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BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF PATHFINDERS As the UK entered WWII, and the nation called its men and women to their battle stations, a rag-tag group of sailors was brought together to form a ‘navy wit……続きを見る

Imprisoned in Wormwood Scrubs for his pacifist beliefs during the First World War, Morgan Jones made history by becoming the first conscientious objector to be elected an MP when he won the Caerphil……続きを見る

The book is a collection of articles treating the question of modernization in Georgia. It is an interdisciplinary volume, comprising the studies from disciplines of history, political science, soci……続きを見る

Cette publication réunit des travaux de chercheurs et chercheuses francophones et anglophones travaillant sur les productions de missionnaires chrétiens entre 1830 et 1970 en diverses régions du mon……続きを見る

"What Wales is doing today, the world will do tomorrow.”ーNikhil Seth, UN Assistant Secretary General The story of how one small nation responded to global climate issues by radically rethinking pub……続きを見る

Originally published in 1941, a popular discussion on Food Policy was very welcome at a time when it had become a personal problem for every housewife. It was the purpose of this book to bring home ……続きを見る

In 'A Guide to the Exhibition of English Medals,' the rich tapestry of England's numismatic artistry is explored with scholarly precision. This anthology presents a fascinating journey through the i……続きを見る

A memoir, by Dr. K. Sell, with a translation of the letters of the princess to her mother, was published anonymously in German, Darmstadt, 1883. The letters are here given in the original, with a tr……続きを見る

This book provides the first history of the British and American Intelligence Divisions (IDs) in occupied Germany and the liaison between them. It reveals that after the fall of Adolf Hitler’s Third……続きを見る

The author of Elizabeth I's Secret Lover " places Ireland into a much wider context and takes it beyond the simplistic Catholic v Protestant dichotomy" ( The British Empire Blog ). Over the course o……続きを見る

The Irish battle for legal contraception was a contest over Irish exceptionalism: the belief that Ireland could resist global trends despite the impact of second-wave feminism, falling fertility, an……続きを見る

A History of the Georgian People (1971) begins with an account of the early history and ethnographic background of Georgia, and goes on to cover the country’s political history from 1000 to 1800 and……続きを見る

This book describes and analyses many interesting events in the political development of Europe from the Ancient world to the present day and offers opportunities for a comparative approach, which l……続きを見る

This book, first published in 1920, is an analysis of socialist trends and a synthesis of proletarian aims. It attempts to establish the new political philosophy of left-wing socialists and coins a ……続きを見る

La obra que aquí se ofrece es la más conocida de uno de los hombres más ilustres de época medieval, cuyo saber y erudición le consagraron como santo y doctor de la Iglesia. Considerada como su obra ……続きを見る

Jane Dawson has written the definitive life of John Knox, a leader of the Protestant Reformation in sixteenth-century Scotland. Based in large part on previously unavailable sources, including the r……続きを見る

Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), was the outstanding soldier of his age.  He joined the army and rose rapidly to command a Division in India.  After great military and a……続きを見る

A figure described as “the last candle of the Eighteenth Century”, Lord Palmerston was the great statesman of his era. He served in the War Office in the days of Empire, then in the Foreign and Home……続きを見る

At the London Olympics in 2012 Team GB achieved a third place finish in the medals table. A key factor in this achievement was the high standard of contemporary British sports coaching. But how has ……続きを見る

This provocative new history of Ireland during the long 1960s exposes the myths of Ireland's modernisation. Mary E. Daly questions traditional interpretations which see these years as a time of pros……続きを見る

Flagships of Imperialism is the first scholarly monograph on the history of the P&O shipping company, and the first history of P&O to pay due attention to the context of nineteenth century imperial ……続きを見る

First published in 2001, this book retraces the chronological history of the Italian Diaspora community in Britain from its inception in the eighteenth century to the present. The author describes t……続きを見る

Jane Darke loves Cornwall. It is where she raised her family with the acclaimed Cornish writer Nick Darke. The family have lived for generations on Porthcothan beach and kept the traditions of beach……続きを見る

This book explores how different constituencies influenced the development of nineteenth-century swimming in England, and highlights the central role played by swimming professors. These professiona……続きを見る

This edition features illustrations and linked Footnotes Excerpt Under the foundations of the Abbey house, full 10ft. deep, appear traces of a bath, whose dimensions are 43ft. by 34ft. Within and ad……続きを見る

Mildred Aldrich was born in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1853. After graduating from Everett High School in 1872, she taught elementary school in Boston, Massachusetts. Aldrich began her career as a……続きを見る

This is the spectacular rags-to-riches story of James Morrison (1789–1857), who began life humbly but through hard work and entrepreneurial brilliance acquired a fortune unequalled in nineteenth-cen……続きを見る

The definitive story of the British adventurers who survived the trenches of World War I and went on to risk their lives climbing Mount Everest. On June 6, 1924, two men set out from a camp perched ……続きを見る

Mildred Aldrich was born in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1853. After graduating from Everett High School in 1872, she taught elementary school in Boston, Massachusetts. Aldrich began her career as a……続きを見る

Jeanne Grey ou Lady Jane Grey en anglais (octobre 1537 ー 12 février 1554) est brièvement reine régnante (ne pas confondre avec reine consort) du royaume d'Angleterre en juillet 1553, entre la mort ……続きを見る