The Palestine Nakba: Decolonising History, Narrating the Subaltern, Reclaiming Memory (Masalha Nur)(Paperback)

Voices of the Nakba: A Living History of Palestine (Allan Diana)(Paperback)

During the 1948 Palestine war more than 750,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were violently expelled from their homes by Zionist militias. The legacy of the Nakba - which translates to 'disaster' or 'catastrophe' - lays bare the violence of the ongoing Israeli occupation. Voices of the Nakba collects

The Palestine-Israel Conflict: A Basic Introduction - Fourth Edition (Harms Gregory)(Paperback)

The Palestine-Israel conflict is the most notorious and ingrained conflict in living memory. Yet the way it is reported in the media is often confusing, leading many to falsely assume the hostilities stretch continuously back to an ancient period. The Palestine-Israel Conflict provides a balanced,

The Woman from Tantoura: A Novel from Palestine (Ashour Radwa)(Paperback)

Ruqayya was only thirteen when the Nakba came to her village in Palestine in 1948. The massacre in Tantoura drove her from her home and from everything she had ever known. She had not left her village before, but she would never return. Now an old woman, Ruqayya looks back on a long life in exile,

Can the Subaltern Speak?: Reflections on the History of an Idea (Morris Rosalind)(Paperback)

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak's original essay 'Can the Subaltern Speak?' transformed the analysis of colonialism through an eloquent and uncompromising argument that affirmed the contemporary relevance of Marxism while using deconstructionist methods to explore the international division of labor and

Palestine +100 - Stories from a century after the Nakba (Maarouf Mazen)(Paperback / softback)

Palestine + 100 poses a question to twelve Palestinian writers: what might your country look like in the year 2048 - a century after the tragedies and trauma of what has come to be called the

An Oral History of the Palestinian Nakba (Abdo Nahla)(Paperback)

In 2018, Palestinians mark the 70th anniversary of the Nakba, when over 750,000 people were uprooted and forced to flee their homes in the early days of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Even today, the bitterness and trauma of the Nakba remains raw, and it has become the pivotal event both in the

Memory (Baddeley Alan)(Paperback)

The third edition of Memory provides students with the most comprehensive introduction to the study of human memory and its applications in the field. Written by three leading experts, this bestselling textbook delivers an authoritative and accessible overview of key topic areas. Each chapter

Hundred Years' War on Palestine - A History of Settler Colonial Conquest and Resistance (Khalidi Rashid I.)(Paperback / softback)

This is the story of Palestine told from the

Television History, the Peabody Archive, and Cultural Memory (Thompson Ethan)(Paperback)

Television History, the Peabody Archive, and Cultural Memory is the first edited volume devoted to the Peabody Awards Collection, a unique repository of radio and TV programs submitted yearly since 1941 for consideration for the prestigious Peabody Awards. The essays in this volume explore the

Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict - A History with Documents (Smith Charles D)(Paperback / softback)

Zakhor: Jewish History and Jewish Memory (Hayim Yerushalmi Yosef)(Paperback)

'Mr. Yerushalmi's previous writings . . . established him as one of the Jewish community's most important historians. His latest book should establish him as one of its most important critics. Zakhor is historical thinking of a very high order - mature speculation based on massive scholarship.' -

Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict (Finkelstein Norman G.)(Paperback)

'The most revealing study of the historical background of the conflict.' --Noam ChomskyAn acclaimed critical examination of Zionism in Israel/Palestine through a survey of dominant popular and scholarly images Finkelstein opens this acclaimed study with a theoretical discussion of Zionism, locating

The History of Skipton (Ian Lockwood)(Paperback)

The History of Skipton is the most comprehensive history of the town for almost 150 years. The book focuses on the life of ordinary Skipton townsfolk and their health, hygiene, work and recreation. Covering the period from the Norman Conquest to the 21st century, The History of Skipton uses

Sea and Civilization - A Maritime History of the World (Paine Lincoln)(Paperback / softback)

'The most enjoyable, the most refreshing, the most stimulating, the most comprehensive, the most discerning, the most insightful, the most up-to-date - in short, the best maritime history of the world.' Felipe

Present Pasts: Urban Palimpsests and the Politics of Memory (Huyssen Andreas)(Paperback)

This book analyzes the relation of public memory to history, forgetting, and selective memory in three late-twentieth-century cities that have confronted major social or political traumas-Berlin, Buenos Aires, and New

The Ghost: A Cultural History (Owens Susan)(Paperback)

Now in paperback, this is a new cultural history of the ghost--one of the most popular and pervasive subjects worldwide. Spanning from the medieval period to today, the book includes a wide range of artists and writers, including Hogarth, Blake, Rossetti, Shakespeare, Pepys, Shelley, and Dickens

The Borgias: The Hidden History (Meyer G. J.)(Paperback)

The startling truth behind one of the most notorious dynasties in history is revealed in a remarkable new account by the acclaimed author of The Tudors and A World Undone. Sweeping aside the gossip, slander, and distortion that have shrouded the Borgias for centuries, G. J. Meyer offers an

The Stonewall Riots: A Documentary History (Stein Marc)(Paperback)

On the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary, the most important moment in LGBTQ history-depicted by the people who influenced, recorded, and reacted to it. June 28, 1969, Greenwich Village: The New York City Police Department, fueled by bigoted liquor licensing practices and an omnipresent backdrop

History of the Lombards (Paul the Deacon)(Paperback)

History of the Lombards, by Paul the Deacon (c. 720-c. 799), is among the most important and oldest accounts of the Germanic nation. The book preserves many ancient myths and popular traditions and draws from sources that are now lost. The history traces the changing fortunes of the Lombards, the

Bible-KJV (Carroll Robert)(Paperback)

The Bible is the most important book in the history of Western civilization, and also the most difficult to interpret. It has been the vehicle of continual conflict, with every interpretation reflecting passionately held views that have affected not merely religion, but politics, art, and even

1066: A New History of the Norman Conquest (Rex Peter)(Paperback)

A radical retelling of the most important event in English history - the Norman invasion of 1066. The Norman Conquest is the single most important event in English history. On this invasion and 'regime change' pivoted the second millennium of English history. This is well recognised, what is not is

The Healing Reawakening: Reclaiming Our Lost Inheritance (Macnutt Francis)(Paperback)

For the first three hundred years of Christian history, healing prayer was fundamental in the life of the church. It even proved the main method of converting the unbelievers of the day. Then began the long slide of healing prayer into near insignificance. Ironically, Christians themselves, by

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

India - A History (Keay John)(Paperback / softback)

The most authoritative and highly regarded single-volume history of India - from ancient time to the modern day. Five millennia of the sub-continent's social, economic, political and cultural history are interpreted by one of our finest writers on India and the Far