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Provides the English-speaking reader with the tools needed to appreciate Thomas Mann's most ambitious novel, one of the greatest literary works of the twentieth century, now timely once again. In 19……続きを見る

De var den første generation i hundrede år, der følte sig uovervindelige, følte at alt kunne lade sig gøre. Deres bedsteforældre og forældre var vokset op med krige, kriser og truslen om arbejdsløsh……続きを見る

The Boeing B-17, which has come to epitomise the American war effort in Europe, took the fight to Germans from the late summer of 1942 through to VE-Day. Its primary operator in Western Europe was t……続きを見る

A New Imperial History of Northern Eurasia, 1700-1918 proposes a new language for studying and conceptualizing the spaces, societies, and institutions that existed on the territory of today's Northe……続きを見る

**“In this authoritative, unsparing history of the biggest rock group of the 1970s, Spitz delivers inside details and analysis with his well-known gift for storytelling.” ーPEOPLE From the author of……続きを見る

An illustrated history of the wartime career of the USS Missouri from World War II to the Gulf War. On September 2, 1945, surrender ceremonies officially ending World War II were broadcast worldwide……続きを見る

#1 New York Times Bestseller: The “riveting” account of the 1993 operation in Mogadishuーthe longest sustained firefight involving US troops since Vietnam (The Wall Street Journal). On October 3, 19……続きを見る

Why and how can records serve as evidence of human rights violations, in particular crimes against humanity, and help the fight against impunity? Archives and Human Rights shows the close relationsh……続きを見る

**Winner of the Society of Presidential Descendants Book Award and the Age of Reagan Conference Book Prize One of the Wall Street Journal’sbest political books of 2022 A masterful account of how Ron……続きを見る

L'histoire des hitlériens français. De la naissance du parti nazi en 1920 jusqu'à la déclaration de guerre en 1939, on a vu croître en France un courant d'opinion pacifiste, humaniste, européiste et……続きを見る

** Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham is out now ** THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'Superb, enthralling and necessarily terrifying . . . every s……続きを見る

2012 Honorable mention for the Book Award in Cultural Studies from the Association for Asian American Studies Arkansas, 1943. The Deep South during the heart of Jim Crow-era segregation. A Japanese-……続きを見る

The searing accounts of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Evgeniia Ginsberg and Varlam Shalamov opened the world's eyes to the terrors of the Soviet Gulag. But not until now has there been a memoir of life in……続きを見る

Herbert Adams Gibbons' "Europe Since 1918" provides a comprehensive examination of the tumultuous changes in Europe following the end of World War I. Utilizing a narrative style that blends historic……続きを見る

What started out as five books, is now eight. Book five being split into three books. This book represents the fifth of eight I plan to write. The series will contain: Volume I-Germany; Volume II-Th……続きを見る

Med denne bog giver Niels Bo Poulsen og Flemming Splidsboel indblik og perspektiv. Hvordan skal vi forstå Putin, hvad var vejen hen mod krigen, og hvad er det for en tid, vi kigger ind i. Bogen er i……続きを見る

Set against the backdrop of dramatic world order transformations across the 1970s and 1980s, this book examines the competing planetary perspectives of the Brandt Commission and the multinationals, ……続きを見る

Skæbnekamp er beretningen om krigen på Østfronten mellem Hitlertyskland og Sovjetunionen set fra den sovjetiske side af fronten. Ud over de militære krigsbegivenheder kaster Niels Bo Poulsen blikket……続きを見る

Jens Otto Krag (1914-1978) er en af de største skikkelser i dansk politik i det 20. århundrede. Og for mange i dag mere myte end mand. Bo Lidegaard tegner i sin biografi et politisk og personligt po……続きを見る

Europe's Utopias of Peace explores attempts to create a lasting European peace in the aftermath of the Napoleonic wars and the two world wars. The book charts the 250 year cycle of violent European ……続きを見る

The Second Great Migration, the movement of African Americans between the South and the North that began in the early 1940s and tapered off in the late 1960s, transformed America. This migration of ……続きを見る

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. The sinking of the Titanic 100 years ago in 1912, and the subsequent deaths of over 1,500 passengers, sent shock waves around the world. Never ……続きを見る

The decades between the close of World War I and the end of the Thatcher era have changed and challenged family life in England dramatically. The Depression and World War II shifted priorities and b……続きを見る

The Cold War examines the complex arguments which divided East and West following the end of the Second World War, and analyzes its eight major phases, including: * the emergence of the Cold War * C……続きを見る

Love, corruption, violence and the dangerous politics of aid in the Sudan, by an exciting new writer. Emma McCune’s passion for Africa, her unstinting commitment to the children of the Sudan, and he……続きを見る

Bradley Lightbody presents a fascinating and accessible history of the Second World War in its global context. Examining the war around general themes from ambition and advance, through expansion an……続きを見る

The 'Hundred Days' campaign of 1918 remains a neglected aspect of the First World War. Why was the German army defeated on the Western Front? Did its morale collapse or was it beaten by the improved……続きを見る

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • AN O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE #1 TERRIFIC READ • In an age of boltersーwomen who broke the rules and fled their marriagesーone woman was the most celebrate……続きを見る

How Wilson’s religious heritage shaped his response to the Mexican Revolution “In Wilson’s view, America had a part to play as a divine instrument. To deny the United States an active role in the wo……続きを見る

Earthquakes have taught us much about our planet’s hidden structure and the forces that have shaped it. This knowledge rests not only on the recordings of seismographs but also on the observations o……続きを見る