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The Short Life and Curious Death of Free Speech in America

Named one of Newsweek's '25 Must-Read Fall Fiction and Nonfiction Books to Escape the Chaos of 2020' The critically acclaimed journalist and bestselling author of

I Marched with Patton

'Poignant . . . Well worth the read.' --Wall Street Journal In December 1944, Frank Sisson deployed to Europe as part of General George S.

Churchill's Cold War: The 'Iron Curtain' Speech That Shaped the Postwar World

1945 was a chaotic year, both for the world and for Winston Churchill. The talismanic wartime leader had to deal with the death in April

The Military History of China - NU

În „The Military History of China”, autorul de bestseller-uri Erik Durschmied urmărește trecerea Chinei printr-o mie de ani de război, aventurismul colonial și sistemul ...

Magnificent obsession

When Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, died in December 1861 the nation was paralysed with grief. He was only forty-two and official bulletins had, until

The Phantom F-4

The Phantom was developed for the US Navy as a long-range all-weather fighter and first flew in May 1958. It became operational in 1961. The

Create, Copy, Disrupt: India's Intellectual Property Dilemmas

Intellectual property in India has had a chequered history. India was saddled with a legacy of IP laws left behind by the British, and Independence

The Shadow Emperor: A Biography of Napoleon III

‘Louis Napoleon’s story is certainly remarkable. Alan Strauss-Schom tells it with brio in The Shadow Emperor… This is a boldly revisionist biography… For all the

Prelude to War

Through the use of contemporary photographs and informative captions, Prelude To War: The RAF 1936-1939 chronicles many of the RAF's aircraft that continued to serve

Australian Army at War 1976-2016

Since the end of their involvement in the Vietnam War, the Australian Army has been modernized in every respect. After peacekeeping duties in South-East Asia,

Storming Eagles

The daring, courage and skill of the highly-trained men who spearheaded German assaults in the blitzkrieg of 1940, dropping from the air to seize and

The Politics and IR Companion

This succinct but comprehensive textbook leads students through the various aspects of their politics and IR degree. It includes a clear overview of the issues,

The Plots Against Hitler

In 1933, Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany. A year later, all parties but the Nazis had been outlawed, freedom of the press was but

Love, Tommy

O moștenire a unui imperiu și a unei națiuni în război, Love Tommy, este o colecție de scrisori găzduită la Muzeul Imperial de Război trimise

Persians

The Great Kings of Persia ruled over the largest Empire of antiquity, stretching from Libya to the Steppes of Asia, and from Ethiopia to Pakistan.

CONSPIRACY THEORIES

Enter the world of dark and sinister conspiracy theories with this engaging collection of the world's famous enigmas.

The Great Game: On Secret Service in High Asia

Peter Hopkirk's now classic work tells the extraordinary story of the Great Game, one of the most gripping sagas in imperial history, largely through the

Gangsters

Surprise, Kill, Vanish

Since 1947, domestic and foreign assassinations have been executed under the CIA led covert action operations team. Before that time, responsibility for taking out Ameri...

The Suppression of Guilt

Is Israeli society losing touch with the rest of the world -- and with the reality of the on-going conflict with the Palestinians in the

WORLD WAR II.

From the build-up to the eventual conclusion and ultimate aftermath, from leading and influential political figures to the various warring countries, explore the extraor...

War Gardens

A journey through the most unlikely of gardens: the oases of peace people create in the midst of war. In this millennium, we have become

The Last Refuge: Yemen, Al-Qaeda, and America's War in Arabia

Far from the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States and al-Qaeda are fighting a clandestine war of drones and suicide bombers in an

Great War Fighter Aces 1916 - 1918

By the close of 1916, the air war over France was progressing amazingly. The Royal Flying Corps, the French Air Force and the opposing German

1910's Britain In Pictures

This series is each devoted to a decade of British life and contains around 300 photographs which were hand-picked by PA Photos' own archivists. Most

The White Devil's Daughters

În prima sută de ani de imigrație chineză - din 1848 până în 1943 -, în San Francisco s-a desfășurat un șocant și extins comerț

Dynasty : The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar

The lurid glamour of the dynasty founded by Augustus has never faded. No other family can compare for sheer unsettling fascination with its gallery of

Empires of the Indus

The Indus rises in Tibet to flow west across India before turning south through Pakistan to the Arabian Sea. For millennia it has been worshipped

Shortest Way Home

With soaring prose that celebrates a resurgent American Midwest, Shortest Way Home narrates the heroic transformation of a 'dying city' ( Newsweek ) into noth...

Let Me Tell You a Story

The spellbinding true story of a little girl's miraculous escape from the Nazis during the Second World War.

Retreat

O privire asupra evacuării forțelor britanice și aliate din Dunkerque și alte porturi în timpul prăbușirii Franței în urma invaziei germane din mai 1940. A

Lucifer Rising British Intelligence and the Occult in the Second World War

Summer 1940. In the desperate fight against Nazi Germany, nothing is considered too outlandish, so the British secret services turn to figures from the occult

The Rise of Islamic State : ISIS and the New Sunni Revolution

Out of the failures of Iraq and Afghanistan, the Arab Spring and Syria, a new threat emerges. While Al Qaeda is weakened, new jihadi movements,

Mythology of The Americans Nations

This is a reference guide to the mythology of the native North American, Maya, Aztec, Inca and earlier civilizations and cultures of the Americas. It

Lincoln

This interactive biography of one of America's greatest presidents covers the entire life of Abraham Lincoln and includes a host of family photographs, official portrait...

Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy Of The Mass Media

O evaluare puternică a modului în care mass-media din SUA nu reușesc să ofere tipul de informații de care avem nevoie pentru a înțelege lumea.

The War We Never Fought

Again and again British politicians, commentators and celebrities intone that 'The War on Drugs has failed'. They then say that this is an argument for

My Husband and I

When a young Princess Elizabeth met and fell in love with the dashing Naval Lieutenant Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, it wasn’t without complications.

The D-Day Experience

The 60th anniversary of D-Day will take place on 6 June 2004. Endorsed by the Imperial War Museum, and officially tied in with their D-Day

Hitler's War Beneath the Waves

Martin Luther: Catholic Dissident

'The 31st of October 2017 marks the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther pinning his 95 'Theses' - or reform proposals - to the door of

Crucible of Hell

From award-winning historian Saul David, an action-packed and powerful new narrative of the Battle of Okinawa - one of the greatest battles to take place

Haven't You Heard?

Looks at the role gossip, whispers and tittle-tattle play in all areas of politics - for the MPs and their advisers, the press who cover

EMPIRES OF THE INDUS: THE STORY OF A RIVER

The Indus rises in Tibet, flows west across India, and south through Pakistan. For millennia it has been worshipped as a god and used as

Speak Up!

Speak Up! is a joyful celebration of 45 speeches by children and teenagers who have stood up for causes they passionately believe in and challenged

Blitz Spirit

For today's reader, who is living through our biggest social dislocation since the Second World War and witnessing a crisis of unprecedented proportions, Blitz Spirit

Queens

Over 3,000 years of incredible women who ruled the world!

Fast Forward

Misconceptions have stalked Andy Cole like a hatchet-man defender determined to cut him down to size. Now, in his candid and inspirational autobiography, Cole finally

Words That Changed the World

Discursurile pot incita, inspira, exhorta, acuza, sau ilumina. În timp ce noile forme de comunicare par din ce în ce mai impersonale, discursul oferă o

America and the Imperialism of Ignorance

An analysis of six decades of unchanging American foreign policy, focusing particularly on the Cold War, and then tying that analysis to the experience of

Erdogan Rising: The Battle for the Soul of Turkey

Hannah Lucinda Smith has been living in Turkey as the Times correspondent for nearly a decade, reporting on the ground from the onset of the

The Everyday Life of the Ancient Incas

An expert and authoritative reference to the great civilizations of the ancient Andes and South America, with more than 500 colour photographs, site plans, maps

The Standardization of Demoralization Procedures

9th November 1989, East Berlin, the day the Berlin Wall will fall - Bernd Zeiger, a Stasi agent whose life's work, a manual on the

The Voyages of Captain James Cook

Călătoriile Căpitanului James Cook este acum disponibilă într-o ediție broșată foarte produsă special pentru a coincide cu aniversarea a 250 de ani de la prima

Kim and Jim

Kim Philby's life and career has inspired an entire literary genre: the spy novel of betrayal. He was one of the leaders of the British

The Rise & Fall of Thomas Cromwell

He wielded enormous power while he retained the king's favour, but the failure of Henry's marriage to Anne of Cleves, which Cromwell had arranged, led

Princes of Wales : Royal Heirs in Waiting

For over 700 years, the title 'Prince of Wales' has been awarded to royal heirs waiting to accede to the throne of England. They did

I Know a Woman

Behind every great woman... is another great woman. Here, the extraordinary achievements, relationships and secret histories of 84 pioneering women are revealed in insp...

Eliot Ness and the Mad Butcher

Eliot Ness's greatest case had begun. Now, Max Allan Collins and A. Brad Schwartz-the acclaimed writing team behind Scarface and the Untouchable- uncover this lost

The Burning Time

THE BURNING TIME reprezintă o perspectivă vie asupra unei epoci în care ceea ce era ortodoxie într-un an putea fi erezie în celălalt. Primii martiri