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Beginning in Tunisia, and spreading to as many as seventeen Arab countries, the street protests of the 'Arab Spring' in 2011 empowered citizens and banished their fear of speaking out against govern……続きを見る

Nell'autunno-inverno del 1943 la Valsusa fu segnata da una serie di sabotaggi, alcuni tentati, altri portati a segno, dai partigiani nei confronti della linea ferroviaria Torino-Lyon che i nazisti u……続きを見る

If you enjoyed the BBC's adaptation of Poldark, then Kate Tremayne's Loveday series is not to be missed! Turbulent times lie ahead for the Loveday family in the second instalment of the Loveday seri……続きを見る

The Easter Rising began at 12 noon on 24 April, 1916 and lasted for six short but bloody days, resulting in the deaths of innocent civilians, the destruction of many parts of Dublin and the true beg……続きを見る

This is the true story of Colonel Edward Marcus Despard, the character in the fifth series of the BBC's popular television drama Poldark. Colonel Despard was the last person to be sentenced to hangi……続きを見る

Eureka Stockade - the unfinished revolution . . . In 1854, Victorian miners fought a deadly battle under the flag of the Southern Cross at the Eureka Stockade. Though brief and doomed to fail, the b……続きを見る

Séduire au risque d'en mourir : tel fut le sort de plusieurs héroïnes de ce livre dont le rôle politique sous la Révolution s'acheva sur l'échafaud. Ainsi d'Olympe de Gouges ou de Mme Roland... On l……続きを見る

Publié en 1762, "Du contrat social ou Principes du droit politique" est l’exposé des principes politiques de Jean-Jacques Rousseau. À l’époque où il vivait, on croyait généralement que la souveraine……続きを見る

Out of the Ashes is the definitive history of the Provisional Irish Republican movement, from its formation at the outset of the modern Troubles up to and after its official disarmament in 2005. Rob……続きを見る

Charles Haughey maintained one of the most controversial and brilliant careers in the history of Irish politics, but for every stage in his mounting success there was one issue that complicated, and……続きを見る

**LONGLISTED FOR THE CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE LONGLISTED FOR THE HWA NON-FICTION CROWN** 'A moving, powerful and highly innovative sidelight on the fall of Communism in East Germany through pun……続きを見る

In "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience" (1849), philosopher Henry David Thoreau argues that citizens must disobey the rule of law if those laws prove to be unjust. He draws on his own experiences and……続きを見る

« Le Sacré-Cœur a ses raisons que la raison se devait de connaître et nous aimerions à connaître pourquoi le soleil, en 1793, se levait à l'ouest » Jean-François Chiappe, historien (1931-2001) Des m……続きを見る

Student Resistance: A History of the Unruly Subject observes the rise and progression of student activism across the globe. By selecting critical case studies from the medieval to modern period, Mar……続きを見る

**From an award-winning scholar, this definitive history reveals the tensions and transformations of the Russian Revolution. “McMeekin writes muscular history. His Russian Revolution grips the reade……続きを見る

This in-depth exploration of culture, media, and protest follows South Korea’s transition from the Korean War to the start of the political struggles and socioeconomic transformations of the Park Ch……続きを見る

The Declaration of Independence can be a little difficult to read. It's not because people are stupid or dumb or even thick. It is because of the language of the time and the changing of definitions……続きを見る

Esta obra, tratada de un modo novedoso y de asequible análisis y comprensión, aborda la vida y el pensamiento de este adalid de las luchas posindependentistas de Cuba, quien –a pesar de su corta exi……続きを見る

Zum Jubiläum - 30 Jahre Wende Der 9. Oktober 1989 in Leipzig ist der schicksalhafteste Tag der Friedlichen Revolution. Hochgerüstete Polizisten standen mehr als 70.000 Menschen gegenüber. Der gewalt……続きを見る

In this ebook, we’re going to discuss some of the major milestones of the American Revolution namely the Treaty of Paris, the Stamp and Townshend Acts, the Continental Congress and finally, the Decl……続きを見る

The struggles experienced during the American Revolution gave birth to personalities and organizations that now mark history books. In this learning resource, you will read about these people and wh……続きを見る

CHINA RISING, the latest book by the author of 44 Days Backpacking in China: The Middle Kingdom in the 21st Century, with the United States, Europe and the Fate of the World in Its Looking Glass, on……続きを見る

Frederick Booth-Tucker was commissioner to India for the Salvation Army, and the son in law of General William Book, the Army’s Founder. "Darkest India", also known as "Darkest India: A Supplement t……続きを見る

As commander of the Allied Military Mission to the Greek guerrillas in Greece in 1943-4, C. M. Woodhouse had to hold an uneasy balance between the communist and government sides. The struggle for Gr……続きを見る

Soon after the publication of the original Arabic version of "Spirits Rebellious" in 1908, considerable agitation developed. The book was burned publicly in Lebanon and Kahlil Gibran, the author, wa……続きを見る

John Graves Simcoe (1752 - 1806) was a British Army general and the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada from 1791 until 1796 in southern Ontario and the watersheds of Georgian Bay and Lake Sup……続きを見る

The gripping human story of how American volunteers fought famine in Bolshevik Russia, saving Lenin’s revolutionary government from chaos and millions of people from starvation. 'Brilliant, disturbi……続きを見る

*** THE Sunday Times TOP TEN BESTSELLING AUTHOR *** 'Wonderful . . . hugely ambitious and atmospheric' Kate Mosse Discover a brilliant story of love, danger, courage and betrayal, from the internati……続きを見る

Throughout the Revolutionary War, Fort Boonesborough was one of the most important and defensively crucial sites on the western frontier. It served not only as a stronghold against the British but a……続きを見る

First published in 1762, "Emile" (AKA "On Education") is a treatise by Jean-Jacques Rousseau on the nature of education as well as the nature of man. Rousseau considered this book to be the best and……続きを見る