Search Results: History - 20th to 21st Century from Viceroy Books

Arrow Books, 2006. New book, 621 pages. When this book begins, in the reign of Edward VII, Great Britain commands the mightiest empire the world has ever seen. By the time it ends, with the Coronation of Elizabeth II, Britain has emerged victorious from a world war, but ruined as a world power. How did Britain's power and influence decline? This is one of the questions which A. N. Wilson seeks to answer in his masterly follow-up to THE VICTORIANS.. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Free Press, 1995. New book, some shelf wear to jacket. 163 pages. In this landmark assessment of modern Japan, the author looks back over the 70 years of momentous changes encompassed by Emperor Hirohito's long reign. Exploring those years from the atrocities of the Sino-Japanese war and WW2, to the stunning economic and political transformation in the postware period, Irokawa offers his frank and unpretentious views of the ordinary Japanese and the way in which those changes shaped the emperor system.. Hard Cover. As New/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Touchstone Books, 2001. New book, some shelf wear to cover. With the recent discovery of long-lost radio messages, combined with the authors 25 years of research, the mystery surrounding Earhart has been solved. The book simultaneously reveals the findings and brings to life the primitive conditions under which early aviators flew.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Touchstone Books, 2001. New book, some shelf wear to cover. With the recent discovery of long-lost radio messages, combined with the authors 25 years of research, the mystery surrounding Earhart has been solved. The book simultaneously reveals the findings and brings to life the primitive conditions under which early aviators flew.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Touchstone Books, 2001. New book, some shelf wear to cover. With the recent discovery of long-lost radio messages, combined with the authors 25 years of research, the mystery surrounding Earhart has been solved. The book simultaneously reveals the findings and brings to life the primitive conditions under which early aviators flew.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Touchstone Books, 2001. New book, some shelf wear to cover. With the recent discovery of long-lost radio messages, combined with the authors 25 years of research, the mystery surrounding Earhart has been solved. The book simultaneously reveals the findings and brings to life the primitive conditions under which early aviators flew.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

The Stationary Office, 2001. New book, 382 pages. The assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, and the subsequent murder of his alleged assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, two days later, stunned the world. On November 29, 1963, President Johnson appointed the Warren Commission to investigate the circumstances surrounding these tragic events. This book is a collection of extracts taken directly from the Warren Commission Report. . Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

The Stationary Office, 2001. New book, 382 pages. The assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, and the subsequent murder of his alleged assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, two days later, stunned the world. On November 29, 1963, President Johnson appointed the Warren Commission to investigate the circumstances surrounding these tragic events. This book is a collection of extracts taken directly from the Warren Commission Report. . Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

The Stationary Office, 2001. New book, 382 pages. The assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, and the subsequent murder of his alleged assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, two days later, stunned the world. On November 29, 1963, President Johnson appointed the Warren Commission to investigate the circumstances surrounding these tragic events. This book is a collection of extracts taken directly from the Warren Commission Report. . Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: Black Swan, 2006. New book, 418 pages. This is the full story of how an exhilarating quest to unravel the secrets of the material world produced the knowledge of how to destroy it. And how a scientific adventure shared openly between nuclear physicists from different nations transmuted into a secretive wartime race for the ultimate weapon of mass destruction between Germany and America. Focussed on the intertwined, all too human lives of scientists like Marie Curie, Einstein, Rutherford, Heisenberg and Bohr whose compulsive curiosity led, ultimately, to the horror of Hiroshima. Drawing on new interviews with those who were there, this book helps us make better sense of the threats and moral dilemmas posed by nuclear weapons for our society today.. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2007. New book, 716 pages. During the night of 12-13 August 1961, a barbed wire entanglement was hastily constructed through the heart of Berlin. It metamorphosed into a structure that would come to symbolise the insanity of the Cold War: the Berlin Wall. Frederick Taylor tells the story of the post-war political conflict that led to a divided Berlin and unleashed an East-West crisis, which lasted until the very people the wall had been built to imprison breached it on 9 November 1989. Weaving together history, original archive research and personal stories, the Berlin Wall is the definitive account of a divided city and its people in a time when humanity seemed to stand permanently on the edge of destruction. . Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Arcade Pub, 2002. New book, 392 pages. This book looks at the people and events that brought wrenching, often enduring, and always bloody change to countries and societies. Covering the French Revolution, Mexico 1910, Russia 1917, Japan 1945, the Cuban Revolution, and the Iranian Revolution, the author contends that each had its own dynamic and memorable case of characters, but all too often the end result was the same: mayhem, betrayal, and death. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Arcade Pub, 2002. New book, 392 pages. This book looks at the people and events that brought wrenching, often enduring, and always bloody change to countries and societies. Covering the French Revolution, Mexico 1910, Russia 1917, Japan 1945, the Cuban Revolution, and the Iranian Revolution, the author contends that each had its own dynamic and memorable case of characters, but all too often the end result was the same: mayhem, betrayal, and death. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

BBC Books, 1997. New book, some shelf wear to jacket. 192 pages, dozens of photos. This is a unique record of Britains maritime past, told through the memories of ordinary people in whose lives the sea played a central role. This book many tales of adventure and heroism, some of the most amazing which involve women mariners who defied convention to brave the dangers of life a sea.. Hard Cover. As New/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, U.S.A.: Arcadia Publishing, 1999. New book, 128 pages. 200+ photos. This book takes you on a visual journey through a century of innovation. With many rare photos from the early days of aviation, the World Wars, Commercial and record breaking flights, accompanied by detailed commentary, the author covers the landmark moments of the first 100 years.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, U.S.A.: Arcadia Publishing, 1999. New book, 128 pages. 200+ photos. This book takes you on a visual journey through a century of innovation. With many rare photos from the early days of aviation, the World Wars, Commercial and record breaking flights, accompanied by detailed commentary, the author covers the landmark moments of the first 100 years.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: Viking, 2005. New book, 412 pages. This book follows the story of the city that was built on the dreams of the American gold rush, and was destroyed in less than a minute. Just before dawn on 18 April 1906 a massive earthquake roared through the city of San Francisco, tearing through the main thouroughfare of the town in huge, undulating waves as the entire surface of the earth and everything that stood upon it seemed to lift up and roll in from the ocean. Houses crashed to the ground, people were shaken from their beds, and within moments great fires burst into life across the city and raged for three days.. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.A.: Naval Inst Pr, 2000. New book, 206 pages. Considered one of the most heroic missions in the annals of naval aviation, the expedition included the overflight of some thirty thousand square miles of the High Arctic in open cockpit Loening Amphibian biplanes and a series of other events in which the explorers risked their lives in an unforgiving environment to add to the store of human knowledge. The authors dramatic account fully documents the expeditions important work in the ruggedly beautiful Arctic landscape and provides significant insight into the character of the most famous and controversial polar explorers - Richard Byrd.. Hard Cover. As New/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Pier 9, 2010. New book, 362 pages. Documents that shaped Australia is a richly varied anthology of 100 written and spoken snapshots of the Australian nation across space and time. John Thompson's diverse selection - illustrated with facsimile documents, portraits and maps and featuring detailed contextual introductions - spans over 400 years of recorded Australian history, drawing on letters and diary entries, poems and songs, as well as official commissions, petitions, speeches and acts of Parliament. This collection of touchstones from the nation's documentary heritage reveals Australia's moments of triumph and its hopes for a richer and better future. Beginning with the first reported sighting of the Southern Cross constellation in 1516 and concluding with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's national apology to the Stolen Generation in 2008.. Pictorial Cover. As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London, United Kingdom: Constable & Robinson Limited, 2004. New book, 315 pages. Britain and France have rarely been great friends, and towards the end of Queen Victoria's reign relations were exceptionally poor. Yet only three years after her death the situation was completely revised. On 8th April 1904 the Entente Cordiale was signed between the two countries, a bond that would prove of considerable importance as the world moved towards its first great war. The detailed negotiations of the Entente was the work of two Foreign Secretaries, the Marquess of Lansdowne and Theophile Delcasse. Their task was not easy - but it could not have been contemplated without the amazing influence and tireless efforts of Edward VII. Often regarded as a lightweigth ruler - fond of women, racing and cigars, and not fond of hard work - a very different king emerges from Dunlop's portrait, based on the testimony of those who knew him best and were closest to events. . Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over… Read More