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Kings of Georgian Britain by Catherine CurzonA fresh perspective on the lives of the four Georges and the events that shaped their characters and reigns. From love affairs to family feuds, political wrangling and beyond, it is a chance to peer behind the pomp and follow these iconic figures from cradle to grave. Take a step back in time and meet the wives, mistresses, friends and foes of these remarkable kings who shaped the nation, and find out what really went on behind closed palace doors.
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| The Medici by Mary HollingsworthA concisely written chronology of the famous family's 500-year history featuring period art linked to the Medici, whether by patronage or portrayal. Revelatory and myth-debunking, The Medici reveals the extent of this banking family's desire for power and influence. |
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The King's city: A history of London during the Restoration: The city that transformed a nation by Don JordanDon Jordan presents a history of London during the reign of Charles II—a time of fire, plague and defeat, but also a time of resiliency as the city rose from the ashes to become the economic capital of Europe, and the centre for major advances in the sciences, the theatre, architecture, trade and ship-building that paved the way for the creation of the British Empire.
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In this provocative book, Krastev reflects on the future of the European Union, Europe's major problems - the political destabilization sparked by the more than 1.3 million migrants from the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia, the spread of right-wing populism, and the thorny issues facing member states on the eastern flank of the EU. He concludes by reflecting on the ominous political, economic, and geopolitical future that would await the continent if the Union itself begins to disintegrate.
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Climate change in human history: Prehistory to the present by Benjamin LiebermanAn up-to-date and concise introduction to the relationship between human beings and climate change throughout history. Starting with periods hundreds of thousands of years ago and continuing up to the present day, the book illustrates how natural climate variability affected early human societies, and how humans are now altering climate drastically within much shorter periods of time.
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The China questions: Critical insights into a rising power by Jennifer M RudolphThe questions addressed in this unique volume provide a window onto the challenges China faces today and the uncertainties its meteoric ascent on the global horizon has provoked. Thirty of the world's leading China experts--all affiliates of the renowned Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University distill a lifetime of cutting-edge scholarship into short, accessible essays about Chinese identity, culture, environment, society, history, or policy.
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Throughout her record-breaking reign, Queen Elizabeth II has relied on the formidable partnership she made with Prince Philip. Now, after 70 years of their marriage, acclaimed royal biographer Ingrid Seward sheds new light on their relationship and its impact on their family and on the nation. A revealing insight into how their relationship operates behind closed doors.
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Marci Shore evokes the human face of the Ukrainian Revolution 2013-2014. Grounded in the true stories of activists and soldiers, parents and children, Shore’s book blends a narrative of suspenseful choices with a historian’s reflections on what revolution is and what it means.
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The end of the German monarchy: The decline and fall of the Hohenzollerns
by John Van Der Kiste
By the autumn of 1918 Germany was on the verge of starvation-the result of four years of war and blockade. Sailors led a revolt in Wilhelmshaven on 29 October 1918, followed by the Kiel mutiny in the first days of November cascading eventually to Germany's capitulation and the Kaiser's abdication. The Hohelzollern family's rule had come to an end.
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Drawing on astonishing interviews and first-hand sources, Lawrence Wright investigates the extraordinary group of idealogies behind this organization - and those who tried to stop them. He interweaves events including the Israeli-Palestine conflict, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the first attack on the World Trade Center and takes us into training camps, mountain hideouts and top secret meetings to explore how it all fed into the planning and execution of 9/11 - and reveals the real, complex origins of Al Qaeda's hatred of the West.
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History in Graphic Novels
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| Trinity: A graphic history of the first atomic bomb by Jonathan Fetter-VormThe Manhattan Project, completed in 1946, produced the first atomic bomb. Power struggles and ethics debates marred the relationships of the major players involved, and none could imagine the extent of the bomb's devastation. Stark and straightforward black and white illustrations unflinchingly convey the harrowing implications of the Manhattan Project.
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| March. Book one by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell Congressman John Lewis's early life and origins in the civil rights movement, during which he served as one of the first Freedom Riders and helped found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Lewis relied on a popular comic book of the time, Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story, to inform his efforts in the Nashville Student Movement.
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Footnotes in Gaza by Joe SaccoThe American Book Award- and Eisner Award-winning creator of such works as Palestine and Safe Area Gorazde presents an original investigation into the 1956 massacre of more than 100 Palestinian refugees by Israeli soldiers in Rafah.
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Maus: A survivor's tale by Art SpiegelmanIncludes Maus I: A Survivor's Tale and Maus II - the complete story of Vladek Spiegelman and his wife, living and surviving in Hitler's Europe. By addressing the horror of the Holocaust through cartoons, the author captures the everyday reality of fear and is able to explore the guilt, relief and extraordinary sensation of survival - and how the children of survivors are in their own way affected by the trials of their parents.
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