I.B.Tauris
Frontline Ukraine: Crisis in the Borderlands
77%
The unfolding crisis in Ukraine has brought the world to the brink of a new Cold War. As Russia and…
Little Emperors and Material Girls: Sex and Youth in Modern China
58%
China is the world's fastest-growing economic powerhouse. Everybody knows this. But behind the…
Leningrad, 1943: Inside a City Under Siege
68%
The 900-day German Siege of Leningrad is the most powerful testimony to the immeasurable cruelty…
A History of the Royal Navy: World War II
56%
The Royal Navy's operations in World War II started on 3 September 1939 and continued until the…
A History of the Royal Navy: Napoleonic Wars
59%
The Napoleonic Wars were the first truly global conflict. The Royal Navy was a key player in the…
The Royal Navy: A History Since 1900
58%
Since 1900, the Royal Navy has seen vast operational changes. This book tells the story, not just…
A Bout de Souffle
65%
One of the most charismatic feature films of the New Wave, A Bout de souffle (1960) has retained…
The Battle That Shook Europe: Poltava and the Birth of the Russian Empire
87%
'This victory', exulted Peter the Great, 'has laid the final stone in the foundations of St…
The Weimar Republic
89%
It is impossible to understand the history of modern Europe without some knowledge of the Weimar…
The University of Oxford: A New History
56%
The University of Oxford was a medieval wonder. After its foundation in the late 12th century it…
Yemen Divided
68%
South Yemen has come to be seen as a potential Al-Qaeda stronghold and at the heart of a separatist…
Writing Revolution
97%
From Cairo to Damascus and from Tunisia to Bahrain, Layla Al-Zubaidi and Matthew Cassel have…
Mirror
77%
»Mirror» — Andrei Tarkovsky's most complex autobiographical film--is the subject of this critical…
Power and Policy in Syria
76%
As Bashar al-Asad rescinds emergency rule in the face of demonstrations and protests, Syria finds…
Syria and the USA: Washington's Relations with Damascus from Wilson to Eisenhower
78%
The forty years between 1919 and 1959 saw the creation and unravelling of America's relationship…
Dante: Poet, Thinker, Man
67%
Dante is one of the world's towering literary geniuses and yet perhaps the most enigmatic, with…
Terrible Exile: Last Days of Napoleon on St Helena
68%
At its height, the Napoleonic Empire spanned much of mainland Europe. Feted and feared by millions…
Strongman: Vladimir Putin and the Struggle for Russia
67%
Russia under Vladimir Putin has proved a prickly partner for the West, a far cry from the…
One Hundred Years of Socialism: West European Left in Twentieth Century
87%
A unique and comprehensive study, One Hundred Years of Socialism traces the fortunes of the…
The Europe Dilemma: Britain and the Drama of EU Integration
67%
What is Britain's future in Europe? This book revisits an old argument but for dramatically new…