A Bite-Sized History of France: Gastronomic Tales of Revolution, War, and Enlightenment (Hnaut Stphane)(Paperback)

A Bite-Sized History of France: Gastronomic Tales of Revolution, War, and Enlightenment (Hnaut Stphane)(Paperback)

A 'delicious' (Dorie Greenspan), 'genial' (Kirkus Reviews), 'very cool book about the intersections of food and history' (Michael Pollan)--as featured in the New York Times 'The complex political, historical, religious and social factors that shaped some of France's] . . . most iconic dishes and

Empire And Revolution - A Socialist History of the First World War (Sherry Dave)(Paperback / softback)

The Rosicrucian Enlightenment (Yates Frances)(Paperback)

A history of the role that the occult has played in the formation of modern science and medicine, The Rosicrucian Enlightenment has had a tremendous impact on our understanding of the western esoteric tradition. Beautifully illustrated, it remains one of those rare works of scholarship which the

Revolution in France (Mason James)(Paperback / softback)

Revolution in France is part of the series a Sense of History for 11-14 year

A History of Modern Sudan (Collins Robert O.)(Paperback)

Sudan's modern history has been consumed by revolution and civil war. The country attracted international attention in the 1990s as a breeding ground of Islamist terrorism and recently tensions between the prosperous centre and the periphery, between north and south, have exploded in Darfur. In his

Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam (Fitzgerald Frances)(Paperback)

Frances FitzGerald's landmark history of Vietnam and the Vietnam War, 'a compassionate and penetrating account of the collision of two societies that remain untranslatable to one another.' (New York Times Book Review) This magisterial work, based on Frances FitzGerald's many years of research and

Tower of Skulls: A History of the Asia-Pacific War: July 1937-May 1942 (Frank Richard B.)(Paperback)

Reflections on the Revolution in France (Burke Edmund)(Paperback)

This new and up-to-date edition of a book that has been central to political philosophy, history, and revolutionary thought for two hundred years offers readers a dire warning of the consequences that follow the mismanagement of change. Written for a generation presented with challenges of terrible

French Revolution - From Enlightenment to Tyranny (Davidson Ian)(Paperback / softback)

A clear and fast-paced account of how and why the French Revolution descended into the

Sex, France, and Arab Men, 1962-1979 (Shepard Todd)(Paperback)

The aftermath of Algeria's revolutionary war for independence coincided with the sexual revolution in France, and in this book Todd Shepard argues that these two movements are inextricably linked.​ Sex, France, and Arab Men is a history of how and why-from the upheavals of French Algeria in 1962

The History of Science in Bite-Sized Chunks (Chalton Nicola)(Paperback)

Since ancient times, we have tried to make sense of our universe by observing objects far beyond our abilities to see or touch--from the smallest atom to the farthest star. This book covers, in chronological order, all the key discoveries and remarkable minds in each scientific field, including

Watermelon, a Fish and a Bible - A heartwarming tale of love amid war (Lefteri Christy)(Paperback / softback)

A moving novel of love and war by the author of The Beekeeper of

The End of Jewish Modernity (Traverso Enzo)(Paperback)

Jewish modernity flourished between the age of Enlightenment and World War II--and in fact was a major driver of intellectual, scientific, social, literary, and artistic progress in that period. But the age of Jewish modernity is over. That's the argument that historian Enzo Traverso mounts in this

Joan of Arc (Stanley Diane)(Paperback)

Against the fascinating tapestry of Frances history during the Hundred Years' War, Diane Stanley unfolds the story of the simple thirteen-year-old village girl who in Just a few years would lead France to independence from English rule, and thus become a symbol of France's national pride. It is a

The Currency of Desire: Libidinal Economy, Psychoanalysis and Sexual Revolution (Bennett David)(Paperback)

Metaphors of money have shaped theories of sexual psychology ever since Enlightenment doctors explained the mind-body as an 'animal economy' whose currency was desire, figured as a liquid form of energy that could be spent or saved, profitably invested or pleasurably squandered.In this erudite and

A World History of War Crimes: From Antiquity to the Present (Bryant Michael S.)(Paperback)

The greatly expanded and enhanced 2nd edition of A World History of War Crimes provides an authoritative and accessible introduction to the global history of war crimes and the laws of war. Tracing human efforts to limit warfare, from codes of war in antiquity designed to maintain a religiously

A Little History of Archaeology (Fagan Brian)(Paperback)

A 'learned and lively' (Wall Street Journal) history of archaeological adventure--with tales of danger, debate, audacious explorers, and astonishing discoveries around the globe--for readers of all ages What is archaeology? The word may bring to mind images of golden pharaohs and lost

First World War - A New History (Strachan Hew)(Paperback / softback)

A brilliant and penetrating history of the First World War by one of the world's foremost experts on the conflict. Reissued for the 100th

This City Belongs to You: A History of Student Activism in Guatemala, 1944-1996 (Vrana Heather)(Paperback)

Between 1944 and 1996, Guatemala experienced a revolution, counterrevolution, and civil war. Playing a pivotal role within these national shifts were students from Guatemala's only public university, the University of San Carlos (USAC). USAC students served in, advised, protested, and were later

Borderland - A Journey Through the History of Ukraine (Reid Anna)(Paperback / softback)

A classic and vivid history of Ukraine, fully updated to cover the Euromaidan Revolution of 2014 and ongoing crisis in the

History of the Russian Revolution (Trotsky Leon)(Paperback)

The definitive account of the Russian Revolution, by Leon Trotsky, its leader and key

On the Origins of War: And the Preservation of Peace (Kagan Donald)(Paperback)

A brilliant and vitally important history of why states go to war, by the acclaimed, award-winning author of The Peloponnesian War. War has been a fact of life for centuries. By lucidly revealing the common threads that connect the ancient confrontations between Athens and Sparta and between Rome

A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion in the Age of Enlightenment (McNeil Peter)(Paperback)

Eighteenth-century fashion was cosmopolitan and varied. Whilst the wildly extravagant and colorful elite fashions parodied in contemporary satire had significant influence on wider dress habits, more austere garments produced in darker fabrics also reflected the ascendancy of a puritan middle class

A Short History of the Vietnam War (Kerr Gordon)(Paperback)

A concise, accessible history of one of the most important and fascinating conflicts of the 20th centuryOn March 8, 1965, 3,500 U.S. Marines of the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade made an amphibious landing at Da Nang on the south central coast of South Vietnam, marking the beginning of a conflict