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Convince you of what? Is this still necessary? I presented to my readers under this title La Préhistoire Nouvelle 15 volumes in French and English that traveled (thanks to the Internet) as much as possible the entire planet with common-sense observations based on the...
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JePublie
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2023-02-15
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JePublie présente
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Why “Similarities”? We are at the end of June 2019, after a “small” heat wave of one week (40 to 45 degrees) which puts all the Western Europe in all its states, which follows a first one in August 2003 – title of the time: 70 000 dead persons, ...
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JePublie
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01/07/2019
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Discover the 50 key developments and events that form the backbone of the story of humanity. People often complain that in history lessons at school they were taught just a few topics - the Romans, the Tudors, the Nazis - and how they have no idea about what happened in...
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Greenfinch
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2026-06-18
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50 Ideas You Really Need to Know series
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"There are always good reasons for reading Grossman, but few times are as resonant as our own" Financial Times"At the heart of his writing lies a tireless humanity and empathy" Telegraph"Grossman combines a journalist's eye with a novelist's empathy" SpectatorJune 22,...
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Maclehose Press
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2026-06-18
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A sweeping history of America’s first media revolution: the rise of the newspaper, and the transformation of a fledgling republic into the world’s first information superpower. “Takes us beyond the familiar New York papers and editors to a whole...
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Basic Books
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2026-06-16
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A true pivotal moment in American history, the Louisiana Purchase redefined the boundaries of the United States and recharted the course of its history. The story behind it transcends borders
The United States bought the Louisiana Territory from Napoleonic France in...
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Oxford University Press
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2026-06-12
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From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Lords of Finance comes a brilliant account of the earliest truly global financial calamity.On Friday, 9 May 1873 the Vienna stock market collapsed. Four months later Wall Street was in trouble. Elsewhere, as panic selling...
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Penguin
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2026-06-11
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'You will love Harry Sidebottom’s magnificent, blood-drenched study of the life of a gladiator … Was I not entertained? I absolutely was.' Dominic Sandbrook, The Times'Grippingly original' Tom Holland***A TIMES AND ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR***In ancient Rome, a single...
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Penguin
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2026-06-11
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The renowned IB Diploma series, combining compelling narratives and academic rigor, has been revised and updated to align with the latest DP History course from the IB, for examination from 2028. Written by subject specialists and IB experts, this series continues to...
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Hachette Learning
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2026-06-11
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This open access book explores the history and historiography of the Heresy of the Free Spirit, the name given to a group of individuals in the late Middle Ages who believed that their spiritual perfection had reached such a state that they were unable to sin. This...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2026-06-08
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This Open Access book presents the first in-depth analysis of the Finnish-German military alliance (1941–1944) as a translation zone – a multilingual network of military, administrative and civilian encounters held together by linguistically versed soldiers...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2026-06-06
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Grounded in extensive oral historical, archival, and ethnographic research in the aftermaths of the Bosnian (1992-95), Indonesian (1965-66), and Rwandan (1994) genocides, this book investigates the symbolic meanings associated with spectacular forms of torture, murder,...
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Oxford University Press
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2026-06-05
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From Cleopatra to Grace Kelly, an epic new history of royal women that shatters the myths we have built around them. Stories about royal women form some of our most foundational myths about femininity, and yet their legacies have been almost entirely constructed by the...
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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2026-06-04
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'A marvellous celebration of du Maurier's life, work and cultural legacy' SARAH WATERS 'She wrote exciting plots, she was highly skilled at arousing suspense' GUARDIAN 'One of the last century's most original literary talents ' DAILY TELEGRAPH Daphne du Maurier is one...
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Virago
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2026-06-04
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Virago Modern Classics
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'Rare and riveting' LYSE DOUCET'Blistering . . . a genuinely remarkable achievement' THE TIMES'Compulsively readable . . . unputdownable’ JON LEE ANDERSON'Dramatic, personal and often heartbreaking' GUARDIAN'Rarely has a book been so timely . . . Essential reading'...
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Penguin
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2026-06-04
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Former tank commander Hamish de Bretton-Gordon OBE offers a gripping and unique account of the evolution of tank warfare, in collaboration with The Tank Museum.'This deep dive into the evolution of tank warfare could not be timelier, and Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, who...
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Tallis Street Books
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2026-06-04
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'In this fascinating book, the historian Jean-Yves Mollier highlights the astonishing diversity of roles assumed by booksellers throughout the ages and the continents' Express'Jean-Yves Mollier . . . traces meticulously the transformations of a profession and a trade...
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Mountain Leopard Press
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2026-06-04
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'History as it should be written: as page-turning and compelling as the best thriller.'JAMES HOLLAND'A mesmerising account.'THE TIMES'Abel Smith takes us right into the heart of the drama. Utterly gripping.'AL MURRAY-Summer, 1940. Winston Churchill watches in horror as...
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Transworld Digital
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2026-06-04
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