Revolution: A History of England Volume IV

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

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

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...

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

Chastise

A masterly history of the Dambusters raid from bestselling and critically acclaimed Max Hastings. Operation Chastise, the overnight destruction of the Möhne and Eder dams...

Willoughbyland

At the beginning of the 1650s, wrecked by plague and civil war, England was in ruins. Yet shimmering on the horizon was a vision of

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

Chinese Lives

China is the most populous country on earth, with the longest history of any modern nation. In the 21st century, it is clear that China's

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

Plague, Pestilence and Pandemic

There was a time when to read accounts of the Plague in Wittenburg by Martin Luther or the Great Plague of 1665 by Samuel Pepys

Pearl Harbor and the War in Pacific, 1941 - 1945

This book and DVD set provides a fascinating account of the epic conflict on land, sea and air, from the darkest days of the war

Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence

Essential work by a noted naval historian discusses all of the conflict's major sea battles, including those between England and America's French allies. Richly enhanced

A Path in the Mighty Waters

'This book tells the story of how people experienced the eighteenth-century crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, exploring the transformative journey undertaken by the thousa...

Prince Albert, A.N. Wilson

In this companion biography to the acclaimed Victoria, A. N. Wilson offers a deeply textured and ambitious portrait of Prince Albert, published to coincide with

Solving Stonehenge: The New Key to an Ancient Enigma

Stonehenge is seeing a massive surge of interest at present, something which this major reassessment of the monument by geophysics expert Anthony Johnson can only

Sisters in Arms

'Sisters in Arms charts the evolution of women in combat, from the Scythian warriors who inspired the Amazonian myth, to the passing soldiers and sailors

Waterloo: The Defeat of Napoleon's Imperial Guard

This is the most detailed account of the 2nd Division at Waterloo ever published. It is based on the papers of its commander Sir Henry

The British Are Coming

'To say that Atkinson can tell a story is like saying Sinatra can sing ... A powerful new voice has been added to the dialogue

Britain and Victory in the Great War

How can we begin to make sense of the Great War now that over 100 years have passed since it ended with the defeat of

The Life of Henrietta Anne: Daughter of Charles I

Henrietta Anne Stuart, youngest child of Charles I and Henrietta Maria, was born in June 1644 in the besieged city of Exeter at the very

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

SAS Great Escapes

SAS Great Escapes tells the story of seven of the most dramatic and daring escapes executed during WWII by what is arguably the world's most

Fighting the Great War at Sea

While the overriding image of World War I is of the bloody stalemate on the Western Front, the overall shape of the war arose out

Defiant: The Battle of Britain’s Forgotten Fighter

The families of the R. A. F. servicemen killed flying Defiants believed that their husbands, brothers and sons had died in vain, but the truth