483 pages. A critically lauded, stimulating, and well-informed history of modern Austria makes use of the Habsburg's private family archives to trace the role of Austria in Europe's history since the Reformation and Austrians' identity as a people.
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190 pages. This fascinating book, originally published in 1919 as the First World War drew to a close tackles the question of Alsace-Lorraine, one of the chief causes of the war and the most important obstacles to peace. Cerf addressed the book to Americans in order to present facts which would “confirm the belief that peace can be restored to Europe and the world only after the return of the lost provinces to France”. A compelling read that is thoroughly recommended for inclusion on the bookshelf of the amateur and professional historian alike. Contents: Germany’s Claims to Alsace-Lorra...
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1.34 x 9.21 x 6.46 Inches. 338 pages. Victor Cherkashin's incredible career in the KGB spanned thirty-eight years, from Stalin's death in 1953 to the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. In this riveting memoir, Cherkashin provides a remarkable insider's view of the KGB's prolonged conflict with the United States, from his recruitment through his rising career in counterintelligence to his prime spot as the KGB's number- two man at the Soviet Embassy in Washington. Victor Cherkashin's story will shed stark new light on the KGB's inner workings over four decades and reveal new details about its ma...
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2 closed tears on front (1/8 inch); bend/crease to corner of back cover . No spine crease. 416 pages. This account of Germany in the 20th century covers revolutions and reactions, continuities and change, prosperity and deprivation. The author focuses on the role of elites, and the implications of political dissent under changing socio-economic conditions and international circumstances.
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Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Genealogical tables. 336 pages
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Crease on rear dust jacket flap . Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Red cloth imprinted in gold on spine with title and author. Full number line 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 . 272 pages. This collection of previously untranslated court documents, testimonials, and letters portrays the Spanish Inquisition in vivid detail, offering fresh perspectives on such topics as the Inquisition's persecution of Jews and Muslims, the role of women in Spanish religious culture, the Inquisition's construction and persecution of witchcraft, daily life inside an Inquisition prison, and the relationship between...
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Rubbing to d j . Protected in a removable Brodart cover.. 299 pages. History. The classic book on an important but misunderstood people.
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Rubbing to d j . Protected in a removable Brodart cover.. 299 pages. History
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Crease on front cover. . No spine crease.. 0.87 x 7.72 x 5.04 Inches. 416 pages. (Penguin History)
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656 pages. This beautifully illustrated volume tells the story of Britain and its peoples over two thousand years, from the coming of the Roman legions to the present day.

Encompassing political, social, economic, and cultural developments throughout the British Isles, the dramatic narrative is taken up by ten leading historians who offer the fruits of the best modern scholarship to the general reader in authoritative form, illuminating their text with carefully chosen pictures and maps.
A vivid, sometimes surprising picture emerges of continuous turmoil and change in every pe...
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296 pages. In this book, scholars and practitioners from both sides of the divide, Czech and Slovak, as well as experts from the United States and France, seek to explain why, after the collapse of the communist regime, Czechoslovakia split into two separate states. In trying to interpret the causes and processes of a modern state's peaceful disintegration, the authors, though addressing the subject from their own viewpoints, have used an analytical, non-evaluative approach. The study also seeks to fulfil other objectives--both theoretical and practical. On the one hand, the Czechoslovak exper...
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366 pages. The journey of the Narvaez expedition is one of the greatest survival epics in the history of American exploration. By combining the accounts of the explorers with the most recent findings of archaeologists and academic historians, this work offers an authentic narrative to replace a legend of North American exploration
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