Barbara Tuchman's The Guns of August is a spellbinding history of the fateful first month when Britain went to war. War…

Offers an account of France hit by wave after wave of revolutions. This book includes a narrative of the major events of…

A superb new translation by Michael Hofmann of some of Kafka's most frightening and visionary short fiction Strange beasts,…

An historical account of the chaos and uncertainty that followed the liberation of Paris in August, 1944.…

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A scintillating collection of essays that encapsulates the great Italian writer's approach to writing, reading, and…

Antony's Brigg's acclaimed translation of Tolstoy's great Russian epic. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by…

Steven Runciman's triumphant three-volume A History of the Crusadesremains an unsurpassed account of the events that changed…

Your Inner Fish tells the extraordinary history of the human body. Why do we look the way we do? When did we first evolve…

Tells the story of Spain's rise to greatness from its humble beginnings as one of the poorest and most marginal of European…

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Following the hugely successful hardback, this extraordinary tale of the father of modern geology looks set to be the non…

From the prize-winning author of Ring of Steel, a gripping history of the First World War's longest and most terrible siege…

Debunking what were accepted truths about the Second World War, the author argues provocatively that Hitler did not set out…

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'By the Power of Eternal Heaven; By the Protection of the Majestic Imperial Fortune.' Born a poor nomad in an unforgiving…

George Orwell's experience of the Spanish Civil War had a transformative effect on his life and work. This volume brings…

Thomas Becket lived at the centre of medieval England. Son of a draper's merchant, he was befriended and favoured by Henry…

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A unique history of the Beats, in the words of the movement's most central member, Allen Ginsberg, based on a seminal series…

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'A tour de force of accessible scholarship' The Guardian'Impressive ... It is a complicated story that still reverberates,…

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If Britain's maritime history were embodied in a single ship, she would have a prehistoric prow, a mast plucked from a…

This title examines the beginning of the Christian movement during the first centuries AD, and the explosive force of its…

An enthralling work of grand historical narrative, Steven Runciman's A History of the Crusades overturned the traditional…

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After decades of warfare, the tribes of the Tiste Edur have at last united under the rule of the Warlock King. But peace has…

Tells the story of a platoon of ordinary Finnish soldiers fighting their Soviet Union counterparts during the Second World…

Born in the Castilian town of Avila in 1515, Teresa entered the Carmelite convent of the Incarnation when she was…

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The first five books of Livy's history of Rome record the city's foundations through the Republic to Rome's recovery after…

Written at a time when furious arguments are raging about the best way to govern America, this title aims of persuading New…

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A collection of rare texts from Ancient Egypt, newly translated for this essential edition§§The fascination that Ancient…

Offers the history of the Jews under Roman rule, with portraits of such key figures as the Emperor Vespasian and Herod the…

Presents nine biographies that illuminate the careers, personalities and military campaigns of some of Rome's greatest…

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Henry Kissinger analyses how six extraordinary leaders he has known have shaped their countries and the world'Leaders,'…

Examines the life of Joseph P Kennedy, the founder of the twentieth century's most famous political dynasty. This book tells…

Celebrates Wales and things Welsh. This study it reflects the bilingual literature and folklore of Wales, the buildings and…

When President Habyarimana's jet was shot down in April 1994, Rwanda erupted into a hundred-day orgy of killing - which left…

For six centuries, the Republic of Venice was a maritime empire, its sovereign power extending throughout much of the…

One of the major political figures of his time, Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626) served in the court of Elizabeth I and…

During the years he spent among the Marsh Arabs of southern Iraq Wilfred Thesiger came to understand, admire and share a way…

The story of philosophy is an epic tale: an exploration of the ideas, views and teachings of some of the most creative minds…

Presents the author's personal letters that address a range of topics, from an account of his uncle's death in the eruption…

'A stunning global history of West Africa ... with this new tour de force, Green confirms himself as the most innovative…

A delightful, thoughtful and original new way to understand England's historyA Times Best Book of the Year 2025A History…

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First written down in the eighth century AD, these early Irish stories depict a far older world - part myth, part legend and…

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The incredible story of one man's obsession to find and protect the world's largest flowers As a child, Chris Thorogood…

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The most eloquent and expressive statesman of his time - phrases such as 'iron curtain', 'business as usual', 'the few', and…

A autobiography in which the anonymous writer intersperses personal reflections, anecdotes and lyrical poems with accounts…

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In 1990, a country disappeared. When the iron curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For over forty years, from the…