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  • Invasion of Tinian
    Daniel Wrinn
    'People interested in World War II Pacific will enjoy the author’s direct and easily understood style.' – Reviewer A vital stepping stone in America’s war against the Empire of Japan Naval bombardment of the island began on June 14. By late July, once the southern portion of Saipan had been secured, heavy US Army artillery bombed the northern half of Tinian. The landing forces ...
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    10,97 €

  • Recapture of Guam
    Daniel Wrinn
    'A gripping insight about the liberation of Guam.' – Reviewer Guam’s Japanese garrison fought practically to the last man. By invading Guam, US forces were not only getting access to a fine harbor and a number of airfields to use in future operations but were also liberating a US territory captured by the Japanese in 1941. The attack on Guam was intended to begin only days afte...
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    13,32 €

  • Battle for Saipan
    Daniel Wrinn
    'A gripping account of one of the most important battles in the Pacific war.' – Reviewer A powerful read about the Saipan invasion which resulted in the near annihilation of defending Japanese forces. In June 1944, American forces had their sights focused on the Marianas islands. Located about 1,500 miles from Japan’s major cities, these islands would be used as bases for the n...
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    10,88 €

  • Operation Backhander
    Daniel Wrinn
    'An outstanding description of a brutal battle.' – Reviewer A gripping insight into the war for New Guinea and the operation for Cape Gloucester. Determined to capture a pivotal island in their war against the Japanese, the US 1st Marine Division were faced with a challenging task – to land on the fortified peninsula of Cape Gloucester and capture its two vital airfields. Takin...
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    10,85 €

  • Reading History in Britain and America, c.1750-c.1840
    Mark Towsey
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    37,74 €

  • People, Nations and Traditions in a Comparative Frame
    D’Maris Coffman
    This book illustrates and celebrates Professor Jonathan Steinberg’s - a celebrated historian of modern Europe, especially Germany, Italy, Austria and Switzerland - contributions to historical practice. Professor Steinberg embraced methodological pluralism and pioneered comparative history, exploring the past through a multi-valent lens that examined the interplay between person...
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    180,06 €

  • Sicilia Anniversari nei mesi. Prontuario
    Alfredo Raneri
    Sicilia Anniversari nei mesi. Prontuario.E’ un vademecum di personaggi ed eventi che hanno influenzato la Sicilia divisi nei mesi. ...
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    26,16 €

  • L’ANTICO EGITTO FRA SORRISI E FANTASIA
    FRANCO NICOLI
    Un viaggio sorridente nell’antico Egitto dalla sua nascita al 1500 a.C. ...
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    44,08 €

  • Journey into Eden
    Daniel Wrinn
    'Having served in Iraq, the comparisons to Wooten’s World War I experiences with my own were remarkable.' – Reviewer Uncover a fascinating glimpse into WWI on the Mesopotamian front. Few people truly know about Iraq’s role in World War One. The stage of a desperate struggle against the Ottomans, the story of brave men who lived and served in this harsh landscape is often oversh...
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    14,42 €

  • World War One
    Daniel Wrinn
    "Stunning stories that weave together the major fronts of WWI into a sweeping narrative.' ─ Reviewer 'A masterfully told story of triumph and redemption in a powerfully drawn survival epic.' – Reviewer 'A thrill a minute. You don’t have to be a World War I buff to savor this one.' ─ Reviewer 'Having served in Iraq, the comparisons to Wooten’s World War I experiences with my own...
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    19,08 €

  • An Introduction to Historical Comparison
    Mikhail Krom / Elizabeth Guyatt
    Historical comparison as a method of historical analysis goes back to Herodotus in antiquity, yet it was not until the 1920s through the work of historian Marc Bloch that it was recognised as a solid historical method. Even today, some historians are wary of applying a comparative lens to their work. Why is this, Mikhail Krom asks, when historical comparison can be an incredibl...
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    154,69 €

  • Chief Gall - The Strategist
    Larry W Jones
    Chief Gall (c. 1840-December 5, 1894) was a battle leader of the Hunkpapa Lakota in the long war against the United States. He was also one of the commanders in the Battle of Little Bighorn. Born in present-day South Dakota around 1840, and orphaned, Gall was said to receive his name after eating the gall of an animal killed by a neighbour. An accomplished warrior by his late t...
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    40,04 €

  • Debating medieval Europe
    Stephen Mossman
    This unique textbook introduces undergraduate students to medieval historiography, providing an entry point for the dense scholarship on the period. Volume I covers the post-Roman world, from 450 to 1050. ...
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    32,93 €

  • The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
    Jacob Burckhardt
    The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (1860) is a work of art history by Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt. Recognized today as the founder of modern art history and as one of the key thinkers of the nineteenth century, Burckhardt changed not only the way we think about the Renaissance in relation to European and world history, but the value placed on art as a tool for un...
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    15,76 €

  • The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
    Jacob Burckhardt
    The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (1860) is a work of art history by Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt. Recognized today as the founder of modern art history and as one of the key thinkers of the nineteenth century, Burckhardt changed not only the way we think about the Renaissance in relation to European and world history, but the value placed on art as a tool for un...
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    23,69 €

  • Scriptural Reflections on History
    Klaas Johan Popma / Harry Van Dyke
    K. J. Popma, a teacher of classical languages and a special professor of Reformed philosophy at the universities of Groningen and Utrecht, wrote his book during the trying times of the Second World War. The work outlines a philosophy of history rooted in Scripture and takes the account provided by Scripture seriously, without eliminating its historical character, either by spir...
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    16,61 €

  • Mujer y poder en los Andes coloniales:
    María Rostworowski
    Es ampliamente reconocido que la reestructuración de las identidades y roles de género fue parte de las drásticas transformaciones experimentadas por las sociedades andinas durante las primeras décadas de la Colonia Este volumen de las Obras Completas de María Rostworowski está dividido en dos secciones; la primera reúne ensayos de carácter teórico en los que la autora explora ...
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    31,20 €

  • Full History
    Steven G. Smith
    How can we take history seriously as real and relevant? Despite the hazards of politically dangerous or misleading accounts of the past, we live our lives in a great network of cooperation with other actors; past, present, and future. We study and reflect on the past as a way of exercising a responsibility for shared action. In each of the chapters of Full History Smith poses a...
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    54,95 €

  • The History of Emotions
    Katie Barclay
    This student guide introduces the key concepts, theories and approaches to the history of emotions while teaching readers how to apply these ideas to historical source material. Covering the main emotions approaches and providing a range of global case studies and historical sources with which to apply learning, this textbook provides a ’how to’ guide for those new to the field...
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    46,14 €

  • A global history of early modern violence
    This is the first broad study of large-scale violence and the methods of its restraint in the early modern world. Its case studies range from the early 1500s to the 1830s, taking in African slave raiders, Dutch merchants, Burmese bandits, Kurdish highwaymen, Mughal warriors, Spanish colonial soldiers and Japanese magistrates. ...
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    157,06 €

  • Mirror of the Medieval
    K Patrick Fazioli
    Since its invention by Renaissance humanists, the myth of the "Middle Ages" has held a uniquely important place in the Western historical imagination. Whether envisioned as an era of lost simplicity or a barbaric nightmare, the medieval past has always served as a mirror for modernity. This book gives an eye-opening account of the ways various political and intellectual project...
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    44,73 €

  • Battling over the Balkans
    The tumultuous history of the Balkans has been subject to a plethora of conflicting interpretations, both local and external. In an attempt to help overcome the stereotypes that still pervade Balkan history, Battling over the Balkans concentrates on a set of five principal controversies from the precommunist period with which the region’s history and historiography must contend...
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    114,66 €

  • Rome
    History Nerds
    Rome - The Rise and Fall is designed as a bitesize, concise but easy to read retelling of what happened to one of the greatest empires in history.The Roman Empire began with a boy named Romulus and ended with a boy named Romulus. Between the years 753 BCE and 476 CE, this magnificent empire rose in might, but died in misery. This story is derived from the narrations of the anci...
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    13,38 €

  • La conquista del Perú
    Pablo Alonso de Avecilla
    Diputado en Cortes, Pablo Alonso de la Avecilla es también escritor, dramaturgo y jurista. Publicó, entre otras obras, un libro sobre la Legislación militar española (1842) y este novela histórica, que es más bien historia novelada. 'La conquista del Perú ' trata del proceso histórico de anexión del Imperio inca al Imperio español.Al tender en el siglo XVI una mirada filosófico...
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    17,57 €

  • Cartas
    Pedro de Valdivia
    Pedro de Valdivia fue un gran conquistador español. Al frente de un puñado de soldados, en 1540 el extremeño Valdivia conquistó el territorio del actual Chile, pero trece años después fue ejecutado tras sufrir terribles torturas en el levantamiento mapuche conocido como la Guerra del Arauco. Para el estudio del período colonial, este libro constituye un corpus fundamental, impr...
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    17,65 €

  • Bergson and History
    Leon ter Schure
    Explores the philosophy of history of Henri Bergson and shows its relevance to contemporary historical thought. ...
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    41,96 €

  • Rhythm of Eternity
    Robbert-Jan Adriaansen
    The Weimar era in Germany is often characterized as a time of significant change. Such periods of rupture transform the way people envision the past, present, and future. This book traces the conceptions of time and history in the Germany of the early 20th century. By focusing on both the discourse and practices of the youth movement, the author shows how it reinterpreted and r...
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    44,66 €

  • The New Ways of History
    Making sense of the past is always a challenge for the historian. Common to all periods and specialisms is the attempt to find new modes of historical narrative. This wide-ranging overview of recent trends and the changing agenda of historical questions compares new approaches - chronological, thematic, regional - not only in the various historical fields of ancient, medieval, ...
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    54,87 €

  • Debates on Stalinism
    Mark Edele
    Debates on Stalinism introduces major debates about Stalinism during and after the Cold War. It introduces major debates and major historians of the Soviet Union during the brutal reign of Stalin. Readers will better understand not only the history of our current understanding of Stalinism but also contemporary debates in Russia and Ukraine. ...
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    31,72 €

  • Debates on Stalinism
    Mark Edele
    Debates on Stalinism introduces major debates about Stalinism during and after the Cold War. It introduces major debates and major historians of the Soviet Union during the brutal reign of Stalin. Readers will better understand not only the history of our current understanding of Stalinism but also contemporary debates in Russia and Ukraine. ...
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    144,78 €


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