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A Short History of Golf is an absorbing and occasionally funny look at the seminal...

An international bestseller, covering 2 million years of human history in 250 pages, which proves...

The world's largest democracy and second-most populous country, 21st century India is a dynamicnation with...

Islamic, authoritarian, democratic, developing, disintegrating, Indonesia is an enigma to outside observers who have never...

A brisk, concise, and readable overview of Irish history from the Protestant Reformation to the...

"A Short History of Ireland stands out for its brevity, but also for its accessibility....

A brief and thrilling introduction to Japan from one of the country's leading British historians...

Discover for yourself the pleasures of philosophy! Written both for the seasoned student of philosophy...

The incomparable Bill Bryson travels through time and space to introduce us to the world,...

In the bestselling, prize-winning A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson achieved the seemingly...

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Female same-sex desire has been written out of history since, well, forever. Not anymore! From...

An essential short history of Russia by acclaimed writer and expert Mark Galeotti, taking us...

A reformatted, monochrome edition of The American Civil War in a classic Royal hardback format...

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Combining an expertise on the Tudor dynasty with an authoritative understanding of its religious and...

This book is a companion to Geoffrey Blainey's acclaimed "A Short History of the World",...

A companion to Geoffrey Blainey's acclaimed: A Short History of the World, it traces the...

It began with the horse-drawn carriage and ended with the aeroplane... An era, beginning in...

This is the story of the world's people during the last four million years. It...

The book has a unique status as an emblem of human culture and civilisation. It...

The book has a unique status as an emblem of human culture and civilization. It...

Taking readers on a global journey through human history, historian Natasha Tidd examines how lies...

Taking readers on a global journey through human history, Natasha Tidd examines how lies can...

The Booker longlisted first book from Britain's funniest bestselling novelist, available as a Penguin Essential...

For years, Nadezhda and Vera, two Ukrainian sisters, raised in England by their refugee parents,...

Why are trans women the most targeted of LGBT people? Why are they in the...

An engaging, accessible introduction to war, from ancient times to the present and into the...