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A Brief History of Indonesia: Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of Southeast Asia's Largest Nation by Tim Hannigan
Category: History | Series: Brief History of Asia Ser.
Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of the World's Largest Archipelago Indonesia is by far the largest nation in Southeast Asia and has the fourth largest population in the world after the United States. Indonesian history and culture are especially relevant today as the Island nation is ...Show more
A Brief History of Japan: Samurai, Shogun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of the Rising Sun by Jonathan Clements
Category: History | Series: Brief History of Asia Ser.
This fascinating history tells the story of the people of Japan, from ancient teenage priest-queens to teeming hordes of salarymen, a nation that once sought to conquer China, yet also shut itself away for two centuries in self-imposed seclusion. Stretching for nearly 2000 miles and encompassing almost ...Show more
A Brief History of Korea Isolation, War, Despotism and Revival The Fascinating Story of a Resilient but Divided People by Michael J. Seth
Category: History | Series: Brief History of Asia Ser.
Exploring Korean history from its ancient roots to the present day, A Brief History of Korea is the story of a people with a rich and united culture that has become two Koreas in modern times--one isolated and secretive and the other among the world's most successful economies. Korean culture developed ...Show more
A Brief History of Singapore and Malaysia - Multiculturalism and Prosperity: the Shared History of Two Southeast Asian Tigers by Christopher Hale
Category: History | Series: Brief History of Asia Ser.
The fascinating account of two former British colonies with a shared past but vastly different identities today! Singapore and Malaysia sit astride the sea lanes linking East with West--vital choke points in the world's commerce. Since ancient times, ports along the Silk Road of the Sea were populat ...Show more
A History of Ancient Egypt by Marc Van De Mieroop
Category: History | Series: Blackwell History of the Ancient World Ser.
Explore the entire history of the ancient Egyptian state from 3000 B.C. to 400 A.D. with this authoritative volume The newly revised Second Edition of A History of Ancient Egypt delivers an up-to-date survey of ancient Egypt's history from its origins to the Roman Empire's banning of hieroglyphics in th ...Show more
A History of Ancient Egypt (Vol 2) From the Great Pyramid to the Fall of the Middle Kingdom by John Romer
Category: History | Series: A\History of Ancient Egypt Ser.
"Another solid work of history from an author and historian who truly grasps the mysteries of ancient Egypt." - Kirkus Reviews Drawing on a lifetime of research, John Romer chronicles the history of Ancient Egypt from the building of the Great Pyramid through the rise and fall of the Middle Kingdom: a ...Show more
A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia (vol. 1): Inner Eurasia from Prehistory to the Mongol Empire by David Christian
Category: History | Series: Blackwell History of the World Ser.
This is a history of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia from the time of the first inhabitants of the region up to the break up of the Mongol Empire in 1260AD.
A History of the Colony of Victoria - A. D. 1797-1854 by Henry Gyles Turner
Category: History | Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania Ser.
The first attempt by Europeans to settle in the area that eventually became the state of Victoria, Australia, was led by Colonel David Collins in 1803. Melbourne was founded in 1835, and after the discovery of gold in 1851 became the financial centre of Australia. This authoritative two-volume history o ...Show more
A History of the Colony of Victoria - A. D. 1854-1900 by Henry Gyles Turner
Category: History | Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania Ser.
The first attempt by Europeans to settle in the area that eventually became the state of Victoria, Australia, was led by Colonel David Collins in 1803. Melbourne was founded in 1835, and after the discovery of gold in 1851 became the financial centre of Australia. This authoritative two-volume history o ...Show more
A History of the Mediterranean Air War Volume Five - From the Fall of Rome to the End of the War 1944-1945 by Christopher Shores; Giovanni Massimello; Russell Guest
Category: Military History | Series: A\History of the Mediterranean Air War Ser.
During the final year of World War II, the defending Axis forces were steadily driven from southern skies by burgeoning Anglo-American power. This was despite the steady withdrawal of units to more demanding areas. In this fifth volume of the series the activities of the Allied tactical air forces in su ...Show more
A Long Voyage to the Moon - The Life of Naval Aviator and Apollo 17 Astronaut Ron Evans by Geoffrey Bowman; Jack Lousma (Foreword by)
Category: Biography | Series: Outward Odyssey: a People's History of Spaceflight Ser.
As command module pilot of Apollo 17, the last crewed flight to the moon, Ron Evans combined precision flying and painstaking geological observation with moments of delight and enthusiasm. On his way to the launchpad, he literally jumped for joy in his spacesuit. Emerging from the command module to cond ...Show more
A Nation Without Borders by Steven Hahn
Category: Popular History | Series: The\Penguin History of the United States Ser.
The era from 1830 to 1910 witnessed massive transformations in how people lived, worked, thought about themselves, and struggled to live and thrive. It also witnessed the birth of economic and political institutions that still shape our world. America's population grew more than ten-fold. The country ex ...Show more