by Don Messerschmidt | Jul 27, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), History
What a fascinating read! – the history of a small town in Silesia, once German, now Polish, which began simply back in the 14th century, slowly grew, prospered, then faded, collapsed and disappeared off the map. Even when it was flourishing, it wasn’t on many...
by Philip Rafferty | Nov 22, 2016 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), History
[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Viking Formats: Hardcover, eBook, Kindle, Audiobook, Audible Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound | iBooks[/alert] Richard J. Evans’ The Pursuit of Power: Europe 1815-1914 is the 7th book in the...
by Paul Vicary | Sep 22, 2016 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), History
[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Oxford University Press Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, Kindle Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon [/alert] The Rising reviews one of the seminal events (if only symbolically so) in Irish history. The Easter Rising of...
by Maria Whelan | Jul 11, 2016 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Historical Fiction, Romance, War & Military
[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Formats: Hardcover, eBook, Kindle, Audiobook, Audible Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound | iBooks[/alert] Fever at Dawn, written by award-winning Hugarian film director Péter...
by Katie Richards | Jul 8, 2016 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Books About Books, History
[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Oxford University Press Formats: Hardcover, eBook, Kindle Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound | iBooks[/alert] Harmful and Undesirable: Book Censorship in Nazi Germany is a small text, with the body of...