Hindley: 11 books

Getting Down to Business: Success in Each Stage of Your Dental Career presents the critical information dentists need to maximize their ability to think and function as business owners. In today’s competitive marketplace, it is not enough to be an excellent clinician. Practice owners must learn...

Why did the medieval Church bless William of Normandy's invasion of Christian England in 1066 and authorise cultural genocide in Provence? How could a Christian army sack Christian Constantinople in 1204? Why did thousands of ordinary men and women, led by knights and ladies, kings and queens, embark...

The extraordinary character and career of Saladin are the keys to understanding the Battle of Hattin, the fall of Jerusalem and the failure of the Third Crusade. He united warring Muslim lands, reconquered the bulk of Crusader states and faced the Richard the Lion Heart, king of England, in one of...

Great sieges changed the course of medieval history, yet siege warfare, the dominant military activity of the period, is rarely given the attention it deserves. Geoffrey Hindley's highly readable new account of this vital but neglected aspect of medieval warfare looks at the subject from every angle....

Using a blend of statistical analysis with field survery among native Irish speakers, Reg Hindley explores the reasons for the decline of the Irish language and investigates the relationships between geographical environment and language retention. He puts Irish into a broader European context as a European minority language, and assesses its present position and prospects.

2015 marks the 800th anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta, the influence of which is still felt today around the world. In 1215 the barons of England forced King John to sign a revolutionary document which would change the political landscape not only of thirteenth-century Britain, but of the...

Starting AD 400 (around the time of their invasion of England) and running through to the 1100s (the 'Aftermath'), historian Geoffrey Hindley shows the Anglo-Saxons as formative in the history not only of England but also of Europe. The society inspired by the warrior world of the Old English...

This unique book evolves from a simple account of a death within an ordinary family into a vast scandalous exposé, a true and topical account showing a fascinating view of human nature, society and the establishment in the United Kingdom The events have accurately been recorded since the time...

This rollicking and panoramic history of Casablanca during the Second World War sheds light on the city as a key hub for European and American powers, and a place where spies, soldiers, and political agents exchanged secrets and vied for control. In November 1942, as a part of Operation Torch,...

Egal ob Schokoladenbrownies oder Erdbeertörtchen, ob mit ihrer Mutter in der eigenen Bäckerei oder mit ihrer besten Freundin Mia im Back-Club – Hannah liebt Backen einfach über alles. Darum ist sie völlig aus dem Häuschen, als für die Casting-Show „Bester Junior-Bäcker“ neue Talente gesucht...

Hannah und ihre beste Freundin Mia lieben Backen einfach über alles. Kein Wunder, dass die Zimt-und-Zucker-Bäckerei von Hannahs Mama ihr liebster Ort auf der ganzen Welt ist. Als dem benachbarten Tierheim das Geld ausgeht, droht ihrem zweitliebsten Ort die Schließung. Das wollen Hannah und Mia auf...