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Niall Ferguson's House of Rothschild: Money's Prophets 1798-1848 was hailed as "definitive" by the New York Times, a "great biography" by Time magazine, and was named one of the Ten Best Books of 1998 by Business Week. Now, Ferguson concludes his myth--breaking portrait of one of the most powerful families of modern times at the zenith of its power. From Crimea to World War II, wars repeatedly threatened the stability of the Rothschild's worldwide empire. Despite these upheavals, theirs remained the biggest bank in the world up until the First World War. Yet the Rothschild's failure to establish themselves successfully in the United States proved fateful, and as financial power shifted from London to New York after 1914, their power waned. At once a classic family saga and major work of economic, social and political history, The House of Rothschild is the riveting story of an unparalleled dynasty.
The German bestseller - a powerful and deeply affecting graphic
memoir that explores identity, guilt and the meaning of home Winner
of Moira Gemmill Illustrator of the Year Winner of Book
Illustration prize at the V&A Illustration Awards Winner of the
The National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography Winner of
the Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize
for Political Writing Shortlisted for the Longman History Today
Prize One of the Guardian's '50 Biggest Books of Autumn 2018' The
New York Times Critics' Top Books of 2018 Nora Krug grew up as a
second-generation German after the end of the Second World War,
struggling with a profound ambivalence towards her country's recent
past. Travelling as a teenager, her accent alone evoked raw
emotions in the people she met, an anger she understood, and
shared. Seventeen years after leaving Germany for the US, Nora Krug
decided she couldn't know who she was without confronting where
she'd come from. In Heimat, she documents her journey investigating
the lives of her family members under the Nazi regime, visually
charting her way back to a country still tainted by war.
Beautifully illustrated and lyrically told, Heimat is a powerful
meditation on the search for cultural identity, and the meaning of
history and home.
It's said a picture is worth a thousand words, but if you really
want to see into the lives of your British Isles ancestors, find
them in the census. This book will show you how. Accredited
Genealogist Echo King leads you step-by-step through these
essential records and explains everything from how British
census-taking began to how you can use the census to uncover
details that will enrich your family story. Whether you are new to
family history or you are a seasoned veteran, Finding Answers in
British Isles Census Records has something for you.
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Pocahontas, Alias Matoaka, and Her Descendants Through Her Marriage at Jamestown, Virginia, in April, 1614, With John Rolfe, Gentleman; Including the Names of Alfriend, Archer, Bentley, Bernard, Bland, Boling, Branch, Cabell, Catlett, Cary, Dandridge, ...
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