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by Gregory Claeys
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
A new biography of Karl Marx, tracing the life of this titanic figure and the legacy of his work
Karl Marx remains the most influential and controversial political thinker in history. He died quietly in 1883 and a mere eleven mourners attended his funeral, but a year later he was being hailed...
Nazism as Fascism
Violence, Ideology, and the Ground of Consent in Germany 1930-1945
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2013
Offering a dynamic and wide-ranging examination of the key issues at the heart of the study of German Fascism, Nazism as Fascism brings together a selection of Geoff Eley’s most important writings on Nazism and the Third Reich.
Featuring a wealth of revised, updated and new material, Nazism...
Israel
A History
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2012
Written by one of Israel’s most notable scholars, this volume provides a breathtaking history of Israel from the origins of the Zionist movement in the late nineteenth century to the present day. Organized chronologically, the volume explores the emergence of Zionism in Europe against the backdrop...
by David Reynolds, Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2014
Winner of the 2014 PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize for the Best Work of History. "If you only read one book about the First World War in this anniversary year, read The Long Shadow. David Reynolds writes superbly and his analysis is compelling and original." —Anne Chisolm, Chair of the PEN Hessell-Tiltman...
Fascism
100 Questions Asked and Answered
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2019
After World War Two, 'fascist' became the F word of political debate to be applied liberally against anyone who left-wing polemicists disliked. But what did it really mean and what did its British supporters really stand for? In this pre-War book written in convenient Question and Answer form by Oswald...
A Brief History of the Spy
Modern Spying from the Cold War to the War on Terror
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
From the end of the Second World War to the present day, the world has changed immeasurably. The art of spying has changed too, as spies have reacted to changing threats. Here you will find the fascinating stories of real-life spies, both famous and obscure, from either side of the Iron Curtain, along...
by Markham Pyle
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2013
RMS Titanic sank in 1912, a US presidential election year; and in the very first days of the great House of Commons debate on Home Rule for Ireland. The Marconi companies were heroes to the press and the public, who credited them with saving the lives that were saved; JP Morgan, who owned the shipping...
Queen Victoria's Stalker
The Strange Story of the Boy Jones
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2010
After her coronation in 1838, Queen Victoria was a frightened young woman. She was relentlessly pursued by a weird teenager, Edward, 'the Boy' Jones, who had an uncanny ability to sneak into Buckingham Palace without being detected. Once, he broke into her bedroom and stole her underwear, and at least...
Homintern
How Gay Culture Liberated the Modern World
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
In a hugely ambitious study which crosses continents, languages, and almost a century, Gregory Woods identifies the ways in which homosexuality has helped shape Western culture. Extending from the trials of Oscar Wilde to the gay liberation era, this book examines a period in which increased visibility...
Diary of a Wartime Affair
The True Story of a Surprisingly Modern Romance
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
'Unflinchingly honest... this diary is exceptional' Elizabeth Buchan
'Tuesday 23 October, 1934
Another glorious sunny day. Lunch in Kens Gdns. E had not slept well "as I longed and longed for you". It made me happy that he wanted me. I suppose that is mean. He said, "I could...
They Shall Not Have Me
The Capture, Forced Labor, and Escape of a French Prisoner in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
A French painter-turned-soldier’s memoir of a Nazi prisoner-of-war camp and “one of the most sensational escapes from the Nazis in World War II” (Time).
French painter Jean Hélion was friends with the likes of Mondrian, Giacometti, and Balthus, and had a role in shaping the path of modern...
The Girl Who Loved Camellias
The Life and Legend of Marie Duplessis
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2013
From the author of Nureyev, the definitive biography of the celebrated Russian dancer, now comes the astonishing and unknown story of Marie Duplessis, the courtesan who inspired Alexandre Dumas fils’s novel and play La dame aux camélias, Giuseppe Verdi’s opera La Traviata, George Cukor’s film...
Three Critics of the Enlightenment
Vico, Hamann, Herder - Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2013
Isaiah Berlin was deeply admired during his life, but his full contribution was perhaps underestimated because of his preference for the long essay form. The efforts of Henry Hardy to edit Berlin's work and reintroduce it to a broad, eager readership have gone far to remedy this. Now, Princeton is...
Knowledge of Things Human and Divine
Vico's New Science and "Finnegans Wake"
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
This is the first book to examine in full the interconnections between Giambattista Vico’s new science and James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake. Maintaining that Joyce is the greatest modern interpreter” of Vico, Donald Phillip Verene demonstrates how images from Joyce’s work offer keys to Vico’s...