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The Fall of the Philippines 1941–42

by Clayton K. S. Chun ...

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A highly illustrated account of the fall of the Philippines in 1941–42, one of the least covered campaigns of World War II.In the immediate aftermath of Pearl Harbor, the Japanese launched an attack on the Philippines to eliminate the United States' other major Pacific naval base. Catching the US forces completely by surprise, the Japanese bombed the major airfields and quickly gained air ... Read more

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Classical Mythology A to Z

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A beautifully illustrated, wonderfully engaging A-to-Z guide to more than 700 major and minor gods and goddesses, characters, creatures, and places of classical Greek and Roman mythology.Classical Mythology A-to-Z is a comprehensive and engrossing guide to Greek and Roman mythology. Written by Annette Giesecke, PhD, Professor of Classics and Chair of Ancient Greek and Roman Studies at the ... Read more

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A History of Histories

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Treating the practice of history not as an isolated pursuit but as an aspect of human society and an essential part of the culture of the West, John Burrow magnificently brings to life and explains the distinctive qualities found in the work of historians from the ancient Egyptians and Greeks to the present. With a light step and graceful narrative, he gathers together over 2,500 years of the ... Read more

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The A to Z of the Chinese Cultural Revolution

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Knowing What We Know

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Below The Surface In The Deep: A History Of Submarines

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The Holocaust Industry

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In his iconoclastic and controversial study, Norman G. Finkelstein moves from an interrogation of the place the Holocaust has come to occupy in global culture to a disturbing examination of Holocaust compensation settlements. It was not until the Arab-Israeli War of 1967, when Israel's evident strength brought it into line with US foreign policy, that memory of the Holocaust began to acquire the ... Read more

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In his iconoclastic and controversial study, Norman G. Finkelstein moves from an interrogation of the place the Holocaust has come to occupy in global culture to a disturbing examination of Holocaust compensation settlements. It was not until the Arab-Israeli War of 1967, when Israel's evident strength brought it into line with US foreign policy, that memory of the Holocaust began to acquire the
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“A true populist, as interested in celebrating the most humble wok-slinger as he is in extolling the superchef. If his sharp eye and his wicked tongue have brought him acclaim, what has kept him in the spotlight is his heart. Like Oscar Wilde, he is a moralist in the guise of a libertine.” —Denver PostThe instant New York Times bestseller and follow-up to Anthony Bourdain’s blockbuster classic on ... Read more

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Lost Worlds

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How Civil Wars Start

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Civil wars are the biggest danger to world peace today - this book shows us why they happen, and how to avoid them.'When one of the world's leading scholars of civil war tells us that a country is on the brink of violent conflict, we should pay attention' Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, How Democracies DieWe are now living in the world's greatest era of civil wars. While violence has declined
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China’s Good War

How World War II Is Shaping a New Nationalism

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A Foreign Affairs Book of the YearA Spectator Book of the Year“Insightful…a deft, textured work of intellectual history.”—Foreign Affairs“A timely insight into how memories and ideas about the second world war play a hugely important role in conceptualizations about the past and the present in contemporary China.”—Peter Frankopan, The SpectatorFor most of its history, China frowned on public d... ... Read more

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A Foreign Affairs Book of the YearA Spectator Book of the Year“Insightful…a deft, textured work of intellectual history.”—Foreign Affairs“A timely insight into how memories and ideas about the second world war play a hugely important role in conceptualizations about the past and the present in contemporary China.”—Peter Frankopan, The SpectatorFor most of its history, China frowned on public d...
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Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 3

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This third volume of the illustrated adaptation of the internationally bestselling phenomenon, Sapiens: A Graphic History—The Masters of History, tackles the question of the driving force of humanity’s fate: is it empire, money, religion—or something else entirely—that unites us?Sometimes history seems like a laundry list of malevolent monarchs, pompous presidents and dastardly dictators. But are ... Read more

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This third volume of the illustrated adaptation of the internationally bestselling phenomenon, Sapiens: A Graphic History—The Masters of History, tackles the question of the driving force of humanity’s fate: is it empire, money, religion—or something else entirely—that unites us?Sometimes history seems like a laundry list of malevolent monarchs, pompous presidents and dastardly dictators. But are
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How Democracies Die

The International Bestseller: What History Reveals About Our Future

by Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt ...

'The most important book of the Trump era' The EconomistHow does a democracy die?What can we do to save our own?What lessons does history teach us?In the 21st century democracy is threatened like never before.Drawing insightful lessons from across history - from Pinochet's murderous Chilean regime to Erdogan's quiet dismantling in Turkey - Levitsky and Ziblatt explain why democracies fail, how ... Read more

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'The most important book of the Trump era' The EconomistHow does a democracy die?What can we do to save our own?What lessons does history teach us?In the 21st century democracy is threatened like never before.Drawing insightful lessons from across history - from Pinochet's murderous Chilean regime to Erdogan's quiet dismantling in Turkey - Levitsky and Ziblatt explain why democracies fail, how
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Documenting the Armenian Genocide

Essays in Honor of Taner Akçam

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Series series Palgrave Studies in the History of Genocide
This open access book brings together contributions from an internationally diverse group of scholars to celebrate Taner Akçam’s role as the first Turkish intellectual to publicly recognize the Armenian Genocide. As a researcher, lecturer, and mentor to a new generation of scholars, Akçam has led the effort to utilize previously unknown, ignored, or under-studied sources, whether in Turkish, ... Read more

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This open access book brings together contributions from an internationally diverse group of scholars to celebrate Taner Akçam’s role as the first Turkish intellectual to publicly recognize the Armenian Genocide. As a researcher, lecturer, and mentor to a new generation of scholars, Akçam has led the effort to utilize previously unknown, ignored, or under-studied sources, whether in Turkish,
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Barbarians and the Birth of Chinese Identity

The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms to the Yuan Dynasty (907 - 1368)

by Jing Liu ...

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This fun, comic-style series that explores China's relationship with its barbarian neighbors. The Mongols!Who founded China? Are Chinese people religious? What is Chinese culture and how has it changed over time? The Understanding China Through Comics series answers these questions and more.The third volume of the Understanding China Through Comics series, Barbarians and the Birth of Chinese ... Read more

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This fun, comic-style series that explores China's relationship with its barbarian neighbors. The Mongols!Who founded China? Are Chinese people religious? What is Chinese culture and how has it changed over time? The Understanding China Through Comics series answers these questions and more.The third volume of the Understanding China Through Comics series, Barbarians and the Birth of Chinese
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秦二世必须死

by 马伯庸 ...

秦二世元年，一枚陨石坠落，上刻六字谶言。皇帝震怒。见证、议论此事之人--都必须死！主动调查陨石流言却被嫁祸的御史张苍、刺秦事败只得藏身牢狱的贵公子张良、身负灭国之恨的西楚项伯、哭塌北地长城的孟姜女......这些会被后世铭记的人物，此时还是被王朝追缉的亡命徒。他们各怀心事，却有一致的目标--刺杀天下第二位皇帝。何为天道？何为人心？何为不可逆转的大势？中华第一个王朝末年的动荡与变革，决定华夏千年走势的惊天一刺。马伯庸继《大医》《食南之徒》后，再度求索隐没于历史尘埃下的传奇。天降陨石，其上六字。这不是预言，却拉开了覆秦的序幕。韩、赵、魏、楚、燕、齐、秦。来自七国的七个人，怀着七种心思，陷入同一个大旋涡中。有人为野心，有人为复仇，有人为道义，有人只为活下去。他们的目标只有一个--秦二世必须死。 ... Read more

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秦二世元年，一枚陨石坠落，上刻六字谶言。皇帝震怒。见证、议论此事之人--都必须死！主动调查陨石流言却被嫁祸的御史张苍、刺秦事败只得藏身牢狱的贵公子张良、身负灭国之恨的西楚项伯、哭塌北地长城的孟姜女......这些会被后世铭记的人物，此时还是被王朝追缉的亡命徒。他们各怀心事，却有一致的目标--刺杀天下第二位皇帝。何为天道？何为人心？何为不可逆转的大势？中华第一个王朝末年的动荡与变革，决定华夏千年走势的惊天一刺。马伯庸继《大医》《食南之徒》后，再度求索隐没于历史尘埃下的传奇。天降陨石，其上六字。这不是预言，却拉开了覆秦的序幕。韩、赵、魏、楚、燕、齐、秦。来自七国的七个人，怀着七种心思，陷入同一个大旋涡中。有人为野心，有人为复仇，有人为道义，有人只为活下去。他们的目标只有一个--秦二世必须死。
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At Home: Special Illustrated Edition

A Short History of Private Life

by Bill Bryson ...

From one of the most beloved authors of our time—more than six million copies of his books have been sold in this country alone—a fascinating excursion into the history behind the place we call home.“Houses aren’t refuges from history. They are where history ends up.”Bill Bryson and his family live in a Victorian parsonage in a part of England where nothing of any great significance has happened ... Read more

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From one of the most beloved authors of our time—more than six million copies of his books have been sold in this country alone—a fascinating excursion into the history behind the place we call home.“Houses aren’t refuges from history. They are where history ends up.”Bill Bryson and his family live in a Victorian parsonage in a part of England where nothing of any great significance has happened
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Maths on the Back of an Envelope

Clever ways to (roughly) calculate anything

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‘Another terrific book by Rob Eastaway’ SIMON SINGH‘A delightfully accessible guide to how to play with numbers’ HANNAH FRYHow many cats are there in the world?What's the chance of winning the lottery twice?And just how long does it take to count to a million?Learn how to tackle tricky maths problems with nothing but the back of an envelope, a pencil and some good old-fashioned brain power.Join ... Read more

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Fatal Colours

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by George Goodwin ...

A gripping account of the Wars of the Roses battle of Towton - the most brutal day in English history.'Vivid, humane and superbly researched' David Starkey'The story has never been told so well or so excitingly' Desmond SewardThe Battle of Towton in 1461 was unique in its ferocity and brutality, as the armies of two kings of England engaged with murderous weaponry and in appalling conditions to ... Read more

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The Fall of the Philippines 1941–42

Classical Mythology A to Z

A History of Histories

The A to Z of the Chinese Cultural Revolution

Division to Unification in Imperial China

Knowing What We Know

Below The Surface In The Deep: A History Of Submarines

The Holocaust Industry

Medium Raw

Lost Worlds

The Invention of Yesterday

Tao Te Ching

The NIV, Open Bible

Fall of Civilizations

How Civil Wars Start

China’s Good War

Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 3

How Democracies Die

Documenting the Armenian Genocide

Barbarians and the Birth of Chinese Identity

秦二世必须死

At Home: Special Illustrated Edition

Maths on the Back of an Envelope

Fatal Colours