Commando is the first authoritative book on these formidable fighting forces of WWII for a general readership - out now in…

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The magnum opus of the First World War, from the outstanding historian at the King's College Department of War Studies.…

The second title in the new four volume Brief History of Britain series - a new look at the Tudors and Stuarts by one of…

Insight into the history of the art and culture of the Samurai warrior.…

* A side-splitting story of growing up different in the Old South.…

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* A personal story of the Second World War brought to life against the backdrop of the Black Watch - Scotland's best-known…

• Rok vydání 2018

Short, snappy and inspiring, these mini biographies celebrate women who headed out into the world determined to make a…

The forgotten origins and story of the leading power of Europe in the Dark Ages…

* A fascinating book about an otherwise neglected aspect of the Second World War…

A wonderfully vivid history of Islam after Muhammad's death - and the sequel to Rogerson's acclaimed THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD…

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In this wholly definitive work, David Andress examines the The French Revolution: the birth of a new ideological age and the…

\nThe biography of David Stirling, founder of the SAS.\n…

The extraordinary story of John Kirk, the Scottish botanist who single-handedly ended the East African slave trade.…

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Portugal\'s fascinating history is generally unknown to most travellers, or, indeed, to most non-Portuguese people as it is…

The Butcher, the Baker, the Candlestick Maker is a witty, insightful and surprising history of modern Britain, narrated…

The charming true story of four young women working in a glamorous department store in the 1950s.…

The perfect introduction to Irish history within the excellent and highly regarded Brief History series.…

The fascinating exploration of the Hermetic origins of modern science and the secret agenda behind the search for the truth…

Kiefer Sutherland has not always led the pampered life of a son of celebrity parents. He has carved his own path, as well as…

La Violencia exposes the bloody heart of Spain - from its origins in the ancient past to the Civil War and the current…

* From the author of the bestselling BOOKSELLER OF KABUL, 101 DAYS is a fascinating and insightful account of the Iraq war.…

• Rok vydání 2021

\nWith a foreword by William Boyd, Checkpoint Charlie is a vivid and poignant exploration of the history surrounding the…

How one Jewish woman survived the Holocaust - through marriage to a Nazi officer.…

Islam and Christianity and their ancient struggle for world supremacy…

From the Great Exhibition's showcasing of British national achievement in 1851 to the opening ceremonies of the Olympics in…

The fascinating and heartwarming true story of two young children evacuated from Newcastle to the remote Lake District…

* The real story of Britain's war in Iraq has never been told - until now . . .…

The rise and fall of Roman Britain, how they lived and what they left behind.…

A groundbreaking look at life as a conscript during Britain's postwar National Service, as told by the men who served.…

Revelatory account of the man and the legend…

• Rok vydání 2019

Sonic Youth Slept on My Floor is a lively, revelatory and gloriously well-written memoir of Dave Haslam's life and work in…

* 'I devoured this in a few hours - a powerful book of heartbreaking yet flamboyant reportage from a forgotten hell' Simon…

* The bestselling and moving collection of letters to Vera Brittain from a lost generation - four young men who lost their…

Warlords, Popes, Poisoners - the true story of the Borgias, the first family of the Italian Renaissance…

\nA highly readable history of the stock market crash of 1929, and the depression that followed it\n…

* Dazzling biograpy of James Dean (1931-1955), a movie actor who has become an icon.…

Using character portraits, events and key moments, Paterson brings to life the real Victorian Britain, dispelling the myths,…

\nAn insightful and enlightening collection of Eric Hobsbawm\'s writing on the subject of nationalism.\n…

An unforgettable history of the beloved little town at the heart of the world's longest conflict, chronicling times of peace…

* The definitive biography of one of rock's most extraordinary legends…

• Rok vydání 2020

\n\"Gail Collins inspires women to embrace aging and look at it with a new sense of hope\" in this lively, fascinating,…

A great war has raged for years between the scientifically advanced Empire and Nebulis, the realm of the witches-until the…

Memoirs of a Hebridean childhood…

\nA concise, accessible account of strategy and the Second World War. How the war was won . . . and lost..\n…

What sort of a place is England? And who are the English? As the United Kingdom turns away from its European neighbours, and…

Over 40 vivid, eyewitness accounts of the defining conflict of the second half of the twentieth century…

* Rousing, brilliant, and hugely readable study of a millennium of one nation's free-thinking* Subtitle: Visionaries, Rebels…

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\nGuy de la Bedoyere\'s gripping narrative history gives a sense of what it was like to be a soldier in the army that…