Nehru: The Debates That Defined India

Speeches that Made History

Speeches that Made History is a collection of speeches, addresses, declarations and announcements that have shaped history. Some have changed the way people think, other...

Pebble Island

This is the story of the SAS raid on Pebble Island during the Falklands War. In atrocious weather, 48 men of 22 SAS Regiment were

Race for Tomorrow

HOW is China's green energy push driving a hazardous mining rush in Congo? WHY is a maverick scientist building a home for engineered mammoths in

Holocaust Landscapes

Holocaust Landscapes is a book of genuine originality and imagination. The theme is the places of the Holocaust, the Holocaust as place-making event for both

Team of Five: The Presidents Club in the Age of Trump

After serving the highest office of American government, five men - Jimmy Carter, the late George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and

The six

Six glamorous women: Nancy, Pamela, Diana, Unity, Jessica, and Deborah. Born into privilege, the Mitford sisters were the 'bright young things' of high society London

Green and Prosperous Land

This pragmatic approach to environmentalism includes a summary of Britain's green assets, a look towards possible futures and an achievable 25-year plan for a green

Resistance

In the tradition of Shattered and Game Change, Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin provides an insider's look at how women across the political spectrum carried

I'll Take Your Questions Now

Stephanie Grisham rose from being a junior press wrangler on the Trump campaign in 2016 to assuming top positions in the administration as White House

Sabres on the Steppes: Danger, Diplomacy and Adventure in the Great Game

Back in the day when men were men and Britain ruled the world, the two great world powers went head to head over control of

Who Owns England?

This book has been a long time coming. Since 1086, in fact. For centuries, England's elite have covered up how they got their hands on

Pathfinder Companion

By drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews with surviving veterans – many speaking for the first time – and combining these with official records

Land

De la cel mai bine vândut autor Simon Winchester, o istorie umană a pământului din întreaga lume: cine l-a cartografiat, l-a deținut, l-a furat, l-a

Flight from Colditz

Colditz Castle was one of the most famous Prisoner of War camps of the Second World War. It was there that the Germans interred their

Stalin's Englishman: Guy Burgess, the Cold War, and the Cambridge Spy Ring

Guy Burgess was the most important, complex, and fascinating of 'The Cambridge Spies'--Maclean, Philby, Blunt--brilliant young men recruited in the 1930s to betray their...

Inside The Third Reich

'Inside the Third Reich is not only the most significant personal German account to come out of the war but the most revealing document on

Air Force Blue

În 2018 RAF (Forțele Aeriene Regale) împlinește 100 de ani. În cartea sa, destinată a fi un clasic, Patrick Bishop analizează cel mai semnificativ moment

American Eagles

American Eagles provides a photographic snapshot of the lives of the American fighter pilots who volunteered their services during World War II, as well as

D-Day

Published to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings

Migration

The history of migration from prehistoric man's first steps out of the Rift Valley to the present-day exodus from Syria, and the effects migration has

Eric Hobsbawm

At the time of his death at the age of 95, Eric Hobsbawm (1917-2012) was the most famous historian in the world. His books were

Marked for Death: The First War in the Air

A dramatic and fascinating account of aerial combat during World War I, revealing the terrible risks taken by the men who fought and died in

Women in the War

Poignant and inspiring, Women in the War tells the first-hand stories of ten of the last surviving female members of Britain's 'Greatest Generation'. Whether flying

War Beneath the Waves

Amid the stalemate of World War I, one area in which the German military could claim almost complete supremacy was beneath the ocean. In the

Meet the Georgians

Across this century, new foods - pineapples, coffee and pepper - suddenly became available in the shops. Fashion exploded into a riot of colour, frilly

Do Not Disturb

'A withering assault on the murderous regime of Kagame, and a melancholy love song to the last dreams of the African Great Lakes' John Le

How I Saved the World

In How I Saved the World, Jesse Watters takes readers on a tour of his life from basement-dwelling Fox minion to pampered champion of right-thinking

War in Ancient Greece

Atenianul Thucydides (c. 490-395 î.Hr.) a scris această istorie a Războiului Peloponesiac între spartani și atenieni, crezând că va fi un război mai mare decât

Royal Babies

A fascinating insight to the British Royal Family births throughout the ages.

Haig

A distinguished soldier who had served in South Africa, the Author was selected to be Haigs Director of Operations in 1915, a key position he

The Northwest Passage Overland

Indian wars, starvation, the gold rush, the coming of the railroad and the cementing of a nation; one of the great 19th-century journeys

Black Book

In 1939, the Gestapo created a list of names: the Britons whose removal would be the Nazis' first priority in the event of a successful

The Social Life of Books: Reading Together in the Eighteenth-Century Home

A vivid exploration of the evolution of reading as an essential social and domestic activity during the eighteenth century Two centuries before the advent of

Breeding Ground

Analyzing the behind-the-scenes decisions made in Moscow, Washington, and Kabul, former BBC correspondent Deepak Tripathi shows how that conflict transformed Afghanista...

The Boy Who Drew Auschwitz

Thomas Geve avea doar 15 ani când a fost eliberat din lagărul de concentrare Buchenwald, la 11 aprilie 1945. Acesta era al treilea lagăr de

Prisoners of History: What Monuments to the Second World War Tell Us about Our History and Ourselves

Amongst many questions, the book asks: What does Germany signal to today's far right by choosing not to disclose the exact resting place of Hitler?

Shakespeare's Restless World: A Portrait of an Era in Twenty Objects

The New York Times bestselling author of A History of the World in 100 Objects brings the world of Shakespeare and the Tudor era of

Second World War Explained

Over seventy years on the terrible events and outcome of the Second World War remains hugely relevant and important. Far from diminishing interest in this

FAIMA Business & Management Journal – volume 2, issue 1, March 2014

FAIMA BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT JOURNAL has been founded by the Management Department of Faculty of Entrepreneurship, Business Engineering and Management (FAIMA) from Politehnica University of

FAIMA Business & Management Journal – volume 2, issue 2, June 2014

FAIMA BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT JOURNAL has been founded by the Management Department of Faculty of Entrepreneurship, Business Engineering and Management (FAIMA) from Politehnica University of

A Guide to British Military History: The Subject and the Sources

What exactly is military history? Forty years ago it meant battles, campaigns, great commanders, drums and trumpets. It was largely the preserve of military professional...

The World Encyclopedia of Destroyers and Frigates

(New edition) This comprehensive encyclopedia focuses exclusively on destroyers and frigates. The opening section both explains the rationale behind the technological de...

Rebel Cities: Paris, London and New York in the Age of Revolution

London, Paris and New York in the eighteenth century, as today, were places where political authority, commerce and money, art and intellectual life intersected. They

Impossible Victories

Victory on the battlefield is sometimes achieved against the odds - victory snatched from the jaws of apparently inevitable defeat. A daring counter attack, an

Churchill: The Greatest Briton

Winston Churchill, whose nine decades spanned the early era of cavalry charges to the nuclear age, has been voted the greatest Briton. With his keen

On This Day : The History of the World in 366 Days

A day-by-day collection of over 6000 events, trivia, quotations, news items, anniversaries and birthdays for every day of the year. Presented as headlines and articles,

Great Train Robbery Confidential

IN 1981, Detective Inspector Satchwell was the officer in charge of the case against Train Robber Tom Wisbey and twenty others. The case involved massive

Gibraltar : The Greatest Siege in British History

Located between the Mediterranean and Atlantic, on the very edge of Europe, Gibraltar was a place of varied nationalities, languages, religions and social classes. Durin...

Ordinary Heroes

In 1982, 8,000 miles from home, in a harsh environment and without the newest and most sophisticated equipment, the numerically inferior British Task Force defeated

No God but Gain

'From 1501 to 1867 more than 12.5 million Africans were brought to the Americas in chains, and many millions died as a result of the

The 1st Household Cavalry Regiment 1943-44

The mettle of the famous First Household Cavalry Regiment was tested to the maximum in action in the mountains of Italy in 1943-44. This book

Lessons from History

“Provocative, memorable and humorous – Deane never fails to entertain.” - Kwasi Kwarteng MP History is full to the brim with untold tales of heroics

Went the Day Well?

Drawing from the diaries, letters, reports and stories from participants and witnesses, the author describes in detail an hour-by hour account of the Battle of

Ireland and the Monarchy

The Last of the Celts

Award-winning author Tanner has journeyed throughout the Celtic world--from the wilds of Northwest Scotland to the Isle of Man, and from Boston to Cape Breton--seeking

AUGUSTUS - FROM REVOLUTIONARY TO EMPEROR

Caesar Augustus schemed and fought his way to absolute power. He became Rome's first emperor and ruled for forty-four years before dying peacefully in his

Pearls Before Poppies

'In February 1918, when the First World War was still being bitterly fought, prominent society member Lady Northcliffe conceived an idea to help raise funds

Lawson Lies Still in the Thames

The story of an ordinary seaman born in Scarborough who would go on to play a key role in some of the major events of

Death at Dawn

His ships delivered a crushing blow to the Nazi German squadron then occupying Narvik, the famous Arctic iron-ore port. Only moments later, a salvo of

CAVE CANEM: ANIMALS AND ROMAN SOCIETY

In many ways, Roman attitudes to animals were similar to our own; they kept animals as household pets, they farmed animals for meat and hunted