Accounting

The history of the People's Republic of China can be classified into two periods: Mao's China and Deng's China. Each period contains a number of phases; each phase is characterised by political or economic events. This book gives an outline of these events and the associated accounting changes. More

This book uses the tools of modern political science to analyse how the fortunes of Cabinet ministers are determined. Using a unique dataset of ministers from 1945 to 2007, it examines the factors that lead to ministerial selection and durability, providing new insights into the nature of Cabinet… More

Published to coincide with the centenary of the opening of Third Ypres (The Battle of Passchendaele) With a new introduction by Professor Peter John Simkins MBE, FRHistS More

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A very rare first-hand account of the legendary battle of Kohima by a living survivor.Describes in graphic detail the bitter and prolonged fighting against a vastly numerically superior enemy. More

A gripping personal account of the reolutionary years 1916 to 1921. This captivating journal is written with wry, down-to-earth humour and gives the reader a real insight into Ireland's fight for freedom, from the inside. More

In 1942 young soldier Arthur Dodd was taken prisoner by the German Army and transported to Auschwitz. He was forced to do hard labour, starved and savagely beaten. This shocking story sheds new light on the operations at the camp, exposes a hierarchy of prisoner treatment by the SS and presents the… More

A collection of eyewitness accounts from supporters, players, officials and police of the day in 1989 when 96 Liverpool supporters were crushed to death at an FA Cup semi-final. Royalties from sales of the book go to charities designated by the Hillsborough Support Group. More

When the Nazis invaded Hungary in 1944, they sent virtually the entire Jewish population to Auschwitz. A Hungarian Jew and a medical doctor, Dr Miklos Nyiszli was spared from death for a grimmer fate: to perform scientific research on his fellow inmates under the supervision of the infamous Angel of… More

Surveys the efforts to promote equal rights in the fifties and sixties, and examines government policy changes. More

Consists of director Efros' articles about Chekhov and The Seagull, his diaries, interviews and conversations, and the original rehearsal records. More

Offers an extraordinary inside history of the most critical years of American involvement in Vietnam, from 1954 to 1968, and explains why it still matters. Describing what went right and then wrong, Rufus Phillips finds that America's failure to understand the Communists, the South Vietnamese, or… More

His Majesty's destroyers had a long and costly war. Some eight thousand destroyer men did not survive. At the height of the war the Royal navy was commissioning four new vessels a month, which was only sufficient to replace those which had been sunk or severely damaged. This outstanding book… More

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A guide to clinical effectiveness and governance, this second edition includes clinical governance issues. It aims to increase awareness of, and skills in, an evidence-based approach to health care, and there is advice on collecting, evaluating, interpreting and applying evidence. More

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AND THE BAND PLAYED ON brings to life the trauma of the Titanic through the true story of one family. More

The classic account of Hitler's fall from power, first published in 1947, reissued with a striking cover. More

Definitive account of the famous 1963 Great Train Robbery - and its aftermath. Updated for the paperback edition with new text and pictures. More

An eye-witness account of the Munich air crash of February 6th 1958, when 8 members of the Manchester United team were killed. More

This official account of this prisoner of war camp was written for the War Office at the end of the war, drawing on testimony and information from the prisoner themselves. More

THE FIRST MEMOIR BY A USS ARIZONA SURVIVOR: Donald Stratton, one of the battleship's five living heroes, delivers an "epic,"* "powerful,"** and "intimate"** eyewitness account of Pearl Harbor and his unforgettable return to the fight. A TOP-TEN NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! More

An account of the 1929 uprising in Kabul. During the occupation Fayz Muhammad, a Kabul resident and historian, kept a detailed journal, which forms the basis of this book. It covers the occupiers' extortion, confiscation, and the resulting hardships, as well as the actions of those who resisted. More

The author was living in Tehran during the build-up to the Iranian Revolution and kept a daily account of the events he witnessed as the Ayatollah Khomeini and the Shah squared up to each other. This diary makes a crucial contribution to our historical understanding of events. More

The author was living in Tehran during the build-up to the Iranian Revolution and kept a daily account of the events he witnessed as the Ayatollah Khomeini and the Shah squared up to each other. This diary makes a crucial contribution to our historical understanding of events. More

A unique firsthand account of pre-war life in Hong Kong.The book provides an analysis of the war in Europe, the Chinese and Japanese conflict in the 1930s and the United States position in the Far East and argues that the invasion should never have taken place. More

…its graceful lines and powerful performance have made it into an airborne icon. Its operational versatility as a fighter, low level bomber and reconnaissance aircraft was unsurpassed.In this book we get the first-hand crew accounts of a selection of the actions and missions that the 'Mossie' u More

Unique first-account from a member of a German submarine crew. He fought in the Atlantic and in the Far East and gives a rare view of the war under the sea. More

…personal story of an army chaplain - The Reverend Herbert Butler Cowl - from Christmas Eve 1914 to the end of hostilities in 1919. His descriptive account, from his own personal letters and writings, illustrates the value of faith during the war and the balance between serving God and carrying out… More

On April 15th, 1912, Titanic, the world's largest passenger ship, sank after colliding with an iceberg, claiming more than 1,500 lives. The author's bestselling history of the voyage, the wreck and the aftermath is a tour de force of detailed investigation and the upstairs/downstairs divide. More

On 15 November 1959, the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, a wealthy farmer, his wife and their two young children were found brutally murdered. Blood all over the walls, the telephone lines cut, and only a few dollars stolen. Heading up the investigation is Agent Al Dewey, but all he has are two… More

In 1941, aged 12, Helga Weiss, her mother and father were forced to say goodbye to their home, their relatives and all that they knew, and were interned in the Nazi concentration camp of Terezin. For the next three years, Helga documented her experiences there, and those of her friends and family,… More

From the precipitous plunge into war and the brutal and bloody battles of August 1914, this book shows how events were propelled by a horrific logic which swept all sides up in its unstoppable momentum. More

Berlin 1941. Marie Jalowicz Simon, a nineteen-year-old Jewish woman, makes an extraordinary decision. All around her, Jews are being rounded up for deportation, forced labour and extermination. Marie takes off the yellow star and vanishes into the city. More

Ha Pham Kim Nhung, her husband and six children fled their Saigon home destined for the United States to join Ha's mother. After a harrowing, two-week overland trek through Vietnam and Cambodia, the family finally made their way to the refugee camps in Thailand only to find the conditions in the… More

Drawing on interviews with Germans and Americans of various backgrounds and perspectives, this text aims to convey the atmosphere of postwar Germany and the role of the American occupation in achieving the nation's economic transformation. More

A young captain in the Royal Norfolk Regiment, Reggie Burton was wounded in the closing stages of the disastrous defence of Malaya and Singapore. He vividly, yet calmly and with great dignity, describes the horror of captivity at the hands of the Japanese. After initial confusion, the true nature of… More

'DESERVES TO JOIN REACH FOR THE SKY AND THE LAST ENEMY AS ONE OF THE GREAT RAF BOOKS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR' - ANDREW ROBERTS More

Memoirs of SAS 'originals' have always been rare but over 70 years on, this is a real 'find'. The author fought as a young officer in Sicily and Italy and this title throws fascinating first hand light on the character of the legendary Paddy Mayne. More

A superb example of the very marketable Japanese POW genre. More

A wartime report drawn heavily from personal interviews and wartime debriefings by agents. More

The story of one Baha'i woman's experiences at the hands of the Iranian Revolutionaries in the 1980s. Amid the escalating program she witnessed friends, neighbours and relatives being imprisoned, tortured and executed. She visited prisoners, comforted relatives and then it was her turn. More

The book is based upon a diary Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Crawford kept whilst working as a staff officer in Headquarters British Forces Middle East (HQBFME) in Riyadh in Saudi Arabia during the First Gulf War 1990-91. More

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The 1970s saw a change in the fortunes of the Scottish national side. Having exited undefeated at the 1974 World Cup in West Germany, the sobering trip to Argentina 78 prompted more realistic future expectations. Extensively researched, Scotland in the 70s examines the decade's 89 matches in depth,… More

By the laws of statistics, John Wyatt should not be here today to tell his story. He firmly believes that someone somewhere was looking after him during his years in Malaya & Singapore. Examine the odds stacked against him & his readers will know why he holds this view. More

The Germans had watched our arrival on radar and that afternoon all Hell broke loose over the Maltese airfields. In spite of strenuous efforts by the fighters and anti-aircraft gun defences, the Ju 87 and Ju 88 dive-bombers and strafing Messerschmitts managed to damage and destroy several of the… More

In 1974, Richard Kirkby got the opportunity out of the blue to go to one of the most isolated places on the planet, Communist China. Richard watched from the inside as China dealt with the disastrous consequences of the Cultural Revolution, the death of Chairman Mao, and the beginning of the new… More

The 1960s heralded a golden age of Scottish football. Law, Gilzean, Baxter, Greig and Johnstone are just some of the names involved. Memorable matches included those against Italy, West Germany and Czechoslovakia. Set against the backdrop of the Swinging Sixties, Scotland in the 60s reviews all 64… More

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Originally published: London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1969. More

Thud Pilot covers F-105 early combat in 1964 thru 1966, the year of heaviest losses. It details the first counter Surface-to-Air-Missile strike in warfare history, political blunders and inane Rules of Engagement that placed the Thud in unwarranted peril. Thud Pilot goes beyond the air battle; it… More

Amberley's new series of Eyewitness Accounts bring history, warfare, disaster, travel and exploration to life, written by the people who could say, `I was there!' More

The latest title in Amberley's new series of Eyewitness Accounts bringing history, warfare, disaster, travel and exploration to life, written by people who could say, `I was there!' This book was originally published anonymously during wartime, but today most sources attribute the diary to Kathleen… More

Gerald Brenan's The Spanish Labyrinth, first published in 1943, has become the classic account of the background to the Spanish Civil War. More

…of Kimball Young is a history of sociology from 1912 to 1968. Interdisciplinary and international aspects of sociology's formation are stressed in Young's account as he discusses ideas and personalities he found most useful in understanding the development of European and American sociology. More

…of Kimball Young is a history of sociology from 1912 to 1968. Interdisciplinary and international aspects of sociology's formation are stressed in Young's account as he discusses ideas and personalities he found most useful in understanding the development of European and American sociology. More

This text is a personal account of the author's experiences as a consript Wehrmacht soldier. As a Panzer driver he fought in the Crimea and at the Seige of Stalingrad and Kursk, one of the bloodiest and long-lasting battles in history. More

This is the graphic personal account of a Soviet submariner during his years at sea in the Baltic during the Second World War. It describes all the action - and there was plenty of it - that the author was involved in, including numerous engagements with and sinkings of German shipping in the… More

…of three US Army hospitals located at Brickbarns Farm, Merebrook and Wood Farm in the Malvern Wells area of Worcestershire during World War II. This book looks at the day to day activities at the hospitals using archive material and accounts and various photos from those who were there at the time. More