Book Description
An accessible and succinct account of the story of Europe from its ancient foundations to the twenty-first century European Union.
Author : Jacob F. Field
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 45,62 MB
Release : 2019-03-07
Category : History
ISBN : 1789290546
An accessible and succinct account of the story of Europe from its ancient foundations to the twenty-first century European Union.
Author : Emma Marriott
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 27,91 MB
Release : 2012-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1843179296
Here's your chance to introduce yourself to the full spectrum of world history.
Author : Nicola Chalton
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 12,14 MB
Release : 2019-05-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 1789291771
Discover the fascinating history of science in simple, bite-sized chunks: from key scientific discoveries to the remarkable minds in each scientific field.
Author : Colin Stuart
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 19,96 MB
Release : 2018-03-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 1782438661
The whole cosmos in your hands, The Universe in Bite-sized Chunks is your one-stop guide to everything you ever wanted to know about space and our place in it.
Author : Alison Rattle
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 42,30 MB
Release : 2011-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1843178605
Concise and informative, yet entertaining and engagingly written, Remember the Alamo? contains everything you will ever need to know about the United States.
Author : Brendan Simms
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 722 pages
File Size : 43,11 MB
Release : 2013-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0465065953
With "verve and panache," this magisterial history of Europe since 1453 shows how struggles over the heart of the continent have shaped the world we live in today (The Economist). Whoever controls the core of Europe controls the entire continent, and whoever controls Europe can dominate the world. Over the past five centuries, a rotating cast of kings, conquerors, presidents, and dictators have set their sights on the European heartland, desperate to seize this pivotal area or at least prevent it from falling into the wrong hands. From Charles V and Napoleon to Bismarck and Cromwell, from Hitler and Stalin to Roosevelt and Gorbachev, nearly all the key power players of modern history have staked their titanic visions on this vital swath of land. In Europe, prizewinning historian Brendan Simms presents an authoritative account of the past half-millennium of European history, demonstrating how the battle for mastery of the continent's center has shaped the modern world. A bold and compelling work by a renowned scholar, Europe integrates religion, politics, military strategy, and international relations to show how history -- and Western civilization itself -- was forged in the crucible of Europe.
Author : Jacob F. Field
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 41,37 MB
Release : 2012-09-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1843179180
Moving chronologically, this horrifying guide explores the world's bloodiest battles and most murderous queens, as well as delving into some of the more unusual aspects of history.
Author : Francis Pike
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 891 pages
File Size : 38,5 MB
Release : 2011-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0857719408
As the major geopolitical power bloc, Asia - with 4 billion people, two-thirds of the world's population, a huge land-mass and the fastest-growing economies - has shifted the global political balance. "Empires at War" gives a dramatic narrative account of how 'Modern Asia' came into being. Ranging over the whole of Asia, from Japan to Pakistan, the modern history of this important region is placed in the context of the struggle between America and the Soviet Union. Francis Pike shows that America's domination of post-war Asia was a continuation of a 100-year competition for power in the region. He also argues cogently that, contrary to the largely 'Western-centric' viewpoint, Asian nations were not simply the passive and biddable entities of the superpowers, but had a political development which was both separate and unique, with a dynamic that was largely independent of the superpower conflict. And, in conclusion, the book traces the unwinding of American influence and the end of its Empire - a crucial development in international history which is already having repercussions throughout the world.
Author : Jan Morris
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 601 pages
File Size : 25,13 MB
Release : 2010-12-09
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0571265944
Europe has been widely acclaimed as among the finest achievements of 'one of our greatest living writers' (The Times). A personal appreciation, fuelled by five decades of journeying, this is Jan Morris at her best - at once magisterial and particular, whimsical and profound. It is a matchless portrait of a continent.
Author : Simon Jenkins
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 20,81 MB
Release : 2019-03-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1541788532
A sweeping, illustrated history of Europe--a continent whose imperial ambitions, internal clashes, and existential threats are as vital today as they were during the conquests of Alexander the Great In just a few hundred years, a modest peninsula off the northwest corner of Asia has seen the rise and fall of several empires; served as the crucible for scientific dynamism, cultural innovation, and economic revolution; and witnessed cataclysms and bloodshed that have almost destroyed it several times over. This is Europe: a continent whose identity emerged not so much by virtue of geographic or ethnic continuity, but by a long and storied struggle for power. Studded with infamous figures--from Caesar to Charlemagne and Machiavelli to Marx--Simon Jenkins's history of Europe travels briskly from the Roman Empire, the Dark Ages, and the Reformation through the French Revolution, the World Wars, and the fall of the USSR. What emerges in this thrilling and expansive telling is a continent as defined by its continually clashing cultural identities and violent crises as it is by its tireless drive for a society based on the consent of the governed -- which holds true right up to the present day.