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Professor David Birmingham,David Birmingham
An accessible and concise introduction to European expansion overseas during the early modern period. It is the ideal guide to a controversial and essential topic of world history.
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Portugal was the first European nation to assert itself aggressively in African affairs. David Birmingham’s Portugal and Africa, a collection of uniquely accessible historical essays, surveys this colonial encounter from…
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Switzerland: A Village History is an account of an Alpine village that illuminates the broader history of Switzerland and its rural, local underpinnings.
The first African statesman to achieve world recognition was Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972), who became president of the new Republic of Ghana in 1960. He campaigned ceaselessly for African solidarity and…
Professor David Birmingham
Angola of geopolitical interest and this offers a brief history
In a lively and accessible way, this book tells the story of the diverse and colourful people who occupied Canterbury before the Normans.
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This synthesis presents an accessible introduction to one of the major themes of 20th-century world history namely, the decolonization of Africa.
John Birmingham
As a hardworking monster-slayer, Dave Hooper tries not to bring his work home with him. But nowadays it’s hard to keep them separate. Email, cellphones, empath daemons, they never let…
Professor David Jones
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…
David Jones
Holed up in Las Vegas after the tumultuous Battle of New Orleans, Dave is enjoying the VIP perks afforded a champion monster-slayer. He may be a superhero of swag and…
When an oil rig drills too deep, it unleashes a torrent of nightmares - the creatures of legend, always thought to be figments of our imagination, are now a very…
David Harvey
Professor David Carr (University of Birmingham UK)
My name is David Criss Carr. I am the author of The Mysterious Mind of David Criss Carr. For some reason I am able to connect with the unconnected; I…
David Birmingham,David Birmingham
The complete Cambridge History of Africa was intended to present the most comprehensive and up-to-date synthesis of historical development on the African continent. Central Africa to 1870: Zambezia, Zaire and…
A nostalgic journey across Birmingham on the 29A.
Takes us back to 1958, with archive pictures of Birmingham buses and many facts providing memories of the year in question.
With previously unpublished photographs, the author documents the history of Birmingham’s Crossley buses.
David Williams
Birmingham has been a key innovator in the gun trade since the seventeenth century and the Birmingham Gun Barrel Proof house operates to this day.
David Harvey explores the history of Birmingham public transport before the electric Tram.
With previously unpublished images looking at the demonstrator buses used by Birmingham City Transport.
David Harvey explores, with the help of illustrations, what happened to Birmingham buses after withdrawal from service.
Professor David Alexander (University of Birmingham UK)
TERRORISM, TREASON AND GLOBAL ORGANIZED CRIME EQUAL UNPARALLELED EXCITEMENT!Threatcon Delta: Assault on the Pentagon tells the story of how terrorism, treason and global organized crime converge to place the most…
What a story! Habu Patch has locked it down … pure dynamite! – Ken Rice, Book Reviewer Draws first blood on every page … read this one only if you’ve…
While he lived, Carley Dane, a novelist whose one great success had led him to alcoholism, took delight in doling out misery to all around him. In death, at the…
The cast-iron alibi – the stiff in the museum – the portrait of a butterfly – they all add up to Bart Hardin’s most baffling case!
She knew he was coming back – this time to kill!
Alexander’s famous murder expert, Bart Hardin, tracks a devious killer through Times Square’s murky night-world to solve his most fascinating case!
David Birmingham (University of Kent, Canterbury)
This concise, illustrated history of Portugal introduces the people and culture of the country, its empire, and its search for economic modernization, political stability and international partnership.
A concise, illustrated history of Portugal, offering an introduction to the people and culture of the country, its empire, and its search for economic modernisation right up till the present…
Takes readers on the 8-mile ride along the Bristol Road to the Lickey Hills, Rubery and Rednall, and to Cotteridge, Moseley and Alcester Lanes End. This title also gives the…
During 1990-94, many locomotive classes became extinct, but new builds helped to redress the balance. Speedlink ended, but the first Eurostars appeared. In 1994, the Channel Tunnel opened. This book…
David Aretha
Examines the Birmingham Civil Rights Movement, including the organizers of the protests, the movement’s support from young people, the violence that occurred, and the integration of Birmingham –Provided by publisher.
Professor David Alexander (University of Birmingham UK),Alexander
As interest in planning for emergencies and disasters burgeons, and educational and training programs proliferate, Principles of emergency planning and management is the first book to meet the need for…
Alexander,Professor David Alexander (University of Birmingham UK)
Title: The Snare of the Fowler.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world’s largest research libraries…
Title: A Woman’s Heart. A novel.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world’s largest research libraries…
Title: Mammon. A novel.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world’s largest research libraries holding over…
Takes the reader on a journey to South Yardley, Tyseley, Acocks Green, Ladywood, Lozells, Perry Barr, Witton, Short Heath, Erdington, Pype Hayes, Washwood Heath and Alum Rock, contrasting the bustle…
