History Unlimited: Contact and Updates

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Site Last Updated July 2010

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Review Copies — The History Unlimited Bookshop

We are happy to review and include new titles that fit in with the categories and general thrust of our Bookshop pages, and are of appropriate depth and quality. A necessary prerequisite is that titles should be stocked by Amazon UK. Given that space is limited and that our coverage strategy is continually evolving, publishers are advised to contact the Managing Editor with details of new titles in the first instance. (Our e-mail address can be found at the foot of this page.) Review copies should be sent to the following address. Please note that the submission of a review copy does not guarantee inclusion on this site.

Barrie Foster

Managing Editor

History Unlimited

The Old Coach House

Mathry

Haverfordwest

Pembrokeshire UK SA62 5HB

If you have reached this web site via Yahoo Answers ….

We hope that you found our answer to your question useful. You may wish to pursue your interest further by browsing the pages, reviews, comment and MP3 clips on this site. Use the navigation bars to visit our Bookshop, Film Store or Blues and Jazz pages. All of the featured book titles, films and albums link directly to Amazon, from where you can make a purchase, completely independently of History Unlimited. The Home pages of our four stores provide guides to content and organisation, together with basic information on ordering. We will continue to visit Yahoo Answers regularly (as time allows) and select those Questions where we feel we have something useful to contribute. Look out for ‘Merlin’ and our Bookshop icon avatar.

To review our contributions to date, Click Here to go to our Profile and scroll down to the ‘Answers’ tab.

History Unlimited Site Development

There has been a major revamp of the Jazz Store pages to allow for more content; brief biographical details of featured artists will be added over time. The Ragtime section and the Modern Jazz sections (BeBop & Cool) are now split over two pages. The last features many new artists including Lionel Hampton, Charles Mingus, Art Blakey, Cannonball Adderley, The Modern Jazz Quartet and more.

Two new pages cover the 1920s to 1940s - from Dixieland to the Big Bands and Swing. The range is from The Original Dixieland Jazz Band and the New Orleans Rhythm Kings; through Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke and Sidney Bechet; to Jack Teagarden, Duke Ellington and Count Basie.

Artists on our music pages are ordered by birth date. Each page lists featured artists at its head. A sample MP3 clip has been included for each artist, as far as possible from an album included in our selection. We are conscious that many omissions remain, but will be adding to the music pages as site development continues.

New films and books are added to the site at regular intervals. We are currently building a small section on ‘China — Birth of an Empire’. This is the latest addition to the coverage of major civilisations on our Ancient World page. The following titles are currently being reviewed. Review postings are expected to be in place in September/October 2010.

“The unification of China under the Qin dynasty in 221 BCE marked the end of the 250 year long period of the Warring States. Although short lived, the Qin Dynasty laid the foundations of subsequent imperial houses and gave China its name.”

The Way of Confucius / Jonathan Price

The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han / ME Lewis

The Art of War: Complete Texts and Commentaries / Sun Tzu

Other additions in the Film and Book categories are:

In The Film Store

Things to Come / William Cameron Menzies / 1936

Of Mice and Men / Lewis Milestone/ 1939

Kim / Victor Saville / 1950

Gunfight at the OK Corral / John Sturges / 1957

Becket / Peter Glenville / 1964

If … / Lindsay Anderson / 1968

The Dancer Upstairs / John Malkovich / 2002

Hero / Yimou Zhang / 2004

In The Bookshop

The Great Game / Peter Hopkirk / British Empire

A Kiplingesque saga of exploration and political manoeuvring across the vast expanses of Central Asia, not without contemporary relevance.

Poland: A History / Adam Zamoyski / Europe

Review to come.

A History of Histories / John Burrow / Civilisation

Essential reading for students of historiography.

The Cretan Runner / George Psychoundakis / 20th Century

An account from the coalface of the Cretan resistance in World War II.

The Book of Jewish Food / Claudia Roden / Civilisation

The history of a people told through the medium of food! Much more than a cookbook, the highly-regarded writer on Mediterranean food has included fascinating detail on the factors and influences that have shaped Jewish cuisine across the globe.

The French Wars of Religion 1562-1629 / Mack P Holt / Europe

The impact of Reformation and Counter Reformation, through the St Bartholmew’s Day Massacres and the Edict of Nantes to the fall of La Rochelle.

Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia 1600-1947 / Christopher Clark / Europe

A new perspective on Prussia, from Hohenzollerns to Bismark to its abolition after World War II.

The Pursuit of Glory: Europe 1648-1815 / Tim Blanning / Europe

From the end of the Thirty Years War to the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Tim Blanning unravels the complexities of an extraordinary period in European history.

The French Revolution / Thomas Carlyle / Europe

The classic history of the events that were to have far reaching implications for the continent and the world, now newly reviewed.

MP3 Downloads from History Unlimited

Amazon Downloads are now available for many music tracks and albums and the list is constantly expanding. Click on a Blues or Jazz title to go to the relevant Amazon page then scroll down to Track Listings to see if the content is currently available as a Download. You can also click on the side panels on our music pages to search the Amazon MP3 Store for other titles or artists, or to browse for players at Amazon prices. Amazon Downloads are free from DRM (Digital Rights Management) so you can play your downloads in any music programme including iPod and Windows Media Player. Please note that Cookies must be enabled and Pop-up Blockers disabled.

Hi-def Blu-ray Info & Film Titles Available via History Unlimited

Astounding visual and audio quality from an ever-expanding stock list. The vertical banners on this page and on our Film Store pages will take you direct to the Amazon Hi-def Store where you can find everything you need to know about the latest generation of home entertainment. From here you can search by film category or browse the full list of available Blu-ray titles. The Amazon pages will tell you if the title is available for rental, whether on Blu-ray or DVD.

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A Few Perfect Pairings

Many of the items featured here are at a fraction of the RRP. For reviews go to the relevant pages in our Bookshop and Film Store. Note that orders over £5.00 direct from Amazon qualify for free delivery in the UK.

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Lawrence of Arabia / David Lean

1962. Colour. UK. 227 mins. DVD.

Peter O’Toole, Omar Sharif. Revolt in the desert. Special Edition with good extra features. Perfectly paired with:

Seven Pillars of Wisdom / T E Lawrence. Bookshop 20th Century.

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Zulu / Cy Enfield

1964. Colour. UK. 133 mins. DVD.

Michael Caine, Stanley Baker and lots of Zulus. The defence of Rorke’s Drift. Perfectly paired with:

The Washing of the Spears / Donald R Morris. Bookshop British Empire.

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Little Big Man / Arthur Penn

1970. Colour. USA. 134 mins. DVD.

Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Chief Dan George. Manifest Destiny and Genocide. Perfectly paired with:

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee / Dee Brown. Bookshop Americas.

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Apocalypse Now Redux / Francis Ford Coppola

1979. Colour. US. 194 mins. DVD.

Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando. Director’s cut with 50 additional minutes. The original release is also available from the Film Store. Perfectly paired with:

Dispatches / Michael Herr (who wrote the narration). Bookshop 20th Century.

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Brazil / Terry Gilliam

1985. Colour. UK. 137 mins. DVD.

Terry Gilliam’s exorbitant fantasy. Perfectly paired with:

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas / Terry Gilliam

1998. Colour. USA. 113 mins. DVD.

Hunter S Thompson’s gonzo journalism translated to the big screen.

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Gods and Monsters / Bill Condon

1998. Colour. USA. 101 mins. DVD.

The twilight days of Frankenstein director James Whale. Perfectly paired with:

Frankenstein / James Whale

1931. BW. USA. 69 mins. DVD.

The original iconic adaptation of the original literary source.

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Being John Malkovich / Spike Jonze

1999. Colour. USA. 112 mins. DVD.

Surreal first feature from Spike Jonze, with John Cusack, Cameron Diaz and … John Malkovich. Perfectly paired with:

Adaptation / Spike Jonze

2002. Colour. USA. 110 mins. DVD.

Spike Jonze’s second feature begins on the set of his first …

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O Brother Where Art Thou? / Joel & Ethan Coen

2000. Colour. USA. 103 mins. DVD.

Exuberant comedy filled to the brim with American traditional music. Perfectly paired with:

Down From The Mountain / Nick Doob

2001. Colour. USA. 98 mins. DVD.

The concert of the film.

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Shadow of the Vampire / E Elias Merhige

2000. Colour/BW. USA. 91 mins. DVD.

John Malkovich as F W Murnau and Willem Dafoe as Max Schreck in an intriguing take on the making of Nosferatu. Perfectly paired with:

Nosferatu / F W Murnau

1921. BW. Silent. Ger. 72 mins. DVD.

The classic vampire movie that set the standard for a genre.

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Enemy at the Gates / Jean-Jacques Annaud

2001. Colour. UK. 131 mins. DVD.

Jude Law, Ed Harris. Sniperism at the siege of Stalingrad. Perfectly paired with:

Stalingrad / Antony Beevor. Bookshop 20th Century.

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Kingdom of Heaven / Ridley Scott

2005. Colour. USA. 144 mins. DVD.

Orlando Bloom, Liam Neeson, Jeremy Irons, David Thewlis. The fall of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. The Director’s Cut 4 Disc Extended Edition is also available from the 2005 page. Perfectly paired with:

The Crusades / Zoe Oldenbourg. Bookshop Medieval & Crusades.

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No Direction Home / Martin Scorsese

2005. BW. USA. 240 mins. DVD.

Scorsese’s Bob Dylan documentary, covering the years 1961-1966. Perfectly paired with:

The Last Waltz / Martin Scorsese

1978. Colour. 112 mins. DVD.

The farewell concert of The Band.

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Good Night, and Good Luck / George Clooney

2005. BW. USA. 93 mins. DVD.

Ed Morrow takes on Senator Joseph McCarthy. Perfectly paired with: