Russia's experiences during the Civil War determined the framework within which the Russian people were governed during the Soviet period. This book explores episodes which highlight the complexities of this multi-faceted struggle.

Herinneringen van de in 1951 geboren Rode gardiste die aktief meewerkte aan de vele excessen, later zelf het slachtoffer werd van het systeem en geëmigreerd is naar het westen.

This book examines the consequences of the spread of mass literacy across the whole range of popular culture in England and argues that the impact of reading and writing can be discovered in the use that was made of these skills, and the meanings attached to them.

The exploration and colonization of the Pacific is a remarkable episode in human prehistory. Early sea-going explorers had no knowledge of Pacific geography, no instruments for measuring time and none for exploration. Forty years of modern archaeology, experimental voyages in rafts, and computer simulations of voyages have produced an normous range of literature on this controversial subject. This book represents a major advance in knowledge of the settlement of the Pacific by suggesting that exploration was rapid, purposeful and undertaken systematically, and that navigation methods progressively improved.

This book is a unique archaeological study of a British aristocratic family in eighteenth century Chesapeake.

Family Britain continues David Kynaston's groundbreaking series Tales of a New Jerusalem.

Classic of ethnology traces origins, history, influence of the Celts: migration into Europe and as far west as British Isles; treatment of Celtic languages and their relationship to other tongues; archaeological evidence from Iron Age settlement at Switzerland's La Tène, and other cultures; expansion of Celts abroad. 141 line illus. 4 halftones. 12 maps.

Presents a provacative study of the diverse and complex characters of the the six wives of Henry VIII and their impact on the world