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Over the course of the twentieth century, Germans from virtually all walks of life were touched by two problems: forging a sense of national community and coming to terms with widespread suffering. Arguably no country in the modern Western world has been so closely ...

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The threat of unstoppable plagues, such as AIDS and Ebola, is always with us. In Europe, the most devastating plagues were those from the Black Death pandemic in the 1300s to the Great Plague of London in 1665. For the past 100 years it has been accepted that Yersinia pestis, the ...

Spencer C. Tucker - Battles that Changed History.jpg
The mythic and doomed stand of the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae; the siege of Carthage in 149-146 BCE, which ended with Rome destroying the city and enslaving the entire remaining Carthaginian population; the Battle of Hastings in 1066, arguably the most important battle ...

Keith Aspley - Historical Dictionary of Surrealism (2010).jpg
Surrealism was a broad movement, which attracted many adherents. It was organized and quite strictly disciplined, at least until the death of its leader, AndrZ Breton, in 1966. As a consequence, its membership was in a constant state of flux: persons were constantly being ...

Sarah C. Wolfe - Naval Edged Weapons in the Age of Fighting Sail 1775-1865 (2005).jpg
This book surveys in full detail all weapons used in the Royal Navy and the new naval service of the United States. It concentrates on development from the American Revolution to the end of the Civil War, the apogee and decline of fighting sail, revealing how British weapons ...

Diarmaid MacCulloch - A Reformation.jpg
Diarmaid MacCulloch wrote what is widely considered to be the authoritative account of the Reformation—a critical juncture in the history of Christianity. "It is impossible to understand modern Europe without understanding these sixteenth-century upheavals in ...

Peter Guillery - Built from Below.jpg
This book extends the concept of British vernacular architecture beyond its traditional base of pre-modern domestic and industrial architecture to embrace other buildings such as places of worship, villas, hospitals, suburban semis and post-war mass housing. ...

Ian Kershaw - Hitler (2010).jpg
Ian Kershaw is the premier historian on Hitler and Nazi Germany and this book from the Profiles in Power series is an excellent study on the roots, success, and ultimate destruction of the "Fuehrercult." Two schools of thought are used by historians to understand the power of ...

Henry Kamen - Who's Who in Europe.jpg
In this accessible biographical guide, relive Europe's most exciting of periods - the time of the Renaissance and the Reformation, the time of da Vinci and Erasmus, and the time of Elizabeth I and Oliver Cromwell. This approximately 1,000-entry, alphabetically arranged ...

Brian Unwin - Terrible Exile.jpg
At its height, the Napoleonic Empire spanned much of mainland Europe. Fêted and feared by millions of citizens, Napoleon was the most powerful and famous man of his age. But following his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo the future of the one-time Emperor of France and master ...

Michael Palmer - Command at Sea.jpg
Dense and demanding, this book requires some background in naval history but will be a feast for qualified readers. A distinguished historian, Palmer offers a valuable addition to naval history with this study of the problems of how to lead a fleet into battle, revising many ...

Jane F. Fulcher - French Cultural Politics and Music.jpg
This book draws upon both musicology and cultural history to argue that French musical meanings and values from 1898 to 1914 are best explained not in terms of contemporary artistic movements but of the political culture.During these years, France was undergoing many ...

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A revised version of the original 12-volume text, this work has been thoroughly updated in the light of recent history and progress in historical scholarship. It has been condensed into a single, readable volume.

Xie Bingying - A Woman Soldier's Own Story (2001).jpg
In lyrical, flowing prose, this absorbing autobiography interweaves politics, family relations and romance as it chronicles an extraordinary woman's struggle to free herself from traditional Chinese society. Born into a conventional family, Xie Bingying ...

T. G. Otte - The China Question (2007).jpg
Between 1894 and 1905 the question of the Chinese Empire's future development, its survival even, was the most pressing overseas problem facing the Great Powers. The frantic 'scramble for Africa' and the often more intense drama of the 'Eastern Question' ...

Ian Morris - Why the West Rules - for Now.jpg
Only the supremely self-confident put forth all-encompassing theories of world history, and Morris is one such daredevil. An archaeologist by academic specialty, he advances a quasi-deterministic construct that is suitable for nonacademics. From a repeatedly ...

Banco Central Del Uruguay - Billetes De Los Bancos Oficiales Del Uruguay (1896-1989) (1989).jpg
- Serie de billetes emitidos por el Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay (1896-1967)- Serie de billetes emitidos por el Banco Central del Uruguay (1967 a la actualidad)- Serie de billetes a emitir en breve por el Banco Central del UruguayPublicación en colores con ...

John H. Harland - Seamanship in the Age of Sail (1985).jpg
An Account of the Shiphandling of the Sailing Man-Of-War 1600-1860, Based on Contemporary Sources. Describes the proper historical development of seamanship among the major navies of the world. In order to explain even the most complex evolution clearly, over 350 line ...

Elizabeth L. Eisenstein - The Printing Press as an Agent of Change (1980).jpg
Originally published in two volumes, The Printing Press as an Agent of Change is now issued in a paperback edition containing both volumes. The work is a full-scale historical treatment of the advent of printing and its importance as an agent of change. Professor Eisenstein ...