British category: 24621 books
by Major Brian A. Pedersen
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
The modern tank was invented in 1916 as a means to mechanically overcome the stalemate of trench warfare brought on by the increased lethality of fires employed during World War I. Its introduction received mixed reviews among British leaders. Some advocated its continued role supporting infantry...
Kipling
'If–' and Other Poems
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
‘If–‘ is, by British readers’ choice, the most popular poem in the language. This selection of Rudyard Kipling’s verse contains not only this classic, but many of his greatest poems, in testimony to a writer who possessed a precocious gift for rhyme and a brilliant ear for language, coupled...
Sex, Politics and Society
The Regulation of Sexuality Since 1800
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
A pioneering study which has become an established classic in its field, Sex, Politics and Society provides a lucid and comprehensive analysis of the transformations of British sexual life from 1800 to the present. These changes are firmly located in the wider context of British social, political...
Civility and Empire
Literature and Culture in British India, 1821-1921
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2004
This book addresses the idea of 'civility' as a manifestation of the fluidity and ambivalence of imperial power as reflected in British colonial literature and culture. Discussions of Anglo-Indian romances of 1880-1900, E.M. Forster's The Life to Come and Leonard Woolf's writings show how the appeal...
by Professor David Dutton
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
Once teetering on the brink of oblivion, the British Liberal Party has again re-established itself as a major force in national and local politics. David Dutton's approachable study offers new insights into the waning, near death and ultimate recovery of the Liberal Party from 1900 to the present...
Out Of The Red - A Gripping British Mystery Thriller
Anna Burgin Book 2
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2018
Packed with twists and dark humour, Out Of the Red is book two in the Anna Burgin series and the electrifying sequel to Cold Press.
Investigative journalist Danny Churchill is hot on the trail of Graham March – the disgraced former police DCI.
The investigation takes him to Germany where...
by Reginald Hill
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2019
The first book in the “outstanding” British police procedural series—the basis for the long-running BBC series featuring the Yorkshire detective duo (The New York Times).
Reginald Hill “raised the classical British mystery to new heights” when he introduced pugnacious Yorkshire Det....
by John Siddique
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2011
Intelligent, sensual, highly erotic, manly and beautifully mortal - Full Blood is the result of a fifteen-year labour of love. This is literature in its most empowered state, and poetry at its most radical, lyrical and affecting. Full Blood invites you in easily, and then turns into one of those books...
by George Bernard Shaw, John A. Bertolini
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
Man and Superman and Three Other Plays, by George Bernard Shaw, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some...
by George Bernard Shaw
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2012
Collectors Edition! Highly Recommended! This is an excellent play on many levels. The story, similar in a few respects to Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities, is, among other things, about a man's willingness to give up his life for another. However, where Dickens's story ends with the decision,...
by George Bernard Shaw, John A. Bertolini
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
Pygmalion and Three Other Plays, by George Bernard Shaw, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the...
Collected Plays of W. Somerset Maugham: A Man of Honour, Lady Frederick, The Explorer, The Circle, Caesar's Wife, East of Suez
Collection of Plays by prolific British playwright, novelist and short story writer, author of "The Painted Veil", "Of Human Bondage", "Up at the Villa", "Cakes and Ale" and "The Magician"
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
This carefully crafted ebook: "Collected Plays of W. Somerset Maugham: A Man of Honour, Lady Frederick, The Explorer, The Circle, Caesar's Wife, East of Suez" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965) was a British...
by Elis Wyn, George Borrow
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
According to Wikipedia: "George Henry Borrow (5 July 1803 - 26 July 1881) was an English author who wrote novels and travelogues based on his own experiences around Europe. Over the course of his wanderings, he developed a close affinity with the Romani people of Europe, and they figure prominently in...
by Ernest Gray
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Surgeon's Mate' is a detailed and bloody eye-witness account of a Naval Surgeon in the thick of military action, and is highly recommended for inclusion on the bookshelf of any historian or anyone with an interest in military history. Many of these earliest books, particularly those dating back to...