Germany: A Nation in Its Time: Before, During, and After Nationalism, 1500-2000
By: Helmut Walser Smith
4.04
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
For nearly a century, historians have depicted Germany as a rabidly nationalist land, born in a sea…
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1. The History of the Bible: The Making of the New Testament Canon
By: Bart D. Ehrman
4.10
Format: 6 pages, Audio CD
What different kinds of books are in the New Testament? When, how, and why were they written? And w… read more
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2. Medieval Europe
By: Chris Wickham
3.72
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The millennium between the breakup of the western Roman Empire and the Reformation was a long and h… read more
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3. To Hell and Back: Europe 1914-1949
By: Ian Kershaw
3.98
Format: 574 pages, Hardcover
The Penguin History of Europe series reaches the twentieth century with acclaimed scholar Ian Kersh… read more
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4. Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
By: Tony Judt
4.37
Format: 933 pages, Paperback
Almost a decade in the making, this much-anticipated grand history of postwar Europe from one of th… read more
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"Broken eggs make good omelettes. But you cannot build a better society on broken men."-Tony Judt, Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
"Far from addressing the Soviet nationalities question, the Afghan adventure had, as was by now all too clear, exacerbated it. If the USSR faced an intractable set of national minorities, this was in …"-Tony Judt, Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
"The imposition of a Russian rather than a German solution cut Europe’s vulnerable eastern half away from the body of the continent. At the time this was not a matter of great concern to western Europ…"-Tony Judt, Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
"Maastricht had three significant side-effects. One of them was the unforeseen boost it gave to NATO. Under the restrictive terms of the Treaty it was clear (as the French at least had intended) that …"-Tony Judt, Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
5. The Habsburg Empire: A New History
By: Pieter M. Judson
4.16
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In a panoramic and pioneering reappraisal, Pieter Judson shows why the Habsburg Empire mattered so … read more
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6. Homelands: A Personal History of Europe
By: Timothy Garton Ash
4.22
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Drawing on half a century of firsthand experience and exemplary scholarship, Timothy Garton Ash tel… read more
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7. The Shortest History of Germany
By: James Hawes
3.72
Format: 226 pages, Hardcover
Read in an afternoon. Remember for a lifetime. In his acclaimed new bestseller, now in paperback, … read more
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"Anyone who thinks of the Germans as a naturally bellicose people should recall that Prussia-Germany was the only one of the continental powers in the run-up to 1914 whose elite seriously feared that …"-James Hawes, The Shortest History of Germany
8. Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918
By: Katja Hoyer
4.17
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Before 1871, Germany was not a nation but an idea. Its founder, Otto von Bismarck, had a formidable… read more
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9. Poland: The First Thousand Years
By: Patrice M. Dabrowski
3.95
Format: 506 pages, Hardcover
Since its beginnings, Poland has been a moving target, geographically as well as demographically, a… read more
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10. Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
By: Katja Hoyer
4.23
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For o… read more
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"Some of the “songs"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart,"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"From 1971, the rates paid were means-tested, allowing working class families with children privileged access. A four-person household in West Germany spent around 21 percent of their net income on re…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"In other fields too, female ambition had become the norm. By 1988, over 90% of East German women fought their own battles in the workplace. The GDR had reached the highest rate of female employment i…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
11. Roller-Coaster: Europe, 1950-2017
By: Ian Kershaw
4.19
Format: 666 pages, Hardcover
After the overwhelming horrors of the first half of the 20th century, described by Ian Kershaw in h… read more
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"A continuing thread of Europe’s transformation over the seven decades since 1950 has been the central importance of Germany. Change here, in the country that did more than any other to destroy the co…"-Ian Kershaw, Roller-Coaster: Europe, 1950-2017
"Most people in Europe in 1950 held views that seventy years later would be regarded as anathema. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (arising from their catastrophic breach during the Second Wo…"-Ian Kershaw, Roller-Coaster: Europe, 1950-2017
12. The Habsburgs: To Rule the World
By: Martyn Rady
3.85
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
The definitive history of the dynasty that dominated Europe for centuries In The Habsburgs, Mart… read more
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13. In the Shadow of the Empress: The Defiant Lives of Maria Theresa, Mother of Marie Antoinette, and Her Daughters
By: Nancy Goldstone
4.16
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
The vibrant, sprawling saga of Empress Maria Theresa—one of the most renowned women rulers in histo… read more
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14. Hitler: Downfall, 1939-45
By: Volker Ullrich
4.60
Format: 848 pages, Hardcover
In the summer of 1939 Hitler was at the zenith of his power. The Nazis had consolidated their autho… read more
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15. The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe
By: Martyn Rady
4.13
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
An essential new history of Central Europe, the contested lands so often at the heart of world hist… read more
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16. Germany: A Nation in Its Time: Before, During, and After Nationalism, 1500-2000
By: Helmut Walser Smith
4.04
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
For nearly a century, historians have depicted Germany as a rabidly nationalist land, born in a sea… read more
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17. Bismarck's War: The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe
By: Rachel Chrastil
3.84
Format: 485 pages, Hardcover
'Compassionate and thought-provoking history' Daily Telegraph'Superb on the human consequences of w… read more
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18. Out of the Darkness: The Germans, 1942-2022
By: Frank Trentmann
4.08
Format: 856 pages, Kindle Edition
A groundbreaking new history of the people at the centre of Europe, from the Second World War to to… read more
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19. The Vault (Group Fifteen Files)
By: Mark Dawson
4.29
Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition
A desperate agent. A petty criminal. An audacious plot.When Harry Mackintosh is called upon to exfi… read more
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20. The Splintered Empires: The Eastern Front 1917–21
By: Prit Buttar
4.21
Format: 488 pages, Hardcover
At the beginning of 1917, the three empires fighting on the Eastern Front were reaching their break… read more
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21. The Germans and Europe: A Personal Frontline History
By: Peter Millar
3.89
Format: 460 pages, Hardcover
Based on a lifetime living in and reporting on Germany and Central Europe, award-winning journalist… read more
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