ET - 20th Century 1

Ingeborg Bachmann hat mit ihrer Lyrik, ihren Erzählungen, Hörspielen und Romanen die deutschsprachige Literatur nach 1945 geprägt wie wenige andere. Ebenso fesselnd sind ihre Person und ihre großen,……続きを見る

A new study of a critical period in the history of the British Army. 'An impressively detailed chronicle by an analyst well up to the task. Read it and weep.' Allan Mallinson, The Spectator The last……続きを見る

Descubre la historia oculta que cambió el curso de una nación. Guerra de razas (Negros contra Blancos en Cuba) de Rafael Conte y José M. Capmany es una obra que te sumerge en el corazón de un confli……続きを見る

Illustrated throughout, this book describes the action pilots of the Polish Air Force saw from the first day of World War 2 until the final victory in Europe. Flying hopelessly outmoded P.11 fighter……続きを見る

An illustrated history of a remarkable aircraft, the Dornier Do 24, which served both military and humanitarian purposes. Perhaps the most seaworthy flying boat ever built, the elegant, tri-motor Do……続きを見る

Unquestionably the most successful dive-bomber ever to see frontline service with any air arm, the Douglas SBD Dauntless was the scourge of the Japanese Imperial Fleet in the crucial years of the Pa……続きを見る

Initially designed as a fast medium bomber, the Junkers Ju 88 was also used as a Zerstörer heavy fighter by the Luftwaffe. It saw its combat debut over Poland in 1939, and heavy fighter variants saw……続きを見る

Pourquoi enseigner la Shoah au XXIe siècle ? Alors que disparaissent les derniers témoins de l'époque de la Seconde Guerre mondiale et que se creuse l'écart temporel entre ce passé et le présent des……続きを見る

An illustrated volume on the Raiden and Shiden, which both proved to be more than a match for Allied Fighters over the Pacific, ideal for those with interest in Japanese aviation during World War 2.……続きを見る

Published to coincide with the 80th birthday of the Spitfire, this is the combat history of one of the most iconic planes ever built as it pushed on from the successes of the Battle of Britain and t……続きを見る

In "The Red Record," Ida B. Wells-Barnett meticulously compiles a harrowing chronicle of lynching in America, utilizing an amalgamation of statistical data, personal accounts, and passionate prose. ……続きを見る

Now in its second edition, Britain since 1688 is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to British History from 1688 to the present day that assumes no prior knowledge of the subject. Chronolo……続きを見る

This historical study dismantles the myth of Reagan's hardline victory and sheds light on his true diplomatic success in cooperation with Gorbachev. Did President Reagan's hawkish policies destroy t……続きを見る

" 1960 aims to take us deeper into the campaign than Theodore White's famous The Making of the President, 1960. And it does."ー Chicago Sun-Times This is award-winning historian David Pietrusza's ha……続きを見る

Conceived during 1941 in case Germany occupied Britain, when US bombers would then have insufficient range to retaliate, the B-36 was to be primarily a '10,000-mile bomber' with heavy defensive arma……続きを見る

The long-awaited translation of the classic oral history of Soviet women's experiences in the Second World War - from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Bringing together dozens of voices i……続きを見る

The Earth has entered a new ageーthe Anthropoceneーin which humans are the most powerful influence on global ecology. Since the mid-twentieth century, the accelerating pace of energy use, greenhouse……続きを見る

The rock and roll music that dominated airwaves across the country during the 1950s and early 1960s is often described as a triumph for integration. Black and white musicians alike, including Chuck ……続きを見る

Few years in baseball history matched the drama of 1978 and few player diaries tore the cover off a season like Sparky Lyle's THE BRONX ZOO. Now available for the first time in eBook is the best-sel……続きを見る

Vor 150 Jahren unternahm Heinrich Schliemann seine erste Forschungsreise nach Griechenland und besuchte dabei erstmals Mykene. Seine Ausgrabungen und Funde haben Mykene zu einem ‹mythischen› Ort der……続きを見る

Dreimal wurde Russland im 20.Jahrhundert neu erfunden: im Zuge der Modernisierung des späten Zarenreichs, unter den Kommunisten und nach dem Ende der Sowjetunion. Die Träume, die mit diesen Aufbrüch……続きを見る

In "Josiah's Secret" by Marietta Holley, the reader is drawn into a charming depiction of rural American life in the 19th century, filled with humor, wit, and insightful social commentary. Holley's ……続きを見る

A penetrating and entertaining exploration of New York’s music scene from Cubop through folk, punk, and hip-hop. From Tony Fletcher, the acclaimed biographer of Keith Moon, comes an incisive history……続きを見る

Bloomberg • Best Nonfiction Books of 2020: "[A] tour de force." The basis of a major PBS documentary by Ric Burns, this “excellent history” (The New Yorker) reveals how the automobile fundamentally ……続きを見る

In this masterful history, Eli Zaretsky reveals the power of Freudian thought to illuminate the great political conflicts of the twentieth century. Developing an original concept of "political Freud……続きを見る

No nation was more deeply affected by America’s rise to world power than Japan. President Franklin Roosevelt’s uncompromising policy of unconditional surrender led to the catastrophic finale of the ……続きを見る

The danger to British democracy in the interwar period came from a different source to that which has thus far been assumed. It came from a network of radical conservatives who challenged the politi……続きを見る

This captivating anthology gathers historic New Yorker pieces from a decade of trauma and upheavalーas well as the years when The New Yorker came of age, with pieces by Elizabeth Bishop, Langston Hu……続きを見る

"La Résistance française contre l'occupation nazie" est une exploration profonde de la résilience et de la détermination dont a fait preuve la Résistance française pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale……続きを見る

Swindon Works 1930–1960 is a fully revised and enlarged edition of Working at Swindon Works 1930–1960, first published in 2007. It describes various aspects of the famous railway works of the Great ……続きを見る