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AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERCHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE TIMES * SUNDAY TIMES * TELEGRAPH * SPECTATOR * PROSPECT'Utterly brilliant . . . Authoritative, lively and profoundly human, it is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand post-World War II...
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Penguin
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2023-04-06
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'This vital history shatters many myths about the Nazi genocide . . . . surprising . . . provocative . . . fizzes with ideas. Even if you think you know the subject, you'll probably find something here to make you think' Sunday Times'Erudite...remarkable' The...
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Pelican
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2023-01-26
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'One brilliant woman writing about another: an irresistible combination.' - Antonia Fraser'One of the most delightful biographies I have ever read.' - A.N. Wilson'Reading Worsley is as enjoyable as reading Christie herself.' - Ruth Scurr'Full of unique insight, eye...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2022-09-08
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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERLONGLISTED FORTHE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE'Revelatory' GUARDIAN'A firecracker somehow captured between two covers' LUCY WORSLEYAn instant bestseller and one of the most celebrated history books of the year, Femina reveals the power and...
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Virgin Digital
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2022-07-21
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Kinderlosigkeit ist kein biologisches Schicksal, sondern sozial und kulturell geprägt, argumentiert Regina Toepfer. Anknüpfend an aktuelle Diskussionen über Samenspende, Adoption, Kinderfreiheit und bereute Mutterschaft untersucht sie, wie im Mittelalter über...
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J.B. Metzler
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2020-06-24
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This book explores the rich history of voluntary action in the United Kingdom over the past 100 years, through the lens of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), which celebrates its centenary in 2019. From its establishment at the end of the First...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-05-14
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'A wonderfully fresh, vivid and engaging portrait.' Jane Ridley, author of Bertie: A Life of Edward VII'Has much of the abundant charm of its author.' Spectator'The glory of this book is in the details.' The Times'Worsley's command of the material and elegant writing...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2018-09-06
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The book represents an earthquake in genocide studies, particularly in the field of Armenian Genocide research. A unique feature of the Armenian Genocide has been the long-standing efforts of successive Turkish governments to deny its historicity and to hide...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2018-01-23
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Letters from Iwo Jima reveals the true story of the Battle of Iwo Jima, the subject of two films directed by Clint Eastwood. Flags of Our Fathers tells the story of the US Marines who raised the flag above the island: the iconic image of the war with Japan. His other...
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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2015-09-10
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Fitztroy Maclean was one of the real-life inspirations for super-spy James Bond. After adventures in Soviet Russia before the war, Maclean fought with the SAS in North Africa in 1942. There he specialised in hair-raising commando raids behind enemy lines, including the...
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Penguin
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2015-05-07
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Over the course of the early Middle Ages, Christianity changed politics and politics changed Christianity. Christianity emerged in the pagan Roman Empire and early Christians, consequently, developed a 'secular' understanding of politics, where the religious identity of...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2026-01-21
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Spanning a millennium from the 4th to the 14th century, this book explores the dynamic role of the Ramaya?a and the Mahabharata in shaping the political and socio-cultural landscape of the Deccan. Drawing on a wealth of epigraphic evidence, especially royal prasastis...
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OUP Oxford
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2026-01-21
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This book chronicles the history of Chinese miners in one of the largest mines in Northeast Asia from 1900 to 1948, situating this emergent working class at the nexus of industrial capitalism, imperial expansion, and nation-state construction. Coal from Fushun (in...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-01-21
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Ostia, the Roman settlement founded at the mouth of the river Tiber, was the port of the imperial capital and one of the most important urban centers in the Mediterranean world during the last decades of the Roman Republic and the Early and High Empires. The town's role...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2026-01-21
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Stellen Sie sich vor, Sie müssten all Ihre Besitztümer zurücklassen, Ihre Kinder an der Hand nehmen und vor dem Krieg fliehen.
Was würden Sie mitnehmen, wenn nur ein Augenblick bleibt?
Dieses dreisprachige Buch (Deutsch, Ukrainisch, Englisch) erzählt die Geschichten...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2026-01-20
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How do different generations remember the democratic transitions in the post-authoritarian European South fifty years later, and why does that matter? A Collective Biography of Southern European Democratization shows how individual stories, family stories, and the...
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OUP Oxford
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2026-01-20
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Citizens of the Earth presents the first comprehensive account of Augustine's engagement with traditional Roman religion. A multifaceted case-study in the Christianization of the Roman Empire, it anchors Augustine's works in their intellectual and social context,...
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Oxford University Press
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2026-01-19
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On the evening of May 9, 1936, a slim, elegant woman stood in Rome’s Piazza Venezia and – in perfect English – broadcast Mussolini’s famous speech on the conquest of Ethiopia. Her name was Lisa Sergio (1905–1989), her...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-01-16
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Famine is humanity's oldest fear.Famine memorials and stories are literally carved into the stones that lie on the beds of Europe's rivers. Our science fiction and fantasy literature often begin by evoking a world of hunger and scarcity.Famine shapes our past, it...
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OUP Oxford
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2026-01-16
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An authoritative history of the radical environmental movement in the United States, No Option But Sabotage explores how far activists are willing to go to defend the planet in the face of repression and the escalating climate crisis.
After 9/11, the radical...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2026-01-16
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