A MemoirAn absolute classic of autobiography and history - one of the few books to explore how and why the Germans were seduced by Hitler and Nazism. 'If you have never read a book about N...9999903116707Haffner, Sebastian
Phoenix Press
sábado, 4 de mayo de 2024
The Battle for AfghanistanIn the spring of 1839 British forces invaded Afghanistan for the first time, re-establishing Shah Shuja on the throne, in reality as their puppet, and ushering in a period of confl...9999903116592William Dalrymple
Bloomsbury
sábado, 4 de mayo de 2024
The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line PioneersFor thousands of years people had communicated across distances only as quickly as the fastest ship or horse could travel. Generations of innovators tried to develop speedier messa...9999903116417Tom Standage
Berkley
sábado, 4 de mayo de 2024
Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government's system of mass surveillance, reveals for the first time the story of his life, including how he helped t...9999903116394Edward Snowden
Editors Varis
sábado, 4 de mayo de 2024
The German Army and General Staff, 1807-1945"Presents the case that the key to German success in war lies not in some biological predisposition for battlefield success, not in adaptation to mindless regimentation, nor in fan...9999903116387Trevor Nevitt Dupuy
Prentice Hall
sábado, 4 de mayo de 2024
The Assault from Within on Modern DemocracyA contrarian yet highly engaging account of the spread of illiberal and anti-democratic sentiment throughout our culture that places responsibility on the citizens themselves. Over...9999903116349Thomas M. Nichols
Oxford University Press
sábado, 4 de mayo de 2024
A Secret White House History, 2006-2008"As violence in Iraq reaches unnerving levels in 2006, a second front in the war rages at the highest levels of the Bush administration. In his fourth book on President George W. B...9999903116332Woodward, Bob
Simon & Schuster
sábado, 4 de mayo de 2024
Roosevelt, Truman and the Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1941-1945From one of America's most respected historians, "The Conquerors" reveals one of the most important stories of World War II. As Allied soldiers fought the Nazis, Franklin Roosevelt...9999903116318Michael R. Beschloss
Charles Scribner's Sons
sábado, 4 de mayo de 2024
Introduction I The Question of Definition Introduction 1 Qu'est-ce qu'une nation? Ernest Renan 2 The Nation Joseph Stalin 3 The Nation Max Weber 4 Nationalism and Social Communicat...9999903114666John Hutchinson Anthony D...
Oxford University Press
jueves, 2 de mayo de 2024
The number one bestseller on the hardback list for more than six months, The State We're In is the most explosive analysis of British society to have been published for over thirty...9999903114444Will Hutton
London : Vintage, 1996.
jueves, 2 de mayo de 2024
Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A DiaryA New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice For eight weeks in 1945, as Berlin fell to the Russian army, a young woman kept a daily record of life in her apartment building and am...9999903113874
Picador
sábado, 27 de abril de 2024
The Day the World ExplodedIn August 1883 there was a series of volcanic eruptions on the island of Krakatoa - these were so extreme that the effects were heard and felt over ten per cent of the Earth's surf...9999903113805Simon Winchester
Penguin Books Ltd
sábado, 27 de abril de 2024
A white, working-class revolutionary, Sam Melville ??s guerrilla bombings set in motion a flood of armed radical actions across the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s....9999903112624Leslie James Pickering
Editors Varis
lunes, 22 de abril de 2024
Confessions of an American DissidentIn this sequel to Fugitive Days, Ayers charts his life after the Weather Underground, when he becomes the GOP ??s flaunted ??domestic terrorist, ? a ??public enemy. ? Labeled...9999903112570Bill Ayers
Beacon Press
lunes, 22 de abril de 2024
And Other Tales from the American UndergroundFrom the author of Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser's Reefer Madness: and Other Tales from the American Underground follows the money to uncover made the country rich: porn, pot an...9999903112501Schlosser, Eric
Editors Varis
sábado, 20 de abril de 2024
Notes from the New Age of DissentIn the space of a year, Laurie Penny has become one of the most prominent voices of the new left. This book brings together her diverse writings, showing what it is to be young, an...9999903112327Laurie Penny
Pluto Press
sábado, 20 de abril de 2024
An AnatomyJeremy Paxman knows every maneouvre a politician will make to avoid answering a difficult question, but in The Political Animal he seeks an answer to just one: What makes politicia...9999903111016Paxman, Jeremy
Penguin Books Ltd
sábado, 20 de abril de 2024
The Extraordinary Sunday Times Bestseller___________ THE EXTRAORDINARY NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER. 'The most important book you'll ever read... Battle Scars will save lives.' TOM MARCUS, author of SOLDIER SPY Battle Scars t...9999903109457Jason Fox
Black Swan
miércoles, 17 de abril de 2024
Salem, 1692'An oppressive, forensic, psychological thriller: J.K. Rowling meets Antony Beevor, Stephen King and Marina Warner ... Schiff's writing is to die for' THE TIMES It began in 1692, o...9999903108177Schiff, Stacy
Orion Books
domingo, 14 de abril de 2024
From the dawn of history to the decline of the Celtic Tiger - how Ireland has been shaped over the centuries. Ireland has been shaped by many things over the centuries: geography, ...9999903108115Killeen, Richard Killeen,
Robinson Publishing
domingo, 14 de abril de 2024
In June 1979, the writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin embarked on a project to tell the story of America through the lives of three of his murdered friends : Medgar Ever...9999903107996James Baldwin
Penguin Books Ltd
domingo, 14 de abril de 2024
Hobsbawm on Latin AmericaEric Hobsbawm (1917-2012) wrote that Latin America was the only region of the world outside Europe which he felt he knew well and where he felt entirely at home. He claimed this wa...9999903107927Eric Hobsbawm
Abacus
domingo, 14 de abril de 2024
The Demerara Uprising and Britain's Legacy of SlaveryWhen Thomas Harding discovered that his mother's family had made money from plantations worked by enslaved people, what began as an interrogation into the choices of his ancestors ...9999903107859Thomas Harding
Weidenfeld and Nicolson
domingo, 14 de abril de 2024
A Short HistoryOne of the world's foremost commentators on religious affairs on the history (and destiny) of the world's most misunderstood religion. In the public mind, Islam is a religion of ex...9999903107774Karen Armstrong
London : Phoenix, 2001.
domingo, 14 de abril de 2024
Dual revolution - industrial and political - in England and France, and its global consequences.9999903107767Hobsbawm, Eric
Abacus
domingo, 14 de abril de 2024
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