The Life of Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
Michael O'Mara Books, 2004. Softcover. More
History
Britain in Pictures: British Dogs
London: William Collins, 1946. First Edition. Second Printing. Hardcover. More
Kencot Oxfordshire
Burford, Oxford: Privately Published, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. No publication date or year given. Author's dedication is dated Sept. 1, 1973. A history of the town of Kencot written in hand calligraphy. Work commissioned by Rosemay Abraham of Kencot Manor. More
Western Civilization in Thailand: Being Introduced to Thailand by King Chulalongkorn
Bangkok, Thailand: Department of Corrections Press, 1986. Paperback. Staple Bound. More
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
London: Penguin Books, 2019. Reprint. Paperback. The story of Chernobyl is more complex, more human, and more terrifying than the Soviet myth. Adam Higginbotham has written a harrowing and compelling narrative which brings the 1986 disaster to life through the eyes of the men and women who witnessed it first-hand..... More
To End All Wars : A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914 - 1918
New York: Houghton, Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2012. Paperback. World War I was supposed to be the “war to end all wars.” Over four long years, nations around the globe were sucked into the tempest, and millions of men died on the battlefields. To this day, the war stands as..... More
A Nation in Waiting: Indonesia in the 1990s
Allen & Unwin, 1994. Softcover. More
Poor But Sexy: Culture Clashes in Europe East and West
Winchester, UK: Zero Books, 2014. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 24 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Europe is as divided as ever. The passengers of the low-budget airlines go east for stag parties, and they go West for work; but the East stays East, and West stays West..... More
The Historical Demography of Pre-modern Japan
Tokyo, Japan: University of Tokyo Press, 2001. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Rare. Historical demography is the study of patterns and changes in a society's population before the collection of data through modern censuses. For Japan, data on family size and structure, fertility and infant mortality, marriage patterns, urban and rural..... More
The Historical Demography of Pre-modern Japan
Tokyo, Japan: University of Tokyo Press, 2001. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Rare. With promotional band on dust jacket. Historical demography is the study of patterns and changes in a society's population before the collection of data through modern censuses. For Japan, data on family size and structure, fertility and infant..... More
The Savage Wars of Peace: England, Japan and the Malthusian Trap
London: Blackwell Publishers, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. This book aims to solve the problem of how parts of mankind escaped from an apparently inevitable trap of war, famine and disease in the last three hundred years. Through a detailed comparative analysis of English and Japanese history it explores..... More
The Desert War : The Classic Trilogy on the North Africa Campaign 1940-43
London: Aurum Press Ltd, 2009. Paperback. An epic account of the entire war in North Africa from 1940-1943 from peerless war correspondent Alan Moorehead CBE, published to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battles for El Alamein in July and October 1942. Moorehead's classic trilogy on the North Africa..... More
Cultural Realism: Strategic Culture and Grand Strategy in Chinese History
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1998. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Princeton Studies in International History and Politics series. Cultural Realism is an in-depth study of premodern Chinese strategic thought that has important implications for contemporary international relations theory. In applying a Western theoretical debate to China, Iain Johnston advances..... More
Modern China (Asian Civilization)
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall Inc, 1964. Paperback. More
A History of the Arab Peoples
Warner Books, 1992. Paperback. More
Economic Backwardness in Historical Perspective: A Book of Essays
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, Publishers, 1965. First Edition. Paperback. Rare. These fourteen essays covering a wide range of subjects of great current interest reflect the continuous evolution of the author’s thought from 1951 to 1961. Range and flexibility characterize Alexander Gerschenkron’s dynamic approach to Europe’s industrial history. Connecting..... More
World Masters Texts Library: The Federalist Papers (Chinese REVIEW illustrated edition) (Set of 2 Volumes)
Beijing, China: China Renmin University Press, 2013. Softcover. 2 volume set. English text with Chinese notes. More
The Hundred Years War: A Military History
London: Folio Society, 2005. Jonathan Sumption (introduction). First Folio Society Edition, No. 1279. Hardcover with slipcase. Extra handling fee for heavy item (applicable to local delivery only). First published by Eyre & Spottiswoode in 1955 & 1956 as two separate volumes, "The Crecy War, A military history of the Hundred..... More
A History of Modern France: Volume One - Old Regime and Revolution 1715 - 1799
Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1957. First Edition. Paperback. Penguin Books A 403. More
Closer Than Brothers: Manhood at the Philippine Military Academy
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999. First Edition (presumed). First Printing. Hardcover. In this innovative book, Alfred W. McCoy takes a new approach to the military and political history of the Philippines. Comparing two generations of graduates from the Philippine Military Academy (PMA)—the classes of 1940 and 1971—McCoy uncovers fundamental..... More
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
Faber and Faber, 1990. More
Mammals and their Extinct Relatives: A Guide to the Lila Acheson Wallace Wing
New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1994. Softcover. This guide provides information about each of the 230 specimens on display in the halls of the Lila Acheson Wallace wing at the American Museum of Natural History. More
Crime and Criminality in British India
Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. The Association for Asian Studies Monograph No. 42. Frank Reynolds, Anthony Wu, Ronald Inden, Editors. More
Anton Chekhov and His Times
Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1995. First U.S. Edition. Trade Paperback. Translated from the Russian by Cynthia Carlile (Reminisces) and Sharon McKee (Letters) Now available for the first time in English in America, these sixty-eight letters and ten essay-length reminiscences trace the development of Chekhov's personality and talent, creating..... More
The Verso Book of Dissent: Revolutionary Words from Three Millennia of Rebellion and Resistance
New York: Verso, 2020. Trade Paperback. New Updated 2020 Edition With a preface by Tariq Ali Throughout the ages and across every continent, people have struggled against those in power and raised their voices in protest—rallying others around them or, sometimes, inspiring uprisings many years later. Their..... More
