The First Afghan War 1839-42: Invasion, Catastrophe and Retreat (Macrory Richard)(Paperback)

Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century (Parker Geoffrey)(Paperback)

An accessible synthesis of the prescient best seller exploring seventeenth-century catastrophe and the impact of climate change First published in 2013, Geoffrey Parker's prize-winning best seller Global Crisis analyzes the unprecedented calamities--revolutions, droughts, famines, invasions, wars,

The War of the Worlds (Wells H. G.)(Paperback)

One of the most important and influential invasion narratives ever written, The War of the Worlds (1897) describes the coming of the Martians, who land in Woking, and make their way remorselessly towards the capital, wreaking chaos, death, and destruction. The novel is closely associated with

Origins of the First World War (Martel Gordon)(Paperback)

Origins of the First World War summarizes the policies, issues and crises that brought Europe to war in 1914. Examining the strategic and political problems that confronted each of the great powers and the way in which social and economic factors influenced the decision-making process, Martel

Ontopower: War, Powers, and the State of Perception (Massumi Brian)(Paperback)

Color coded terror alerts, invasion, drone war, rampant surveillance: all manifestations of the type of new power Brian Massumi theorizes in Ontopower. Through an in-depth examination of the War on Terror and the culture of crisis, Massumi identifies the emergence of preemption, which he

No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War Through Afghan Eyes (Gopal Anand)(Paperback)

PULITZER PRIZE FINALISTNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALISTWINNER OF THE RIDENHOUR PRIZE'Essential reading for anyone concerned about how America got Afghanistan so wrong. A devastating, well-honed prosecution detailing how our government bungled the initial salvo in the so-called war on terror, ignored

Lost Empires (Priestley J. B.)(Paperback / softback)

In the months before the First World War, Richard Herncastle joins his Uncle's illusionist act on the Music Hall stage wherehe comes into contact with larger than life, garish and outrageous

The Three Hostages: Authorised Edition (Buchan John)(Paperback)

After distinguished service in the First World War, Richard Hannay settles into peaceful domesticity with his wife Mary and their young son. However, news comes to him of three kidnappings. With no more than a few tantalisingly cryptic lines of verse as clues, he is soon on the trail of Dominick

Long Shadow - The Great War and the Twentieth Century (Reynolds David)(Paperback / softback)

A controversial and sweeping re-examination of the First World War and its enduring

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

The War of the Worlds (Wells H. G.)(Paperback)

The classic and terrifying HG Wells novel of alien invasion is now a landmark series for the BBC from the makers of Poldark, Victoria and And Then There Were None. One night a shooting star is seen over the skies of Surrey. The next day, it's discovered to have been a mysterious metallic cylinder

Perdu (Jones Richard)(Paperback / softback)

The first picture book to be both written and illustrated by Richard Jones, illustrator of bestseller The Snow

The Nonhuman Turn (Grusin Richard)(Paperback)

Edited by Richard Grusin of the Center for 21st Century Studies, this is the first book to name and characterize--and therefore consolidate--a wide array of current critical, theoretical, and philosophical approaches to the humanities and social sciences under the concept of the nonhuman turn. Each

A Short History of the Crimean War (Tate Trudi)(Paperback)

The Crimean War (1853-1856) was the first modern war. A vicious struggle between imperial Russia and an alliance of the British, French and Ottoman Empires, it was the first conflict to be reported first-hand in newspapers, painted by official war artists, recorded by telegraph and photographed by

The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily (Buzzati Dino)(Paperback)

A wonderful story for children and an allegory for adults about the absurdity of war with an introduction and guide to the text by Lemony Snicket. Starving after a harsh winter, the bears descend from the mountains in search of food and invade the valley below, where they face fierce opposition

Shallow Graves: A Memoir of the Ethiopia-Eritrea War (Reid Richard)(Paperback)

This is a personal account of the war between Eritrea and Ethiopia, fought between May 1998 and June 2000, as well as of the periods immediately preceding and following the conflict. Shallow Graves traces shifting local perceptions of time, the nation and the region, beginning in the mid-1990s and

The War of the Worlds (Wells H. G.)(Pevná vazba)

Shooting stars tear across the night sky, then a gigantic artificial cylinder descends from Mars to land near London. Inquisitive locals gather round, only to be struck down by a murderous Heat-Ray. Giant destructive machines disgorge from the cylinder, destroying everything in their path on a

Everything World War I (Kenney Karen)(Paperback)

Explore the fascinating history of America's first World War, meet the greatest military leaders and tacticians, and learn about key battles in this compelling new book in the popular Everything series. Each book in the National Geographic Kids Everything series has more than 100 pictures, an

First World War (Keegan John)(Paperback / softback)

The definitive account of the Great War and a national bestseller from eminent military historian John Keegan2018 marks the centenary of the First World War - the war that created the modern

Terrorism: How to Respond (English Richard)(Paperback)

Richard English argues here that the post-9/11 War on Terror has spectacularly failed and that we now need a radically new approach to dealing with international terrorism. Recent policies have ignored the lessons of the past, and Terrorism: How to Respond seeks to remedy this lack of vision by

Sharpe's Rifles - The French Invasion of Galicia, January 1809 (Cornwell Bernard)(Paperback / softback)

Lieutenant Richard Sharpe and a detachment of riflemen join the assault of a strong French force holding the Holy City of Santiago de

Prague Spring: Warsaw Pact Invasion, 1968 (Carradice Phil)(Paperback)

Cold War nadir: January 1968 and in Czechoslovakia the new Communist Party leader Alexander Dubcek has made it clear that this is the opportunity to loosen the Soviet stranglehold on the country. As the Prague winter slowly eases into a Prague spring, it really does seem as if Dubcek has judged it

H.M.S Saracen (Reeman Douglas)(Paperback / softback)

But to Captain Richard Chesnaye she brings back memories - memories of the First World War when he and the old monitor went through the Gallipoli campaign together. But as the war enters a new phase Chesnaye senses the possibility of a fresh, significant role - for him and the

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

Wakefield and Towton: War of the Roses (Haigh Philip)(Paperback)

Richard III has come to be the most famous figure to emerge from Britain's War of the Roses, largely due to the play by William Shakespeare, but this 30-year conflict (1455-1485) had a large cast of heroes and villains, and saw the biggest and fiercest battles ever fought on English soil. This new