When Washington Burned: The British Invasion of the Capital and a Nation's Rise from the Ashes 164712350X, 9781647123505

When Washington Burned - An Illustrated History of the War of 1812 [1 ed.] 9781612001135, 9781612001012

To commemorate the bicentennial of the War of 1812, this book tells the complete story of the great conflict between a y

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When Washington Burned: An Illustrated History of the War of 1812 9781612001135

A vivid account of the often forgotten 1812 conflict between a young United States and an imperial Britain, including ma

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Out of the Ashes: The Remarkable Rise and Rise of the Afghanistan Cricket Team 9780753522479

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Washington: A History of the Capital, 1800-1950 9781400847693

A one-volume edition, this history of Washington was originally published in two parts. Washington: Village and Capital,

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The Ghosts of London: A Collection of Ghost Stories from the British Capital

*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents Engl

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When They Burned the White House [Illustrated Edition] 9781787201934

At 9:45 p.m. on August 24, 1814, the British set fire to the White House and, within an hour, the Capitol had been gutte

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The Story of Washington - The National Capital 9783849653279

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The Rise of Global Civil Society : Building Communities and Nations from the Bottom Up 9781594032943, 9781594032141

Global news is generally bad news. On the surface, the story is about war, poverty, ethnic and sectarian strife. Democra

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The British Isles: A History of Four Nations 1107623898, 9781107623897

Hugh Kearney's classic account of the history of the British Isles from pre-Roman times to the present is distingui

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A Phoenix in the Ashes: The Rise and Fall of the Koch Coalition in New York City Politics 9780691228204

In the years following its near-bankruptcy in 1976 until the end of the 1980s, New York City came to epitomize the debt-

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