Gaza in Crisis - Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians (Pappe Ilan)(Paperback / softback)

Gaza in Crisis - Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians (Pappe Ilan)(Paperback / softback)

From the targeting of schools and hospitals, to the indiscriminate use of white phosphorus, Israel's conduct in 'Operation Cast Lead' has rattled even some of its most strident supporters. This title surveys the fallout from that devastation, and places the massacre in Gaza in the context of

On Palestine (Chomsky Noam)(Paperback / softback)

Operation Protective Edge, Israel's most recent assault on Gaza, left thousands of Palestinians dead and cleared the way for another Israeli land grab. This book offers hope and a way forward for all those committed to the struggle to liberate

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine (Pappe Ilan)(Paperback)

The book that is providing a storm of controversy, from 'Israel's bravest historian' (John Pilger) Renowned Israeli historian, Ilan Pappe's groundbreaking book revisits the formation of the State of Israel. Between 1947 and 1949, over 400 Palestinian villages were deliberately destroyed, civilians

Gaza: Preparing for Dawn (MacIntyre Donald)(Paperback)

Uniquely imprisoned, most Palestinians in Gaza cannot travel beyond the confines of the Strip, and in times of war escape is impossible. They live under siege - economic and armed - and yet so many remain courageous, outspoken and steadfast. Donald Macintyre lays bare Gaza's human tragedy and

Ten Myths about Israel (Pappe Ilan)(Paperback)

The myths--and reality--behind the state of Israel In this groundbreaking book, published on the fiftieth anniversary of the Occupation, the outspoken and radical Israeli historian Ilan Pappe examines the most contested ideas concerning the origins and identity of the contemporary state of Israel

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,

Afghanistan - Britain's War in Helmand - A Historical Account of the UK's Fight Against the Taliban (Reynolds David)(Paperback / softback)

Israel's Secret Wars: A History of Israel's Intelligence Services (Black Ian)(Paperback)

One of the events most crucial to the war in the Persian Gulf occurred nearly ten years before it began, when Israel destroyed Iraq's most advanced weapon, the nuclear reactor at Al-Tuweitha, acting on information obtained by Israeli intelligence. Israel's Secret Wars is the first documented,

If the War Goes On . . . - Reflections on War and Politics (Hesse Hermann)(Paperback / softback)

A collection of essays on the absurdity of war, from the Nobel Prize

Hitler's Secret War - The Nazi Espionage Campaign Against the Allies (Whiting Charles)(Paperback / softback)

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

Hannibal: Enemy of Rome (Kane Ben)(Paperback / softback)

The first in a brilliant series set during Hannibal's war against Rome, from the bestselling author of THE FORGOTTEN LEGION Chronicles________________________ENEMY OF ROMEThe great Carthaginian general, Hannibal, has never forgotten the defeat and humiliation of his father by

Drive (Assulin Yair)(Paperback / softback)

'The Drive represents a new landmark in Israeli fiction ... Israel's own The Catcher in the Rye.'--The Los Angeles Review of Books This searing novel tells the journey of a young Israeli soldier at the breaking point, unable to continue carrying out his military service, yet terrified of the

Shout at the Devil (Smith Wilbur)(Paperback / softback)

But as the world changes in the shadow of the Great War, Fleischer takes terrible action against the two men. Driven by revenge and fury, Oldsmith and O'Flynn join the British naval forces in order to destroy the Germans, and a shocking plan is

Love Knot (Chadwick Elizabeth)(Paperback / softback)

* Whilst mediaeval England does battle against itself in the throes of civil war, a young midwife fights for her life in this hostile

Target: Italy - The Secret War Against Mussolini 1940-1943 (Bailey Roderick)(Paperback / softback)

The cloak-and-dagger war fought by British secret agents against Mussolini's Italy has been little known - until now. Target: Italy is the official history of the efforts of Britain's Special Operations Executive to strike at Fascist Italy in the Second World War and sever its alliance

Doctor Who: Engines of War (Mann George)(Paperback / softback)

A weary, angry Doctor leads a flotilla of Battle TARDISes against the Dalek stronghold but in the midst of the carnage, the Doctor's TARDIS crashes to a planet below: Moldox. As the Doctor is trapped in an apocalyptic landscape, Dalek patrols roam amongst the wreckage, rounding up the remaining

Crown in Crisis - Countdown to the Abdication (Larman Alexander)(Paperback / softback)

The definitive account of the Abdication Crisis of

One Night in Winter (Sebag Montefiore Simon)(Paperback / softback)

'An epic adventure story set against the most awful war in history. Ridiculously good' Dan SnowIf your children were forced to testify against you, what terrible secrets would they reveal?Moscow

Stress Test - Reflections on Financial Crises (Geithner Timothy)(Paperback / softback)

On 26 January, 2009, during the depths of the financial crisis and having just completed five years as President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the author was sworn in by President Barack Obama as the seventy-fifth Secretary of the Treasury of the US. This book takes you behind the scenes

In the Light of What We Know (Haider Rahman Zia)(Paperback / softback)

A bold, epic debut novel set during the war and financial crisis that defined the beginning of our

Beneath the Lion's Gaze (Mengiste Maaza)(Paperback / softback)

Beneath the Lion's Gaze opens in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1974, on the eve of a revolution. Yonas kneels in his mother's prayer room, pleading to his god for an end to the violence that has wracked his family and

Backlash - The Undeclared War Against Women (Faludi Susan)(Paperback / softback)

What has made women unhappy in the last decade? Faludi writes 'is not their equality' - which they don't yet have - but the rising pressure to halt, even worse, women's quest for that

House of Shattered Wings (de Bodard Aliette)(Paperback / softback)

A superb murder mystery, on an epic scale, set against the fall out - literally - of a war in