Contains French words & phrases for travellers This book

Includes:: basic grammar a pronunciation guide & additional

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The Penguin Guide to Punctuation is indispensable for anyone who needs to get to grips with using punctuation in their written work Whether you are puzzled by colons & semicolons unsure of where commas should go or baffled by apostrophes this jargon-free succinct guide is for you ...

This new historical atlas
- richly illustrated with photographs artwork recreations & full-colour maps
- explores the world's

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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 mid-20th century It examines the impact of British dominance in America India & Africa & the enormous changes brought by Britain's settlement of Australasia Coverage of major events
- the colonization of Ireland the American Revolution the South African wars
- is complemented by discussion of themes such as Imperial exploitation & trade hunting for plants & animals the Imperial exhibitions & the importance of British naval power Also assessed are the impact of the Empire on different areas of the world & the legacy it has bestowed Richly illustrated with photographs & full-colour maps this is an illuminating & multi-faceted one-volume introduction to the rise & fall of the British Empire

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This new historical atlas
- richly illustrated with photographs artwork recreations & full-colour maps
- explores the Middle

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A very clear reliable & readable history of economic thought from the ancient world to the present day From Homer to Marx to John Stuart Mill Backhouse shows how to keep your Keynsians from your post-Keynsians & New Keynsians A core book ...

Russia's recent past has encompassed revolution civil war mass terror & two world wars & the country is still undergoing huge change In his acclaimed history now updated to 2015 Robert Service provides a superb panoramic viewpoint on Russia exploring the complex changing interaction between rulers & ruled from Nicholas II Lenin & Stalin through to Gorbachev Yeltsin Putin & beyond This new edition also discusses Russia's unresolved economic & social difficulties & its determination to regain its leading role on the world stage & explains how despite the recent years of de-communization the seven decades of communist rule which penetrated every aspect of life still continue to influence Russia today ...

WINNER OF THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION'S JOHN K FAIRBANK PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE CUNDHILL HISTORY PRIZE 2017' This is the finest single-volume history of Vietnam in English It challenges myths & raises questions about the socialist republic's political future' Guardian' Powerful & compelling Vietnam will be of growing importance in the twenty-first-century world particularly as China & the US rethink their roles in Asia Christopher Goscha's book is a brilliant account of that country's history'
- Rana Mitter'A vigorous eye-opening account of a country of great importance to the world past & future'
- Kirkus Reviews Over the centuries the Vietnamese have beenboth colonizers themselves & the victims of colonization by others Their country expanded shrunk split & sometimes disappeared often under circumstances far beyond their control Despite these often overwhelming pressures Vietnam has survived as one of Asia's most striking & complex cultures As more & more visitors come to this extraordinary country there has been for some years a need for a major history
- a book which allows the outsider to understand the many layers left by earlier emperors rebels priests & colonizers Christopher Goscha's new work amply fills this role Drawing on a lifetime of thinking about Indo-China he has created a narrative which is consistently seen from 'inside' Vietnam but never loses sight of the connections to the 'outside' As wave after wave of invaders
- whether Chinese French Japanese or American
- have been ultimately expelled we see the terrible cost to the Vietnamese themselves Vietnam's role in one of the Cold War's longest conflicts has meant that its past has been endlessly abused for propaganda purposes & it is perhaps only now that the events which created the modern state can be seen from a truly historical perspective Christopher Goscha draws on the latest research & discoveries in Vietnamese French & English His book is a major achievement describing both the grand narrative of Vietnam's story but also the byways curiosities differences cultures & peoples that have done so much over the centuries to define the many versions of Vietnam




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Examines the beginning of the Christian movement during the first centuries AD & the explosive force of its expansion throughout the Roman world ...

This new edition of Brogan's superb one-volume history
- from early British colonisation to the Reagan years
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