History of other lands books

Traces the 5000 year history and heritage of the Caribbean island of Montserrat.  Read More >>

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This new captivating history book takes you on a remarkable journey from the earliest extensive historical record...  Read More >>

Imagining the Arctic explores the culture and politics of polar exploration and the making of its heroes.  Read More >>

An innovative documentary project inspired by author and photographer Rockwell Kent's visit to Greenland in the...  Read More >>

Drawing on his own experience, rich archival material, and a keen sense of history and politics, Mikhail Gorbachev...  Read More >>

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1895 Original Publisher: W. Heinemann Subjects:...  Read More >>

Drawing on his own experience, rich archival material, and a keen sense of history and politics, Mikhail Gorbachev...  Read More >>

Elizabeth Tudor, daughter of the ill-fated Queen Anne Boleyn and temperamental King Henry VIII, was never meant...  Read More >>

The themes of the history of Cuba are as vast as they are inspiring. Cuba has stared death in the face throughout...  Read More >>

The best-selling author presents a heart-pounding account of the world's greatest nuclear disaster, based on sources...  Read More >>

This study examines the Marine Workers Industrial Union, which had a highly visible and influential impact among...  Read More >>

New Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Gdańsk, Poland and Prussia draws together the latest reseach on the important...  Read More >>

Relations between Turkey and Russia are in the process of development and still short of their potential in many...  Read More >>

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In this robust overview of Hungarian history, award-winning historian professor Norman Stone tells the story of...  Read More >>

The first full-length biography of the influential Russian revolutionary, philosopher, physician, and rival to Lenin,...  Read More >>

Simplified Chinese edition of The Reconstruction of Nations: Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, 1569-1999  Read More >>

During the Cold War, sport was used as a means of diplomacy between the two blocks, allowing exchanges between East...  Read More >>

"20 sono i personaggi presenti in questo libro, andati alla ricerca di Conoscenza (geografica, storica e culturale),...  Read More >>

This study provides a critical examination of biopolitics and the process of the subjectification of Russia, Ukraine,...  Read More >>

Traditional Chinese edition of The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition  Read More >>

This book relays the largely untold story of the approximately 1,100 Australian war graves workers whose job it...  Read More >>

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This book examines what it was like to be a Soviet citizen by examining first-person accounts of the Cold War generation...  Read More >>