Drawing on a wide range of case studies, Richard English argues that we have as yet failed to understand terrorism properly,…

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George Orwell: His Life and Legacy by Robert Colls is an intellectual biography which offers an original account of Orwell's…

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The Sports Palace speech was the climax of a campaign for 'total war'; the prime example of Nazi 'mass suggestion', a…

A three-thousand year tale of ancient Syria, from Bronze Age to Roman era-and beyond: the essential back-story to one of the…

\nWith Britain\'s empire collapsing and Stalin ascendent, U.S. officials set out to reconstruct Western Europe as a bulwark…

Laura Engelstein, one of the greatest scholars of Russian history, has written a searing and defining account of the Russian…

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A vibrant account that evokes the spirit of the Viking age in a thoroughly entertaining, yet historically sound, fashion.…

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The definitive story of Russia, from tenth-century Kiev and Muscovy, through empire and revolution, to the fall of Communism…

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Unconditional not only offers a narrative of the Japanese surrender in its historical moment, but reveals how the policy…

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China is poised to take a key role on the world stage, but in the early twentieth century the situation could not have been…

Here is a pioneering account of everyday life under Stalin, written by one of the foremost authorities on modern Russian…

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

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An entirely new account of the transformation of the imperial order after World War I, recovering the crucial role of the…

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The first authoritative history of American's longest war by one of the world's leading scholar-practitioners, this New York…

\nIn Diogenes the Cynic, Jean-Manuel Roubineau presents a moving and authoritative portrait of one of the most idealized and…

\nThe story of Waterloo, the battle that finally ended Napoleon\'s imperial dreams: how it was fought, how it has been…

\nOffers the full story of a fateful alliance between past and future mortal enemies--long preceding the well-known…

\nThe story of Roman architecture, from early Rome to the late empire. A book that casts new light not only on many familiar…

This volume provides a challenging answer to the question: Who were the Classical Greeks?, Paul Cartledge here examines the…

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An authoritative and vibrant new account of the extraordinary life of Constantine.…

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Lynda Mugglestone's hugely popular The Oxford History of English is now updated and entirely reset in a new edition…

What will remain of our plastic, cans, and other junk long after humans have vanished? What kind of fossils will we leave,…

Very well illustrated with vivid and relevant images. The Irish Catholic…

This world history of genocide examines the longue duree of mass murder from the beginning of human history to the present.…

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

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In less than fifty-three years, Rome subjected most of the known world to its rule. Written by a team of specialist…

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A unique history of the ancient Near East that compellingly presents the life stories of kings, priestesses, merchants,…

Inhuman Bondage is the definitive study of slavery for our time, providing a global perspective on the subject with an…

\nThis first history of Avon traces the direct sales company\'s growth from its earliest days into an international…

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With their distinctive and other-worldly appearance, runes--an ancient alphabet used to write Germanic languages--provide…

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Between 1929 and 1945, two great travails were visited upon the American people: the Great Depression and World War II.…

A fresh narrative history of the rise of Rome''s empire in Italy, that exposes the monumental expansion of the Roman…

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The newest volume in the Oxford History of the United States series, The Republic for Which It Stands argues that the Gilded…

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Master of Rome tells a dramatic story about Julius Caesar, one of history's most intriguing figures who rose from the…

One of the world's leading authorities on war and international politics synthesizes the vast history of strategy's…

Authoritative and hugely informative, with over 170 contributors, this is an essential companion for students of British…

The new fourth edition of Technology, War and Independence is Book 3 of the best-selling Oxford KS3 History by Aaron Wilkes…

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It is often thought that the story of Tutankhamun ended when the thousands of dazzling items discovered by Howard Carter and…

At a moment when our democratic abilities seem to have eroded, and political, economic, and technological forces have…

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The first book to appear in the illustrious Oxford History of the United States, this critically acclaimed volume--a…

A unique study of medieval architecture, which treats the subject thematically. It looks at construction methods, patronage,…

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The concept of linguistic relativity (or Whorfianism) has its roots in the linguistic anthropology of Edward Sapir and his…

The first-ever account of the world\'s leading prize written by a prominent insider in the Nobel system.…

\nExplore some of the many perspectives and experiences of the British Empire through accessible case studies on America,…

From the invasions of Julius Caesar to the unexpected end of Roman rule in the early fifth century AD and the subsequent…

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In The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order, Gary Gerstle provides a sweeping re-interpretation of the entire era-from the…