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The late poet laureate, Sir John Betjeman, said that Edinburgh was the most beautiful city in Europe. Like some other great cities it is set ...
In this widely acclaimed volume, bestselling author Thomas Keneally brings to life the vast range of characters who have formed our national story.
Convicts and ...
Includes a general survey of the early military establishment, details of the military posts, an extensive biographical index and statistical data on each regiment.
Who was Pandora and what was in her famous box? Why is a brand of sportswear named after the goddess Nike? How did Achilles get ...
From the Gracchi to Nero is an outstanding history of the Roman world from 133 BC to 68 AD. Fifty years since publication it is ...
From Solon to Socrates is a magisterial narrative introduction to what is generally regarded as the most important period of Greek history. Stressing the unity ...
Like making war, diplomacy has been around a very long time, at least since the Bronze Age. It was primitive by today's standards, there ...
This book examines a decade-long period of instability, violence and state decay in Central Africa from 1996, when the war started, to 2006, when elections ...
Seizing the Enigma tells the story of one of the great dramas of World War II. A multinational corps of cryptologists struggled to break the ...
If you think that global warming means slightly hotter weather and a modest rise in sea levels that will persist only so long as fossil ...
Famine remains one of the worst calamities that can befall a society. Mass starvation--whether it is inflicted by drought or engineered by misguided or genocidal ...
For the last half century, as administrations have come and gone, the fundamental assumptions about America's military policy have remained unchanged: American security requires ...
