1946: The Making of the Modern World (Sebestyen Victor)(Paperback / softback)

1946: The Making of the Modern World (Sebestyen Victor)(Paperback / softback)

A compelling account of a crucial year in post-war history, in the tradition of Margaret MacMillan's award-winning and bestselling The

Lenin the Dictator (Sebestyen Victor)(Paperback / softback)

Shortlisted for the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical BiographyVictor Sebestyen's intimate biography is the first major work in English for nearly two decades on one of the most significant figures of the twentieth century. In Russia to this day Lenin inspires adulation. Everywhere, he

Revolution 1989 - The Fall of the Soviet Empire (Sebestyen Victor)(Paperback / softback)

For more than 40 years after the Second World War the Iron Curtain divided Europe physically, with 300 km of walls and barbed wire fences; ideologically, between communism and capitalism; psychologically, between people imprisoned under totalitarian dictatorships and their neighbours enjoying

United Nations Map of The World 1946(Paperback / softback)

Barca - The Making of the Greatest Team in the World (Hunter Graham)(Paperback / softback)

Island That Disappeared - Old Providence and the Making of the Western World (Feiling Tom)(Paperback / softback)

Wisdom at Work - The Making of a Modern Elder (Conley Chip)(Paperback / softback)

Hurlers - The First All-Ireland Championship and the Making of Modern Hurling (Rouse Paul)(Paperback / softback)

The Great War and the Making of the Modern World (Black Jeremy)(Paperback)

Casting aside conventional narratives of The Great War, Jeremy Black returns to a vast range of original sources and investigates not only the key events of the war, but its consequences in restructuring the old order. Black also considers the struggle not only in its historical context, but also

Floating Egg - Episodes in the Making of Geology (Osborne Roger)(Paperback / softback)

By using different ways of describing the world of scientific endeavour, the author has produced a fascinating visually beautiful and highly entertaining book which allows us to witness the birth of a new science - the science of

Design for the Real World (Papanek Victor)(Paperback / softback)

The World My Wilderness (Macaulay Rose)(Paperback)

It is 1946 and the people of France and England are facing the aftermath of the war. Banished by her beautiful, indolent mother to England, Barbary Deniston is thrown into the care of her distinguished father and conventional stepmother. Having grown up in the sunshine of Provence, allowed to run

Decisive Encounters: The Chinese Civil War, 1946-1950 (Westad Odd Arne)(Paperback)

The Chinese Civil War was one of the key conflicts of the twentieth century. The Communist victory determined Chinese history for several generations, and defined international relations in East Asia during the Cold War and after. Despite its importance and scope--its battles were the largest

Pobeda 1946: A Car Called Victory (Taska Ilmar)(Paperback)

In 1946 Tallin a young boy is transfixed by the beauty of a luxurious cream- coloured car gliding down the street. It is a Russian Pobeda, a car called Victory. The sympathetic driver invites the boy for a ride and enquires about his family. Soon the boy's father

Timequake (Vonnegut Kurt)(Paperback / softback)

It decides to wind the clock back a decade to 1991, making everyone in the world endure ten years of deja-vu and a total loss of free will - not to mention the torture of reliving every nanosecond of one of the tawdiest and most hollow

Human Tide - How Population Shaped the Modern World (Morland Paul)(Paperback / softback)

A dazzling new history of the modern world, as told through the remarkable story of population

The Making of Modern South Africa: Conquest, Apartheid, Democracy (Worden Nigel)(Paperback)

The new edition of The Making of Modern South Africa provides a comprehensive, current introduction to the key themes and debates concerning the history of this controversial country. Engagingly written, the author provides a sharp, analytical overview of the new South Africa. Examines the major

The Making of the Modern World: 1945 to the Present: Education, Poverty, and Inequality (Perritano John)(Pevná vazba)

Donald Trump: The Making of a World View (Simms Brendan)(Paperback)

In Donald Trump: The Making of a World View, noted UK-based historians Brendan Simms and Charlie Laderman argue it's a grave error to see Trump's foreign policy views as impulsive and inconsistent, or believe that they were improvised on the campaign trail and now in office. They also explore how

Rite - The Making of a Modern Day Exorcist (Baglio Matt)(Paperback / softback)

Is demonic possession real? A chilling investigation into the rites and rituals of modern-day

Hero of the Empire - The Making of Winston Churchill (Millard Candice)(Paperback / softback)

Ants Among Elephants - An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India (Gidla Sujatha)(Paperback / softback)

King (Abdolah Kader)(Paperback / softback)

An extraordinary novel about the making of modern Iran - Kader Abdolah's The King, already a bestseller in Europe, is now published in English for the first

The Making of the Modern Chinese Navy: Special Historical Characteristics (Elleman Bruce a.)(Paperback)

'The Making of the Modern Chinese Navy' includes 14 historical case studies that help to illuminate a number of special characteristics of the modern-day Chinese navy. The Chinese Navy embodies a number of special features that modern-day Chinese naval officers perhaps take for granted, including a