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A masterly history of the Dambusters raid from bestselling and critically acclaimed Max Hastings. Operation Chastise, the overnight destruction of the Möhne and Eder dams in north-west Germany by the RAF’s 617 Squadron, was an epic that has passed in…

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ‘The farewell calls from the planes… the mounting terror of air traffic control… the mothers who knew they were witnessing their loved ones perish… From an author who’s spent 5 years reconstructing its horror, never has …

What does Brexit mean to you? For award-winning historian David Reynolds, it’s neither a saga of British liberation nor a Westminster soap: it’s a crisis of national identity a long time in the making. Politicians like to extol ‘our island story’ as …

The girl that could not be named Esther. <br/> A true story about jewish names in Nazi-Germany 1938. <br/> “You can’t name her Esther. And you can’t name him Joshua. These are not truly Germanic names.” – German bureaucratic and judicial decisions i…

Powerful and influential kings have long dominated our view of global history, their queens often relegated to the shadows, their influence, deeds and sacrifices unacknowledged and lost in the passing of time. But not anymore… This book chronicles th…

‘Another terrific book by Rob Eastaway’ SIMON SINGH ‘A delightfully accessible guide to how to play with numbers’ HANNAH FRY How 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…

‘Fascinating… I loved this book; I really did’ David Crystal, Spectator A biography of a much misunderstood punctuation mark and a call to arms in favour of clear expression and against stifling grammar rules. Cecelia Watson used to be obsessive abou…

The general history of snitching in Europe goes back to ancient times, when various mechanisms of control and betrayal arose in society. Political and social circumstances, such as the struggle for power, class struggle and the desire to preserve th…

The Russian nation is a unique phenomenon that has been developing over many centuries under the influence of various factors: historical, cultural, geographical and socio-economic. Studying the peculiarities of the Russian nation allows us to better…

–English below- <br/> El repensamiento, tal como lo entendemos en la Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, consiste en contemplar nuestras asignaturas con una mirada distinta, que brota de la razón ampliada, busca la unidad del saber, tiene su base en la…

Inspired by the true story of the Quality Street factory and its loyal workers, this is a nostalgic and compelling novel and the perfect Christmas treat.At sixteen years old, Irene ‘Reenie’ Calder is leaving school with little in the way of qualifica…

The documentary photostory about the St. Petersburg Fortress with more than fifty color photos, opens not only history of creation and purpose of fortress in the delta of Neva, but, on — to a being, acquaints with the birthplace of the city as at the…

This book is meant to uncover the unknown secret of the true Mulan’s story: that she was not a Chinese person, but a representative of the semi-nomadic people called Tuoba/Tabgachi with its origin in the Great Eurasian Steppe. This side of the story …

Diary of Samuel Pepys – Complete 1668 N.S. Edited by Richard Griffin Braybrooke and Henry B. Wheatley. Translated by Mynors Bright <br/> libreka classics – These are classics of literary history, reissued and made available to a wide audience. Immer…

Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway. From Old Norse <br/> libreka classics – These are classics of literary history, reissued and made available to a wide audience. Immerse yourself in well-known and popular titles!

"African American history is the part of American history that looks at the history of African Americans or Black Americans. Of the 10.7 million Africans who were brought to the Americas until the 1860s, 450 thousand were shipped to what is now the U…