The Democratic Republic of Congo is endowed with immense mineral wealth. Its minerals include cobalt, copper, diamond, gold, iron, manganese, tantalum, tin, tungsten, and zinc. Yet the contribution ……続きを見る
著者:Sarah Rose
出版社: Little, Brown Book Group
発売日: 2019年05月09日
The dramatic, untold story of the extraordinary women recruited by Britain's elite spy agency to help pave the way for Allied victory, for fans of A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE by Sonia Purnell
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著者:Chris Swinson
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2019年04月03日
This is a comprehensive biography of Clarence Charles Hatry, 1888-1965, an enigmatic and charismatic public figure. Hatry was the son of Jewish immigrant parents who became a company promoter and wh……続きを見る
Retour sur les pratiques alimentaires des centres urbains.
Si l’historiographie contemporaine a abondamment exploré l’histoire de l’alimentation, elle invite encore à poursuivre et à renouveler l’ét……続きを見る
“Technologies have been shaping [our] emotional culture for more than a century, argue computer scientist Luke Fernandez and historian Susan Matt in this original study. Marshalling archival sources……続きを見る
When we think of great events in the history of the world, we tend to think of war, revolution, political upheaval or natural catastrophe. But throughout history there have been moments of vital imp……続きを見る
著者:Giles Milton
出版社: John Murray Press
発売日: 2011年10月13日
In 1611 an astonishing letter arrived at the East India Trading Company in London after a tortuous seven-year journey. Englishman William Adams was one of only twenty-four survivors of a fleet of sh……続きを見る
This is the untold story of one of the most lethal and successful soldiers of the Second World War - a highly decorated hero as well as a self-confessed rogue. In the tank war in the desert of North……続きを見る
LONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT HISTORICAL FICTION PRIZE 2021
SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA GOLD CROWN AWARD 2020
'A STRIKINGLY SHARP AND SUBTLE WRITER' Guardian
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著者:Helen Rowland
出版社: Library of Alexandria
発売日: 2025年09月28日
Verily, my Daughter, an husband is a Good Thing. He giveth the house a “finished” look, even as a rubber plant and a door-plate. He suggesteth ready-money, and is an adornment like unto a potted pal……続きを見る
著者:Mr Derek Wilson
出版社: Little, Brown Book Group
発売日: 2013年07月25日
In the political ferment of the Tudor century one family above all others was always at the troubled centre of court and council. During those years the Dudleys were never far from controversy. Thre……続きを見る
As Colonial Secretary in the 1920s Winston Churchill made a decision regarding the Middle East that was to have calamitous consequences. Scholar and strategic policy consultant, Christopher Catherwo……続きを見る
Letters from Iwo Jima reveals the true story of the Battle of Iwo Jima, the subject of two films directed by Clint Eastwood. Flags of Our Fathers tells the story of the US Marines who raised the fla……続きを見る
Exam board: AQA; OCR
Level: AS/A-level
Subject: History
First teaching: September 2015
First exams: Summer 2016 (AS); Summer 2017 (A-level)
Put your trust in the textbook series that has given thous……続きを見る
Another extraordinary true Australian tale discovered by the bestselling author of Crack Hardy, Stephen Dando-Collins.
Mistaken identity haunted Joseph Windred. It saw him wrongly convicted on two c……続きを見る
'Es gab in Hadamar keine Unterbringungsmöglichkeiten. Deshalb wurden alle hier ankommenden jüdischen Patienten fast immer am Tag der Ankunft vergast. Die Leichen wurden anschließend verbrannt.' Das ……続きを見る
This title is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education to support the International History 1870-1945 Option from the Cambridge AS History syllabus for first examination from 2021.
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The Roots of Jewish Consciousness, Volume One: Revelation and Apocalypse is the first volume, fully annotated, of a major, previously unpublished, two-part work by Erich Neumann (1905–1960). It was ……続きを見る
First published in 1916, “The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators” is a detailed account of various famous Dutch navigators, many of whom sacrificed their lives and did so knowingly in the name of e……続きを見る
This collection of essays asserts the specific value of world history research and teaching, showing how the field contributes to the larger historical profession and offering concrete suggestions t……続きを見る
When after a life that had never lacked variety the Lady Wistaria came to the years of tranquility, she was wont to say, with the philosophy that follows dangerous times: “No one, man or maid, ever ……続きを見る
Geoffrey Falconer removed the wireless telephone receivers from his ears, and sat back in his wooden chair, staring straight before him, utterly puzzled. “Eighteen-and-a-half minutes past seven!” he……続きを見る
If it weren’t for fearless world explorers, the world wouldn’t be like it is today. There wouldn’t be mixing of cultures, great scientific discoveries and even global trade. Explorers like Magellan,……続きを見る
The book investigates the rather neglected "intellectual" collaboration between National Socialist Germany and other countries, including views on knowledge and politics among "pro-German" intellect……続きを見る
On the 29th June 1832, the subject of this memoir was born in Aberdeen to James and Barbara Elmslie. Their eldest child, a little girl, had been taken from them shortly before his birth, so the moth……続きを見る
At the time of its discovery and occupation by Europeans, North America and the bordering seas teemed with an almost incredible profusion of large mammalian life. The hordes of game animals which ro……続きを見る
著者:Harold Frederic
出版社: Library of Alexandria
発売日: 2025年09月28日
In June of 1888, an army of workmen were toiling in the Champ de Mars upon the foundations of a noble World’s Exhibition, planned to celebrate the centenary of the death by violence of the Divine Ri……続きを見る
Fort Niagara is located twelve miles downriver from the world-renowned Niagara Falls, yet few visitors to either site know this was once Iroquois territory and claimed by France. This volume summari……続きを見る
著者:Harold Frederic
出版社: Library of Alexandria
発売日: 2025年09月28日
The callousness of the question must have grated upon the hired-girl, for she made no reply, and slapped the dough over on the board with an impatient gesture. It was near the close of a fair day, l……続きを見る
The central point that this volume makes is that much of what happened in Jammu & Kashmir in the critical first few years (1947-53) needs a more careful reassessment. It is argued that there were li……続きを見る