“This is a fascinating and stimulating book, written with enthusiasm, skill, and an appealing sense of human sympathy.” –Noel Malcolm, Sunday Telegraph

“By giving us a more complicated picture of England’s encounters with the Islamic Mediterranean, MacLean challenges and questions a monolithic picture of the Eurocentricism of Renaissance

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If asked to name 50 events that changed American history, what would you choose? Certainly the Louisiana Purchase and Reconstruction and the New Deal. But what about the evolution of television? What about the growth of suburbs after World War II? All of these events shaped and reshaped America—and

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Examining an issue that has been a matter of controversy since the founding of the United States, Separation of Church and State offers a chronological survey that helps put the ongoing debate in broad historical context.

The book briefly traces the earliest instances of tension between church

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Duiker’s comprehensive, balanced history of the world in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries provides you with context for interpreting the events that you hear about in the news each day. You’ll view history from the broader global perspective, while at the same time gaining insight into the distinct

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A comprehensive and balanced history of the world in the twentieth century, William Duiker’s text not only chronicles the key events in this revolutionary century, but also examines the underlying issues that have shaped the times. TWENTIETH-CENTURY WORLD HISTORY takes a global approach to the subject while doing

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Commemorating the 10th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, The 9/11 Encyclopedia: Second Edition offers valuable perspective on this emotionally charged and multidimensional subject. This comprehensive two-volume encyclopedia details the events leading up to the attacks, going back a decade prior to 9/11,

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The gripping inside story of the last unknown realm of the British secret service: GCHQ (Government Communication Headquarters). GCHQ is the successor to the famous Bletchley Park wartime code-breaking organisation and is the largest and most secretive intelligence organisation in the country. During the war, it commanded more

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Is your knowledge of The Crusades less than tip-top? Maybe you’re curious about Columbus, or you’re desperate to read about the Black Death in all its gory detail? Whatever your starting point, this expert guide has it all – from kings, knights and anti-Popes, to invasion, famine, the

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Medieval warfare was dominated by the attack and defence of fortified places, and siege methods and technology developed alongside improvements in defences. This book uses both original historical sources and evidence from archaeology to analyse this relationship as part of a comprehensive view of the whole subject, tracing

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