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This important book is not about immediate events or policies or responses to the Arab Spring. Instead, it takes a long, judicious view of political change in the Arab world, beginning with the firs……続きを見る

A biography of the last ancient clan chief of Clan Macneil, Roderick Macneil. This book as about the transformation of a highland chieftain into an officer and a gentleman. It's the story of General……続きを見る

Travelling the circumference of the truly gigantic Pacific, Simon Winchester tells the story of the world’s largest body of water, and – in matters economic, political and military – the ocean of th……続きを見る

Somerset, one of England's most rural counties, has for centuries depended on agriculture for much of its income. At the time these photographs were taken much of the county was suffering a downturn……続きを見る

On the south bank of the Thames and demarcated by Blackfriars and Tower Bridges lies the district known as Bankside, the Borough and Southwark. Its origin was in a Roman settlement nestling around t……続きを見る

Since Arthur Anderson invited William Makepeace Thackeray to take a cruise in 1844, and to write about it, British shipping lines have offered passage for no other reason than leisure on their vesse……続きを見る

The Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1 violently changed the course of European History. Alarmed by Bismarck's territorial ambitions and the Prussian army's crushing defeats of Denmark in 1864 and Austri……続きを見る

Among the finest examples of deeply researched and colorfully written military history, Richard Bassett’s For God and Kaiser is a major account of the Habsburg army told for the first time in Englis……続きを見る

Since the end of World War II Germany and Berlin, in particular, have pro vided the Soviet Union with convenient points on which to apply pressure upon the West. In September 1955 the Russians forma……続きを見る

A esperança numa nova ordem internacional pacífica, depois do fim da Guerra Fria, foi desfeita por cruas realidades: as grandes potências estão de novo em competição pelo respeito e influência. Os e……続きを見る

The reign of Mary Tudor has been remembered as an era of sterile repression, when a reactionary monarch launched a doomed attempt to reimpose Catholicism on an unwilling nation. Above all, the burni……続きを見る

Philip II is not only the most famous king in Spanish history, but one of the most famous monarchs in English history: the man who married Mary Tudor and later launched the Spanish Armada against he……続きを見る

The remarkable popular protest in Kiev and across Ukraine following the cooked presidential election of November 2004 has transformed the politics of eastern Europe. Andrew Wilson witnessed the even……続きを見る

Nine studies of 16th Century seafarers by English historian James Anthony Froude.Includes:• The Sea Cradle of the Reformation• John Hawkins and the African Slave Trade• Sir John Hawkins and Philip t……続きを見る

This pioneering comparative study of British imperialism in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean worlds draws on the perspectives of British newcomers overseas and their native hosts, metropolitan official……続きを見る

This book, first published in 2001, is a comprehensive history of the most powerful group in the nineteenth-century United States: New York City's economic elite. This small and diverse group of Ame……続きを見る

'The world was at the beginning of a new era, the era of machinery and scientific discovery. Values and conditions of life were changing everywhere. Even to simple country people the change was appa……続きを見る

Victorian & Edwardian Oxfordshire illustrates through words and pictures the county in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It was a time of change for all levels of society. In the co……続きを見る

The Policing of Belfast, 1870-1914 examines the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) in late Victorian Belfast in order to see how a semi-military, largely rural constabulary adapted to the problems that ……続きを見る

Since 1750, the world has become ever more connected, with processes of production and destruction no longer limited by land- or water-based modes of transport and communication. Volume 7 of the Cam……続きを見る

Scottish independence is one of the most significant political debates that has taken place within the UK nation's three hundred year history. There shall be an independent Scotland, one day. In all……続きを見る

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A stunning portrait of Margaret Douglas, niece of Henry VIII, who used her sharp intelligence and covert power to influence the succession after the death of Elizabeth I,……続きを見る

In November 1758 Brigadier General John Forbes's army expelled the French army from Fort Duquesne at the forks of the Ohio River. Over seven months Forbes had co-ordinated three obstructive and comp……続きを見る

This book provides the first comprehensive overview of the history of democracy in Africa and explains why the continent's democratic experiments have so often failed, as well as how they could succ……続きを見る

This antiquarian book contains Y. B. Yeats's 1914 autobiography, "Reveries over Childhood and Youth". His first autobiography, it covers his life from its beginning - and his earliest memories to hi……続きを見る

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur le Congrès de Vienne en moins d’une heure ! Alors que la France étend sa domination sur l’Europe, les plus grandes nations se réunissent dès 1793 dans u……続きを見る

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur James Madison en moins d’une heure ! Considéré comme l'un des pères fondateurs des États-Unis d'Amérique, dont il est le quatrième président, James Madi……続きを見る

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur Edward Jenner et le vaccin contre la variole en moins d’une heure ! Pendant des siècles, la variole a effrayé l’Europe par son caractère endémique et mo……続きを見る

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur les révolutions industrielles en moins d’une heure ! La Grande-Bretagne connaît au XVIIIe siècle une explosion démographique qui fait croître la demande……続きを見る

People dreamed of flight for thousands of years. When we finally took to the skies, a new world opened up. This sweeping, superbly researched history from American Heritage details how various pione……続きを見る