Ed West: 10 books
The Diversity Illusion
What We Got Wrong About Immigration & How to Set It Right
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
2002 - ICM Research polling for the BBC: 47 per cent of white Britons believed immigration had damaged British society (a belief shared by 22 per cent of black and Asian Britons) and 28 per cent believed it had benefited it. 2012 - YouGov polling for the Sunday Times: 11 per cent of people believe...
My Kingdom for a Horse
The War of the Roses
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
From William Shakespeare's series of history dramas to Sir Walter Scott and George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, not to mention the smash-hit TV show Game of Thrones, the British civil war of 1455 to 1485 has inspired writers more than any other.
Ed West's My Kingdom for a Horse illuminates...
Iron, Fire and Ice
The Real History that Inspired Game of Thrones
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2019
A young pretender raises an army to take the throne. Learning of his father’s death, the adolescent, dashing and charismatic and descended from the old kings of the North, vows to avenge him. He is supported in this war by his mother, who has spirited away her two younger sons to safety. Against...
England in the Age of Chivalry . . . And Awful Diseases
The Hundred Years' War and Black Death
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
A revealing glimpse into the tumultuous history of England’s medieval period, full of knights in shining armor and terrible peasant suffering.
Covering the violent and disease-ridden period between 1272 to 1399, England in the Age of Chivalry. . . And Awful Diseases covers the events, personages...
Saxons vs. Vikings
Alfred the Great and England in the Dark Ages
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
A witty and concise look at the beginnings of English history, when the nation consolidated after clashes between the Saxons and invading Vikings.
In 871, three of England's four kingdoms were overrun by Vikings, the ruthless, all-conquering Scandinavian raiders who terrorized early medieval...
1066 and Before All That
The Battle of Hastings, Anglo-Saxon and Norman England
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
A riveting account of the most consequential year in English history—with a touch of classic British humor.
1066 is the most famous date in history, and with good reason, since no battle in medieval history had such a devastating effect on its losers as the Battle of Hastings—which altered...
1215 and All That
Magna Carta and King John
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
1215 is one of the most famous dates in English history, and with good reason, since it marks the signing of the Magna Carta by King John and the English barons, which altered the entire course of English and world history.
John Lackland was born to King Henry II and Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitane...
The Great Transition
Bridges to the Afterlife
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
Have you ever wondered if it is possible to stay in touch
with your loved ones and share their journey in the afterlife?
What happens after death is far too important for us to rely on hand-me-down teachings. We need the authority of first-hand experience. This is what Ann West provides in...
Creative, Successful, Dyslexic
23 High Achievers Share Their Stories
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2015
23 very well-known people from the arts, sport, and business worlds talk about how dyslexia affected their childhood, how they were able to overcome the challenges and use the special strengths of dyslexia to achieve great success in adulthood. Darcey Bussell CBE, Eddie Izzard, Sir Richard Branson,...
by USA (Ed. ). Gelvin, S. B., Purdue University
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2013