Civil War London: Mobilizing for Parliament, 1641-5 (Downs Jordan S.)(Pevná vazba)

Civil War London: Mobilizing for Parliament, 1641-5 (Downs Jordan S.)(Pevná vazba)

London's mobilisation proved crucial to parliament's success in the English Civil War. Through a rigorous investigation of archival and print sources, this book shows how and why the City aligned its interests with parliament and how, ultimately, this alignment led to the establishment of an army

American Civil War Visual Encyclopedia (DK)(Pevná vazba)

Short History of The American Civil War (DK)(Pevná vazba)

Secrets of the U.S. Civil War (Leboutillier Linda)(Pevná vazba)

The U.S. Civil War was a war that changed the face, body, and heart of the United States forever. Secrets of the U.S. Civil War reveals little-known stories of the people, weapons, and battles that have affected the maps on our walls and the allegiances in our

Faces of Civil War Nurses (Coddington Ronald S.)(Pevná vazba)

During the American Civil War, women on both sides of the conflict, radiating patriotic fervor equal to their male counterparts, contributed to the war effort in countless ways: forming charitable societies, becoming nurses, or even marching off to war as vivandi res, unofficial attach s to the

The Civil War: A Concise History (Masur Louis P.)(Pevná vazba)

One hundred and fifty years after the first shots were fired on Fort Sumter, the Civil War still captures the American imagination, and its reverberations can still be felt throughout America's social and political landscape. Louis P. Masur's The Civil War: A Concise History offers a masterful and

The Devil's Dictionary (Bierce Ambrose)(Pevná vazba)

Ambrose Bierce, journalist and former soldier for the Union army in the Civil War, began writing satirical definitions for the San Francisco Wasp in 1881, and later for the San Francisco Examiner, launching a journalistic career that would see him liked and loathed in equal measure and earn him the

For Whom the Bell Tolls (Hemingway Ernest)(Pevná vazba)

Inspired by his experiences as a reporter during the Spanish Civil War, Ernest Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls tells the story of Robert Jordan, an American volunteer in the International Brigades fighting to defend the Spanish Republic against Franco. After being ordered to work with guerrilla

The Enduring Civil War: Reflections on the Great American Crisis (Gallagher Gary W.)(Pevná vazba)

In the seventy-three succinct essays gathered in The Enduring Civil War, celebrated historian Gary W. Gallagher highlights the complexity and richness of the war, from its origins to its memory, as topics for study, contemplation, and dispute. He places contemporary understanding of the Civil War,

Brutal London: A Photographic Exploration of Post-War London (Phipps Simon)(Pevná vazba)

A photographic exploration of the post-war modernist architecture of London.This collection of unique and evocative photography of Brutalist architecture by Simon Phipps casts the city in a new light. Arranged by inner London Borough, BRUTAL LONDON takes in famous examples such as the Trellick

Universal War One (Bajram Denis)(Pevná vazba)

2058. Humanity has colonized our entire solar system. In the middle of a civil war between the core planets and distant outlying planetary settlements, an immense black wall appears, cutting our solar system in two. The black wall absorbs all light and matter, and it's up to a band of disgraced

12 Rules for Life - An Antidote to Chaos (Peterson Jordan B.)(Pevná vazba)

Beyond Order - 12 More Rules for Life (Peterson Jordan B.)(Pevná vazba)

Slavery and Silence: Latin America and the U.S. Slave Debate (Naish Paul D.)(Pevná vazba)

In the thirty-five years before the Civil War, it became increasingly difficult for Americans outside the world of politics to have frank and open discussions about the institution of slavery, as divisive sectionalism and heated ideological rhetoric circumscribed public debate. To talk about

The New Rules of Coffee: A Modern Guide for Everyone (Michelman Jordan)(Pevná vazba)

Life in Jefferson Davis' Navy (Tomblin Barbara B.)(Pevná vazba)

The Civil War is often considered a 'soldiers' war,' but Life in Jefferson Davis' Navy acknowledges the legacy of service of the officers and sailors of the Confederate States Navy. In this full-length study, Barbara Brooks Tomblin addresses every aspect of a Confederate seaman's life, from the

Our World in Crisis: Civil War and Genocide (Watts Franklin)(Pevná vazba)

Comprehensive explorations of major issues affecting the global

London at War 1939-1945: A Nation's Capital Survives (Jeffreys Alan)(Pevná vazba)

At the outbreak of World War II, London suddenly found itself on the front line. While aerial attacks had played a part in World War I, the astounding technological advances since meant that by 1939 the city was threatened like never before. The attacks took a brutal toll. Almost 19,000 tons of

Roman History, Volume VI: Civil Wars, Book 5. Fragments (Appian)(Pevná vazba)

Spitfire: A Livy Nash Mystery (Huie M. L.)(Pevná vazba)

A 'gritty and glamorous' debut historical mystery set in post-war Paris and London--for fans of Susan Elia MacNeal's Maggie Hope series and Kate Quinn's The Alice Network (Julia Kelly, author of The Light Over London) In the wake of World War II, former Resistance spy Livy Nash is called back to

A Strife of Tongues: The Compromise of 1850 and the Ideological Foundations of the American Civil War (Maizlish Stephen E.)(Pevná vazba)

Civil War (Caesar)(Pevná vazba)

Caesar (C. Iulius, 102-44 BC), statesman and soldier, defied the dictator Sulla; served in the Mithridatic wars and in Spain; entered Roman politics as a 'democrat' against the senatorial government; was the real leader of the coalition with Pompey and Crassus; conquered all Gaul for Rome; attacked

Abandoned Spain (Lens Fran)(Pevná vazba)

Towns bombed during the Spanish Civil War that were never rebuilt; an international railway station once teeming with Nazi and Allied double agents, now concealing a state-of-the-art dark matter research laboratory; a former munitions dump hewn out of the mountainside; a winery whose vast tanks

Spirit of London (Cohen-Portheim Paul)(Pevná vazba)

Spirit of London offers a wonderful snapshot of our capital before the Second World War, and a charming insight into our attitudes to urban life back in the