Don't Mention the War: The British and the Germans since 1890 by John Ramsden
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The Long Shadow: The Great War and the Twentieth Century by David Reynolds
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In Britain we have lost touch with the Great War. Our overriding sense now is of a meaningless, futile bloodbath in the mud of Flanders -- of young men whose lives were cut off in their prime for no evident purpose. But by reducing the conflict to personal tragedies, however moving, we have lost the big ...Show more
London in the Eighteenth Century: A Great and Monstrous Thing by Jerry White
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London in the eighteenth century was very much a new city, risen from the ashes of the Great Fire. With thousands of homes and many landmark buildings destroyed, it had been brought to the brink. But the following century was a period of vigorous expansion, of scientific and artistic genius, of blossomi ...Show more
The Industrial Revolutionaries : The Creation of the Modern World 1776-1914 by Gavin Weightman
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Interweaves accounts of the achievements of giants such as Trevithick, Stevenson, Watt, Wedgwood, Daimler, Bessemer and Edison with lesser-known characters who carried industrialism from one nation to another, like the young Japanese Samurai who risked their lives to learn the secrets of Western industr ...Show more
The Unfree French: Life Under the Occupation by Richard Vinen
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London - A Short History by A.N. Wilson
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A short, entertaining and passionate history of London by the bestselling author of The Victorians. The structure of the book is chronological, with digressions. From Roman and then Norman London, we move on to Chaucer's London - the city of the Peasants Revolt, Dick Whittington and the great Livery Com ...Show more
Lovers in Auschwitz: A True Story by Keren Blankfeld
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Category: HISTORY | Reading Level: near fine
Zippi Spitzer and David Wisnia were captivated by each other from the moment they first exchanged glances across the work floor. It was the beginning of a love story that could have happened anywhere. Except for one difference: this romance was unfolding in history's most notorious death camp, between t ...Show more
Chaucer and His World by Derek S. Brewer
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Brewer brings to his task a full scholarly knowledge of the sources of Chaucerian biography... Of obvious value to students reading Chaucer and to all who read him for pleasure; more advanced scholars will also find in it much to provoke thought and advance understanding.' TLS Chaucer's tales, rich in c ...Show more
The Triumph of the West by J. M. Roberts
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Over the centuries, two important beliefs arose in Europe: a faith that man could order his own destiny, and the idea that progress was normal. But by 1900, doubts had arisen concerning traditional Western values. The continuing problems of world poverty, environmental deterioration, the inequality of w ...Show more
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World by Bettany Hughes
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Category: HISTORY
Their names still echo down the ages: The Great Pyramid at Giza. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The Temple of Artemis. The statue of Zeus at Olympia. The mausoleum of Halikarnassos. The Colossus at Rhodes. The Lighthouse of Alexandria. The Seven Wonders of the World were staggeringly audacious impositi ...Show more