): Paul Smith • Publisher: Cambridge UP • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge • Subject: History • BISAC: PoliticalIn this fresh account of Benjamin Disraeli's life, Paul Smith looks at his unique character as a fusion of Jewishness and Anglic...