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

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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…

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A carefully chosen selection from the correspondence of Hugh Trevor-Roper, one of the most gifted and famous historians of…

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The story of the British Army, from the first standing army in the seventeenth century, via the imperial army of the…

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Byzantium linked the ancient and modern worlds, shaping traditions and handing down to both Eastern and Western civilization…

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Victorian Architecture presents a new and refreshing overview of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century architecture in…

A subtle, sensitive and marvellously evocative biography of Jamaica's richest and most powerful planter, bringing powerfully…

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America's preeminent naval historian offers a history of the Second World War based on the experiences of the young…

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Pity the Nation ranks among the classic accounts of war in our time, both as historical document and as an eyewitness…

An introduction to the art of archaic and classical Greece. Looking at the social and cultural contexts in which the rich…

The Italian Renaissance is a pivotal episode in the history of Western culture. This book discusses a range of works from…

Were the Vikings, as contemporary description had it, a 'valiant, wrathful, foreign, purely pagan people' who swept in from…

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A gripping new account of the reign of the early Stuarts over Scotland, Ireland, and England - and why ultimately all three…

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Recounts the history of the British army from its medieval antecedents. This book covers the Commanders, campaigns, battles,…

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Waterloo was the last battle fought by Napoleon and the one which finally ended his imperial dreams. It involved the…

In September 1726, Mary Toft was found to have given birth to seventeen rabbits in Godalming, Surrey. The case caused a…

The early Middle Ages witnessed many innovations in European architecture including the medieval castle, church spire and…

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Quantum mechanics is an extraordinarily successful scientific theory. It is also completely baffling. From the moment of its…

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This book recounts the eventful life of Ankh-Hap, a Ptolemaic-era mummy seized in the nineteenth century from infamous…

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The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt is the only up-to-date, single-volume history of ancient Egypt available in English. The…

Imagine the planet, as if from an immense distance of time and space, as a galactic observer might see it--with the kind of…

Corporations in the United States have for many decades sought to preserve and extend their power by claiming attributes and…

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It has been called the year that changed everything, the postwar watershed in which the forces that shaped public and…

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A portrait of the Arab enlightenment and its key figures, Ibn Sina and Biruni. In The Genius of Their Age, S. Frederick…

\nArnold Toynbee\'s analysis of the rise and fall of civilizations has been acknowledged as one of the great achievements of…

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In 14 original essays, The Oxford Illustrated History of the Book reveals the history of books in all their various forms,…

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Interpreting American architecture, this text explores the subject in relation to five themes: community, nature,…

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A powerful explanation of why geopolitical competition drives climate breakdown and inhibits action to prevent it.It is the…

Acknowledged as one of the greatest achievements of modern scholarship, Arnold Toynbee's A Study of History is a ten-volume…

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Winner of the Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize, the first global history of the world''s first world war.Austerlitz,…

\nThis wartime biography of the Chester W. Nimitz, Commander-in-Chief of U.S. forces in the Pacific Ocean Area during World…

The human race is on a 10,000 year urban adventure. Our ancestors wandered the planet or lived scattered in villages, yet by…

Attempts to illuminate the road that the US travelled from the dismal days of the mid-1970s through the hotly contested…

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Beginning in 1945, America rocketed through a quarter-century of extraordinary economic growth, experiencing an amazing boom…

\nThe Irish experience of Christianity has never been simple or uncomplicated. Here, Crawford Gribben describes the ancient…

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

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Records of prices span the entire range of history, from medieval grain prices to modern statistics. Going beyond the…

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The multi-national story of the Gallipoli campaign - how it was fought, how it has been remembered, and what it has come to…

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Weimar and Nazi Germany 1918-39 Student Book is part of Oxford's Edexcel GCSE History series. This textbook series provides…

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Early Elizabethan England 1558-88 Student Book is part of Oxford's brand new Edexcel GCSE History series. This textbook…

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Superpower relations and the Cold War 1941-91 Student Book is part of Oxford's Edexcel GCSE History series. This textbook…

A beautifully illustrated new edition of the ultimate single-volume guide to the history of art in China, from neolithic…

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The true story of a scandal of epic proportions at the Roman convent of Sant' Ambrogio in the late 1850s. Discovered…

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The dazzling new biography of one of history's most misunderstood queens Elizabeth Stuart is one the most misrepresented -…