Sat, 08 Jan 2011 23:22:42 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/the-indus-saga-7-57513.html In this book the author surveys the history of Indus right from the time of the Harappan civilization to the era of the British Raj, concluding with Independence and the creation of Pakistan. The author's message is aimed both at Indians still nostalgic about undivided India and at his Pakistani compatriots who narrowly tend to define their identity by their un-Indianness .

Author: AITZAZ AHSAN  Publisher: LOTUS]]> Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/the-men-who-killed-gandhi-7-57608.html The Men Who Killed Gandhi, a gripping recreation of India's partition, independence and Gandhi's assassination on January 31, 1948, was first published during the Emergency years. "This made it incumbent upon me to omit certain vital facts," Malgonkar writes in the introduction , "such as, for instance, Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar's secret assurance to Mr L B Bhopatkar, that his client, Mr V D Savarkar, had been implicated as a murder suspect on the flimsiest ground." The excised portions, along with rare photographs and documents from the National Archives are included in this 11th edition. This book is a reprint of the 1978 original, timed for the 60th anniversary of the event, with some additions in the form of rare photographs and documents unearthed by the publishers and not the author Manohar Malgonkar, now 95 and a virtual recluse. His account of the conspiracy, 30 years after the event, was a landmark effort that cemented his reputation as a historian. Of the six conspirators, Nathuram Godse, who fired the shot heard around the world, and Narayan Apte, who was by his side, were hanged. The other four were: Digambar Badge, who turned approver; Vishnu Karkare; Gopal Godse, Nathurams younger brother; and Madanlal Pahwa. Malgonkar met them after they had served their life sentences and they spoke to him at great length. All four provided information they had not revealed before and Malgonkar produced perhaps the most complete account of the plot to assassinate Gandhi.

Author: MANOHAR MALGONKAR  Publisher: LOTUS]]> Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/the-last-sunset-7-114538.html The Last Sunset: The Rise and Fall of the Lahore Durbar recreates history of the Sikh empire and its unforgettable ruler, Maharaja Ranjit Singh of the Shukarchakia dynasty. An outstanding military commander, he created the Sikh Khalsa Army organized and armed in Western style, acknowledged as the best in undivided India in the nineteenth century. Ranjit Singh s death in 1839 and the subsequent decline of the Lahore Durbar, gave British the opportunity to stake their claim in the region till now fiercely guarded by Maharaja Ranjit Singh s army. Captain Amarinder Singh chronicles in detail the two Anglo-Sikh wars of 1845 and 1848. The battles, high in casualties on both the sides led to the fall of Khalsa and the state was finally annexed with Maharaja Duleep Singh, the youngest son of Maharaja Ranjit Singh put under the protection of the crown and deported to England.

Author: AMRINDRA SINGH  Publisher: LOTUS]]> Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/made-for-mughal-emperors:-royal-treasures-from-hindustan-7-114532.html Mughal Hindustan is renowned for its opulence. Under emperors Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan the court produced some of the greatest art of the era. Artists and craftsmen came from Europe, Iran and all over the Indian subcontinent to the Mughal palaces to work. From the architecture of the Taj Mahal to the intricacies of miniatures, the artwork of the Mughal court still capivates scholars and the public alike. How did these iconic masterpieces come into being? Who built them and for what purpose? Susan Stronge s lavishly illustrated new book tells the stories behind the artwork. She traces the route from the craftsmen in their workshops to the royal family and nobles who commissioned the pieces. Made for Mughal Emperors, which contains many images never before published in the west, provides an in-depth look at the artistic legacy of the Mughals. She paints a picture of art and culture under these legendary rulers, providing a fascinating insight into the workings of the Mughal Court.

Author: SUSAN STRONGE  Publisher: LUSTR]]> Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/a-treasury-of-indian-wisdom-7-114283.html The civilization of the Indian subcontinent is by far the world s oldest living civilization. A Treasury of Indian Wisdom traces its intellectual and spiritual history over 5000 years. The anthology begins with Vedic hymns, journeys into the heart of Vedantic philosophy through the Upanishads, and discusses the fundamental truths offered by Buddhist and Jain monks. Presenting the beauty and devotion in the verses of the Bhakti, Sufi and Sikh gurus, it finally evolves into the contemporary ideologies of the moderns like Jawaharlal Nehru, J. Krishnamurti and Osho. In keeping with the spirit of pluralism, the book puts together the wide-ranging wisdom of saints and scholars, thinkers and reformers, poets and leaders. At a time of great turmoil and transition, Dr Karan Singh s selections come as a reminder of our timeless secular heritage for a generation seeking its place in the world.

Author: DR. KARAN SINGH  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/maoists-and-other-armed-conflicts-7-114326.html Between 1994 and 2010, 58,000 civilians, security forces and militants were killed in Jammu and Kashmir, the Northeast and in Naxaliteaffected areas. One-sixth of all Indians today live in areas of armed conflict. Seeking solutions, this book is a holistic examination of present armed conflicts as well as the past ones in Punjab and Mizoram, illuminating their common roots, as well as the responses of the state and civil society. The authors show how insurgencies are propelled by a complex mix of issues: the denial of justice and rights, identity concerns, and the breakdown of the social and symbolic order, rather than merely poverty and lack of education. Draconian laws like the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act and measures like encounters, crackdowns and Salwa Judum aggravate the sense of collective victimhood and feelings of alienation from the national community. Furthermore, the long-term use of force leads to militarization of the state and society and a flourishing illegal economy. Uniquely the authors also explore the gendered aspects of such conflicts. Women are considered signifiers of the community’s honour, to be protected or violated, and hence become subject to greater control than at normal times. Domestic violence gets enhanced and even where women become combatants, men sanction and ultimately control their roles. This book is a powerful critique of national security approaches for resolution of armed conflicts.

Author: ANURADHA M CHENOY, KAMAL MITRA CHENOY  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/time:-history’s-greatest-events-7-114478.html TIME: HISTORY’S GREATEST EVENTS

Author: THE EDITORS OF TIME MAGAZINE  Publisher: HACHETTE GROUP]]> Tue, 07 Dec 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/political-thought-and-international-relations-variations-on-a-realist-theme-7-114375.html Political realism dominated the study of international relations during the Cold War. Since then, however, its fortunes have been mixed: pushed onto the backburner during the 1990s, it has in recent years retuned to the center of scholarly debate in international relations. Yet despite its significance in international relations theory, realism plays little role in contemporary international political theory. It is often associated with a form of crude realpolitik that ignores the role of ethical considerations in political life. Political Thought and International Relations explores an alternative understanding of realism. The contributors view realism chiefly as a diverse and complex mode of political and ethical theorizing rather than either a value-neutral branch of social science or the unreflective defense of the national interest. They analyze a variety of historical and philosophical themes, probing the potential and the pathologies of realist thought. A number of the chapters offer critical interpretations of key figures in the canon of twentieth century realism, including Hans Morgenthau, E. H. Carr, and Reinhold Niebuhr. Others seek to widen the lens through which realism is usually viewed, exploring the writings of Martin Heidegger, Hannah Arendt, and Leo Strauss. Finally, a number of the contributors engage with general issues in political theory, including the meaning and value of pessimism, the relationship between power and ethics, the role of normative political theory, and what might constitute political 'reality.' Straddling international relations and political theory, this book makes a significant contribution to both fields.

Author: DUNCAN BELL  Publisher: OUP]]> Tue, 07 Dec 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/third-world-protest-between-home-and-the-world-7-114376.html If boundaries protect us from threats, how should we think about the boundaries of states in a world where threats to human rights emanate from both outside the state and the state itself? Arguing that attitudes towards boundaries are premised on assumptions about the locus of threats to vital interests, Rahul Rao digs beneath two major normative orientations towards boundaries - cosmopolitanism and nationalism - which structure thinking on questions of public policy and identity. Insofar as the Third World is concerned, hegemonic versions of both orientations are underpinned by simplistic imageries of threat. In the cosmopolitan gaze, political and economic crises in the Third World are attributed mainly to factors internal to the Third World state with the international playing the role of heroic saviour. In Third World nationalist imagery, the international is portrayed as a realm of neo-imperialist predation from which the domestic has to be secured. Both images capture widely held intuitions about the sources of threats to human rights, but each by itself provides a resolutely partial inventory of these threats. By juxtaposing critical accounts of both discourses, Rao argues that protest sensibilities in the current conjuncture must be critical of hegemonic variants of both cosmopolitanism and nationalism. The second half of the book illustrates what such a critique might look like. Journeying through the writings of James Joyce, Rabindranath Tagore, Edward Said and Frantz Fanon, the activism of anti-globalisation protesters, and the dilemmas of queer rights activists, Rao demonstrates that important currents of Third World protest have long battled against both the international and the domestic, in a manner that combines nationalist and cosmopolitan sensibilities.

Author: RAHUL RAO  Publisher: OUP]]> Tue, 07 Dec 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/india-china-boundary-problem-:-1846-1947-7-114395.html This volume discusses the origins and development of India’s boundary dispute with China. It examines key issues like areas of dispute, treaties, agreements, and conventions, role of the bureaucracy, peace processes together with an analysis of earlier attempts at drawing a boundary line. Readership: Scholars and students of Indian politics especially those concerned with foreign policy and India-China relations. It will particularly interes

Author: A.G. Noorani, Advocate, Supreme Court of India  Publisher: OUP]]> Tue, 07 Dec 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/the-sixth-crisis-iran-israel-america-and-the-rumors-of-war-7-114377.html The Sixth Crisis explores the fraught linkages between the Iranian nuclear challenge, the increasing likelihood of an Israeli preventive strike, the continuing Israel-Palestine tragedy, and President Barack Obama's efforts to recast America's relations with the world's Muslims. It is the first full account of the situation since Obama took office. The authors, a former senior official on President Clinton's National Security Council Staff and a leading authority on international politics, lay out in clear and accessible detail the technical and political dimensions of Iran's nuclear program, and the ongoing diplomacy to stop it. They show how Israel's panic about Iran's nuclear threat--combined with its policy toward the Palestinians--is undermining Jerusalem's alliance with America. Tehran, meanwhile, is exploiting tensions between Arab regimes fearful of a nuclear Iran and an Arab public that is both angry about the plight of the Palestinians and resentful of Israel's nuclear monopoly in the region. The Sixth Crisis brilliantly illuminates this fateful juncture. The status quo is on an incline to disaster, and the hopes that President Obama has inspired are threatened by the toxic mixture of Israeli-Palestinian stalemate and Iran's nuclear ambitions. The time bomb of Iran's defiance and Israel's panic has the potential to spark a firestorm that would imperil US interests in the Middle East and engulf Obama's presidency. With the outcome of this unfolding crisis far from certain, The Sixth Crisis is required reading not only for policymakers, but also for anyone interested in world politics.

Author: Dana Allin and Steven Simon  Publisher: OUP]]> Tue, 07 Dec 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/atlantic-a-vast-ocean-of-a-million-stories-7-114358.html The epic life story of the Atlantic Ocean from the bestselling author, Simon Winchester For thousands of years the Atlantic Ocean was viewed by mariners with a mixture of awe, terror and amazement – an impassable barrier to the unknown. In recent times, as we fly high above it without so much as bothering to look down, this vast sea has been reduced to the status of a mere passageway between continents – 'the pond'. It is easy to forget that the Atlantic has been the setting for some of the most important exchanges, ideas and challenges in the history of civilisation – a fulcrum around which the power and influence of the modern world has long been distributed. In this narrative tour de force, Simon Winchester dramatises the life story of the Atlantic, from its birth in the farther recesses of geological time to its eventual extinction millions of years in the future. At the heart of the book is the story of humankind's evolving attitude to and relationship with the ocean. For millennia it has shaped the lives and cultures of those who have lived along its shores and have navigated its waters. Travelling around its edges and across its huge expanse, Winchester reports from the places that encapsulate the Atlantic's most fascinating stories – the age of exploration and the colonisation of the Americas; the rise and fall of the slave trade, and the flourishing of transatlantic commerce; extraordinary tales of sea-borne emigration; and the great naval battles that have left an indelible imprint on Atlantic history. The result is an utterly enthralling mixture of history, science and reportage from a master of narrative non-fiction, and an exhilarating account of a magnificent body of water.

Author: SIMON WINCHESTER  Publisher: HARPER COLLINS]]> Tue, 07 Dec 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/the-oxford-handbook-of-local-and-regional-democracy-in-europe-7-114379.html The Oxford Handbook of Local and Regional Democracy in Europe analyzes the state of play of democracy at the subnational level in the 27 member states of the EU plus Norway and Switzerland. It places subnational democracy in the context of the distinctive Anglo, French, German, and Scandinavian state traditions in Europe asking to what extent these are still relevant today. The Handbook adapts Lijphart\'s theory of democracy and applies it to the subnational levels in all the country chapters. A key theoretical issue is whether subnational (regional and local) democracy is derived from national democracy or whether it is legitimate in its own right. Besides these theoretical concerns it focuses on the practice of democracy: the roles of political parties and interest groups and also how subnational political institutions relate to the ordinary citizen. This can take the form of local referendums or other mechanisms of participation. The Handbook reveals a wide variety of practices across Europe in this regard. Local financial systems also reveal a great variety. Finally, each chapter examines the challenges facing subnational democracy but also the opportunities available to them to enhance their democratic systems. Among the challenges identified are: Europeanization, globalization, but also citizens disaffection and switch-off from politics. Some countries have confronted these challenges more successfully than others but all countries face them. An important aspect of the Handbook is the inclusion of all the countries of East and Central Europe plus Cyprus and Malta, who joined the EU in 2004 and 2007. This is the first time they have been examined alongside the countries of Western Europe from the angle of subnational democracy.

Author: John Loughlin, Frank Hendriks, and Anders Lidström  Publisher: OUP]]> Tue, 07 Dec 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/the-performance-of-politics-:-obama-s-victory-and-the-democratic-struggle-for-power-7-114378.html The Performance of Politics develops a new way of looking at democratic struggles for power, explaining what happened, and why, during the 2008 presidential campaign in the United States. Drawing on vivid examples taken from a range of media coverage, participant observation at a Camp Obama, and interviews with leading political journalists, Jeffrey Alexander argues that images, emotion, and performance are the central features of the battle for power. While these features have been largely overlooked by pundits, they are, in fact, the primary foci of politicians and their staff. Obama and McCain painstakingly constructed heroic self-images for their campaigns and the successful projections of those images suffused not only each candidate's actual rallies, and not only their media messages, but also the ground game. Money and organization facilitate the ground game, but they do not determine it. Emotion, images, and performance do. Though an untested senator and the underdog in his own party, Obama succeeded in casting himself as the hero--and McCain the anti-hero--and the only candidate fit to lead in challenging times.

Author: JEFFEREY C ALEXANDER  Publisher: OUP]]> Tue, 07 Dec 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/talleyrand-7-114344.html Duff Cooper’s classic biography charts the remarkable progress of Talleyrand; a silvertongued master diplomat, infamous turncoat, peacekeeper and libertine. Talleyrand held high office in five successive regimes from France's Ancient Regime, into the Revolution of 1789, Robespierre's Terror, Napoleon's epic wars, and on through restored kings to more revolution. Duff Cooper brings Talleyrand vividly to life and paints an exhilarating picture of this tumultuous period in European history

Author: Cooper, Duff  Publisher: Vintage Classics]]> Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/oranges-and-sunshine-7-114339.html In 1986 Margaret Humphreys, a Nottingham social worker, investigated a woman's claim that, aged four, she had been put on a boat to Australia by the British government. At first incredulous, Margaret discovered that this was just the tip of an enormous iceberg. Up to 150,000 children, some as young as three years old, had been deported from children's homes in Britain and shipped off to a 'new life' in distant parts of the Empire, right up until as recently as 1970. Many were told that their parents were dead, and parents often believed that their children had been adopted in Britain. In fact, for many children it was to be a life of horrendous physical and sexual abuse far away from everything they knew. Margaret reveals how she unravelled this shocking secret and how it became her mission to reunite these innocent and unwilling exiles with their families in Britain before it was too late.

Author: Humphreys, Margaret  Publisher: Corgi]]> Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/arming-without-aiming-:-india`s-military-modernization-7-114264.html India s growing affluence has led experts to predict a major rearmament effort. The second-most populous nation in the world is beginning to wield the economic power expected of such a behemoth. Its border with Pakistan is a tinderbox, the subcontinent remains vulnerable to religious extremism, and a military rivalry between India and China could erupt in the future. India has long had the motivation for modernizing its military it now has the resources as well. What should we expect to see in the future, and what will be the likely ramifications? In Arming without Aiming, Stephen P. Cohen and Sunil Dasgupta answer those crucial questions. Against this backdrop of new affluence and newfound access to foreign military technology, Cohen and Dasgupta investigate India s military modernization to find haphazard military change that lacks political direction, suffers from balkanization of military organization and doctrine, remains limited by narrow prospective planning, and is driven by the pursuit of technology free from military strategic objectives. The authors argue that the character of military change in India, especially the dysfunction in the political military establishment with regard to procurement, is ultimately the result of a historical doctrine of strategic restraint in place since the prime ministership of Jawarharlal Nehru. In that context, New Delhi s approach of arming without strategic purpose remains viable as India seeks great-power accommodation of its rise and does not want to look threatening. The danger lies in its modernization efforts precipitating a period of strategic assertion or contributing to misperception of India s intentions by Pakistan and China, its two most immediate rivals. About the Author Stephen P. Cohen is a senior fellow in Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of numerous books, including The Idea of Pakistan and India: Emerging Power (both with Brookings). Sunil Dasgupta is director of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County s Political Science programme at The Universities at Shady Grove, and also a non-resident fellow in Foreign Policy Studies at Brookings. He also spent five years as senior correspondent for India Today.

Author: Stephen P. Cohen , Sunil Dasgupta  Publisher: VIKING]]> Wed, 01 Dec 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/sahib-s-india-:-vignettes-of-the-raj-7-114303.html Culled from Raj literature, Sahib’s India reveals little-known aspects of their lives and their dealings with their Indian subjects. Drawing from contemporary journals, plays and poems, the author provides wonderful descriptions of British homes and servants, their tastes and fashions, cultural idiosyncrasies, profligacy, sports, hunts and shoots, giving us, with the relaxed familiarity of the after-dinner raconteur, a flavour of the period. The book is peppered with a host of characters—astrologers, jugglers, magicians, grass-widows, the ‘fishing fleet’, missionaries, nautch girls, mavericks and eccentrics—who made India their home as the British turned from traders to empire-builders, and is interspersed with period photographs, paintings and sketches. THE AUTHOR Pran Nevile was born in Lahore and took his postgraduate degree from there. After a distinguished career in the Indian Foreign Service and the United Nations, he decided to become a freelance writer and specialized in the study of social and cultural history of India. His particular fascination with the performing arts inspired him to spend many years researching in libraries and museums in the UK and USA. Nevile has written extensively on Indian art and culture and also acted as a consultant for two BBC films on the Raj. He is the author of Lahore: A Sentimental Journey, Love Stories from the Raj, Beyond the Veil: Indian Women in the Raj, Rare Glimpses of the Raj, Stories from the Raj: Sahibs, Memsahibs and Others, K.L. Saigal: Immortal Singer, Marvels of Indian Painting, Nautch Girls of the Raj and The Tribune—An Anthology 1881–2006.

Author: PRAN NEVILLE  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Wed, 01 Dec 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/the-man-with-enormous-wings-7-114285.html What were they to do with the man lying face down on the ground, his once enormous wings burnt and charred to unsightly stubs? They turned him around. His glasses were cracked and he could not sit up He was coming in their way. Enemies thirsting for each other s blood, they were united on this point: this man had to be got rid of. Focusing on the communal riots which rocked Ahmedabad in 2002, Esther David offers a series of impressionistic, sharply etched portraits of the city. From the breathtaking Sidi Saiyyed mosque and the unbridled joy of Uttarayan celebrations to the sheer terror and mindless bloodshed of the riots, these short pieces describe the place and try to understand the events that changed it forever. These vignettes have one thing in common: the man with enormous wings. He impotently hovers over the narrative, silently lamenting the fierce bloodlust of a city that once worshipped him and grew up on his lessons of non-violence. The Man with Enormous Wings is a powerful, compelling book, not only because of the relevance and importance of what it has to say but also for the manner in which it chooses to say it.

Author: ESTHER DAVID  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Wed, 01 Dec 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/across-the-loc-inside-pakistan-administered-jammu-kashmir-7-114290.html The Kashmir issue has been a subject of international attention ever since the subcontinent was partitioned in1947. The clash between India and Pakistan over the coveted territory led to the emergence of Indian-administered and Pakistan-administered areas. While the social and political conditions in the former have been widely discussed, even among Kashmir experts there is little knowledge of Pakistanadministered Jammu & Kashmir (PAJK), particularly its political, cultural and social aspects. Luv Puri analyses the crucial pre-Independence social and political processes which resulted in polarization within the state and the violence that wracked the region during Partition. He tracks the effect of those events on Pakistan s Punjab province and the ensuing impact on Pakistan s position on the Jammu & Kashmir issue. The relationship between Pakistan and PAJK is an important aspect of Puri s research. He traces the history of migration from Mirpur to Britain and the Mirpuri diaspora s significant support to the early phase of militancy that arose in Jammu & Kashmir in 1989. This insurgency, which had its base in PAJK, promised independence from both India and Pakistan. The book also discusses the many transformations in the proindependence struggle from its inception to the present day. Across the LoC: Inside Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir is a new and original contribution to the body of literature on the region and the role PAJK has played in the larger Jammu & Kashmir tangle.

Author: LUV PURI  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Wed, 01 Dec 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/bound-together-:-how-traders-preachers-adventurers-and-warriors-shaped-globalisation-7-114293.html Since humans migrated from Africa and dispersed throughout the world, they have found countless ways and reasons to reconnect with each other. In this insightful and entertaining book, Nayan Chanda follows the exploits of traders, preachers, adventurers, and warriors throughout history as they have shaped and reshaped the world. For Chanda, globalization is a process of ever-growing interconnectedness and interdependence that began thousands of years ago and continues to this day with increasing speed and ease. In the end, globalization from the lone adventurer carving out a new trade route to the expanding ambitions of great empires is the product of myriad aspirations and apprehensions that define just about every aspect of our lives: what we eat, wear, ride, or possess is the product of centuries of human endeavor and suffering across the globe. Chanda reviews and illustrates the economic and technological forces at play in globalization today and concludes with a thought-provoking discussion of how we can and should embrace an inevitably global world. QUOTES A graceful recounting of modern globalization with a panoramic perspective . . . essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how we got where we are today Joseph E. Stiglitz, Nobel laureate in economics, author of Globalization and Its Discontents and Making Globalization Work

Author: NAYAN CHANDA  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Wed, 01 Dec 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/mi6-:-the-history-of-the-secret-intelligence-service-1909-1949--7-114255.html A groundbreaking book, this unprecedented study is the authoritative account of the best-known intelligence organisation in the world. Essential reading for anyone interested in the history of espionage, the two world wars, modern British government and the conduct of international relations in the first half of the twentieth century, "MI6: The History of the Secret Intelligence Service 1909-1949" is a uniquely important examination of the role and significance of intelligence in the modern world. About the Author Keith Jeffery is Professor of British History at Queen's University, Belfast, and a Member of the Royal Irish Academy. In 1998 he was the Lees Knowles Lecturer in Military Science at Trinity College, Cambridge, and in 2003-4, Parnell Fellow in Irish Studies at Magdalene College, Cambridge. He is the author of fourteen previous books. Keith Jeffery lives in Northern Ireland.

Author: KEITH JEFFERY  Publisher: BLOOMSBURY]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/monsoon-:-the-indian-ocean-and-the-future-of-american-power-7-114020.html On the world maps common in America, the Indian Ocean all but disappears. The Western Hemisphere lies front and center, while the Indian Ocean region is relegated to the edges, split up along the maps’ outer reaches. This convention reveals the geopolitical focus of the now-departed twentieth century, for it was in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters that the great wars of that era were lost and won. Thus, many Americans are barely aware of the Indian Ocean at all. But in the twenty-first century this will fundamentally change. In Monsoon, a pivotal examination of the Indian Ocean region and the countries known as “Monsoon Asia,” bestselling author Robert D. Kaplan deftly shows how crucial this dynamic area has become to American power in the twenty-first century. Like the monsoon itself, a cyclical weather system that is both destructive and essential for growth and prosperity, the rise of these countries (including India, Pakistan, China, Indonesia, Burma, Oman, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Tanzania) represents a shift in the global balance that cannot be ignored. The Indian Ocean area will be the true nexus of world power and conflict in the coming years. It is here that the fight for democracy, energy independence, and religious freedom will be lost or won, and it is here that American foreign policy must concentrate if America is to remain dominant in an ever-changing world. From the Horn of Africa to the Indonesian archipelago and beyond, Monsoon explores the multilayered world behind the headlines. Kaplan offers riveting insights into the economic and naval strategies of China and India and how they will affect U.S. interests. He provides an on-the-ground perspective on the more volatile countries in the region, plagued by weak infrastructures and young populations tempted by extremism. This, in one of the most nuclearized areas of the world, is a dangerous mix. The map of this fascinating region contains multitudes: Here lies the entire arc of Islam, from the Sahara Desert to the Indonesian archipelago, and it is here that the political future of Islam will most likely be determined. Here is where the five-hundred-year reign of Western power is slowly being replaced by the influence of indigenous nations, especially India and China, and where a tense dialogue is taking place between Islam and the United States. With Kaplan’s incisive mix of policy analysis, travel reportage, sharp historical perspective, and fluid writing, Monsoon offers a thought-provoking exploration of the Indian Ocean as a strategic and demographic hub and an in-depth look at the issues that are most pressing for American interests both at home and abroad. Exposing the effects of explosive population growth, climate change, and extremist politics on this unstable region—and how they will affect our own interests—Monsoon is a brilliant, important work about an area of the world Americans can no longer afford to ignore.

Author: Robert D. Kaplan  Publisher: Random House]]> Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/hitler-s-scientists-7-102023.html Hitler'S Scientists

Author: Cornwell, John  Publisher: VIKING]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/american-colonies-the-settlement-of-no-7-102024.html American Colonies reveals a pivotal period in the global interaction of peoples, cultures, plants, animals, and microbes. In a vivid narrative, Taylor creates a timely picture of the colonial world characterized by an interplay of freedom and slavery, opportunity and loss. With this volume, Alan Taylor challenges the traditional story of colonial history by examining the many cultures that helped make America. Transcending the usual Anglocentric version of our colonial past, he recovers the importance of Native American tribes, African slaves, and the rival empires of France, Spain, the Netherlands, and even Russia in the colonization of North America. Moving beyond the Atlantic seaboard to examine the entire continent, American Colonies reveals a pivotal period in the global interaction of peoples, cultures, plants, animals, and microbes. In a vivid narrative, Taylor draws upon cuttingedge scholarship to create a timely picture of the colonial world characterized by an interplay of freedom and slavery, opportunity and loss. Compelling, readable, and fresh, American Colonies is perhaps the most brilliant piece of synthesis in recent American historical writing. (Phillip J. Deloria, associate professor of history and American culture, University of Michigan)

Author: Taylor, Alan  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/history-of-tom-jones-7-102025.html A foundling of mysterious parentage brought up by Mr. Allworthy on his country estate, Tom Jones is deeply in love with the seemingly unattainable Sophia Western, the beautiful daughter of the neighboring squire though he sometimes succumbs to the charms of the local girls. When Tom is banished to make his own fortune and Sophia follows him to London to escape an arranged marriage, the adventure begins. A vivid Hogarthian panorama of eighteenthcentury life, spiced with danger and intrigue, bawdy exuberance and goodnatured authorial interjections, Tom Jones is one of the greatest and most ambitious comic novels in English literature.

Author: Fielding, Henry  Publisher: PENGUIN CLASSICS]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/1776-america-britain-at-war-7-109263.html Presents the story of the year of the birth of the United States of America. This book tells two stories how a group of squabbling, disparate colonies became the United States, and how the British Empire tried to stop them. It features a cast of amazing characters from George III to George Washington, to soldiers and their families.

Author: Mccullough, David  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/1914-the-days-of-hope-7-109264.html This is an account of the first few months of the Great War, from the buildup of the fighting to the first Battle of Ypres, written by the author of Somme, They called it Passchendaele and The Roses of No Man's Land.

Author: Macdonald, Lyn  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/19141918-the-history-of-the-first-wor-7-109265.html In the summer of 1914 Europe exploded into a frenzy of mass violence. The war that followed had global repercussions, destroying four empires and costing millions of lives. Even the victorious countries were scarred for a generation, and we still today remain within the conflict's shadow.

Author: Stevenson, David  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/1915-the-death-of-innocence-7-109266.html By the end of 1914, the battered British forces were bogged down, yet hopeful that promised reinforcements would soon lead to a victorious breakthrough. A year later, after losses at Aubers Ridge, Loos, and Neuve Chapelle fighting seemed set to go on for ever. This book evokes the soldiers' dogged heroism, and terrible loss of innocence.

Author: Macdonald, Lyn  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/an-imperial-possession-britain-in-the-7-109267.html The definitive history of Roman Britain In the first major narative history of the subject in more than a generation, David Mattingly brings life in Britain during four hundred years of Roman domination into vivid relief. Drawing on a wealth of new research and cutting through the myths and misunderstandings that commonly surround most perceptions of Roman Britain, An Imperial Possession describes a remote and culturally diverse province that required a heavy military presence both to keep its subjects in order and to exploit its resources for the empire. With his wonderful addition to the Penguin History of Britain series, Mattingly shows . . . just how interesting life could be on the outer fringes of the Roman Empire (The Sunday Telegraph).

Author: Mattingly, David  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/anatomy-of-fascism-7-109268.html Fascism was the major political invention of the twentieth century and the source of much of its pain. How can we try to comprehend its allure and its horror? Is it a philosophy, a movement, an aesthetic experience? What makes states and nations become fascist?

Author: Paxton, Robert  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/ancient-egyptians-history-dudes-7-109269.html Thousands of years ago, a mighty civilisation flourished on the banks of the River Nile. Its people built pyramids, and worshipped their kings and queens as gods. This work also visits a gang of tomb raiders who show you how they stole treasures and also joins troublemaking Pharaoh Akhenaten who explains why he tried to change everyone's religion.

Author: Buller, Laura  Publisher: DORLING KINDERSLEY]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/atlantic-its-enemies-the-7-109270.html Those who survived the Second World War stared out onto a devastated, morally ruined world. Everywhere the 'Atlantic' world (the USA, Britain and a handful of allies) was on the defensive and its enemies on the move. This book presents the history of this tumultuous period.

Author: Stone, Norman  Publisher: ALLEN LANE]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/auschwitz-a-history-7-109271.html At the terrible heart of the modern age lies Auschwitz. In a total inversion of earlier hopes about the use of science and technology to improve, extend and protect human life, Auschwitz manipulated the same systems to quite different ends.

Author: Whiteside, Shaun (Translator)  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/black-diamonds-family-strife-class-wa-7-109272.html Black Diamonds Family Strife, Class Wa

Author: Bailey, Catherine  Publisher: VIKING]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/black-hole-money-myth-empire-7-109273.html One small event in 18thcentury India has proved an enduring myth, and an enduring puzzle. This work takes us through the history of the buccaneer 'hatmen' of the East India Company, tracing the growth of the fledgling city of Calcutta. It appeals to those interested in India, in British history and in a different look at Empire.

Author: Dalley, Jan  Publisher: FIG TREE]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/black-mass-apocalyptic-religion-the-7-109274.html Our conventional view of history and human progress is wrong. It is founded on a pernicious myth of an achievable utopia that in the last century alone caused the murder of tens of millions. This book shows us how a misplaced faith in our ability to improve the world has actually made it far worse.

Author: Gray, John  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/black-mass-apocalyptic-religion-the-7-109275.html Black Mass Apocalyptic Religion & the

Author: Gray, John  Publisher: ALLEN LANE]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/blood-oil-7-109276.html Since September 11th 2001 and the commencement of the 'war on terror', the world's attention has been focused on the relationship between US foreign policy in the Middle East and the oceans of crude oil that lie beneath the region's soil. Michael Klare traces oil's impact on international affairs since World War II, revealing its influence on the Truman, Eisenhower, Nixon and Carter governments. He shows how America's own wells are drying up as demand increases and warns that by 2010 the US will need to import 60% of its oil. And since most of this supply will have to come from chronically unstable, often violently antiAmerican zones the Persian Gulf, the Caspian Sea, Latin America and Africa their dependency is bound to lead to recurrent military involvement.

Author: Klare, Michael  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/byzantium-the-surprising-life-of-a-med-7-109277.html Byzantium The Surprising Life of a Med

Author: Herrin, Judith  Publisher: ALLEN LANE]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/catiline-s-war-the-jugurthine-war-7-109278.html The only surviving works from one of the world's earliest historians, in important new translations Sallust's first published work, Catiline's War, contains the memorable history of the year 63, including his thoughts on Catiline, a Roman politician who made an illfated attempt to overthrow the Roman Republic. In The Jugurthine War, Sallust dwells upon the feebleness of the Senate and aristocracy, having collected materials and compiled notes for this work during his governorship of Numidia.

Author: Sallust  Publisher: PENGUIN CLASSICS]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/coast-of-dreams-a-history-of-contempor-7-109279.html Coast of Dreams A History of Contempor

Author: Starr, Kevin  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/cold-war-7-109280.html In 1950, international communism seemed on the offensive. As Britain once more finds itself in a global confrontation with an implacable ideological enemy, this title provides an account of the strategic dynamics that drove this age, beginning with the Second World War and ending with the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Author: Gaddis, John Lewis  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/colour-bar-the-triumph-of-seretse-kham-7-109281.html It is London 1945 the heir apparent to the largest tribe of Bechuanaland (later Botswana) arrives in Britain to complete his legal studies. Seretse Khama, an urbane 24year old, educated like Mandela at Fort Hare, was welcomed into the elite world of Oxford. But when he fell in love with Englishwoman Ruth Williams the full force of colonial power was brought to bear to prevent their marriage. Using newly released records Colour Bar recounts a shameful period in British history, of overt racism on the streets of London and the corridors of Whitehall, of appeasement to apartheid South Africa and triumphantly the determination of the Bangwato people whose loyalty finally brought Seretse and Ruth back to their rightful home where together they created the foundations for what has become a uniquely successful African state.

Author: Williams, Susan  Publisher: ALLEN LANE]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/command-of-the-ocean-a-naval-history-7-109282.html Describes the rise of Britain to naval greatness, and the central place of the Navy and naval activity in the life of the nation and government. This work describes not just battles, voyages and cruises but how the Navy was manned, how it was supplied with timber, hemp and iron, how its men were fed, and how it was financed and directed.

Author: Rodger, N A M  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/crack-in-the-edge-of-the-world-great-a-7-109283.html Crack In The Edge Of The World Great A

Author: Winchester, Simon  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/crimes-against-humanity-struggle-for-7-109284.html Presenting the story of how the human rights idea has come to dominate world politics, this title shows how human rights has penetrated the legal armour of the sovereign State. It sets out the rights of humankind in the 21st Century, and predicts what this movement has in store for tyrants and torturers, as well as for the superpowers.

Author: Robertson, Geoffrey  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/dictators-7-109285.html Half a century after their deaths, the dictatorships of Stalin and Hitler still cast a long and terrible shadow over the modern world. They were the most destructive and lethal regimes in history, murdering millions. They fought the largest and costliest war in all history.

Author: Overy, Richard  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/dk-revealed-ancient-egypt-7-109286.html The DK Revealed series peels back the layers of its subjects by integrating striking images on acetate pages with textual details and information. This text takes you into the depths of Ancient Egypt, allowing you to uncover historical details such as what's behind Tutankhamen's mask, how temple rituals awoke the gods, the secret of the Valley of the Kings and why a merchant's ship hid a treasure trove. Discover the story of how the great pyramids were built and how the pharoahs were prepared for the afterlife. With information about life in Ancient Egypt, together with crosssections and transparent layers, this book enables you to explore everything from gods and goddesses to hieroglyphs and hidden treasures.

Author: Chris, P  Publisher: DORLING KINDERSLEY]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/dragon-sea-a-historical-mystery-buried-7-109287.html A story of the attempts made to procure the treasures from a wreckage in the water off the coast of Vietnam known as the Dragon Sea.

Author: Pope, Frank  Publisher: MICHAEL JOSEPH]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/edifice-complex-how-the-rich-power-7-109288.html Edifice Complex How the Rich & Power

Author: Sudjic, Deyan  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/empire-penguin-celebrations--7-109289.html Empire (Penguin Celebrations)

Author: Ferguson, Niall  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/england-2-000-years-of-english-history-7-109290.html Presented chronologically, this title offers a portrait of England and the English and the unique place of both in world history. Through the words of those who saw it and made it, it covers the Norman Conquest, Magna Carta, the Peasants' Revolt, Henry VIII's break with Rome, the Great Fire of London, Nelson at Trafalgar, and the world wars.

Author: Stempel, John Lewis  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/failed-states-the-abuse-of-power-the-7-109291.html The US government has routinely cited the threat of 'failed states' to global security, asserting the right to intervene with military force to prevent their further collapse. 'Failed states' are those on the peripheries of the global system, with either weak, nonexistent or dictatorial governments, allegedly incapable of satisfying the basic needs of their citizens and considered a danger to the world and to their own people. In this groundbreaking new book, celebrated thinker Noam Chomsky argues that America itself is a failed state, and is as such a danger to its people and, increasingly, to the world. He draws attention to the inescapable irony that the United States, long involved in democracybuilding adventures around the world, desperately needs to revitalize democracy far closer to home.

Author: Chomsky, Noam  Publisher: HAMISH HAMILTON]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/flesh-in-the-age-of-reason-7-109292.html The culmination of a lifelong interest in the metaphysics of the body by the premier social historian of medicine. How did we come to a modern understanding of our bodies and souls? What were the breakthroughs that allowed human beings to see themselves in a new light?

Author: Porter, Roy  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/for-lust-of-knowing-orientalists-the-7-109293.html The history of Orientalism shows that, whether making philological comparisons between Arabic and Hebrew, cataloguing the coins of Fatimid Egypt or establishing the chronology of Harun alRashid's military campaigns against Byzantium, scholars have been unified by their shared obsession. This book is a work of scholarship.

Author: Robert, Irwin  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/forgotten-armies-7-109294.html The vast crescent of Britishruled territories from India down to Singapore appeared in the early stages of the Second World War a massive asset in the war with Germany, providing huge quantities of soldiers and raw materials and key part of an impregnable global network denied to the Nazis. Within a few weeks in 19412 a Japanese invasion had destroyed all this, almost effortlessly taking the impregnable fortress' of Singapore with its 80,000 strong garrison, and sweeping through South and Southeast Asia to the frontier of India itself. This revolutionary, absolutely gripping book brings to life the entire experience of South and Southeast Asia in this extraordinary period, telling the story from an Indian, Burmese, Chinese or Malay perspective as much as from that of the British or Japanese. Effectively it is the story of the birth of modern South and Southeast Asia and the hopes and fears of the dozens of forgotten armies' marching through the jungle battlefields, so many dying for causes swept away by the reality that emerged in 1945. Even as the British successfully fought back in the bloodiest battles in South and Southeast Asia's history, there was no going back to colonial rule.

Author: Bayly, Chris & Harper, Tim  Publisher: ALLEN LANE]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/forgotten-wars-the-end-of-britain-s-as-7-109295.html Most people view the dropping of the atomic bombs and Japanese surrender as the end of the Second World War. But for many countries and millions of people this war not true the war simply mutated into a new and equally terrifying form. And at the heart of that new conflict was the fate of the British Empire.

Author: Bayly, Christopher & Harper, Tim  Publisher: ALLEN LANE]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/forgotten-wars-the-end-of-britain-s-as-7-109296.html Provides an account of the creation of an Asia after the Second World War an unstoppable wave of nationalism that swept the British Empire aside. This book tells the story of how India, Pakistan, Burma and Malaysia came into existence and how British interference in Vietnam and Indonesia fatally shaped those countries' futures.

Author: Bayly, Christopher & Harper, Tim  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/god-s-war-7-109297.html A story of how a group of warriors, driven by faith, greed and wanderlust, carved out new Christianruled states in the Middle East. The crusaders' stunning initial success started a sequence of great Crusades, each with its own story, that shaped the Christian and Muslim worlds for centuries, until the Crusader castles were finally expunged.

Author: Tyerman, Christopher  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/good-old-days-crime-murder-mayhem-7-109298.html Good Old Days Crime, Murder & Mayhem

Author: O'Neill, Gilda  Publisher: VIKING]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/gulag-7-109299.html Reveals one of the greatest horrors of the 20th century the system of Soviet camps that are responsible for the deaths of countless millions. This work presents history of the camp from its origins under the tsars, to its colossal expansion under Stalin's reign of terror, its zenith in the late 1940s and eventual collapse in the era of glasnost.

Author: Applebaum, Anne  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/hegemony-or-survival-7-109300.html Hegemony Or Survival

Author: Chomsky, Noam  Publisher: HAMISH HAMILTON]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/hegemony-or-survival-america-s-quest-7-109301.html Presents an analysis of America's pursuit of total domination and the catastrophic consequences that are sure to follow. The author reveals the truth and the true motives behind America's quest for dominance and seeks also to show us how the world may yet step back from the brink.

Author: Chomsky, Noam  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/history-of-the-world-7-109302.html What caused Hurricane Katrina? What's inside an Eygptian Pyramid? How did the Vikings wage war? This book provides answers to these questions and more. It also covers events including the Asian Tsunami and Human Genome Project.

Author: Fry, Plantagenet S.  Publisher: DORLING KINDERSLEY]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/history-of-venice-7-109303.html John Julius Norwich's dazzling history of Venice from its origins to its eighteenth century fall. 'Lord Norwich has loved and understood Venice as well as any other Englishman has ever done. He has put readers of his generation more in his debt than any other English writer' Peter Levi, The Sunday Times.

Author: Norwich, John Julius  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/history-of-wales-7-109304.html Strarting from the Ice Ages, this account traces the political, social and cultural history of the land that has come to be called Wales. It spans prehistoric hill forts and Roman ruins to the Reformation, the Industrial Revolution and the series of strikes by Welsh miners in the late twentieth century, offering a history of an enduring people.

Author: Davies, John  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/holocaust-7-109305.html Between 1938 and 1945, six million Jewish men, women, and children were killed by Nazi Germany and its collaborators. This book presents an account of the story. It includes maps, charts, and timelines which provide context and the testimony of survivors. It also accompanies a DVD.

Author: Zinkin, Clare  Publisher: DORLING KINDERSLEY]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/holy-grail-7-109306.html The Holy Grail is an image familiar to us all as an almost unattainable, infinitely desirable goal. The idea has passed into everyday speech and the legends behind it are as current in today's culture as they have ever been. And yet the Grail has no real religious meaning and is nowhere mentioned in the Bible.

Author: Barber, Richard  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/holy-land-unholy-war-israelis-palel-7-109307.html There are few more compelling and more tragic issues in the world, than the bitter struggle between Palestinians and Israelis. This guide disentangles myths and realities and gives a thoughtful picture of an unhappy place.

Author: La Guardia, Anton  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/in-search-of-shangrila-7-109308.html We have long been bewitched by thelegend of ShangriLa a place of enchantment, romance and beauty in the East.Through the years it has been variously regarded as a strategic prize, ageographical puzzle or a hidden paradise. Explorers and adventurers have riskedeverything to understand this mysterious, wild place. From the RoyalGeographical Expedition of 1924 which searched for a spectacular hiddenwaterfall to those who followed fatally in their footsteps, In Search OfShangriLa vividlybrings to life the exploits and obsessions that have been fuelled by a regionreluctant to give up its secrets.

Author: Mcrae, M  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/indian-mutiny-7-109309.html In 1857, the native troops of the Bengal army rose against their colonial masters. The ensuing insurrection was to become the bloodiest in the history of the British Empire. Combining storytelling with research, this work narrates a tale at once tragic. It provides fresh evidence that the true causes of the mutiny were much more complex.

Author: David, Saul  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/inferno-the-devastation-of-hamburg--7-109310.html In the summer of 1943, British and American bombers launched an attack on the German city of Hamburg that was unlike anything the world had ever seen. For ten days they pounded the city with over 9,000 tons of bombs, with the intention of erasing it entirely from the map. The fires they created were so huge they burned for a month and were visible for 200 miles. The people of Hamburg had no time to understand what had hit them. As they emerged from their ruined cellars and air raid shelters, they were confronted with a unique vision of hell a sea of flame that stretched to the horizon, the burnedout husks of fire engines that had tried to rescue them, roads that had become flaming rivers of melted tarmac. Even the canals were on fire. Worse still, they had to battle hurricaneforce winds to escape the blaze. The only safe places were the city's parks, but to reach them survivors had to stumble through temperatures of up to 800C and a blizzard of sparks strong enough to lift grown men off their feet. Inferno is the culmination of several years of research and the first comprehensive account of the Hamburg firestorm to be published in almost thirty years. Keith Lowe has interviewed eyewitnesses in Britain, Germany, and America, and gathered together hundreds of letters, diaries, firsthand accounts, and documents. His book gives the human side of an inhuman story the long, tense buildup to the Allied attack; the unparalleled horror of the firestorm itself; and the terrible aftermath. The result is an epic story of devastation and survival, and a muchneeded reminder of the human face of war. Includes nineteen maps and thirtyone photographs, many never seen before

Author: Lowe, Keith  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/infidels-7-109311.html Andrew Wheatcroft examines the history of hostility between Christendom and Islam which stretches back to the 7th century, and how the ideological conflict continues today through the press, broadcast media and the Internet.

Author: Wheatcroft, Andrew  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/inheritance-of-rome-the-7-109312.html The world known as the 'Dark Ages', often seen as a time of barbarism, was in fact the crucible in which modern Europe would be created. This work shows how this period, encompassing people such as Goths, Franks, Vandals, Byzantines, Arabs, AngloSaxons and Vikings, was central to the development of our history and culture.

Author: Wickham, Christopher  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/iran-empire-of-the-mind-a-history-fr-7-109313.html Iran often appears in the media as a hostile and difficult country. From the time of the prophet Zoroaster, to the powerful ancient Persian Empires, to the revolution of 1979, the hostage crisis and president Mahmud Ahmadinejad a controversial figure within as well as outside the country this guide traces an account of Iran's past.

Author: Axworthy, Michael  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/islamist-why-i-joined-radical-islam-in-7-109314.html When I was sixteen I became an Islamic fundamentalist. Five years later, after much emotional turmoil, I rejected fundamentalist teachings and returned to normal life and my family. I tried to put my experiences behind me, but as the events of 7/7 unfolded it became clear to me that Islamist groups pose a threat to this country that we a Muslims and nonMuslims alike a do not yet understand. This is the first time an exmember openly discusses life within radical Islamic organisations. This is my story. Back when the book was launched in the UK, news of the publicity storm The Islamist made even the front page of the International Herald Tribune aThe Islamista]has caused a ruckus in the newspapers, on television, on talk shows and in blogs.a The Islamist has received wide and various acclaim from both the political right and left; film rights are being sought and there is still a great buzz around this important and timely book.

Author: Husain, Ed  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/israel-lobby-us-foreign-policy-the-7-109315.html Israel Lobby & US Foreign Policy, The

Author: Mearsheimer, John J  Publisher: ALLEN LANE]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/khartoum-ultimate-imperial-adventure-7-109316.html The British campaign in the Sudan in Queen Victoria's reign is an epic tale of adventure. Sent to evacuate the country, British hero General Gordon was murdered in Khartoum by an army of dervishes led by the Mahdi. This work presents an account that sheds light on this tale of honour, courage, revenge and savagery of late Victorian times.

Author: Asher, Michael  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/kings-queens-7-109317.html Which Henry had six wives, and which was crowned at eight years old? This guide helps you to discover how each monarch helped to shape the country we live in. It includes biographies that highlight key dates and achievements. It is aimed at those just beginning their journey into royal history, or at those who want to check their facts.

Author: Fry, Somerset Plantagenet  Publisher: DORLING KINDERSLEY]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/la-vie-en-bleu-france-the-french-si-7-109318.html Aims to bring to life the great dramas of modern France the two cataclysmic wars the Algerian disaster, and the student and worker revolt of 1968. This title presents the history of people and events that tells a multitude of stories, exploring the special worlds of the workplace, the role of women, and the politics of everyday life.

Author: Kedward, Roderick  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/legacy-of-ashes-the-history-of-the-cia-7-109319.html The image of the CIA as portrayed in countless films and novels is allpowerful, brilliant, decisive, ruthlessly effective. This book shows that the CIA is a blundering, chaotic and dangerously incompetent organization, so ineffective that it was nicknamed 'Can't Identify Anything' by Nato forces.

Author: Weiner, Tim  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/liberal-fascism-the-secret-history-of-7-109320.html The 'fascist' is usually an insult aimed at those on the right. But what does it really mean? What if the true heirs to fascism were actually those who thought of themselves as being terribly nice and progressive the liberals? This book looks behind the friendly face of the wellmeaning liberal, and turns our preconceptions inside out.

Author: Goldberg, Jonah  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/lion-of-jordan-the-life-of-king-hussei-7-109321.html For most of his long reign (19531999) Hussein of Jordan was one of the dominant figures in Middle Eastern politics, its most continuous presence, and one of the most consistent proponents of peace with Israel. This book offers an account of his life and reign.

Author: Shlaim, Avi  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/longitudes-attitudes-7-109322.html Travelling throughout the Middle East and Europe, the author talks to men and women in bazaars, schools and alleyways, as well as the world's leading political figures, developing and refining his perspective on the new kind of war the West finds itself fighting.

Author: Friedman, T  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/looming-tower-al-qaeda-s-road-to-9-11-7-109323.html Looming Tower Al Qaeda's Road to 9/11

Author: Wright, Lawrence  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/masters-commanders-how-churchill--7-109324.html Masters and Commanders describes how four titanic figures shaped the grand strategy of the West during the Second World War. Why, when the most direct route from Britain to Germany was through northwestern France, did the western allies first launch assaults on North Africa, Sicily and Rome? Why, if DDay was intended to be the start of the Allies' great thrust into Germany, did four hundred thousand men land five hundred miles to the south, in southern France, two months later? Why did the Allies not take Berlin, Vienna or Prague, and allow the Iron Curtain to descend where it did?One of the aims of the book is to show the degree to which the answers to these and many other key riddles of the Second World War turned on the personalities and relationships between two political masters Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt and the military commanders of their armed forces the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, General Sir Alan Brooke, and the US Army Chief of Staff, General George C. Marshall. In reconstructing the debates between these four principals and many of the other leading senior Allied figures, Roberts draws upon the private papers of nearly seventy contemporaries and on verbatim accounts of Churchill's War Cabinet meetings never before reproduced in book form. The result is a strikingly intimate and enjoyable account, which recreates with dramatic immediacy the atmosphere, debates and manoeuvrings through which Allied grand strategy was forged, and shows clearly the impact of personality upon history.

Author: Roberts, Andrew  Publisher: ALLEN LANE]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/medic-saving-lives-from-dunkirk-to-a-7-109325.html Their job is to put themselves in the heart of danger to run into battle to rescue the wounded and to risk their own lives to try and save the dying. This book presents the story of those brave men and women who go to war armed with bandages not bombs, scalpels not swords, and put saving life above taking life.

Author: Nichol, John & Rennell, Tony & Gordon, E  Publisher: VIKING]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/microtrends-the-small-forces-behind-7-109326.html A story of the small groups that are causing big changes in our lives in contemporary times. It is about how different we are to each other, and how wrong our own expectations can be. And how the end of uniformity could actually be the answer to our problems.

Author: Penn, Mark J.  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/mussolini-s-italy-life-under-the-dicta-7-109327.html For almost all nations, the First World War was an unparalleled disaster, but the Italian experience especially was to have catastrophic consequences. This title aims to bring to life the period when Italians participated in a vast and ultimately ruinous political experiment under their dictator, Benito Mussolini, and his fascist henchmen.

Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/napoleon-s-wars-an-international-histo-7-109328.html Attempts to reframe our understanding of Napoleon. This book creates a different context for Napoleon's career. It sees the battles as almost sideeffects, the consequences of rulers being willing to take the immense risks of fighting or supporting Napoleon risks that could result in the extinction of entire countries and regimes.

Author: Esdaile, Charles J.  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/new-penguin-history-of-europe-7-109329.html From the acclaimed author of The Penguin History of the World comes a rich and remarkable tale of European history (The New York Times Book Review). 45 maps and chronologies. Since its publication twenty years ago, J. M. Roberts's monumental History of the World has remained the unrivaled World History of our day (A.J.P. Taylor), selling more than a quarter of a million copies worldwide. Now in an equally masterful performance, Roberts displays his consummate skills of exposition in telling the tale of the European continent, from its Neolithic origins and early civilizations of the Aegean to the advent of the twentyfirst century. A sweeping and entertaining history, The Penguin History of Europe comprehensively traces the development of European identity over the course of thousands of years, ranging across empires and religions, economics, science, and the arts. Roberts's astute and lucid analyses of the disparate spheres of learning that have shaped European civilization and our understanding of it make The Penguin History of Europe a remarkable journey through the last two centuries.

Author: Roberts, J M  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/nixon-kissinger-partners-in-power-7-109330.html Probes the lives and times of two leaders whose partnership dominated the world stage and changed the course of history. Tapping into a wealth of documents and tapes, this book uncovers details about Nixon and Kissinger's personal relationship and the extent to which they struggled to outdo each other in the reach for foreign policy achievements.

Author: Dallek, Robert  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/on-liberty-the-subjection-of-women-7-109331.html Two cornerstones of liberalism from the great social radical of English philosophy John Stuart Mill was a prodigious thinker who sharply challenged the beliefs of his age. In On Libertyone of the sacred texts of liberalismhe argues that any democracy risks becoming a tyranny of opinion in which minority views are suppressed if they do not conform to those of the majority. The Subjection of Women, written shortly after the death of Mill's wife, Harriet, stresses the importance of sexual equality. Together they provide eloquent testimony to the hopes and anxieties of Victorian England, and offer a trenchant consideration of what it really means to be free.

Author: Mill,John Stuart  Publisher: PENGUIN CLASSICS]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/on-the-road-to-kandahar-7-109332.html A brilliant, fearless journalist who knows huge areas of the Islamic world intimately, Burke now turns to the wider question of how we are to get to grips with radical Islam and what it really means. Burke has travelled all over the great arc of Islamic land, from the Middle East to Southeast Asia, and he uses this in his new book to great effect to show how various and completely unmonolithic Islam really is, and how the sort of standard Western generalizations about it are both stupid and dangerous.

Author: Burke, Jason  Publisher: ALLEN LANE]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/operation-snakebite-the-explosive-true-7-109333.html Operation Snakebite The Explosive True

Author: Grey, Stephen  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/parliament-of-man-the-united-nations-7-109334.html In the course of the twentieth century, there occurred a development unique in the story of humankind. States, which had defined themselves from Thucydides to Bismarck by their claims to sovereign independence, gradually came together to create international organizations to promote peace, curb aggression, regulate diplomatic affairs, devise an international code of law, encourage social development and foster prosperity. The emergence of this network of global governance was not straightforward and the debate about its role is just as heated today as it was generations ago. In this longawaited new book, Paul Kennedy, probably the bestselling historian now living, examines this key development in the history of our century. Beginning with the earliest forms of international organization, he goes on to trace the creation and changing role of the UN in the postwar era, and finally suggests how, in the face of new threats to security and the continued vigour of at least some nation states, the institution will need to change over the course of the twentyfirst century, arguing that we all share the responsibility to make the only world organization we possess work as well as possible.

Author: Kennedy, Paul  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/penguin-historical-atlas-of-ancient-civi-7-109335.html The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Civilizations explores the world s earliest cultures, from the farming settlements of Mesopotamia to the foundation of Rome. Examining the development of civilizations around the globe, it covers such subjects as the roots of the Egyptian pharaohs, China s longlived dynasties, and the great cities of the Incas and Aztecs. Richly illustrated with photographs, artwork recreations, and fullcolor maps, this is an illuminating and multifaceted onevolume introduction to early peoples and the world they created.

Author: Haywood, John (Editor)  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/penguin-historical-atlas-of-the-british-7-109336.html An introduction to the rise and fall of the British Empire A new addition to Penguin s bestselling series of historical atlases, The Penguin Historical Atlas of the British Empire traces the emergence of the world s greatest empire, from its earliest beginnings in the British Isles through its ascendancy in Victorian times to its ultimate collapse in the midtwentieth century. It examines the impact of British dominance throughout the world and the legacy it has bestowed. Richly illustrated with photographs, artwork recreations, and over 150 fullcolor maps Contains a timeline and a table of imperial territories

Author: Dalziel, Nigel  Publisher: PENGUIN]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 +0100