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The Rape of Nanking
Foreword William C. Kirby Introduction Part I The Path to Nanking Six Weeks of Terror The Fall of Nanking Six Weeks of Horror The Nanking Safety Zone Part II What the World Knew The Occupation of Nanking Judgment Day The Fate of the Survivors Part III The Forgotten Holocaust: A Second Rape Epilogue
Finnegans Wake
Introduction Recommended Reading Textual Note Outline of Chapter Contents Finnegans Wake Part I Part II Part III Part IV
Dubliners
Introduction Terence Brown Notes on Introduction Note on Text Dubliners Appendix I: Order of composition and dates of completion Appendix II: Characters in Dubliners who appear or are referred to in Ulysses Appendix III: Excerpt from a Victorian edition of Balfe’s The Victorian GIrl, frequently referred to in the text Notes
What Every Parent Needs to Know
Prologue: How to Use This Book Introduction: The National Curriculum Reception Introduction Before You Start Learning to Read and Write: A Short Guide to Phonics English Maths Understanding the World Expressive Arts and Design Reading List Reports and Assessment Year 1 Introduction English Maths Science Art and Design Computing Design and Technology Geography History Music …
The Penguin History of the Second World War
List of Maps Foreword to the Second Edition The Western Hemisphere Introduction to the Second Edition The Sources of War in Europe The Background Hitler Germany Europe From Versailles to the Soldiers’ Oath: 1919-34 The Futile Opposition: 1934-8 Munich … Prague … Warsaw Hitler’s Wars: 1939-41 From Poland to the North Cape The Fall of …
Fateful Choices
Forethoughts London, Spring 1940: Great Britain Decides to Fight On Berlin, Summer and Autumn 1940: Hitler Decides to Attack the Soviet Union Tokyo, Summer and Autumn 1940: Japan Decides to Seize the ‘Golden Opportunity’ Rome, Summer and Autumn 1940: Mussolini Decides to Grab His Share Washington, DC, Summer 1940-Spring 1941: Roosevelt Decides to Lend a …
We Were Eight Years in Power
Introduction: Regarding Good Negro Government Notes from the First Year: “This Is How We Lost the White Man” Notes from the Second Year: American Girl Notes from the Third Year: Why Do So Few Blacks Study the Civil War? Notes from the Fourth Year: The Legacy of Malcolm X Notes from the Fifth Year: Fear …
Undertones of War
Undertones of War: Introduction Hew Strachan Guide to further reading Glossary Preliminary Preface to the Second Edition The Path without Primroses Trench Education The Cherry Orchard The Sudden Depths Contrasts Specimen of the War of Attrition Steel Helmets for All The Calm The Storm A Home from Home Very Secret Caesar Went into Winter Quarters …
This Orient Isle
Introduction: The Ambassador Arrives Conquering Tunis The Sultan, the Tsar and the Shah The Battle for Barbary An Apt Man in Constantinople Unholy Alliances Sultana Isabel London Turns Turk Mahomet’s Dove Escape from the Seraglio Sherley Fever More than a Moor Epilogue
Girl, Woman, Other
Chapter One Amma Yazz Dominique Chapter Two Carole Bummi LaTisha Chapter Three Shirley Winsome Penelope Chapter Four Megan/Morgan Hattie Grace Chapter Five The After-Party Epilogue
The Secret State
Introduction: From Total War to Absolute War? Prelude: ‘The Queen Must Be Told’ Secrets and Mysteries: The Intelligence Picture The Importance of Being Nuclear: the Bomb and the Fear of Escalation Defending the Realm: Vetting, Filing and Smashing ‘Beyond the Imagination’: The Spectre of Ever-Greater Annihilation ‘Breakdown’: Preparing for the Worst To the Cotswold Station: …
The Command of the Ocean
Foreword A Note on Conventions Dates Battle Names Exchange Rates Foreign Ranks and Titles Money Values Notes and References Quotations Rates of Ships Tonnage Weights and Measures Maps Introduction A Mountain of Iron: Operations 1649-1654 Cromwell’s Hooves: Operations 1654-1659 A Looking-Glass of Calamity: Administration 1649-1660 The Melody of Experienced Saints: Social History 1649-1660 Terrible, Obstinate …
Cuba: A History
Preface Note on Currencies Prologue: WIth Albemarle to Havana, 1762 The English Expedition The Spanish Colony Sugar and Society The Victors and the Creoles Book One: The Great Leap Forward, 1763-1825 Enter North America The Challenge of Haiti Rebellion in South America The Ever-faithful Isle Book Two: The Golden Age, 1825-68 The World of Sugar …
La Belle Sauvage
Part One: The Trout The Terrace Room The Acorn Lyra Uppsala The Scholar Glazing Sprigs Too Soon The League of St Alexander Anti-clockwise Lord Asriel Environmental Protected Alice Talks The Bologna Instrument Lady with Monkey The Potting Shed Part Two: The Flood The Pharmacy Pilgrim’s Tower Lord Murderer The Poacher The Sisters of Holy Obedience …