Tom Reilly 
Making a Massacre [EPUB ebook] 
Cromwell; Ireland and the Slaughter of Innocents Scandal (Not a Real History Book)

The nineteenth century brought an increased awareness of mental disorder, epitomized in the Asylum Acts of 1808 and 1845. The desire to contain or cure the afflicted led to an unprecedented growth of …

Each year Americans supply blood, sperm, and breast milk to "banks" that store these products for use by strangers in medical procedures. Who gives, who receives, who profits? Kara Swanson …

The twentieth century cannot be properly understood unless we understand communism: its origins, growth, demise and legacy. This brief overview of the history of communism challenges us to think abou …

The Holocaust is a pervasive presence in British culture and society. Schools have been legally required to deliver Holocaust education, the government helps to fund student visits to Auschwitz, the …

This popular text provides a detailed study of the social and economic structures that underpin the Italian political system. Thoroughly updated, the second edition covers the 1994 election results a …

Conventionally, „absolutism”” in early-modern Europe has suggested unfettered autocracy and despotism — the erosion of rights, the centralisation of decision-making, the loss of liberty. Everythi …

The Great Barrier Reef is located along the coast of Queensland in north-east Australia and is the world”s largest coral reef ecosystem. Designated a World Heritage Area, it has been subject to incr …

SOE and The Resistance describes the extraordinary contribution to the allied war effort made by the Special Operations Executive, from its formation in 1940 to the end of the war. Within a broadly c …

First published in 1968. The present volume originated in a seminar which was conducted at the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London during the 1965-66 academic session. …

The Truman Years is a concise yet thorough examination of the critical postwar years in the United States. Byrnes argues that the major trends and themes of the American history have their origins du …