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All Against All
Paul Jankowski
A narrative history, cinematic in scope, of a process that was taking shape in the...
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A Short History of the Victorian Era
Gordon Kerr
It began with the horse-drawn carriage and ended with the aeroplane... An era, beginning in...
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A Pocket Essential Short History of Polar Exploration
Nick Rennison
Nick Rennison's compelling book tells the memorable stories of the men and women who have...
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A History of Ocean Liners in 50 Objects
Mark Berry
The story of ocean liners brought to life by objects and ephemera, revealing life on...
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A Brief History of Spain
Jeremy Black
Despite being relatively brief, this very readable history covers environmental, political, social, economic, cultural and...
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A Brief History of the Tudor Age
Jasper Ridley
From the arrival of Henry Tudor and his army, at Milford in 1485, to the...
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A Brief History of the Mediterranean
Jeremy Black
A wonderfully concise and readable, yet comprehensive, history of the Mediterranean Sea, the perfect companion...
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A Brief History of the English Civil Wars
Professor John Miller
Miller provides a clear and comprehensible narrative, a coherent and accurate synthesis, intended as a...
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A Brief History of the Dynasties of China
Bamber Gascoigne
Although China's great empire lasted for longer than any other, no country has suffered so...
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A Brief History of the Amazons
Lyn Webster Wilde
'Golden-shielded, silver-sworded, man-loving, male-child slaughtering Amazons,' is how the fifth-century Greek historian Hellanicus described the...
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A Brief History of the Age of Steam
Thomas Crump
In 1710 an obscure Devon ironmonger Thomas Newcomen invented a machine with a pump driven...
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A Brief History of London
Jeremy Black
As the United Kingdom left the European Union, during a period of international and domestic...
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A Brief History of Khubilai Khan
Jonathan Clements
His grandfather was the bloodthirsty Mongol leader Genghis Khan, his mother a Christian princess. Groomed...
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A Brief Guide to Classical Civilization
Dr Stephen P. Kershaw
A general introduction to the classical world from its origins to the fall of the...
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50 Codes that Changed the World
Sinclair McKay
A CUNNING CHRONICLE OF THE 50 CODES THAT ALTERED THE COURSE OF HISTORY AND CHANGED...
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Arabia
Levison Wood
Following in the footsteps of great explorers such as Lawrence of Arabia and Wilfred Thesiger,...
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Berlin
Rory MacLean
The first single-volume biography of Berlin, one of the world's great cities - told via...
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A History of Women in 101 Objects
Annabelle Hirsch
The way we remember the past today remains dishearteningly patriarchal: a place where women have...
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The Infinite City
Niall Kishtainy
'Glorious' Guardian 'Vigorous, rigorous and eminently readable' SPECTATOR In his soaring new book, Niall Kishtainy...
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Dynasty
Tom Holland
Rome was first ruled by kings, then became a republic. But in the end, after...
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The Escape Artist
Jonathan Freedland
THE NEW BOOK THE TRAITORS CIRCLE OUT NOW FROM JONATHAN FREEDLAND SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE...
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Lapidarium
Hettie Judah
'A delightful storybook . . . a portrait of our whole world created from the...
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The Princess Spy
Larry Loftis
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER "As exciting as any...
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100 Letters That Changed the World
Colin Salter
The 100 letters collected in this beautifully illustrated book demonstrate the power of the written...
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The Age Of Capital
Eric Hobsbawm
The first and best, major treatment of the crucial years 1848-1875, a penetrating analysis of...
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Sovietistan
Erika Fatland
"A mesmerising trip across Central Asia . . . A fascinating travelogue" Financial Times SHORTLISTED...
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World Mythology in Bite-sized Chunks
Mark Daniels
A masterful introduction to world mythology, shedding light on the impact it has had on...