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Warrior elite
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Nigel Cawthorne |
Looks at thirty-one special operations missions throughout history, including the battle of Tora Bora, the Falklands War, the raid on Entebbe, and the killing of Osama bin Laden. |
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Witch hunt
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Nigel Cawthorne |
This book examines the persecution and the religious hysteria that inspired the witch hunts of 1450-1750, tracing its roots back to the savage suppression of the heretical Waldensian sect by the Cath… |
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The world's worst atrocities
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Nigel Cawthorne |
Morbid fascination or education, theses stories highlight some of the most harrowing events of history that show mans inhumanity to man. Extremely shocking at times, it is difficult to believe that s… |
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A brief guide to Agatha Christie
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Nigel Cawthorne |
This brief guide explores Christie's life and work from her first novel, The mysterious affair at the Styles, to her last, Sleeping murder. |
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Victory
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Nigel Cawthorne |
From ancient Greece to Desert Storm, Military Commanders presents a chronological history of great battles and the men who won them. Beginning with Leonidas of Sparta, who died at Thermopylae and end… |
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The mafia
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Nigel Cawthorne,Colin Cawthorne |
Nineteen insider accounts provide insight into the reality of life in the American Mafia and Sicilian Cosa Nostra. |
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The story of the SS
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Nigel Cawthorne |
Chronicles the rise of the SS and examines its purpose in Germany during the Nazi regime. |
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A brief guide to Agatha Christie
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Nigel Cawthorne |
Agatha Christie's 80 novels and short-story collections have sold over 2 billion copies in more than 45 languages, more than any other author. When Christie finally killed off her Belgian detective, … |
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L'art de l'Inde
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Nigel Cawthorne |
Les oeuvres majeures, les écoles et les styles artistiques, mais aussi le contexte historique et religieux y sont analysés, révélant un art aux ressources inépuisables. |
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World at war
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Nigel Cawthorne |
Complete with official strategic maps, soldiers' letters home and hundreds of striking photographs, this chronological, compelling and authoritative book reveals the conflict and upheaval, explaining… |
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Lancaster
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Nigel Cawthorne |
The Lancaster was the most successful night bomber during WWII and its history is short but so varied and incredibly fascinating. This book is an amazing history of this successful bomber. |
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I know I am rude but it is fun
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Nigel Cawthorne |
At the age of twenty-one, the future Prince Philip wrote to a relative: 'I know you will never think much of me. I am rude and unmannerly.' Prince Philip probably never managed to change the opinion … |
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Blitzkrieg
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Nigel Cawthorne |
When Germany attacked Poland on September 1, 1939, nothing like it had ever been seen before. Heralded by the insidious whine of Stuka dive-bombers, seven divisions of Panzers rolled across the borde… |
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L'art des estampes japonaises
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Nigel Cawthorne |
Issue de la peinture de genre, l'estampe japonaise dépeint l'ukiyo, "le monde flottant", c'est-à-dire les quartiers réservés des villes, les courtisanes et le théâtre kabuki, s'illustrant ensuite dan… |
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The making of the Stone Roses
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Nigel Cawthorne |
In April 1989 The Stone Roses released their debut album, the eponymous "The Stone Roses". Setting the album in the context of the Manchester scene at the time and the subsequent career of the band, … |
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Shipwrecks
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Nigel Cawthorne |
This is great reading for the huge number of people with a passion for the sa. It is immaculately researched and builds itself into a rather dramatic history of sailing the seven seas. Ships have bee… |
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Killers
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Nigel Cawthorne |
‘On 24 February 1994, the police turned up at 25 Cromwell Street, an ordinary three-story house in central Gloucester, with a warrant to dig up the back garden. The door was answered by Stephen West,… |
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