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Cold-Water Corals
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 103.00Highly illustrated synthesis of research on cold-water corals worldwide. more...
Masters and Commanders
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 15.99"Masterly. . . . A triumph of vivid description, telling anecdotes, and informed analysis.? ? The New York Review of Books "Britain's finest contemporary military historian." ? The Economist An epic joint biography of four titanic figures?a President, a Prime Minister, and two Generals?who shaped the grand strategy of the Allies during World... more...
The Quality of Democracy in Eastern Europe
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 70.00This book presents a positive assessment of democratic quality as it has developed in ten postcommunist countries. more...
Waterloo
HarperCollins 2011; US$ 11.99June 18, 1815, was one of the most momentous days in world history, marking the end of twenty-two years of French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. On the bloody battlefield of Waterloo, the Emperor Napoleon and his hastily formed legions clashed with the Anglo-Allied armies led by the Duke of Wellington -- the only time the two greatest military... more...
The Thinking Student's Guide to College
University of Chicago Press 2010; US$ 14.00Each fall, thousands of eager freshmen descend on college and university campuses expecting the best education imaginable: inspiring classes taught by top-ranked professors, academic advisors who will guide them to a prestigious job or graduate school, and an environment where learning flourishes outside the classroom as much as it does in lecture... more...
The Storm of War
HarperCollins 2011; US$ 16.99"Roberts'spopulist approach makes for a rollicking good read and never comes at theexpense of accuracy. His mastery of the huge variety of subjects is trulyimpressive and his ability to marshal these subjects into a single compellingnarrative stunning." ? The Daily Telegraph Hailedby The Economist as ?Britain?s finest military historian? forbestsellers... more...
Eminent Churchillians
Orion 2010; US$ 24.45This highly praised book by the Wolfson History Prize-winning author of SALISBURY tackles six aspects of Churchilliana and uncovers a plethora of disturbing facts about wartime and post-war Britain. His revelations include: - The case for the impeachment of Lord Mountbatten - The Nazi sympathies of Sir Arthur Bryant, hitherto considered a 'patriotic... more...
Napoleon and Wellington
Orion 2010; US$ 27.17On the morning of the battle of Waterloo, the Emperor Napoleon declared that the Duke of Wellington was a bad general, the British were bad soldiers and that France could not fail to win an easy victory. Forever afterwards historians have accused him of gross overconfidence, and massively underestimating the calibre of the British commander opposed... more...
Hitler and Churchill
Orion 2010; US$ 25.36Adolf Hitler and Winston Churchill were two totally opposite leaders - both in what they stood for and in the way in which they seemed to lead. Award-winning historian Andrew Roberts examines their different styles of leadership and draws parallels with rulers from other eras. He also looks at the way Hitler and Churchill estimated each other as leaders,... more...
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples since 1900
Orion 2010; US$ 36.23Prize-winning British historian tells the story of the English-speaking peoples in the 20th century more...









