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Essays on Twentieth-Century History
Temple University Press 2010; US$ 38.95In the sub-field of world history, there has been a surprising paucity of thinking and writing about how to approach and conceptualize the long twentieth century from the 1870s through the early 2000s. The historiographic essays collected in Essays on Twentieth Century History will go a long way to filling that lacuna. Each contribution... more...
Mysteries in History
ABC-CLIO 2005; US$ 85.00Including examples from ancient times to modern, from Neanderthals and Noah's Ark to Amelia Earhart and JFK, this book explores the process of historical research. It contains chronologically arranged essays, which reveal the mechanics of the process, including debate, archeology, and the application of modern science to ancient questions. more...
George Cross Heroes
Headline 2012; Not AvailableThe latest in Lord Ashcroft's bestselling 'heroes' series tells the stories of all 159 recipients of the George Cross since 1940. more...
George Cross Heroes
Headline 2012; US$ 20.83The latest in Lord Ashcroft's bestselling 'heroes' series tells the stories of all 159 recipients of the George Cross since 1940. more...
Political Religion Beyond Totalitarianism
Palgrave Macmillan 2013; US$ 85.00The success of fascist and communist regimes has long been explained by their ability to turn political ideology into a type of religion. These innovative essays explore the notion that all forms of modern mass-politics, including democracies, need a form of sacralization to function. more...
Two Histories of England
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 13.99In these two forgotten gems of English literature, Jane Austen and Charles Dickens offer delightful, irreverent histories of their native land. When she was only sixteen years old, Jane Austen composed her bitingly satirical History of England for performance in her family's drawingroom. A startling and precocious example of her celebrated... more...
Deadline Artists--Scandals, Tragedies and Triumphs:
Overlook 2013; US$ 14.99We are living in a time when obituaries for the newspaper industry are being written every day. And yet, opinion writing is finding new life online as never before. A new generation deserves access to the best of the past, to classic newspaper writing that combines the immediacy of news with the precision of poetry. In this new Deadline Artists... more...
African Historical Studies
Taylor and Francis 1979; US$ 108.95The twelve essays here brought together in one book are being accorded accessibility and permanence of a kind they have lacked as monographs or articles in journals. Written mostly in the last eight years in different circumstances, they are unified more in intent, in argument, and in perspective than in theme. Moreover, illustrations are heavily... more...
Works of Francis Bacon
MobileReference.com 2010; US$ 4.99This collection was designed for optimal navigation on Kindle and other electronic devices. This collection offers lower price, the convenience of a one-time download, and it reduces the clutter in your digital library. All books included in this collection feature a hyperlinked table of contents and footnotes. The collection is complimented by an... more...
Geographies of England
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 27.00This 2004 book examines the history of the concept of a North-South divide in England during the last millennium. more...









