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Diccionario de historia y política del siglo XX Diccionario de historia y política del siglo XX José María López Alonso A efectos estadísticos, el siglo XX representa la mayor aportación de elementos reseñables como entradas/lemas en todo tipo de obras de referencia, tanto si se trata de obras generalistas como temáti… OL10266233W
Homage to Catalonia Homage to Catalonia George Orwell [Homage to Catalonia][1] is [George Orwell][2]'s account of his experiences fighting in the 'Spanish Civil War'. Alongside many British workers, trades unionists, and socialists keen to help the Span… OL1168169W
Political awakenings Political awakenings Harry Kreisler Collects interviews with a diverse group of influential writers and activists and showcases their reflections on the experiences that shaped their political commitments. OL15567992W
Europe and the world Europe and the world Trevor Cairns Describes the period of early European exploration from the journeys of Marco Polo and discoveries of Eastern countries to the discovery and conquest of the Americas. OL15854197W
Age of optimism Age of optimism Alan Warwick Palmer Traces milestones in history from Beethoven and his symphonies of 1803 to the First Zionist Congress of 1897. OL16038890W
Paul Harvey's The rest of the story Paul Harvey's The rest of the story Paul Harvey Jr. This book is a collection of many of Paul Harvey's radio series The Rest of the Story in which he tells amusing, interesting, often amazing stories, generally with a surprise twist at the end when he… OL16048951W
Solar dance Solar dance Modris Eksteins A consideration of how the growth in popularity of Vincent van Gogh's paintings and the trial of Otto Wacker for forgery, resulted in an examination of truth and authenticity during and after the Sec… OL16343378W
The world of William Penn The world of William Penn Genevieve Foster Traces the life of the Quaker founder of Pennsylvania with emphasis on the important people and events of his time. OL1661263W
150 Years of Photo Journalism 150 Years of Photo Journalism Nick Yapp,Amanda Hopkinson From the heavy plate camera images of long ago to those snatched by the digital lightweights of today, Photo Journalism reveals the world that our ancestors pioneered, and that our grandparents and p… OL17332129W
ההיסטוריה של המחר ההיסטוריה של המחר Yuval Noah Harari Tras el éxito de Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari vuelve su mirada al futuro para ver hacia dónde nos dirigimos. Bestseller del New York Times con 1 millón de ejemplares vendidos Yuval Noah Harari, autor d… OL17641518W
On Tyranny On Tyranny Timothy Snyder In previous books, Holocaust historian Timothy Snyder dissected the events and values that enabled the rise of Hitler and Stalin and the execution of their catastrophic policies. With Twenty Lessons,… OL17710110W
Time annual 2011 Time annual 2011 Kelly Knauer,Time Magazine Editors Surveys the principal events of 2010 in the United States and other countries, as well as developments in business, society, sports, and the arts, as seen in the pages of Time magazine. OL18014614W
From our own correspondent From our own correspondent Kate Adie,Tony Grant Every week, the BBC programme 'From Our Own Correspondent' reports on the events & the personalities that are making the news. This anthology, featuring journalists such as Matt Frei, John Simpson, &… OL19277643W
The Cold War's killing fields The Cold War's killing fields Paul Thomas Chamberlin "In this sweeping, deeply researched book, Paul Thomas Chamberlin boldly argues that the Cold War, long viewed as a mostly peaceful, if tense, diplomatic standoff between democracy and communism, fos… OL19761688W
The house of rumour The house of rumour Jake Arnott Larry Zagorski, a science fiction writer turned U.S. fighter pilot, searches for connections between what seem like disparate events while conspiracy theories begin to suggest the possibility of a si… OL19964728W
1968 1968 Martin Klimke Protests and demonstrations, sometimes violent, swept the globe in 1968, from the Americas to Europe, Africa, and Asia. The introduction to this collection of essays notes: "...the rebellious young … OL20166359W
The sixties in pictures The sixties in pictures James Lescott "From the assassination of JFK to the massacre at Sharpeville, from the building of the Berlin Wall to the first manned space flight, from the March on Washington to Beatlemania, from the Cultural Re… OL21714566W
Ruin memories Ruin memories Bjørnar Olsen "Since the 19th century, mass-production, consumerism and cycles of material replacement have accelerated; increasingly larger amounts of things are increasingly rapidly victimized and made redundant… OL23325834W
Twentieth-century world history Twentieth-century world history William J. Duiker Chronicles the key events in the twentieth-century from a Canadian focus, while seeking to throw light on some of the underlying issues that have shaped the times, with emphasis to better portray non… OL23744585W
Headlines of World War I Headlines of World War I SHARMAN,Patience Coster,Ken Hills In the form of newspaper headlines accompanied by short blurbs, presents important events that occurred around the world from 1910 to 1919. OL24177664W
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