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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

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

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

Connected

Știai că stările de spirit ale persoanelor din jur sunt contagioase?Că viitorul tău partener de viață s-ar putea afla printre cunoștințele unor colegi?Sau că poți

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

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?

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

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

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

Ancient Egypt 39,000 BCE

'A view into the sophisticated and highly advanced civilization that preceded the world of the pharaohs'

Attack on the Scheldt: The Struggle for Antwerp 1944

During the Allied advance across northwest Europe in 1944, the opening up of the key port of Antwerp was a pivotal event, yet it has

Battlegrounds

There has been a shift in power since the end of the Cold War. In Battlegrounds , bestselling author, commander, scholar and National Security Advisor

FAIMA Business & Management Journal – volume 3, issue 3, September 2015

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 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

FAIMA Business & Management Journal – volume 2, issue 4, December 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...

Story of Israel

Charting the history of Israel, this work goes from Herzl's launcing of the Zionist movement to the Balfour declaration and the founding of the State

Holocaust Heroes : Resistance to Hitler's Final Solution - NU

This inspiring book examines the often incredible and nearly always tragic examples of Jewish resistance in ghettos and concentration camps during the Nazis 'Final Solut...

A People Betrayed

From the foremost historian of modern Spain comes the bloody, much misunderstood story of how, from 1874 to the present day the Spanish people were

Clementine Churchill

Foreword by Harriet Walter. Clementine Churchill: A Life in Pictures is a fully illustrated and abridged edition of Sonia Purnell’s acclaimed biography, First Lady, inclu...

Wallis in Love

Wallis in Love brings a fascinating new perspective on the 20th century's most controversial royal scandal. Andrew Morton's impeccable research and unerring skill for ri...

The Cold War

As present-day political and military hostilities between Russia and the West threaten to escalate, The Cold War looks back at a global drama that positioned

WWII Codebreakers and Spies

The Bletchley Park codebreakers who solved the German Enigma cipher cut the length of the war by an estimated two years, while the Double Cross

1918

1918: The Fight for Victory. The Decisive Year in Soldiers' Own Words and Photographs is the next volume in the remarkable series of books from

Palaces of Revolution

The story of the Stuart dynasty is a breathless soap opera played out in just a hundred years in an array of buildings that span

Rebels Against the Raj

An extraordinary history of resistance and the fight for Indian independence from Ramachandra Guha.

The First World War on the Home Front

'Your country Needs YOU!' was the poster slogan that shouted out to many during World War I. And indeed, it did. As men of all

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

Make Good the Promises

The companion volume to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture exhibit, opening in September 2021 With a Foreword by Pulitzer Prize-win...

SAS Band of Brothers

The new SAS epic from bestselling military historian Damien Lewis. We share the triumphs and tragedies of a group of elite soldier trailblazers as they

Air Raids & Ration Books

Contrary to the Hollywood-style romanticism of popular novels and films, the Second World War was more than courage on the battlefield, plucky defiance and doomed

Apprentice

It has been called the political crime of the century: This book from Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter Greg Miller uncovers for the first time

All the President's Women

Pe baza unor rapoarte originale inovatoare, o nouă privire amplă asupra relațiilor lui Donald Trump cu femeile, care dezvăluie noi acuzații de comportament sexual necore...

Blood and Steel 3

Blood and Steel 3, The Wehrmacht Archive: The Ardennes Offensive, December 1944 to January 1945 is an extensive and colourful collection of translated German military

Totul despre filosofie. Concepte explicate vizual

Cel mai simplu și cel mai vizual ghid de filosofie conceput vreodată De milenii, filosofii pun cele mai provocatoare întrebări – despre lume, credință și

Invisible Emperor

Few historical figures are as well-known as Napoleon Bonaparte, and yet the Emperor's ten-month exile on the small island of Elba is virtually unexplored. Now,

The Death of a Hero

When David Wilkinson bought a picturesque cottage alongside the Kennet and Avon Canal in Berkshire, he was astonished to learn that the writer Richard Aldington,

Illustrated History of Islam

Islam has been viewed as a militant and destructive force bent on conquest, but religious anthropologist Michael Jordan urges us to lay aside this perception.

A Very Private Celebrity

For ten years, Hugh Purcell has been tracking John Freeman, trying to get face to face with this enigma. Now that he has died, the

SAS with the Maquis

On the night of 5/6 June 1944, D-Day, a Lockheed Hudson dropped a small group of parachutists into the mountainous Morvan area of central France.

Blood Ransom

For the first time in history, the navies of every superpower on the planet have united against a common enemy-a couple thousand ragtag underfed men

Monitors of the Royal Navy

Monitor warships mounted the biggest guns ever deployed by the Royal Navy, and played an undeniably important part in Allied efforts during World War I

Into the Dark

In July 2005 Reg embarks on a seemingly impossible quest to discover the fate of his aircraft. Undeterred by the skepticism of family, friends and

Building Stalinism

Today the 80-mile-long Moscow Canal is a source of leisure for Muscovites, a conduit for tourists and provides the city with more than 60% of

The BEF in 1917

This new volume in the long-running Images of War series features the actions of the British Army at Passchendaele. The book is comprised of rare

The Prisoner King

Much has been written about Charles I's reign, about the brutal civil war into which his pursuit of unfettered power plunged the realm, and about

Tudors and EuropeThe Tudors and Europe

A hugely topical re-appraisal of Tudor England's place in Europe and Europeans' place in Tudor England