The Penguin Book of Historic Speeches
10 best books like The Penguin Book of Historic Speeches (Brian MacArthur): The Warrior King and the Invasion of France: Henry V, Agincourt, and the Campaign that Shaped Medieval England, Seize the Fire: Heroism, Duty, and Nelson's Battle of Trafalgar, Melbourne, The Great Political Theories, Volume 2, Destiny in the Desert: The Story Behind El Alamein - the Battle That Turned the Tide, Waterloo: The Aftermath, Dreyfus: Politics, Emotion, and the Scandal of the Century, The Rothschilds: A Family Portrait, National Geographic Essential Visual History of World Mythology, The Secret History of MI6
| Author | Desmond Seward |
| ISBN | 1605986445 |
In the course of the Hundred Years War, Henry V was the English figure most responsible for the mutual antipathy that existed between France and England. His art of attacking an opponent by making total war on civilians, as well as soldiers, created tremendous distrust and enmity between the two countries,...
| Author | Adam Nicolson |
| ISBN | 0060753625 |
In October 1805 Lord Horatio Nelson, the most brilliant sea commander who ever lived, led the British Royal Navy to a devastating victory over the Franco-Spanish fleets at the great battle of Trafalgar. It was the foundation of Britain's nineteenth-century world-dominating empire. Adam Nicolson's...
| Author | Sophie Cunningham |
| ISBN | 1742231381 |
Melbourne's city life told in diary form, this contemporary and personal portrait depicts major events from the Australian heat wave, which culminated in more than 400 bushfires, to the destructive deluge of a hailstorm. While walking through Melbourne's oldest suburb to its largest market, experiencing...
| Author | Michael Curtis |
| ISBN | 0380012359 |
The philosophy of politics
This carefully selected compilation of the significant writings of the great political philosophers, scientists, and thinkers will be an invaluable guide to the general reader as well as to the serious student of history, political science, and government....
| Author | Jonathan Dimbleby |
| ISBN | 1846684447 |
This is a unique single-volume history of the road to El Alamein - 'the end of the beginning' - and the bloody battle that followed...It was the British victory at the Battle of El Alamein in November 1942 that inspired one of Churchill's most famous aphorisms: 'it is not the end nor is it the beginning of...
| Author | Paul O'Keeffe |
| ISBN | 1468311301 |
In the early morning hours of June 19, 1815, more than 50,000 men and 7,000 horses lay dead and wounded on a battlefield just south of Brussels. In the hours, days, weeks and months that followed, news of the battle would begin to shape the consciousness of an age; the battlegrounds would be looted and cleared,...
| Author | Ruth Harris |
| ISBN | 0805074716 |
The definitive history of the infamous scandal that shook a nation and stunned the world
In 1894, Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French army, was wrongfully convicted of being a spy for Germany and imprisoned on Devil's Island. Over the following years, attempts to correct this injustice...
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Long regarded as the most magical of the European dynasties, the Rothschild family today remains one of the most powerful and wealthy in the world. No family in the past two centuries has been so constantly at the center of Europe's great events, has featured such...
National Geographic Essential Visual History of World Mythology
| Author | National Geographic Society |
From ancient Egyptian deities to the Vedic gods of India, from Maya, Inca, and Aztec legends to the Dreamtime of the Aborigines. National Geographic Essential Visual History of World Mythology encompasses myths and creation stories from around the globe that have shaped society for millennia. Accessible,...
| Author | Keith Jeffery |
| ISBN | 1594202745 |
The authorized history of the world's oldest foreign intelligence service, drawing on hitherto secret documents. Britain's Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) was born a century ago amid fears of the rising power of other countries, especially Germany. The next 40 years saw MI6 taking an increasingly...
| Author | Pierre Berton |
| ISBN | 0385658389 |
The Canada–U.S. border was in flames as the War of 1812 continued. York's parliament buildings were on fire, Niagara-on-the-Lake burned to the ground and Buffalo lay in ashes. Even the American capital of Washington, far to the south, was put to the torch. The War of 1812 had become one of the nineteenth...
| Author | Christine Wilding |
| ISBN | 0071665080 |
Rethink how you think, feel, and behave "Get Started with CBT" is the essential guide to this incredibly popular and successful therapy. Whether you want to learn CBT techniques to practice "self-therapy," are preparing to see a therapist, or are already a trained counselor but would like to learn...
| Author | Michael Dobbs |
| ISBN | 0679751513 |
"One of the great stories of our time . . . a wonderful anecdotal history of a great drama."
--San Francisco Chronicle Book Review
As Washington Post correspondent in Moscow, Warsaw, and Yugoslavia in the final decade of the Soviet empire, Michael Dobbs had a ringside seat to the extraordinary...
Sahib: The British Soldier in India 1750-1914
| Author | Richard Holmes |
| ISBN | 0007137532 |
From the bestselling author of Tommy and Redcoat, a magnificent and rich history of the British soldier in India from Clive to the end of empire, making full use of personal accounts of soldiers who served in the vast and varied nation that made up the jewel in Britain's imperial crown. Sahib is a broad...
| Author | Winston S. Churchill |
| ISBN | 0743283430 |
As first lord of the admiralty and minister for war and air, Churchill stood resolute at the center of international affairs. In this classic account, he dramatically details how the tides of despair and triumph flowed and ebbed as the political and military leaders of the time navigated the dangerous...
Queen Victoria, From her Birth to the Death of the Prince Consort
| Author | Cecil Woodham-Smith |
Absolutely outstanding material. Written in a literary style and solid on the facts of the case. The author has a strong feel for personality and makes the people and events come alive as if they were a remarkably good movie. I'm VERY hard to please with biographies so you can be assured this book is as good...
| Author | A.J.P. Taylor |
| ISBN | 0192801406 |
Beginning on August 4, 1914, the day Britain entered the "Great War," this book guides us through three decades of unparalleled upheaval and change in Britain that eventually lead to the defeat of Japan in 1945--a momentous event that marked the end of the Second World War. Twin themes of international...
| Author | Alan Axelrod |
| ISBN | 0735203571 |
Few leadership titles have been written on the lives of women. Alan Axelrod, noted historian and business management expert, reveals how Elizabeth I overcame daunting obstacles to win intense loyalty and lead England to greatness.
The queen's long reign offers lessons on: developing a...
| Author | Richard Brookhiser |
| ISBN | 0465096220 |
The life of John Marshall, Founding Father and America's premier Chief Justice
In 1801, a genial and brilliant Revolutionary War veteran and politician became the fourth Chief Justice of the United States. He would hold the post for 34 years (still a record), expounding the Constitution...
The Anatomy of the Nuremberg Trials: A Personal Memoir
| Author | Telford Taylor |
| ISBN | 0316834009 |
Telford Taylor was a member of the American prosecution team at Nuremburg during 1945-46, so this book gives us a very personal view of the court proceedings. There were four prosecuting teams, from the U.S., Britain, the Soviet Union and France. I list them in that order because the U.S. team had many...
| Author | Stephen Law |
| ISBN | 0756626250 |
This is an excellent primer on philosophy, whether one is new to philosophy and pursuing a budding interest, or one interested in learning more about the various influential schools of philosophical thought. Stephen Law does an excellent job of covering growth and evolution of philosophy, being...
A Beginner's Guide to Losing Your Mind
| Author | Emily Reynolds |
| ISBN | 1473635624 |
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A Beginner’s Guide to Losing Your Mind is an eye-opening memoir from a girl with bipolar who has spent years trying - and failing - to cope with her symptoms. Emily was diagnosed as bipolar in her early 20s and spent many years trying to understand how to live with...
| Author | Ian Crofton |
| ISBN | 1847240860 |
This book has been my go-to 'dipper' for a few months now. I've been reading it extremely slowly but that did absolutely nothing to distract me from the repetition of these so called history facts.
Being a history student I had to use some serious imagination to even consider some of them being...
