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'As if someone were to hold up a lamp in the dark so that those with eyes could see - in exactly the same way Gotama has…

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Like Machiavelli's The Prince and the Japanese Book of Five Rings, Sun Tzu's The Art of War is as timely for business people…

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'If life could write, it would write like Tolstoy.' Isaac BabelTolstoy's epic masterpiece intertwines the lives of private…

The Federalist Papers comprise eighty-five essays written to persuade New Yorkers to ratify the Constitution of the United…

Marcus Cato Sulla Aemilius Paullus Pompey The Gracchi Marius Julius Caesar Anthony 'I treat the narrative of the Lives as a…

A bestseller in 1859, Self-Help became one of Victorian Britain's most important statements on the allied virtues of hard…

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`Gaius Pliny sends greetings to his friend Septicius Clarus...` In these letters to his friends and relations, Pliny…

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'With a single announcement from a herald, all the cities of Greece and Asia had been set free; only an intrepid soul could…

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Revealing the unfolding story of Artificial Intelligence, Richard Susskind presents a short non-technical guide that…

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Livy's great history of Rome contains, in Books 21 to 30, the definitive ancient account of Hannibal's invasion of Italy in…

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A comprehensive history of the Nazi persecution and murder of European Jews, paying detailed attention to an unrivalled…

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This is the story of a single pebble. It is just a normal pebble, as you might pick up on holiday - on a beach in Wales,…

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This is the story of one of the great forgotten wars of history - which led to the division of one of the biggest empires…

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Beginning in Rome around 600 BC, Latin became the language of the civilized world and remained so for more than two…

Newly updated to reflect the killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S. troops in May 2011, Michael Scheur's book draws on…

This selection of Cicero's letters not merely documents in detail Cicero's career but simultaneously provides a…

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The 4000-year story of witchcraft and magic - from the ancient world to Harry Potter... and beyond...…

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Find out about amazing people and moments from throughout history in this collection of five fascinating non-fiction texts.…

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Peter Adamson offers an accessible, humorous tour through a period of eight hundred years when some of the most influential…

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Just over a sixth of the world's population subscribes to the Muslim belief that `there is no god but God, and Muhammad is…

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The story of human history has been inextricably entwined with the story of microbes. Combining tales of devastating…

The fascinating family drama of Henry VIII and his four children, re-created from the original sources by best-selling Tudor…

The story of the Roman conquest of Greece - not only a thrilling tale of military conquest, but a pivotal event in the…

\nThe story of the \'long Renaissance\' for a new generation-from Giotto and Dante in thirteenth-century Italy, to the…

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Peter Adamson presents the first full history of philosophy in the Islamic world for a broad readership. He traces its…

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A vivid new account of the 'birth of civilization' in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia where many of the foundations of modern…

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The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt uniquely covers 700,000 years of ancient Egypt from the stone age to the Roman…

What is history and why should we study it? Is there such a thing as historical truth? Is history a science? One of the most…

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\nThe story of Isandlwana, the battle that shocked the British empire at its zenith, and Rorke\'s Drift, which immediately…

A team of some of the world\'s most distinguished First World War historians chart the causes, course, and profound…

\nAn edited volume mapping the history of the book, from the Ancient World through to the rapidly changing world of the book…

\nAnne Curry tells the story of Agincourt, one of the most iconic battles in English history - how it was fought, how it has…

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Histories you can trust. Imagine the planet, as if from an immense distance of time and space, as a galactic observer might…

\nThe story of Thermopylae, the famous last stand of the Greco-Persian Wars: how it was fought, how it has been remembered,…

Famous throughout history for their doomed stand at Thermopylae, and immortalised by contemporary Athenian writers who…

The Cold War 1945-1991 Revision Guide is part of the bestselling Oxford AQA History for A Level series. With step-by-step…

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Oxford International Primary History develops inquisitive and engaged learners through a six-year primary history course.…

Tsarist and Communist Russia Revision Guide is part of the bestselling Oxford AQA History for A Level series. With…

The Tudors: England Revision Guide is part of the bestselling Oxford AQA History for A Level series. With step-by-step exam…

The dominant view is that the 'fall of Rome' was a largely peaceful transition to Germanic rule, and the start of a positive…

\nThe story of the Holy Land, encompassing the three millennia that saw the birth of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Each…

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`I am doing your Majesty some service here, whilst I am preparing the story of your sufferings; that posterity may know by…

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The complete story of the Wannsee Conference, the meeting that paved the way for the Holocaust.On 20 January 1942, fifteen…

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In 43 lively chapters Peter Adamson tells the story of philosophy from its beginnings to Plato and Aristotle. Most histories…

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Samurai: A Concise History provides a dynamic look at the life and times of the samurai. Although this warrior class…

The Making of Modern Britain Revision Guide is part of the bestselling Oxford AQA History for A Level series. With…

Revolution and Dictatorship Russia 1917-53 Revision Guide is part of the bestselling Oxford AQA History for A Level series.…

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A Supernatural War reveals the surprising stories of extraordinary people in a world caught up with the promise of occult…