\nA comprehensive yet concise history of the United States of America, from the 1500s to the present day.\n…

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\nThe story of the British Empire at its maximum territorial extent, including a wider range of voices of the colonised than…

Best known for his academy award-winning role as Dith Pran in The Killing Fields, for Haing Ngor his greatest performance…

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A revised and updated account of the Ripper killings. Kniha 9781841193977 Complete History of Jack the Ripper | Philip…

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Hampton Sides's extraordinary book brings the history of the American conquest of the West to ringing life. It is a tale…

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Eric Hobsbawm traces with brilliant anlytical clarity the transformation brought about in evry sphere of European life by…

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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…

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The definitive history of the SS by an acclaimed expert -- out now in paperback Kniha 9780349117522 SS: A New History |…

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New in paperback, a collection from the ancient Celtic world. "Good bedtime stories for all the family" Hilary Boyd, }Daily…

From a Prix Goncourt writer hailed by Milan Kundera as the heir of Joyce and Kafka, a gripping story of an escaped slave in…

* A biography of one of the most remarkable women of the Tudor era - next to Queen Elizabeth the most powerful woman in…

A fascinating look at the autumn of 1922, when F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda returned to New York and the seeds for The…

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

This Dark Business tells the riveting story of the British government\'s determination to destroy Napoleon Bonaparte by any…

* Fresh, funny and impeccably researched, UNDERGROUND LONDON is 'alternative' history at its best - an illuminating glimpse…

An insider account of the shadowy world of private military contracting.…

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With 2008 being the 90th anniversary of World War I and the BBC doing a documentary on Vera Brittian in November, this has…

A portrait of high society in the twentieth century, told through the stories of the guests of Maxine Elliott and Prince Aly…

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

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A raw and gripping account of the Second World War and the men and the Machines who beat Hitler…

An accessible and comprehensive introduction to Classical history, myth and the ancient world.…

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A female Robin Hood, a modern day Count of Monte Cristo - Phoolan Devi, the notorious Bandit Queen of India, has become a…

Retelling the most spectacular cock-ups in military history, this graphic account has a great deal to say about the…

A brilliant new interpretation of one of the most dramatic periods of British history: The Tudors and their Dynasty.…

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\nA provocative, exciting exploration of the future of ideas - and the history of technological and cultural progress that…

A groundbreaking new history of the first woman to rule England in her own right.…

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

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The untold story of the mysterious company that shook the world'Authoritative... a tale that sits at the heart of the most…

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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…

WARRIOR. SAMURAI. LEGEND.The remarkable life of history''s first foreign-born samurai, and his astonishing journey from…

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From the Battle of Hastings to the Battle of Bosworth Field, Nicholas Vincent tells the story of how Britain was born. When…

The diary of a young Brazilian girl at the end of the nineteenth century. Introduced and translated by Elizabeth Bishop, one…

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Paperback edition of this bestselling history of the twentieth century. The book is divided into three main sections; The…

* A story of love and survival amidst the great events of the twentieth century.…

\nA landmark book that charts humanity\'s changing relationship with birds - from the ancient Egyptians to the 21st…

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\nA long-overdue book honouring the remarkable achievements of key black British individuals over many centuries, in…

One of the most successful history books of recent years, Agincourt is reissued with a new introduction by Bernard Cornwell…

\nA bumper book of puzzles celebrating every aspect of Britain and Britishness - perfect to relax, de-stress and unwind,…

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A fascinating and evocative account of the Peasants' Revolt from the acclaimed author of Agincourt.…

Eric Hobsbawm (1917-2012) wrote that Latin America was the only region of the world outside Europe which he felt he knew…

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

* Reissue of the acclaimed biography of aviator Amelia Earhart…

* A book that will change the course of modern history, and specifically our attitudes to China. * Three of the top four…

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New in paperback - the definitive history of the songs of Bob Dylan. Every song Dylan wrote from his first poetic scribbles…

* Classic essays on the history of radical protest.…

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