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“christopher knowles”

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  • The Red Line

    A Railway Journey Through the Cold War

    by Christopher Knowles ...
    The Red Line is the story of a train journey from London to Hong Kong. It is set in 1981, the year Christopher made the first of twenty-four such journeys as a tour guide, when the Cold War was still very much a fact of life. Although China appeared to be on the brink of significant change, no one could know for certain; Poland was stirring but the prospect of change in the USSR and its other ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Week in Hong Kong

    by Christopher Knowles ...
    'a week in hong kong' is a narrative journey through the former british colony. It is a guide but not one in the usual sense - rather, it is a lucid account of a visit that entertains as much as it informs. it is an ideal companion to contemporary hong kong for anyone interested in exploring more widely and in greater depth a territory with a fascinating, if idiosyncratic, history. hong kong is ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Cotswolds - Not Just a Pretty Place

    by Christopher Knowles ...
    The Cotswolds is a region in the west of England famed for its wonderful scenery and gorgeous villages. This book is out of the ordinary because it describes in depth a selection of the most interesting places, many of which are unknown except to the conoscenti. Written by a long time resident and acknowledged expert in the area, it is the only written companion you need if you really want to ... Read more

    $7.50 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Secret History of Rock 'n' Roll

    by Christopher Knowles ...
    Sex. Drugs. Loud music. Wild costumes. Dazzling light shows. These words can all describe a great rock concert or a hot dance club, but they were also part and parcel of the ancient cultural phenomenon known as the “Mystery religions.” In this book, author Christopher Knowles shows how the Mystery religions got a secular reincarnation when a new musical form called rock 'n' roll burst onto the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Transforming Occupation in the Western Zones of Germany

    Politics, Everyday Life and Social Interactions, 1945-55

    Edited by Christopher Knowles, Dr. Camilo Erlichman ...
    Transforming Occupation in the Western Zones of Germany provides an in-depth transnational study of power politics, daily life, and social interactions in the Western Zones of occupied Germany during the aftermath of the Second World War.Combining a history from below with a top-down perspective, the volume explores the origins, impacts, and legacies of the occupations of the western zones of ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Winning the Peace

    The British in Occupied Germany, 1945-1948

    by Christopher Knowles ...
    By adopting a unique biographical approach, this book examines the aims and intentions of twelve important and influential individuals who worked for the British Military Government in occupied Germany during the first three years after the end of the Second World War. British policy was distinctive, and the British zone was the largest and economically most important of all four zones. Although ... Read more

    $39.69 USD

  • Diversity of Bacterial Respiratory Systems

    Volume 2

    by Christopher Knowles ...
    It is the aim of this book to present reviews on a wide range of aspects of bacterial respiratory systems. Because the on-going publication elsewhere of reviews on bacterial respiration, ablanket coverage of the field has not been attempted. Rather, a range of topics have been selected, either because they are of special current interest, they have not been reviewed recently, or they have never ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

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    1914-1923

    by Dr. Benjamin Ziemann ...
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    World War I was a uniquely devastating total war that surpassed all previous conflicts for its destruction. But what was the reality like on the ground, for both the soldiers on the front-lines and the women on the homefront?Drawing on intimate firsthand accounts in diaries and letters, War Experiences in Rural Germany examines this question in detail and challenges some strongly held assumptions ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Bystanders to the Holocaust

    A Re-evaluation

    by David Cesarani, Paul A. Levine ...
    Using accessible archival sources, a team of historians reveal how much the USA, Britain, Switzerland and Sweden knew about the Nazi attempt to murder all the Jews of Europe during World War II. ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Germany, 1914-1933

    Politics, Society and Culture

    by Matthew Stibbe ...
    Germany, 1914-1933: Politics, Society and Culture takes a fresh and critical look at a crucial period in German history. Rather than starting with the traditional date of 1918, the book begins with the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, and argues that this was a pivotal turning point in shaping the future successes and failures of the Weimar Republic.Combining traditional political ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • The Hitler State

    by Martin Broszat ...
    Interpretative study of the Hitler state now available in English. An important contribution to the study of totalitarian states. ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Death from the Skies

    How the British and Germans Survived Bombing in World War II

    by Dietmar Süss ...
    The German 'Blitz' that followed the Battle of Britain killed tens of thousands and laid waste to large areas of many British cities. And although the destruction of 1940-1 was never repeated on the same scale, fears that Hitler possessed a secret weapon of mass destruction never entirely died, and were partially realized in the VI and V2 raids of 1944-5. The British and American response to the ... Read more

    $41.99 USD