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With this major revision of his classic The Middle East and the West (1964), a leading Middle East historian of our time offers a definitive and now more-timely-than-ever history of Western-Middle Eastern relations from the late seventeenth century to the present day....
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
1994-02-17
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The third battle of Ypres, culminating in a desperate struggle for the ridge and little village of Passchendaele, was one of the most appalling campaigns in the First World War. In this masterly piece of oral history, Lyn Macdonald lets over 600 participants speak for...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
1993-06-24
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2016 is the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme'There was hardly a household in the land', writes Lyn Macdonald, 'there was no trade, occupation, profession or community, which was not represented in the thousands of innocent enthusiasts who made up the ranks...
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Penguin
Parution :
1993-06-24
ePub
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THE INSPIRATION BEHINDTHE BBC DRAMATHE CRIMSON FIELD'On the face of it,' writes Lyn Macdonald, 'no one could have been less equipped for the job than these gently nurtured girls who walked straight out of Edwardian drawing rooms into the manifest horrors of the First...
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Penguin
Parution :
1993-06-24
ePub
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In this long-awaited book (already a major bestseller in Italy) Ginsborg has created a fascinating, sophisticated and definitive account of how Italy has coped, or failed to cope, with the past two decades. Contemporary Italy strongly mirrors Britain - the countries...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
1990-09-27
ePub
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A history of the Habsburg monarchy from the end of the Holy Roman Empire to the monarchy's dissolution in 1918. The book offers an insight into the problems inherent in the attempt to give peace, stability and common loyalty to a hetergeneous population.
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
1990-09-27
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A. J. P. Taylor was one of the most acclaimed and uncompromising historians of the twentieth century. In this clear, lively and now-classic account of the First World War, he tells the story of the conflict from the German advance in the West, through the Marne,...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
1974-03-28
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"A thorough investigation into the history of craft beer" —Kendall Hunter, author of Beer Hiking Canadian RockiesThis rigorously researched deep dive into the history of craft beer in Vancouver makes an exciting addition to books on the city’s...
Editeur :
Touchwood Editions
Parution :
2024-10-15
ePub
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The emergence, dominance, and alarmingly rapid retreat of modernist industrial capitalism on Cape Breton Island during the “long twentieth century” offers a particularly captivating window on the lasting and varied effects of deindustrialization. Now, at the tail end of...
Editeur :
AU Press and CCLH
Parution :
2024-03-26
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“Jean-Yves Soucy’s story and encounter with my Dad provides a charming glimpse into a changing world, for us all.” Romeo Saganash
It’s 1963, Jean-Yves Soucy is 18 and dreams of being a fire warden scanning the boreal forest from a fire tower. But he ends up at an...
Editeur :
Baraka Books
Parution :
2021-08-30
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Titanic. Its story is one of all those bound together on that ill-fated voyage in April 1912. On board were writers, artists, millionaires, sportsmen, priests, reverends, fashion designers, aristocrats, honeymooners, children, crew, and emigrants, all looking for a...
Editeur :
Nimbus
Parution :
2021-05-18
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In 1885, Vancouver Island’s E&N rail service carried coal to smelters and ships, and the towns in the railway’s path prospered as the tracks expanded.
Along the E&N celebrates the historic and still-surviving hotels and roadhouses that sprung up near the E&N. Within...
Editeur :
Touchwood Editions
Parution :
2019-06-04
ePub
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In 1940 in the remote village of Rogne, Norway, eleven-year-old Margrit Rosenberg and her parents believe that they have finally found the safety that has eluded them since fleeing from Germany two years earlier. What could go wrong in a tiny village? But after war...
Editeur :
The Azrieli Foundation
Parution :
2017-07-01
Collection :
The Azrieli Series of Holocaust Survivor Memoirs
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“Many of Nova Scotia's best sports stories have never entirely been told, at least not to the extent they deserve.”In Inside the Game, sports columnist Chris Cochrane goes beyond the headlines to tell the real stories behind ten of the province's most memorable sporting...
Editeur :
Nimbus
Parution :
2011-05-05
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The essays that comprise this volume clearly demonstrate that coalitions have dramatically altered the shape of war. Paul Kennedy's overview of coalitions over the past century shows that, with coalitions firmly established as viable in the minds of strategists, wars...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
1984-03-09
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life of Saddam Hussein in next to no time with this concise guide.50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the rise and fall of Saddam Hussein. Following a series of bloody coups, Saddam Hussein came...
Editeur :
50Minutes.com
Parution :
2018-02-07
Collection :
History
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life of Nelson Mandela in next to no time with this concise guide.50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of Nelson Mandela’s lifelong fight against apartheid. This system of racial segregation was...
Editeur :
50Minutes.com
Parution :
2018-01-04
Collection :
History
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the history of the Yom Kippur War in next to no time with this concise guide.50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Yom Kippur War.On 6 October 1973, the Egyptians and Syrians attacked the Sinai...
Editeur :
50Minutes.com
Parution :
2016-04-26
Collection :
History
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