Mark Tessler`s highly praised, comprehensive, & balanced history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from the earliest times to the present
- now fully updated for students in the 21st century
- provides a constructive framework for understanding recent developments & assessing the prospects for future peace. Drawing upon a wide array of documents & on research by Palestinians, Israelis, & others, Tessler assesses the conflict on both the Israelis` & the Palestinians` terms. New chapters in this expanded edition elucidate the Oslo peace process, including the reasons for its failure, & the political dynamics in Israel, the West Bank, & Gaza at a critical time of transition.

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Over the centuries the Middle East has confounded the dreams of conquerors & peacemakers alike. This now-classic book, last updated in 2010, follows the historic struggles of the region over the last two hundred years, from Napoleon's assault on Egypt, through the slow decline & fall of the Ottoman Empire, to the painful emergence of modern nations, the Palestinian question & Islamic resurgence. For this third edition, Economist journalist & Middle East correspondent Nicolas Pelham has written an extensive new chapter examining recent developments throughout the Middle East, including the invasions of Iraq & Afghanistan, the situation in Iran, the continuing Arab-Israeli conflict & relations with the US under President Obama. ...

What caused Hurricane Katrina? What's inside an Eygptian Pyramid? How did the Vikings wage war? Find the answers to all these questions & more with this definitive world history for children, spanning every continent & era. Take an incredible journey through thousands of years, from the time when humans first walked on the Earth to the age of space travel. This book covers all the recent events including the Asian Tsunami & Human Genome Project. It is perfect for projects or just for fun. ...

Discover the scope of the world`s history * With exclusive article by Richard Overy * Beginning with the story of early man, & culminating in the rise of global terrorism & environmental issues, the text is a breathtaking & unrivalled narrative which

Includes:: voyages of discovery, revolutions & wars, dynasties & empires. Richard Overy, with a team of historians, presents a factual chronological narrative as well as his own opinion-led piece in an extended article ` The State of the World` in which he gives his views on the primary factors which shape the world we live in. With fully-up-to-date content including material on Iraq, Afghanistan, terrorism & the environment, as well as the latest research into prehistory, this is the most complete & readable record of our world yet. From cavemen to the Cold War, from Alexander the Great to global warming, from warfare through the ages to the great voyages of exploration, The Times History of the World is the book that has all the answers, the detail & the authoritative text in one breathtaking single historical source. Also contains a 16-page section of photographs of the most important & iconic images of our world.

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From Stone Age cave paintings to computers, find out about the key events in world history through 100 amazing stickers. Discover how great empires rose, famous battles were won, & how artists, inventors, scientists & explorers changed our world again & again. With links to specially selected websites for more information. ...

History is everywhere, & is never as complete as when it can be accessed on a part of history itself. The locomotive is one of the great steps in progress of civilisation that undoubtably connects us to land & history that was shaped by the machine itself. Although a basic form of railway, or rutway, did exist in Ancient Greek & Roman times – notably the ship trackway between Diolkos & the Isthmus of Corinth around 600 BC – it would take several thousand years before the first fare-paying passenger service was launched in the early nineteenth century. Some two hundred years on, it is possible to travel by train to some of the world`s most remote & remarkable destinations, & track the many wonderful legacies of the Earth`s extensive history – man-made & otherwise. From prehistoric rock formations to skyscraper cities, slow steam engines to high-speed bullet trains, let A History of the World in 500 Railway Journeys be your guide. Through its beautifully illustrated pages, & 500 awe-inspiring railway journeys, you can chart your own transcontinental itinerary through time. Chug through canyons, steam past ancient monuments, speed through cities, luxuriate in the railcars of presidents & queens, or make express connections between key historical moments or epic eras, A History of the World in 500 Railway Journeys has it all. A must-read for travellers, railfans & history buffs alike, offering inspiration & information in equal measure. ...

History is a rich, varied & fascinating subject, so it's rare to find the whole lot in one book...until now. The History of the World in Bite-Sized Chunks pulls it all together, from the world's earliest civilizations in 3500 BC to the founding of the United Nations in 1945, passing by the likes of Charlemagne, the Ottoman Empire & the Crimean War, to name a few. Here's your chance to introduce yourself to the full spectrum of world history, & discover just how the modern world came to be. ...

From Babylonian tablets to Google Maps, the world has evolved rapidly, along with the ways in which we see it. In this time, cartography has not only kept pace with these changes, but has often driven them. In this beautiful book, over 70 maps give a visual representation of the history of the world. Every map tells a story & this book tells the incredible history of our world through maps, &

Includes:: many famous examples of cartography, along with some that deserve to be better known. See countries & cities come & go, empires rise & fall, significant geographical discoveries, & key historical events unfold. Key maps reproduced in this atlas include: Babylonian clay tablets, c.2300 BC & c.600 BC
- some of the world`s oldest surviving maps; Waldseemuller World Map, 1507
- the first map to use the name ` America` for the New World; Waghenaer chart, 1584
- a forerunner to modern nautical charts; Abel Buell map of North America, 1782
- the first map of the newly independent United States that was produced in America by an American; The Scramble for Africa, 1852/1898
- maps of new colonies being created; Ypres, 1918
- map of the aftermath of the First World War; Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
- map used by President John F. Kennedy during the crisis.








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Much more than a history atlas, this book drops you right in the heart of the action, as 130 detailed maps tell the story of pivotal episodes in world history, from the first human migrations out of Africa to the race for space. After the foreword written by renowned broadcaster & historian Peter Snow, purpose-made regional & global maps present the history of the world as it happened, charting how events traced patterns on land & ocean
- patterns of exploration, discovery, or conquest that created powerful empires, fragile colonies, or terrifying theatres of war. An interplay of text & graphics leads you around the page so that you can follow the story of civilizations through ancient, medieval, & modern times. But not every page is full of maps. At key points in History of the World Map by Map, broad, sweeping introductions provide a chance to step back & look at entire periods, such as World War 2, or to explore overarching themes, such as the Industrial Revolution. Picture spreads, meanwhile, focus on epoch-defining moments or developments, such as fascism & communism, & the invention of printing.
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In A History of the World Since 9/11 Dominic Streatfeild expertly combines history, biography & investigative journalism to show how a massacre on a clear September day in 2001 has touched the lives of millions of people around the world. In a series of brilliantly interlinked chapters he shows how an Afghani wedding party; & a gas station proprietor in Texas; & a planespotter in Mallorca have been affected, sometimes devastatingly, by the American response to the attacks on the Twin Towers. Streatfeild shows how the sleep of reason & good sense in successive US administrations post-9/11 has brought forth the monsters of extraordinary rendition, Guantanamo Bay, extrajudicial execution & wholesale contravention of international law. This is a work that informs as it entertains & induces outrage as it inspires. ...