Author: Sun Shuyun
In 1934, the Communist Party and its armies were forced out of their bases by Chiang Kaishek and his National troops. Walking more than 10,000 miles, they suffered casualties and ended up in the North. Seventy years late ... |
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A New American History, 1585-1828
Author: Walter A. McDougall
A powerful reinterpretation of the founding of America by a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian. The creation of the United States of America is the central event of the past four hundred years," states Walter McDouga ... |
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Author: Robert Gildea
The last fifty years of French history have seen immense challenges for the French: constructing a new European order, building a modern economy, searching for a stable political system. It has also been a time of anxiet ... |
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Europe, Baghdad, and the Empires of A.D. 800
Author: Jeff Sypeck
On Christmas morning in the year 800, Pope Leo III placed the crown of imperial Rome on the brow of a Germanic king named Karl. With one gesture, the man later hailed as Charlemagne claimed his empire and forever sha ... |
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From Pearl Harbour to Bikini Island
Author: Robert D. Ballard
To be published in the 60th anniversary year of the infamous bombing of Pearl Harbor, Graveyards of the Pacific is Dr. Robert Ballard's compelling survey of the major WWII Pacific battlefields and graveyards including Mi ... |
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Investigative Journalism and Its Triumphs
Author: John Pilger
A selection of articles, broadcasts, and books extracts that revealed important and disturbing truths, ranging from across many of the critical events, scandals, and struggles. This book bears witness to epic injustices ... |
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Islam and Empire on the Nile, 1869-1899
Author: Dominic Green
In the late 19th century, the river Nile became the setting for the first major encounter between the West and Islam in the modern era. In a collision between Europeans, Arabs and Africans, three empires rose in the spac ... |
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Manet, Meisonnier and an Artistic Revolution
Author: Ross King
It is hard to believe it now, but in 1863, the French painter, Ernest Meissonier was one of the most famous artists in the world. The darling of the 'Salon' - that all-important public exhibition of Art held biannually i ... |
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Author: George Clare
On Saturday, 26 February, 1938, seventeen-year-old Georg Klaar took his girlfriend Lisl to his first ball at the Konzerthaus. His family were proudly Austrian. They were also Jewish. Just two weeks later came the Anschlu ... |
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A Cultural History of Vegetarianism from 1600 to Modern Times
Author: Tristram Stuart
How Western Christianity and Eastern philosophy merged to spawn a political movement that had the prohibition of meat at its core. "The Bloodless Revolution" is a pioneering history of puritanical revolutionaries, Eu ... |
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Author: Thomas Mullen
Set against the dual backdrop of World War I and the devastating 1918 influenza epidemic, The Last Town On Earth is a brilliantly drawn tale of morality and patriotism in a time of upheaval. Deep in the evergreen woods o ... |
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From Victory to Collapse
Author: Joseph T Glatthaar
You would be surprised to see what men we have in the ranks, Virginia cavalryman Thomas Rowland informed his mother in May 1861, just after joining the Army of Northern Virginia. His army -- General Robert E. Lee's army ... |
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Author: Antony Loewenstein
The undeclared war in the Middle East is the abiding conflict of our era, with little apparent hope of resolution despite years of peace talks. On one side of the conflict, in the face of suicide bombings and internation ... |
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Three Revolutionary Statesmen and the World They Made
Author: Michael Knox Beran
In the space of a single decade, three leaders liberated tens of millions of souls, remade their own vast countries, and altered forever the forms of national power: Abraham Lincoln freed a subjugated race and transforme ... |
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An Illustrated World Survey
Author: Eileen Blumenthal
Puppets have existed in one form or another in almost every culture throughout the history of man. In Puppetry: A World History, Eileen Blumenthal provides a comprehensive overview of the history and technique of puppetr ... |
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The Marshall Plan and the Time When America Helped Save Europe
Author: Greg Behrman
In this landmark, character-driven history, Greg Behrman tells the story of the Marshall Plan, the unprecedented and audacious policy through which America helped rebuild World War II-ravaged Western Europe. With nuanced ... |
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Philip Toosey and the Bridge on the River Kwai
Author: Julie Summers
Alec Guinness won a Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of the dogmatic, but brittle commanding officer in David Lean's film The Bridge on the River Kwai. While a brilliant performance, it owed more to fiction than fact, ... |
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From the British Raj to Al Qaeda
Author: Jules Stewart
Still recruited from the Pathan tribes that live in the no-man's land between Pakistan and Afghanistan, the Khyber Rifles continue to stand guard over this area, one of the world's most volatile borders. For more than a ... |
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A History in a Changing Climate
Author: Robert Doe
Floods kill more people and damage more property than any other natural phenomenon known to man. August 2004 was one of the wettest months on record in the United Kingdom. London's sewers overflowed, leading to tonnes of ... |
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Author: Andrew Roberts
Winston Churchill's History of the English-Speaking Peoples ended in 1900. Andrew Roberts, Wolfson History prizewinner has been inspired by Churchill's example to write the story of the 20th century. Churchill wrote: 'E ... |
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