At the beginning of the twentieth century, globalizing, booming economies married to technological breakthroughs seemed to promise a better world for most people. In this title, the author reveals how economic boom-&-bust, decaying empires &
- above all
- poisonous ideas of race led men to treat each other as aliens.

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The night after a shooting star is seen streaking through the sky from Mars, a cylinder is discovered on Horsell Common in London. At first, naive locals approach the cylinder armed just with a white flag only to be quickly killed by an all-destroying heat-ray, as terrifying tentacled invaders emerge. ...

In The War of the Worlds H. G. Wells invented the myth of invasion from outer space. Martians land near London, conquering all before them, & ruin the metropolis; the fate of civilization & even of the human race remains in doubt until the very last. ...

With a foreword by renowned World War I historian Dr Gary Sheffield, War on the Western Front examines the day-to-day lives of the brave men of the First World War, as they died in the trenches, from their recruitment & their training to their combat experience, vividly recounting the shock of life on the front.

This book has a collection of essays by well known First World War contributors such as Dr Stephen Bull, Ian Drury, Thomas A. Hoff, Martin Pegler & Ian Sumner.

World War I stands as a watershed in the evolution of modern warfare, with the development of sophisticated trench systems forming a battlefield over 400 miles long; innovations in weaponry & equipment; & the introduction of tanks in battle. Without the ordinary soldier, however, there could have been no war: The Great War was very much a conflict of infantrymen
- Tommies, Stormtrooper, Poilus & Doughboys.

War on the Western Front provides an extensive re-assessment of trench warfare, a revolutionary tactic that challenged the very idea of war, & details developments in weaponry & armoured vehicles, including terrifying innovations in the use of poison gas, flamethrowers & tanks.








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No longer dogs of war running ragtag armies, the new breed of private soldiers operate their million-dollar contracts from executive boardrooms worldwide. Whether they're ex-special forces, CIA spooks or Foreign Legionnaires, you'll find them exchanging gunfire with insurgents in Baghdad, patrolling government buildings in Afghanistan. ...

The bestselling poetry anthology for GCSE & A-Level! This popular anthology for schools contains poems, extracts, historical documents & illustrations, as well as differentiated oral & written tasks. The poems cover wars from the late 18th ...

Will she get another chance at happiness?

Flora Cooke is struggling to raise her children alone amidst the ruins of war-torn

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Flora Cooke is struggling to raise her children alone amidst the ruins of war-torn Liverpool.

With her husb&, Tom, away

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Captain van Toch discovers a colony of newts in Sumatra which can not only be taught to trade & use tools, but also to speak. As the rest of the world learns of the creatures & their wonderful capabilities, it is clear that this species is ripe for exploitation. ...

Infectious diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide. This book makes the intricacies of the immune system & infectious diseases less baffling for the general reader & answers the questions of how things work & why. Aimed at general readers & student, it introduces to the basics of immunity & infection. ...