Book Category: History
Put It On The Windowsill: An Italian-American Family Memoir
The Italian-American family is a unique and wonderful cultural entity. From the bond between generations, to collective responses to adversity, to its overwhelming love of-
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British Women Artists: A Biographical Dictionary of 1,000 Women Artists in the British Decorative Arts
This comprehensive volume presents the biographies of 1,000 women who were active in the British decorative arts over the last few centuries. Some of these-
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Italianità: The Essence of Being Italian and Italian-American
Whether we hail from Napoli or New York, Bari or Boston, Poughkeepsie or Palermo, there is a special quality that binds us – Italiani nel Mondo –
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Israel and Palestine: The Complete History [2019 Edition]
In July 2018, Israel’s Knesset approved the Nation-State Bill, a controversial piece of legislation, both at home and abroad, which declared Israel a sovereign state–
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Wolfram Wars: Exposing The Secret Battle in Portugal
Wolfram – also known as Tungsten – is about more than electric light bulbs. Its more deadly claim-to-fame rests in its armour-piercing qualities. During WWII-
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FIFA Football: The Story Behind The Video Game Sensation
EA’s most beautiful game – the FIFA series – has proved a global success. It has sold a record-breaking number of copies, garnered numerous plaudits and awards, and established-
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Voices from the Explosion: RAF Fauld, the World’s Largest Accidental Blast, 1944
The story, told for the first time from eyewitness accounts, of the world’s largest manmade pre-nuclear explosion. It happened at R.A.F. Fauld bomb store-
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A Multitude of Fins: A Recent History of Fly Fishing for Trout
Question: What's the pastime that has similarities with sex and religion, needs crafty plans and downright cunning, reeks of desperation and death, turns grown men…
Dress the 1920s: From Flapper Chic to The Great Gatsby
Do you crave The Great Gatsby look? Want to know more about Flapper Girls, get the bobbed hair of Louise Brooks, or indulge in the timeless style of Coco Chanel and Molyneux?
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Churchill versus Hitler: War of Words
Adolf Hitler and Winston Churchill clashed for years in public as their opinions of each other and feuding helped determine the course of the Second World War. As diplomatic and military episodes unfolded-
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Steel and Grace: Sheffield’s Olympic Track and Field Medallists
There is a British city that has produced some of the most exceptional individuals to ever grace the Olympic Games. A city that has developed…
AKs and Lollipops: Inside The Syrian Conflict
Since the spring of 2011 Syria has been a country intent on destroying itself. What began as peaceful demonstrations, against the leadership of President Bashar al-Assad, soon became-
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