Harrys Fantastic History

Travel through time with Harry’s Fantastic History — a collection of accessible, compelling reads spanning ancient civilisations, landmark events, and unforgettable lives. Whether you're after sweeping biographies or fascinating historical insights, these titles offer depth, variety, and endless stories to uncover.

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The Icarus Syndrome by Peter Beinart - 9780061456473
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The Icarus Syndrome
Peter Beinart
"Peter Beinart has written a vivid, empathetic, and convincing history of the men and ideas...
The God Machine by James R. Chiles - 9780553383522
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The God Machine
James R. Chiles
From transforming the ways of war to offering godlike views of inaccessible spots, revolutionizing rescues...
The Forty-Year War in Afghanistan by Tariq Ali - 9781839768170
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The Forty-Year War in Afghanistan
Tariq Ali
The NATO occupation of Afghanistan is over, and a balance-sheet can be drawn. These essays...
Socialism Is Great! by Lijia Zhang - 9780977743377
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Socialism Is Great!
Lijia Zhang
Lijia Zhang worked as a teenager in a factory producing missiles designed to reach North...
Rocket Man by David Darling - 9781780742977
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Rocket Man
David Darling
The wonder of flight has long captured the human imagination. In this beguiling history -...
Profiles in Leadership by Walter Isaacson (The Aspen Institute) - 9780393340761
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Profiles in Leadership
Walter Isaacson (The Aspen Institute)
What made FDR a more successful leader during the Depression crisis than Hoover? Why was...
One Long Night by Andrea Pitzer - 9780316303590
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One Long Night
Andrea Pitzer
For over 100 years, at least one concentration camp has existed somewhere on Earth. First...
Leninism Under Lenin by Marcel Liebman - 9781608466726
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Leninism Under Lenin
Marcel Liebman
A winner of the Isaac Deutscher Prize Liebmann highlights democratic dimensions in Lenin's thinking as...
Jesus and Gin by Barry Hankins - 9780230614192
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Jesus and Gin
Barry Hankins
Jesus and Gin is a rollicking tour of the roaring twenties and the barn- burning...
In Those Nightmarish Days by Peretz Opoczynski - 9780300112313
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In Those Nightmarish Days
Peretz Opoczynski
This volume sheds light on two brilliant but lesser known ghetto journalists: Josef Zelkowicz and...
Here Begins the Dark Sea by Meredith Francesca Small - 9781639366903
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Here Begins the Dark Sea
Meredith Francesca Small
The remarkable story of the cartographic masterpiece-the Venetian mappa mundi-that revolutionized how we see the...
Bethlehem by Nicholas Blincoe - 9781568585833
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Bethlehem
Nicholas Blincoe
The town of Bethlehem carries so many layers of meaning--some ancient, some mythical, some religious--that...
Champions Day by James Carter (St. Joseph's University) - 9780393635942
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Champions Day
James Carter (St. Joseph's University)
November 12, 1941: war and revolution are in the air. At the Shanghai Race Club,...
America and Iran by John Ghazvinian - 9780307271815
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America and Iran
John Ghazvinian
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR * A hugely ambitious, "delightfully readable,...
The Battle of Arnhem by Antony Beevor - 9780525429821
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The Battle of Arnhem
Antony Beevor
The prizewinning historian and internationally bestselling author of D-Day reconstructs the devastating airborne battle of...
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Spies of No Country
Matti Friedman
"Wondrous . . . Compelling . . . Piercing." --The New York Times Book Review...
Open by Johan Norberg - 9781786497161
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Open
Johan Norberg
Humanity's embrace of openness is the key to our success. The freedom to explore and...
Not Far From Brideshead by Daisy Dunn - 9781474615587
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Not Far From Brideshead
Daisy Dunn
Oxford thought it was at war. And then it was. After the horrors of the...
Churchill & Son by Josh Ireland - 9781524744458
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Churchill & Son
Josh Ireland
The intimate, untold story of Winston Churchill's enduring yet volatile bond with his only son,...
City of Light, City of Shadows by x Mike Rapport - 9780349128160
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City of Light, City of Shadows
x Mike Rapport
Paris in the Belle Epoque is remembered as a golden age of cultural flourishing and...
The Island of Extraordinary Captives by Simon Parkin - 9781529347197
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The Island of Extraordinary Captives
Simon Parkin
The police came for Peter Fleischmann in the early hours. It reminded the teenager of...
The Zookeepers' War by J.W. Mohnhaupt - 9781501188497
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The Zookeepers' War
J.W. Mohnhaupt
The unbelievable true story of the Cold War's strangest proxy war, fought between the zoos...
A Short History of Disease by Sean Martin - 9781843444190
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A Short History of Disease
Sean Martin
Using an interdisciplinary approach, Sean Martin's A Short History of Disease chronicles the historical and...
The White House Plumbers by Egil Bud Krogh - 9781250851628
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The White House Plumbers
Egil Bud Krogh
NOW A FIVE-PART HBO SERIES, STARRING WOODY HARRELSON AND JUSTIN THEROUX The true story of...
Millennium by Tom Holland - 9780349119724
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Millennium
Tom Holland
Of all the civilisations existing in the year 1000, that of Western Europe seemed the...
$17.95
Checkmate in Berlin
Giles Milton
From a master of popular history, the lively, immersive story of the race to seize...
Francis I
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Francis I
Leonie Frieda
The bestselling author of Catherine de Medici returns to sixteenth-century Europe in this evocative and...
Checkmate in Berlin by Giles Milton - 9781529393163
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Checkmate in Berlin
Giles Milton
'Brilliantly recapturing the febrile atmosphere of Berlin in the first four years after the Second...