Protestant Missionaries in Spain, 1869-1936 - Prijzen

Germania

'It made me laugh so hard that I woke up my wife and had to give up reading the book in bed. If Bill Bryson had collaborated with W. G. Sebald to write a book about Germany, they might have wound up w...

Colossus Reborn

In Stumbling Colossus, David Glantz explored why the Red Army was unprepared for the German blitzkrieg that nearly destroyed it and left more than four million of its soldiers dead by the end of 1941....

Deliverance at Diepholz

With candor and humor, American infantryman Jack Dower describes his narly fifteen months spent as an unwilling guest of the Third Reich after his company lost its way behind enemy lines near Anzio, I...

The Italian Renaissance in the German Historical Imagination, 1860-1930

Towards the end of the nineteenth century, Germany's bourgeois elites became enthralled by the civilization of Renaissance Italy. As their own country entered a phase of critical socioeconomic changes...

Victoria (Penguin Monarchs)

This title is part of the Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers in a collectible format. Queen Victoria inherited the throne at 18 and went on to become the longes...

The Story of the Roman Amphitheatre

The Roman amphitheatre was a site both of bloody combat and marvellous spectacle, symbolic of the might of Empire; to understand the importance of the amphitheatre is to understand a key element in th...

Fashion Under the Occupation

Before the outbreak of WWII, French fashion represented the very pinnacle of style, and French women the epitome of chic. At home and abroad, couturiers wealthy clients eagerly awaited the latest coll...

Clapham Past

Little Dragon and the New Baby

Little Dragon is about to be a big brother....A great way for parents to help their children get use to the idea of having a baby brother or sister. A new baby dragon is on the way, and Little Drag...

Pinkalicious Merry Pinkmas

This year for Christmas, Pinkalicious has decided she wants a bright pink artificial tree. But Mom and Dad immediately say no-the Pinkertons always get a real tree for the holidays. Pinkalicious' fans...

Nancy Clancy Sees the Future / Nancy Clancy, Secret of the Silver Key

Two Nancy Clancy chapter books in one! Fans of Nancy Clancy will delight in this bindup featuring New York Times bestselling team Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser's Sees the Future and Secret of...

Engineering One World Trade Center

One World Trade Center, an enormous skyscraper in New York City, was built in the wake of terrorist attacks that destroyed the original Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. Engineering One World Tra...