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Companionship and Virtue in Classical Sufism - The Contribution of Al-Sulami

Al-Sulami (d. 412/1021) was an influential classical Sufi master whose works espoused companionship as a way for believers to experience ...

Reformation-Revolution

Black Yanks - Defending Leroy Henry in D-Day Britain

The dramatic story of one of the earliest successes of the British Civil Rights Movement, Black Yanks re-examines the UK and USA's 'speci...

The Great Transformation - China's Road from Revolution to Reform

The first thorough account of a formative and little understood chapter in Chinese history

The Wipers Times - The Famous First World War Trench Newspaper

The bestselling facsimile reproduction of the famed trench newspaper of the First World War - a unique portrait of life on the wartime fr...

A Guide to British Army Badges - A Gallery of Infantry of the Line Rarities 1751 to 1881

Forming part of his 'Guide to...' series, Ray has gleaned, from an array of sources, an impressive collection of seldom-encountered badge...

A Guide to Military Art Bands, Bandsmen and Sheet Music Covers

Following the success of his volumes featuring the works of Thomas Rowlandson and Charles Hamilton Smith (both in his 'Guide to Military ...

The Farthest Valley - Escaping the Chinese Trap at Chosin Reservoir 1950

A history of the legendary extraction of the Fifth and Seventh Marines from a Chinese trap, told for the first time using Chinese sources.

Belonging - An Intimate History of Slavery and Family in Early New England

"As winter turned to spring in the year 1699, Sebastian and Jane embarked on a campaign of persuasion. The two wished to marry, and they ...

Crunch - An Ode to Crisps

We are a nation of crisp obsessives. Squashed into sandwiches on our lunch breaks and torn-open as centrepieces on pub tables, we buy ten...

David Crockett in Texas - His Search for New Land

Zeppelins of world war I

America's Great Game - The Cia's Secret Arabists and the Shaping of the Modern Middle East

From the 9/11 attacks to waterboarding to drone strikes, relations between the United States and the Middle East seem caught in a downwar...

Castles & gardens in Bohemia and Moravia

In Bohemia and Moravia, the Czech Republic possesses one of the richest, cultural landscapes in Europe. Its castles and gardens make a si...

The mass psychology of fascism

Young Workers of the Industrial Age - Child Labour in the 18th and 19th Centuries

The industrial revolution was forged with the lives of our ancestors' children.All over Britain, children and young people toiled for hou...

The Last Dynasty - Ancient Egypt from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra

A definitive and thrilling new account of the last great dynasty of ancient Egypt, from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra. When Alexander ...

Caesar and Christ

Soviet airland battle tactics

Enemy at the gates

Military insignia

China dome

History of the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella I-II.

History of the conquest of Peru

The Penguin guide to ancient Egypt

Scribes, warriors and kings

The thin yellow line

Cubans

Operation action: rescue from the holocaust

Murder on the Largo - Volume 23

In western New Mexico in 1905 there rode a notorious outlaw from the Mexican border named Henry Coleman. With a Colt .45 strapped to his ...

Give Her Credit - The Untold Account of a Women's Bank That Empowered a Generation

The galvanizing true story of a group of remarkable women in the 1970s male-run world of business, banking, and finance. They didn't play...

Lend me your ears Great speeches in history

American Indians

Isabella of Spain

Vengeance of the Mountain man

The negro people in american history

Teller's war

The communist movement since 1945

A Place Called Yellowstone - The Epic History of the World's First National Park

"It has been called Wonderland, America's Serengeti, the crown jewel of the National Park System, and America's best idea. But how did th...

Britain and the Politics of Rhodesian Independence

First published in 1978, Britain and the Politics of Rhodesian Independence is a study of British policy towards Rhodesia and an account ...

The Rhodesian Problem - A Documentary Record 1923-1973

First published in 1975, The Rhodesian Problem presents a documentary record of Rhodesia from the establishment of the Crown colony in 19...

The Mosquito - A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator

**The instant New York Times bestseller** *An international bestseller* "Hugely impressive, a major work."-NPR A pioneering and groundbre...

A Farm Family on Long Island's North Fork - The Lost World of the Hallocks and Their Sound Avenue Community

Life, love, and scandal in a nineteenth-century Long Island farm community.

The Everyday Life of the Emperor - Francis Joseph and his Imperial Court

The Court in Vienna under Emperor Francis Joseph was not only Europe's most illustrious and refined, it was also a huge economic enterpri...

The world crisis: The aftermath

How the New World Became Old - The Deep Time Revolution in America

How the idea of deep time transformed how Americans see their country and themselvesDuring the nineteenth century, Americans were shocked...

13th Fighter Command in World War II: Air Combat Over Guadalcanal and the Solomons - Air Combat over Guadalcanal and the Solomons

In the savage air combat over Guadalcanal and then the equally bloody air battles up Solomon chain, New Georgia and Bougainville, 13th Fi...

The 5th Fighter Command in World War II: Vol. 1: Pearl Harbor to the Reduction of Rabaul - Vol.1: Pearl Harbor to the Reduction of Rabaul

Since end of WWII the major role played by the 5th Fighter Command in winning the war in the Pacific has been almost totally neglected. W...

The American Century - A History of the United States Since the 1890s

The new edition of this classic text on modern U.S. history seamlessly blends political, social, cultural, intellectual, and economic the...

Crap - A History of Cheap Stuff in America

Crap. We all have it. Filling drawers. Overflowing bins and baskets. Proudly displayed or stuffed in boxes in basements and garages. Big ...

Peril

The transition from President Donald J. Trump to President Joseph R. Biden Jr. stands as one of the most dangerous periods in American hi...

Admiral Hyman Rickover - Engineer of Power

Hyman George Rickover (1899-1986) was an almost mythical figure in the United States Navy. Possessing engineering brilliance, a ferocious...

The biblical Archaeologist Reader 1-3.

Madame Restell - The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York’s Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist

"Madame Restell is a sharp, witty Gilded Age medical history which introduces us to an iconic, yet tragically overlooked, feminist heroin...

Those Who Have the Courage - The History of the Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps

"Those Who Have the Courage will be a valuable resource for anyone who is interested in the military and social history of New Zealand. I...

An Academic History of China's Han Dynasty - Volume II Brilliant Academic Achievements

This book examines the academic legacy of the Han dynasty. It explicates the line between the explaining of a classical text (¿¿) and the...

The Tribal Challenge - Alliances and Confrontations in the Israeli Negev

"Drawing on a wealth of ethnographic and historical sources, Havatzelet Yahel offers an engaging and sometimes surprising history of Isra...

Carceral Entanglements - Gendered Public Memories of Japanese American World War II Incarceration

"Utilizing a comparative racial methodology, this book interrogates how Japanese American community memory is invested in Asian American ...

10/7 - 100 Human Stories

The definitive account of the 10/7 attacks through the stories of its victims and the communities they called home. On October 7, 2023-th...

State Building in Cold War Asia - Comrades and Competitors on the Sino-Vietnamese Border

Departing from conventional studies of border confrontation and weaving together international, national, and transnational-local histori...