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Alan Palmer

    August 28, 1926 – January 1, 2022
    The Penguin Dictionary of Twentieth-Century History 1900-1991
    Metternich
    The Penguin Dictionary of Twentieth Century History
    The Penguin dictionary of modern history 1789-1945
    Who's Who in Shakespeare's England
    Victory 1918
    • 2025

      Featuring detailed insights into local history and culture, this guidebook is designed for travelers planning extended trips to Pakistan. It combines informative content with stunning photography, creating an illustrated magazine feel that inspires adventure. The book also emphasizes sustainability by being printed on eco-friendly paper, making it a conscientious choice for eco-minded travelers.

      Insight Guides Pakistan: Travel Guide with eBook
    • 2013

      Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; PART ONE: Introduction; 1: What the book is about and who it's for; What the Book Does; What the Book Does Not Do; 2: All different ... and all alike; Chapter Summary; PART TWO: Straight to the Point in Less than a Minute: Opening Your Meetings and Conversations; 3: The benefits of straightforward, straightaway; Chapter Summary; 4: Begin at the end; Means versus Ends; Business Objectives vs. Meeting Objectives; "That's Exactly What I Want to Happen!"; The Two Types of Meeting Objective

      Talk lean : shorter meetings., quicker results, better relations
    • 2010

      Social Minds in the Novel

      • 220 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      Exploring the dynamics of character thought in novels, the book presents a compelling argument for including an externalist perspective alongside the traditional internalist view. It highlights how characters engage in intermental processes, emphasizing the social and collective aspects of thought. By examining how characters think in relation to others and their environments, the author expands the understanding of literary minds beyond individual introspection, offering a richer analysis of narrative and character interaction.

      Social Minds in the Novel
    • 2000

      The East End

      Four Centuries of London Life

      • 220 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      For centuries the East End has been synonymous with poverty and sweated labour, with Cockney solidarity and popular protest. The poverty is still there but now, once again, East London is beginning to reshape itself. Alan Palmer takes us back through four centuries of life in this great melting pot which was once the very centre of Empire trade. People as well as goods have flowed in and out of it, from the Huguenot weavers of the 17th century to the Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis of today. Its story is one of extremes - of small deprived streets and great Hawksmoor churches, of great social campaigners like George Lansbury and out-and-out criminals like the Krays. This book, with an introduction by London's great chronicler Peter Ackroyd, seeks to capture the spirit of the East End and its people, of those who have left their mark on it and those whose lives were marked by it for ever.

      The East End
    • 2000

      Victory 1918

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      The book offers a fresh perspective on World War I, highlighting the tragic mistakes and immense bloodshed that characterized the conflict. It explores the war's profound impact on the 20th century, providing a detailed analysis through the lens of a distinguished historian. Accompanied by maps and photographs, the narrative sheds light on the complexities of the war and its lasting consequences.

      Victory 1918
    • 1999

      "All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely They have their entrances and exits." -As You Like It Covering the period from the Spanish Armada in 1588 to the publication of the First Folio in 1623, this work presents over 700 c

      Who's Who in Shakespeare's England
    • 1997

      The birth of Queen Victoria's grandson, Kaiser William II, in Berlin in 1859 was welcomed in London as though he were a British rather than a Prussian prince. But by 1915 he had become the most hated man in Britain.

      The Kaiser
    • 1997

      Metternich

      • 416 pages
      • 15 hours of reading

      As a man Metternich emerges as very different from the austere figure of popular imagination. Worldly, urbane and witty, he was a connoisseur of good living and enjoyed a sequence of scandalous love affairs and as much at home in Paris as Vienna.

      Metternich
    • 1994

      Twilight of the Habsburgs

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
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      Francis Joseph , emporor of Austria and King of Hungery, Bohemia, Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia has reigned in sovereignty for longer than no other ruler in history. Thsi book traces his life and times including his personal decision which were vital to both the Crimean War and WWI sixty years later.

      Twilight of the Habsburgs
    • 1994

      The Decline & Fall of the Ottoman Empire offers a provocative view of the Empire's decline from the failure to take Vienna in 1683 to the abolition of the Sultanate by Mustafa Kemal (Attaturk) in 1922 during a revolutionary upsurge in Turkish national pride. The narrative contains instances of violent revolt and bloody reprisals, such as the massacres of Armenians in 1896, and other "ethnic episodes" in Crete and Macedonia. More generally, the narrative emphasizes recurring problems: competition between religious and secular authority; the acceptance or rejection of Western ideas; and the strength or weakness of successive Sultans. The book also highlights the special challenges of the early twentieth century, when railways and oilfields gave new importance to Ottoman lands in the Middle East--Publisher's description

      The Decline and Fall of the Ottoman Empire