Celebrated Anglo-Saxonist and art historian Janina Ramirez has written her first book for children: a Viking mystery with a fearless young heroine, Alva – both detective and shield-maiden. Here, Dr Ramirez recommends five superb history books to help young readers get an in-depth understanding...
The Best History Books to Take on Holiday Suzannah Lipscomb, Historian Buy nowListen now The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of September 11, 2001 byGarrett Graff Readexpert recommendations “It’s a spectacular production from the printed book. It was an incredible labour of love and...
4. The Age of Revolution: 1789-1848 (4 Volume History of the Modern World) By Eric Hobsbawm | Used Price: 60% Off The Age of Revolution is a book by Eric Hobsbawm. It's the first of 3 books about "the long 19th century", and The Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century, ...
Hip Hop Family Tree Book 3: 1983-1984 (Vol. 3) by Ed Piskor Hold Still: A Memoir With Photographs by Sally Mann How To Be A Tudor If This Is A Woman Images of Conviction: The Construction of Visual Evidence In How to Plan a Crusade (Allen Lane In London Fog In The Poet’s Tale...
He was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction seven times. Nabokov was also an expert lepidopterist and composer of chess problems. Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia Nationality: United States of America, Russian Empire Buy atView on AMAZON 11 Maxim Gorky Twenty-Six Men and a ...
Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I: The Mother and Daughter Who Forever Changed British History Anne Boleyn may be best known for losing her head, but as Tudor expert Tracy Borman reveals in a book that recasts British history, her greatest legacy lies in the path-breaking reign of her daughter, El...
The history books we loved most in 2019 span centuries, nations and wars. From womanhood to nationhood, they challenge the construction of identity and mythology. They tell the stories of celebrity weddings, bootlegging trials, and people, places and things we thought we knew but prove, upon cl...
10. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond Buy on Amazon Add to library Here’s another book that frequents the reading lists of politics and history majors the world over! Many have theorized on why certain human societies have failed while others have thrive...
Kendi’s book of the same name, which was a New York Times bestseller and National Book Award winner, this powerful documentary traces the evolution of racist ideas in America and how they took root in our history and culture. Watch It Now Related 10 African American History Books Every ...
2. Russian Stage One: Live from Russia: Volume 1 Universities use this book. You get a textbook, workbook, CD and DVD – all which are used together. That way, you can learn reading, writing, listening and speaking – with this set. Books alone won’t teach you to speak and listen....