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The history of the ancient world: From the earliest accounts to the fall of Rome
by Susan Wise Bauer
A sweeping, historical overview of the ancient world links historical events from Europe and the Middle East to the coast of China, offering an in-depth geography of how the events occurred, detailed timelines, an analysis of cultural interconnections, profiles of key figures, and a study of literary, artistic, cultural, political, economic, and social institutions.
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Israel and Palestine: The complete history by Ian CarrollIan Carroll seeks to explain the overall story of Israeli and Palestinian tensions and divisions in the region. He takes the reader back to the very beginning of the conflict some 4,000 years ago, then moves through the major events of the Middle Ages and 20th century, and brings us right up to the present day, documenting the significant events that have happened. Carrol aims to tell the history of the region and peoples in a balanced and brisk fashion, from a storyteller's perspective.
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The lion and the nightingale: A journey through modern Turkey by Kaya GençTurkey is a land torn between East and West, and between its glorious past and a dangerous, unpredictable future. After the violence of an attempted military coup against President Erdogan in 2016, an event which shocked the world, journalist and novelist Kaya Genc travelled around his country on a quest to find the places and people in whom the contrasts of Turkey's rich past meet. He tells the spellbinding story of a country whose history has been split between East and West, between violence and beauty between the roar of the lion and the song of the nightingale.
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The only plane in the sky: An oral history of 9/11 by Garrett M. GraffA panoramic oral history of the September 11 attacks draws on hundreds of interviews with government officials, first responders, survivors, friends and family members to recount events from the perspectives of firsthand witnesses.
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Winds of change: Britain in the sixties by Peter HennessyHarold Macmillan, the presiding figure in Peter Hennessy's magnificent new history, famously said in 1960 that the wind of change was blowing over Africa and the remaining British Empire. But it was blowing over Britain too - its society; its relationship with Europe; its nuclear and defence policy. And where it was not blowing hard enough, the United Kingdom's economic performance, great efforts were made to blow away the cobwebs of old industrial practices and poor labour relations.
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Informally royal: Studio Lisa and the royal family by Rodney LaredoA chance meeting in 1936 gave Lisa and Jimmy Sheridan the opportunity of a lifetime. Keen amateur photographers, their company, Studio Lisa, were engaged by the then Duke and Duchess of York to take informal, casual photographs of them and their young daughters, the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, at their home in Piccadilly. Informally Royal charts the story of Studio Lisa, from its humble beginnings right through to it being granted a Royal Warrant, and showcases their remarkable royal photographs.
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King and emperor: A new life of Charlemagne by Janet L. NelsonBrings together everything we know about Charles I, sifting through the available evidence, literary and material, to paint a vivid portrait of the man and his motives. Charles I, often known as Charlemagne, is one of the most extraordinary figures ever to rule an empire. Driven by unremitting physical energy and intellectual curiosity, he was a man of many parts, a warlord and conqueror, a judge who promised 'for each their law and justice', a defender of the Latin Church, a man of flesh-and-blood.
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A personal, historical journey across one of the most mysterious regions of England, exploring its archaeology, history, landscape and place in the English imagination. The Fens is Britain’s most distinctive, complex, man-made and least understood landscape.
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Where power stops: The making and unmaking of presidents and prime ministers by David RuncimanLyndon Baines Johnson, Margaret Thatcher, Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, Barack Obama, Gordon Brown, Theresa May, and Donald Trump: each had different motivations, methods, and paths, but they all sought the highest office. And yet when they reached their goal, they often found that the power they had imagined was illusory. David Runciman tackles the limitations of high office and how the personal histories of those who achieved the very pinnacles of power helped to define their successes and failures in office.
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They will have to die now: Mosul and the fall of the caliphate
by James Verini
An award-winning journalist documents his firsthand witness to the events of the Battle of Mosul in Iraq, describing the conflict’s harrowing violence and improbable humanity through the experiences of Middle East soldiers and civilians.
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The resistance in Western Europe, 1940-1945 by Olivier WieviorkaOlivier Wieviorka provides a trans-European history of the resistance--analyzing the actions of clandestine resistance forces in Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, and Italy between 1940-1945, and figuring the role of the "shadow soldiers" into the grand scheme of Anglo-American military strategy. He illuminates the policies of governments in exile and the importance of finance, logistics, and British and American planning in defeating the Nazis.
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