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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the Hundred Years' War in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Hundred Years' War. One of the longest direct conflicts between two countries, the Hundred Years' War marked the culmination of tensions between the French and English over territory and the claim to the throne in France. The war, which saw the appearance of...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the Battle of Marathon in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Battle of Marathon. In 490 BC, King Darius I of Persia launched an offensive against the Greeks with the aim of further expanding his territory. However, in Marathon a much smaller Greek army inflicted a decisive defeat on the Persians. This feat marked a turning...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the Battle of Actium in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Battle of Actium. For 13 years after the assassination of Julius Caesar, Rome faced a series of destructive internal conflicts. These conflicts came to a head in 31 BC, when Caesar's son Octavius and Mark Antony clashed at Actium. This battle played a decisive...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the Battle of Tours in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Battle of Tours. In the year 732, Christian Frankish and Burgundian troops under Charles Martel clashed with soldiers from the Muslim Umayyad Caliphate. The Frankish victory turned back the Muslim advance into Europe and ensured that Christianity remained the major...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of The Battle of Thermopylae in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of The Battle of Thermopylae. In 480 BC, the Persian Empire was preparing to attempt another invasion of Greece. Determined to fight against them, Leonidas I raised an army of several thousand men. Both forces headed to the narrow pass of Thermopylae, where the...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the Battle of the Bulge in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Battle of the Bulge. After the Normandy landings in June 1944, the German army was under increasing pressure from the Allied forces. In December of that year Hitler saw an opportunity to launch a counter-attack on the Western Front. The Battle of the Bulge...
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It can be hard for busy professionals to find the time to read the latest books. Stay up to date in a fraction of the time with this concise guide.
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money by John Maynard Keynes was first published in 1936, and had a lasting impact on both economic theory and state economic policies. Keynes's primary aim was to challenge certain aspects of classical economics which were accepted as fact at the time, namely...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the final months of World War I in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of final months of World War I. At the start of 1918, war had been raging in Europe for four long years, and both sides were exhausted by the conflict. The German military leadership, believing that the Allies were weaker than the Kaiser's army, launched a...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the eruption of Vesuvius in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the eruption of Vesuvius. In the year 79, Pompeii was a lively resort town located on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius. Little did its residents know, the city was about to be struck by a natural disaster that would erase the city from the map forever. Remembered...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the Battle of Verdun in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Battle of Verdun. By 1916, the First World War had turned into a bloody stalemate, leaving both sides desperate for a decisive breakthrough. That year, the Germans launched a major offensive in France, which the French soldiers were able to repel at an enormous...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life of Joan of Arc in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of Joan of Arc. As the Hundred Years' War raged on, and the possibility of the French reclaiming their territory from the English occupation seemed ever slimmer, one unlikely young woman would set out on a divine mission to restore the French monarchy and free the population from...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the Battle of Austerlitz in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Battle of Austerlitz. On the night of 1st December 1805, the armies of the French Emperor Napoleon I, the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Francis II, and the Russian Tsar Alexander I, positioned themselves on the plains of Austerlitz, ready to fight in what...
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It can be hard for busy professionals to find the time to read the latest books. Stay up to date in a fraction of the time with this concise guide.
As its name suggests, A Brief History of Time sets out the history of our understanding of time and the universe around us. In this bestselling and highly influential book, Stephen Hawking seeks to explain how the universe works and find out where we came from and where we are going, in an accessible...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the Battle of Waterloo in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Battle of Waterloo. At the start of the 19th century, the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte won a series of stunning military victories and ruled over a vast empire. This all changed at the Battle of Waterloo, where a coalition including Britain and the Netherlands...
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It can be hard for busy professionals to find the time to read the latest books. Stay up to date in a fraction of the time with this concise guide.
Jordan Peterson's 2018 international bestseller 12 Rules for Life is one of the most talked-about nonfiction books of recent years. It takes as its starting point Peterson's belief that, by rejecting tradition and mythology, modern Western society is missing out on much wisdom that could give meaning...
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It can be hard for busy professionals to find the time to read the latest books. Stay up to date in a fraction of the time with this concise guide.
"Trust has never been lower than it is today". This is a statement by Covey from his bestselling book, The Speed of Trust, and he goes on to explain that trust has virtually disappeared from business, politics and even our personal lives. Yet trusting others is an integral aspect of any career or relationship...
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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything is an engaging, thought-provoking look at the behaviour and phenomena we see around us every day. Its authors seek to apply the analytical tools of economics to a host of curiosities to answer questions as diverse as whether your...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the history of the Cold War in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Cold War. Following the violence and upheaval of the Second World War, the face of Europe had greatly changed, and an Iron Curtain divided the communist East and the democratic West. Tensions soon mounted between the Soviet Union and anti-communist America, in a conflict...
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The international bestseller First Things First by Stephen R. Covey is a self-help book that offers an alternative to traditional advice on time management and productivity. By focusing on relationships and results instead of time and tasks, Covey gives his readers the tools they need to achieve "effectiveness"....
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the history of the Industrial Revolution in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Industrial Revolution. In the second half of the 18th century, industrial production in Britain skyrocketed, resulting in profound economic and social changes. The technical developments responsible for this dizzying progress soon spread across Europe and...