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  • What Was the Hindenburg

    Penguin Putnam Inc What Was the Hindenburg

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  • Where Is Mount Rushmore

    Penguin Putnam Inc Where Is Mount Rushmore

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    £7.45

  • Where Is the Grand Canyon

    Penguin Putnam Inc Where Is the Grand Canyon

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    £6.46

  • Where Is The Great Wall

    Penguin Young Readers Group Where Is The Great Wall

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  • Where Are the Great Pyramids Where Is

    Penguin Young Readers Group Where Are the Great Pyramids Where Is

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    Book SynopsisThe Great Pyramids of Egypt--all kids over the age of five recognize them instantly. These massive tombs were built thousands of years ago, and still no one knows exactly how the ancient Egyptians did it! In this informative account, Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler tell the story of the powerful pharaohs who commissioned the pyramids at Giza and offer a fascinating look at the culture of the afterlife in ancient Egypt, explaining exactly how mummies were made. Easy to read and scrupulously researched, this explores the mysteries that have attracted countless visitors to the pyramids for centuries.

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  • Where Is the Empire State Building

    Penguin Young Readers Group Where Is the Empire State Building

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  • What Is the Declaration of Independence

    Penguin Young Readers Group What Is the Declaration of Independence

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    Book SynopsisA series presented in the same format and designed for the same audience as the phenomenally successful Who Was...? series offers compelling, easy-to-read accounts of historical events that changed our world and includes 16 pages of photos and reproductions as well as illustrations. Simultaneous and eBook.

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  • Who Was Leif Erikson

    Penguin Putnam Inc Who Was Leif Erikson

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    Book SynopsisHold on to your Viking helmets as you learn about the first known European to set foot on North America in this exciting addition to the Who Was? series!Leif Erikson was born to be an explorer. His father, Erik the Red, had established the first European settlement in present-day Greenland, and although he didn't yet know it, Leif was destined to embark on an adventure of his own. The wise and striking Viking landed in the area known as Vinland almost five centuries before Christopher Columbus even set sail! Leif the Lucky and the other fierce, sea-fearing pirates were accomplished navigators who raided foreign lands for resources, hunted for their food, and passed down Old Norse myths from one generation to the next. This book gives readers a detailed account of what life was like during the time of the Vikings.

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    £6.94

  • Where Is Alcatraz

    Penguin Putnam Inc Where Is Alcatraz

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    Book SynopsisEscape from the ordinary and break into Alcatraz, America''s most famous prison!The island of Alcatraz has always been a place that''s fascinated visitors, from the Native American tribes who believed it was home to evil spirits to the Spanish explorers who discovered the island. In modern times, it was a federal prison for only 29 years, but now draws over a million visitors each year. Learn the history of America''s most famous prison, from its initial construction as a fort in the 1800s, to its most famous residents such as Al Capone and Machine Gun Kelly. Where Is Alcatraz? also chronicles some of the most exciting escape attempts—even one that involved chipping through stone with spoons and constructing rafts out of raincoats!

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  • The Thrifty Guide to the American Revolution

    Penguin USA The Thrifty Guide to the American Revolution

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  • Fabiny S Who Was A. A. Milne

    Penguin Putnam Inc Fabiny S Who Was A. A. Milne

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    Book SynopsisFind out how stories about his son''s stuffed bear, famously known as Winnie the Pooh, made A. A. Milne one of the world''s best-known children''s authors in this informative biography from the #1 New York Times Best-Selling Series, Who Was?.Born in England in 1882, Alan Alexander Milne grew up with a love for exploring the woods with his brother and writing poems about their adventures. Alan carried that love into his adult life by exploring the woods with his son, Christopher Robin. Well known for his articles, plays, and novels, Alan considered himself a serious author. But one story about a stuffed bear changed his image forever. Inspired by his son and their time playing in the woods, Alan wrote a story about Christopher Robin and his stuffed bear, Winnie-the-Pooh, on a hunt for honey. The story was an instant success, and soon everyone wanted to hear more about the boy, his bear, and the magical Hundred Acre Wood. Today, children all around the world

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  • What Was the Holocaust

    Penguin Young Readers Group What Was the Holocaust

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    Book SynopsisThe Holocaust was a genocide on a scale never before seen, with as many as twelve million people killed in Nazi death camps - six million of them Jews. Gail Herman traces the rise of Hitler and the Nazis, whose rabid anti-Semitism led first to humiliating anti-Jewish laws, then to ghettos all over Eastern Europe.

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  • Ancient Science 40 TimeTraveling WorldExploring

    John Wiley & Sons Inc Ancient Science 40 TimeTraveling WorldExploring

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    Book SynopsisFascinating activities that help kids discover the science of the ancient world. How did Mayan astronomers know when it was the first day of spring? How did the Greeks tell time with water? When did the Chinese pass on the secret of paper-making? Find the answers to these and many other intriguing questions in the pages of Ancient Science.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments v Introduction 1 1 Science From The Dawn of Time The First Humans 5 2 Science From The Fertile Crescent Ancient Mesopotamia 19 3 Science Among The Pyramids Ancient Egypt 31 4 Science From The City-States Ancient Greece 46 5 Science From Republic To Empire Ancient Rome 70 6 Science From The Far East Ancient China 83 7 Science From The Americas Aztec, Mayan And Native North American 102 Glossary 117 Index 120

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    £13.50

  • Black Stars of the Civil Rights Movement African

    John Wiley & Sons Inc Black Stars of the Civil Rights Movement African

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    Book SynopsisThis is a collection of inspiring biographical profiles that bring twenty notable African-Americans who lived during the Civil Rights Movement to life for young readers. These thoroughly researched stories highlight the courage and determination of these remarkable people during this turbulent and critical time.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction. PART ONE: THE FORERUNNERS. Booker T. Washington. Lieutenant Henry O. Flipper. Ida B. Wells-Barnett. W. E. B. Du Bois. Carter G. Woodson. Mary McLeod Bethune. Marcus Garvey. A. Philip Randolph. Paul Robeson. PART TWO: MODERN TIMES. Louis Satchmo Armstrong. Thurgood Marshall. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Major General Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Rosa Parks. Jackie Robinson. Whitney M. Young Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. Chronology. Notes. Bibliography. Picture Credits. Author Credits. Index.

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  • Mountain Men  The History of Fur Trapping

    Dover Publications Inc. Mountain Men The History of Fur Trapping

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  • Where Is Walt Disney World

    Penguin Putnam Inc Where Is Walt Disney World

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    Book SynopsisBuilding the most magical place on earth was no fairy tale. Learn the story behind the creation of Walt Disney World.In 1964, when Walt Disney and his brother Roy decided to build a second theme park in the Florida swamplands, they kept it super hush-hush. Why? Well, if word got out that they planned to buy up lots of land, the price would have skyrocketed. So the Disneys cleverly covered up their trail, avoiding the Orlando airport and even using made-up names, like Walt and Roy Davis, for their flights. The deception worked. In covering the history of the Most Magical Place On Earth, Joan Holub takes readers both behind the scenes and underneath the park (there are secret employee-only tunnels that form one big circle under the Magic Kingdom). Loaded with fun facts, this book is a great companion to Who Was Walt Disney?

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  • Teaching Big History

    University of California Press Teaching Big History

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    Book SynopsisBig History is a new field on a grand scale. This title tells the story of the universe over time through a diverse range of disciplines that spans cosmology, physics, chemistry, astronomy, geology, evolutionary biology, anthropology, and archaeology, thereby reconciling traditional human history with environmental geography and natural history.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction PART ONE: THE CASE FOR BIG HISTORY 1. What Is Big History?--Richard B. Simon 2. Big History and the Goals of Liberal Education--Mojgan Behmand 3. Summer Institutes: Collective Learning as Meta-Education--Thomas Burke 4. Assessing Big History Outcomes: Or, How to Make Assessment Inspiring--Mojgan Behmand 5. Big History at Other Institutions--Mojgan Behmand, Esther Quaedackers, and Seohyung Kim PART TWO: A PRACTICAL PEDAGOGY FOR TEACHING BIG HISTORY 6. Teaching Complexity in a Big History Context--Richard B. Simon 7. Teaching Threshold 1: The Big Bang--Richard B. Simon 8. Teaching Threshold 2: The Formation of Stars and Galaxies--Kiowa Bower 9. Teaching Threshold 3: Heavier Chemical Elements and the Life Cycle of Stars--Richard B. Simon 10. Teaching Threshold 4: The Formation of Our Solar System and Earth--Neal Wolfe 11. Teaching Threshold 5: The Evolution of Life on Earth--James Cunningham 12. Teaching Threshold 6: The Rise of Homo sapiens--Cynthia Taylor 13. Teaching Threshold 7: The Agrarian Revolution--Martin Anderson 14. Teaching Threshold 8: Modernity and Industrialization--Richard B. Simon 15. Threshold 9? Teaching Possible Futures--Martin Anderson, J. Daniel May, Richard B. Simon, Neal Wolfe, Kiowa Bower, Philip Novak, and Debbie Daunt 16. Reflective Writing in the Big History Course--Jaime Castner 17. Activities for Multiple Thresholds 18. Igniting Critical Curiosity: Fostering Information Literacy through Big History--Ethan Annis, Amy Gilbert, Anne Reid, Suzanne Roybal, and Alan Schut 19. A Little Big History of Big History--Cynthia Stokes Brown PART THREE: BIG HISTORY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS 20. Big History at Dominican: An Origin Story--Philip Novak 21. Teaching Big History or Teaching about Big History? Big History and Religion--Harlan Stelmach 22. The Case for Awe--Neal Wolfe Conclusion Annotated Bibliography of Big History Texts and Resources List of Contributors Index

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    £64.00

  • Teaching Big History

    University of California Press Teaching Big History

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    Book SynopsisBig History is a new field on a grand scale. This title tells the story of the universe over time through a diverse range of disciplines that spans cosmology, physics, chemistry, astronomy, geology, evolutionary biology, anthropology, and archaeology, thereby reconciling traditional human history with environmental geography and natural history.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction PART ONE: THE CASE FOR BIG HISTORY 1. What Is Big History?--Richard B. Simon 2. Big History and the Goals of Liberal Education--Mojgan Behmand 3. Summer Institutes: Collective Learning as Meta-Education--Thomas Burke 4. Assessing Big History Outcomes: Or, How to Make Assessment Inspiring--Mojgan Behmand 5. Big History at Other Institutions--Mojgan Behmand, Esther Quaedackers, and Seohyung Kim PART TWO: A PRACTICAL PEDAGOGY FOR TEACHING BIG HISTORY 6. Teaching Complexity in a Big History Context--Richard B. Simon 7. Teaching Threshold 1: The Big Bang--Richard B. Simon 8. Teaching Threshold 2: The Formation of Stars and Galaxies--Kiowa Bower 9. Teaching Threshold 3: Heavier Chemical Elements and the Life Cycle of Stars--Richard B. Simon 10. Teaching Threshold 4: The Formation of Our Solar System and Earth--Neal Wolfe 11. Teaching Threshold 5: The Evolution of Life on Earth--James Cunningham 12. Teaching Threshold 6: The Rise of Homo sapiens--Cynthia Taylor 13. Teaching Threshold 7: The Agrarian Revolution--Martin Anderson 14. Teaching Threshold 8: Modernity and Industrialization--Richard B. Simon 15. Threshold 9? Teaching Possible Futures--Martin Anderson, J. Daniel May, Richard B. Simon, Neal Wolfe, Kiowa Bower, Philip Novak, and Debbie Daunt 16. Reflective Writing in the Big History Course--Jaime Castner 17. Activities for Multiple Thresholds 18. Igniting Critical Curiosity: Fostering Information Literacy through Big History--Ethan Annis, Amy Gilbert, Anne Reid, Suzanne Roybal, and Alan Schut 19. A Little Big History of Big History--Cynthia Stokes Brown PART THREE: BIG HISTORY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS 20. Big History at Dominican: An Origin Story--Philip Novak 21. Teaching Big History or Teaching about Big History? Big History and Religion--Harlan Stelmach 22. The Case for Awe--Neal Wolfe Conclusion Annotated Bibliography of Big History Texts and Resources List of Contributors Index

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    £25.50

  • The Changing Nature of Warfare 1792  1945

    Cambridge University Press The Changing Nature of Warfare 1792 1945

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    Book SynopsisAn engaging range of period texts and theme books for AS and A Level history.Table of ContentsPreface; 1. Limited warfare: wars in the mid-eighteenth century; 2. Impulse warfare: wars in the age of Napoleon; 3. Political warfare: wars of the mid-nineteenth century; 4. Position warfare: the First World War; 5. Armoured warfare: the Second World War; 6. Conclusion.

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  • Hitler Chamberlain and Appeasement by McDonough Frank  Author  ON Apr042002 Paperback

    Cambridge University Press Hitler Chamberlain and Appeasement by McDonough Frank Author ON Apr042002 Paperback

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    Book SynopsisAn engaging range of period texts and theme books for AS and A Level history.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Anglo-German relations 1918–1933; 2. The impact of Adolf Hitler: foreign policy aims and actions, 1933–1937; 3. Why appeasement? 4. Chamberlain and appeasement (1) The period of hope, May 1937 to October 1938; 5. Chamberlain and appeasement (2) The road to war, October 1938 to September 1939; 6. The historical debate; Chronology; Select bibliography.

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    £16.47

  • Civil Rights in America 18651980

    Cambridge University Press Civil Rights in America 18651980

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    Book SynopsisAn engaging range of period texts and theme books for AS and A Level history.Table of Contents1. The Founding Fathers and civil rights; 2. Reconstruction; 3. Return of white supremacy; 4. Jim Crow; 5. Early black protest; 6. Impact of war; 7. Labour relations; 8. The Civil Rights Movement; 9. Other minority groups; conclusions.

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  • The Reconstruction of the Church of Ireland

    Cambridge University Press The Reconstruction of the Church of Ireland

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    Book SynopsisThis 2007 study shows how in the 1630s Thomas Wentworth, Archbishop Laud and Bishop Bramhall together embarked on an ambitious and highly controversial reconstruction of the Church of Ireland. It examines the course and eventual failure of reforms explicitly implemented as a model for the other Stuart kingdoms.Trade ReviewReview of the hardback: 'McCafferty's analysis of the Irish Reformation is compelling, and the research underpinning it is impressive especially given the deficient state of the Irish ecclesiastical archives.' Journal of Ecclesiastical HistoryReview of the hardback: 'John McCafferty's industriously researched and judiciously argued monograph offers a powerful, wide-ranging, and compelling account of the Laudian reforms that is unlikely to be superseded. He is meticulous and imaginative in his use of surviving sources that are often either fragmentary or technically demanding. He combines this with a very thorough reading of the voluminous correspondence of the lord deputy, Thomas Wentworth; Archbishop William Laud; and, most of all, the agent who stood at the heart of the reform program, John Bramhall, bishop of Derry. All this helps McCafferty to create a fascinating and illuminating study of policy formulation and implementation that shows a thorough understanding both of the sometimes complex motivation of the policymakers and of the messy reality of their policies on the ground.' The Catholic Historical ReviewTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. The temporalities campaign, 1633–40; 3. The convocation of 1634 and its aftermath; 4. Mechanisms of reconstruction and the problem of dissent; 5. Downfall of the settlement, 1640–1; 6. Conclusion; Appendix: three letters; Bibliography; Index.

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    £30.99

  • A History of South and Central Africa

    Cambridge University Press A History of South and Central Africa

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    Book SynopsisThis is a history of Africa south of the Congo Forest from about A.D.1000 to the era of the establishment of independent states. Work of contemporary researchers is presented in a simpler form than in most scholarly books thereby reflecting a complete picture of the early history of South and Central Africa.Table of ContentsList of maps; Acknowledgements; Preface; Part I. Origins of African Societies, 1000–1800: 1. Iron age states (1): the Luba and Lunda empires; 2. Iron age states (2): West Coast states; 3. Iron age states (3): Eastern Central Africa; 4. Iron age states (4): empires and kingdoms between the Limpopo and the Zambezi; 5. Peoples south of the Limpopo; 6. The growth of long-distance trade; Part II. African Societies, 1800–80: 7. New pressures (1): the Mfecane; 8. New pressures (2): the spread of white settlement in the South; 9. New pressures (3): the Afrikaner invasion; 10. New pressures (4): the impact of the Mfecane north of the Limpopo; 11. New pressures (5): commercial expansion in Central Africa; Part III. African and European Societies under Colonial Rule, 1880–1939: 12. The growth of European interest in Africa; 13. Partition and reaction (1): collapse of the great Bantu kingdoms; 14. Partition and reaction (2): the conflict north of the Zambezi; 15. Partition and reaction (3): the Western Region; 16. The British and the Boers: the final reckoning; 17. The period of colonial rule (1): the British sphere; 18. The period of colonial rule (2): the Portuguese sphere; 19. The period of colonial rule (3): the Belgian and German spheres; Part IV. The Re-Emergence of African Societies, 1940–65: 20. Independence (1): the Congo; 21. Independence (2): Zambia, Malawi and Rhodesia; 22. The white-dominated South; Index.

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  • The Parthenon

    Cambridge University Press The Parthenon

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    Book SynopsisAn introduction to the History of the Parthenon: How the Parthenon came to be built, how the Greeks worshipped their Gods and Goddesses and the history of Parthenon from the 5th century BC until the present day.

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    £13.50

  • Arrian Alexander the Great Selections from Arrian Translations from Greek and Roman Authors

    Cambridge University Press Arrian Alexander the Great Selections from Arrian Translations from Greek and Roman Authors

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    Book SynopsisThe translated extracts in Alexander the Great: Selections from Arrian, are linked by commentaries which continue the narrative and discuss points in the text needing explanation.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Conquest of Asia Minor; 3. Phoenicia, Egypt and Darius' defeat; 4. Plots and intrigues at court; 5. The eastern frontier; 6. Alexander's return to Babylon and death; Index of translated extracts; Suggested books for further reading; Index; Maps and plans.

    15 in stock

    £18.40

  • Industrial Britain The Workshop of the World Cambridge History Programme Key Stage 3

    Cambridge University Press Industrial Britain The Workshop of the World Cambridge History Programme Key Stage 3

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    Book SynopsisAn investigative history course directly accessible to all pupils at Key Stage 3. Each book provides teachers with all the material they require to develop fully their pupils'' historical knowledge, skills and understanding.Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Great Exhibition; OVERVIEW: THE WORKSHOP OF THE WORLD: 1. Population growth and urbanisation; 2. Changes in farming; 3. The birth of the factory; 4. Iron, coal and steam; 5. Canals, roads and railways; 6. A worldwide Empire; 7. A trading nation; OVERVIEW: CHANGES IN SOCIETY: 8. Child labour in mills and mines; 9. Winners and losers; 10. Squalor and splendour; 11. Religion; 12. On the move; 13. The role of women; 14. Growing up; 15. The real world of work?; OVERVIEW: POWER AND AUTHORITY: 16. Power and the people; 17. The Peterloo Massacre; 18. The Great Reform Act; 19. The Chartists; The legacy of industrialisation; Attainment target grid; Index.

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    £21.49

  • Freedoms Won Caribbean Emancipations Ethnicities

    Cambridge University Press Freedoms Won Caribbean Emancipations Ethnicities

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    Book SynopsisAn essential book for students and teachers written by two of the Caribbean's leading historians.Table of Contents1. The limits of emancipation: freedom contained in Haiti 1804-1844, 2. Freedom without liberty:1833-1866, 3. New rights-old wrongs, 1804-1890, 4. The African-Caribbean peasantry, 5. Peasants and production, 6. Immigrant labourers - new terms of bondage, 7. Indian arrival, 8. Chinese, Javanaese and other arrivals, 9. The new working classes: social and political experiences 1834-1900, 10. Re-organised sugar economy 1846-circa 1985, 11. Agricultural diversification and industrialisation, 12. Emigration and the economy, 13. US poliltical influence and military intervention since the 19th Century, 14. The labour movement and development, 15. Caribbean civilisation1: social life and culture 1888-1962. 16. Caribbean civilisation 2: work, leisure and artistic culture, 17. Nationalism, decolonisation, independence, 18. Political leaders, national freedom and regional integration.

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    £14.25

  • Russia and the USSR 19051991 Cambridge History Programme Key Stage 4

    Cambridge University Press Russia and the USSR 19051991 Cambridge History Programme Key Stage 4

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    Book SynopsisA range of textbooks covering many of the options available on GCSE history specifications.Table of Contents1. Russia's problems under Tsar Nicholas II; 2. The Tsar's opponents and supporters; 3. The events of 1905; 4. 1905 – the aftermath; 5. The First World War; 6. The March 1917 Revolution; Review: Events leading to the collapse of the Tsarist regime in 1917; 7. The Provisional Government and the Bolsheviks; 8. The fate of the Provisional Government; 9. The Bolsheviks seize power; 10. The Civil War; 11. The communist victory; 12. War Communism; 13. The New Economic Policy; Review: How the Bolsheviks gained control; 14. Trotsky and Stalin; 15. The rise of Stalin; 16. Collectivisation; 17. The Five-Year Plans; 18. The effects of the Five-Year Plans; Review: The impact of Stalin's economic policies; 19. The purges; 20. Threats to Stalin's power; 21. Stalin gains control; review: How did Stalin win and hold on to power?; 22. The Great Patriotic War; 23. Stalin's successors; Review: The Soviet Union after 1941.

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    £20.54

  • The First World War

    Cambridge University Press The First World War

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    Book SynopsisThe Arab-Israeli Conflict is full colour throughout, highly illustrated and include a range of activities to motivate students.Table of ContentsOrigins of the First World War; The two plans; Failure of the Schlieffen Plan; The Western Front; Propaganda; Fighting spirit; Recruitment and resistance; Verdun; Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig; Stalemate on the Western front; November 1918: the end of the war; Review: The war on the Western Front; The war at sea; Submarine war; The British naval blockade of Germany; The war in the air; Review: The war at sea and in the air; Defending the realm; The war and British women; Review: The Home Front in Britain; The Russian front; The Gallipoli Campaign; The other fronts; Review: The fighting on other fronts.

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    £17.25

  • The European Dictatorships Hitler Stalin Mussolini Cambridge Perspectives in History

    Cambridge University Press The European Dictatorships Hitler Stalin Mussolini Cambridge Perspectives in History

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    Book SynopsisAn engaging range of period texts and theme books for AS and A Level history.Table of Contents1. Dictatorship and Totalitarianism; 2. From Leninism to Stalinism, 1919–1928; 3. Stalin's 'Revolution from above; 4. The Stalinist state; 5. The rise of Italian Fascism, 1919–1925; 6. The corporate state, 1925–1939; 7. Weimar and the rise of Nazism, 1919–1933; 8. The Nazi 'revolution', 1933–1939; 9. Consolidating and maintaining the Nazi dictatorship, 1933–1939; 10. Comparisons and contrasts.

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  • The Cold War Cambridge Perspectives in History

    Cambridge University Press The Cold War Cambridge Perspectives in History

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    Book SynopsisAn engaging range of period texts and theme books for AS and A Level history.Table of ContentsList of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Origins of the Cold War to 1947; 2. The Cold War takes shape, 1947–51; 3. Brinkmanship, 1951–63; 4. The Cuban Missile Crisis, hinge of the Cold War, 1962; 5. Detente, 1963–75; 6. Renewed confrontation, 1975–85; 7. The end of the Cold War; Conclusion; Select bibliography; Index.

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    £16.47

  • The Rise and Fall of the English Ecclesiastical Courts 15001860

    Cambridge University Press The Rise and Fall of the English Ecclesiastical Courts 15001860

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    Book SynopsisThis book does what no other does - tracing the history of the growth and then the slow disappearance of an important source of English law and social regulation.Trade Review'The virtue of the work under review is its comprehensive nature. It is a general history, summarizing the available evidence from all sources and offering critical commentary on previous historical work. It reads well, is full of valuable information, and will be an essential work of reference to any historian whose work touches on the ecclesiastical courts.' Law and History Review'…a valuable work of reference which researchers amongst ecclesiastical records will need to consult.' Northern History'This stimulating concise introduction will be essential reading for anybody interested in the history of the church courts.' Journal of Ecclesiastical HistoryTable of ContentsAbbreviations; Table of parliamentary statutes; 1. The ecclesiastical courts: structures and procedures; 2. The business of the courts, 1500–1640; 3. Tithe causes; 4. Wills and testamentary causes; 5. Defamation; 6. Matrimonial litigation and marriage licenses; 7. Office causes; 8. The roots of expansion and critical voices; 9. Charting decline, 1640–1830; 10. Explaining decline; 11. The Bills of 1733–1734; 12. Snips and repairs: small steps to reform, 1753–1813; 13. Royal commissions and early fruits, 1815–1832; 14. Reform frustrated; 15. Reforms thick and fast, 1854–1860.

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  • Rons Big Mission

    Dutton Books for Young Readers Rons Big Mission

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    Book SynopsisNine-year-old Ron loves going to the Lake City Public Library to look through all the books on airplanes and flight. Today, Ron is ready to take out books by himself. But in the segregated world of South Carolina in the 1950s, Ron''s obtaining his own library card is not just a small rite of passage—it is a young man''s first courageous mission. Here is an inspiring story, based on Ron McNair''s life, of how a little boy, future scientist, and Challenger astronaut desegregated his library through peaceful resistance.

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  • Clever Hans The True Story of the Counting Adding

    Penguin Putnam Inc Clever Hans The True Story of the Counting Adding

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    Book SynopsisThis true story of the incredible horse whose smarts stumped all of Berlin and changed science reads like a fabulous STEM mystery.Clever Hans was a horse who could do math problems, tell time, read, spell, and more . . . or could he? Even after seeing Hans answer questions correctly, some people thought it must be a hoax. Scientists began to investigate. Eventually, one scientist had a groundbreaking aha! moment and realized Hans was clever in a way no one had even imagined. Turns out Hans was so smart, he changed science!

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    £15.29

  • The Congress of the United States a True Book

    C. Press/F. Watts Trade The Congress of the United States a True Book

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  • The Constitution of the United States a True Book

    C. Press/F. Watts Trade The Constitution of the United States a True Book

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  • True Books the Declaration of Independence

    C. Press/F. Watts Trade True Books the Declaration of Independence

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    £6.95

  • The California Gold Rush True Books American

    C. Press/F. Watts Trade The California Gold Rush True Books American

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  • Life in the West True Books American History

    C. Press/F. Watts Trade Life in the West True Books American History

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  • Malala Yousafzai Champion for Education Rookie

    C. Press/F. Watts Trade Malala Yousafzai Champion for Education Rookie

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  • The Civil Rights Movement

    Scholastic Inc. The Civil Rights Movement

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    10 in stock

    £12.34

  • If You Were a Kid Aboard the Titanic If You Were

    Not Stated If You Were a Kid Aboard the Titanic If You Were

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    Book SynopsisWhat was it like to be a kid aboard the Titanic?On April 10, 1912, the legendary RMS Titanic set sail from England on its maiden voyage. Everyone believed the ship was unsinkable, but they were soon proven wrong. Many passengers in first, second, and third class were kids! Join William and Alice as they set sail aboard the Titanic and form an unexpected friendship. Follow them as they discover every corner of the magnificent ship and find out what happened when the Titanic collided with an iceberg and tragically began to sink!ABOUT THIS SERIES:Step back in time to the most relevant historical moments with the best-selling series, If You Were a Kid! In an exciting blend of fiction and nonfiction, a fictionalized narrative teaches history through the eyes of kids, while informational text introduces readers to key factual information. With engaging text, illustrations, and photos on every page, If You Were a Kid will spark readers' curiosity and imagination, making learning about our past an accessible and unforgettable experience.

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  • You Wouldnt Want to Be Cleopatra Revised Edition

    Scholastic Inc. You Wouldnt Want to Be Cleopatra Revised Edition

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  • Florida a True Book My United States

    C. Press/F. Watts Trade Florida a True Book My United States

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    £10.00

  • If You Were a Kid Building a Pyramid If You Were

    C. Press/F. Watts Trade If You Were a Kid Building a Pyramid If You Were

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  • Ancient China True Books Ancient Civilizations

    Hachette Children's Group Ancient China True Books Ancient Civilizations

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  • Ancient Greece a True Book Ancient Civilizations

    Hachette Children's Group Ancient Greece a True Book Ancient Civilizations

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  • If You Were a Kid During the California Gold Rush

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