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Wonderful Things: A History of Egyptology 1: From Antiquity to 1881
Author: Jason Thompson (Bates College, USA) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 376 A comprehensive history of the study and understanding of ancient Egypt, filled with intriguing mysteries, great discoveries, and...
Paris '44: The Shame and the Glory
Author: Patrick Bishop Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 From the Sunday Times-bestselling author, comes a heart-stopping countdown narrative recreating the liberation of Paris in 1944, one of the great...
Zero Six Bravo: 60 Special Forces. 100,000 Enemy. The Explosive True
Author: Damien Lewis Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 The Sunday Times No.1 bestseller. 'Sixty special forces against 100,000 - a feat of British arms to take the breath away'...
The Waiting Game
Author: Nicola Clark Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 'Written in a lively, accessible style, The Waiting Game is full of insight' Suzannah Lipscomb, Literary Review Every Tudor Queen had...
The Stable Boy of Auschwitz: A heartbreaking true story of courage and
Author: Dexter Ford Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 The instant Sunday Times and Amazon charts bestseller "I found myself in the Auschwitz stables, and I felt an ember of...
The Mad and the Brave: The Untold Story of Ukraine's Foreign Legion
Author: Colin Freeman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 A Telegraph Best Book 2025 'Elegant and terrifying, the story of those who gave up life in the West for Ukraine's...
The Holocaust: Origins, History and Aftermath c.1920-1945
Author: Memorial de la Shoah Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 144 The Holocaust is an attempt to explain the inexplicable the systematic murder of millions of Europe's Jews by the...
Heyday: The 1850s and the Dawn of the Global Age
Author: Ben Wilson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 512 'Excellent . . . This is narrative history of the highest quality' Andrew Lycett, Sunday Telegraph 'Wonderfully engrossing and intelligent ....
German submarine U-1105 'Black Panther': The naval archaeology of a
Author: Aaron Stephan Hamilton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 136 Now in its final resting place at the bottom of the Potomac River in Maryland, the U-Boat U-1105 is unique...
El Cid: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Mercenary
Author: Nora Berend Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 'A fascinating study of historical mythmaking . . . concise and absorbing' Paul Freedman, author of Out of the East 'Lively,...
All Consuming: The instant Sunday Times bestseller: Why We Eat the Way
Author: Ruby Tandoh Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 The iconic New Yorker and Vittles food writer asks: Why do we eat the way we eat now? Being into food...
Where Are You From? No, Where are You Really From?
Author: Audrey Osler Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 A story of migration, identity and belonging, drawing on the stories of people from Audrey Osler's mixed-heritage family, over three centuries....
Trelawny's Cornwall: A Journey through Western Lands
Author: Petroc Trelawny Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 'I can't think of a more enjoyable or more illuminating guide to Cornwall than Petroc Trelawny, who knows it intimately, loves...
The Light of Day: the moving true story of the first man to come out as gay
Author: Christopher Stephens Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 * A Guardian Audiobook of the Week * 'Your book is the "really good book. Just one" that Roger Butler would...
The Illusionist: The True Story of the Man Who Fooled Hitler
Author: Robert Hutton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 Cairo, 1942: If you had asked a British officer who Colonel Clarke was, they would have been able to point him...
The Hiroshima Men: The Quest to Build the Atomic Bomb and the Fateful Decision to Use It
Author: Iain MacGregor Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 'Really outstanding' Jonathan Dimbleby 'Extraordinary and utterly absorbing' Patrick Bishop 'Wonderful material' Saul David 'Profoundly thought-provoking' James Holland 'Impeccably researched' Spectator...
The High Seas: Ambition, Power and Greed on the Unclaimed Ocean
Author: Olive Heffernan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 THE IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER'A comprehensive investigation of the staggering damage we have done to the world's oceans and its life forms'...
Motherland: A Journey through 500,000 Years of African Culture and Identity
Author: Luke Pepera Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 'A wonderful debut by a talented and exciting young historian' Peter Frankopan 'Simultaneously capacious and personal...a masterful achievement' Tom Holland 'Elegant...
Japan's War: Hirohito's Holy War Against the West
Author: Stewart Binns Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 'A superbly revealing account of a dreadful and profoundly sad war' ALASTAIR CAMPBELL 'This extraordinary book gives us a unique insight...
Collared: How We Made the Modern Dog
Author: Chris Pearson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 Dogs are our constant companions: models of loyalty and unconditional love for millions around the world. But these beloved animals are...
Chasing the Dark: Encounters with the supernatural
Author: Ben Machell Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 'One of the best books about the paranormal I have read... Uncannily good' DANNY ROBINS 'A fascinating testimony to our nervous...
I Will Come Back for You: A powerful true story of wartime love and resilience
Author: Daniel Huhn Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 'Extraordinary ... one of the most moving and uplifting stories of the war' Keith Lowe 'A remarkable book' - The Telegraph...
At the Edge of Empire: A Family's Reckoning with China: FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2025
Author: Edward Wong Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 464 FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2025 'A brilliant personal account of China's borderlands and peoples' Francis Fukuyama 'Edward Wong is about...
The Daughter of Auschwitz: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - a heartbreaking true story of courage, resilience and survival
Author: Tova Friedman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 A Sunday Times bestseller (May 2023) - the incredible story of courage, resilience and survival. 'I am a survivor. That comes...
The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis, as seen on BBC Two Between the Covers
Author: Maria Smilios Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 New York City, 1929. A sanatorium, a deadly disease, and a dire nurse shortage. So begins the remarkable true story of...
Krithia: The Forgotten Anzac Battle of Gallipoli
Author: Mat McLachlan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 The Second Battle of Krithia has existed largely in the shadows of the bigger Gallipoli story. It is, however, one of...
Army of Empire: The Untold Story of the Indian Army in World War I
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Author: George Morton-Jack Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 608 Drawing on untapped new sources, the first global history of the Indian Expeditionary Forces in World War I While their story...
History in the House: Some Remarkable Dons and the Teaching of
Author: Richard Davenport-Hines Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 A Spectator Best Book of the Year; An Aspects of History Best Book of the Year; An Engelsberg Ideas Best Book...
The King and the Christmas Tree: A heartwarming story and beautiful festive gift for young and old alike
Author: A.N. Wilson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 Every year, a huge Norway spruce, twenty metres and more in height, is erected in Trafalgar Square. Many who see it...
With Wellington's Outposts
Author: John Vandeleur Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 John Vandeleur's letters home to his parents are a lively and engaging account of active service during the Napoleonic Wars, recounting...
Ten Cities that Led the World: From Ancient Metropolis to Modern Megacity
Author: Paul Strathern Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 'A book of ideas [...] Strathern ably guides us through these moments of glory.' -- The Times *** Great cities are...
Burgoyne Diaries
Author: Gerald Achilles Burgoyne Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 These are the diaries of Gerald Achilles Burgoyne, wrote from the trenches just south of Ypres while he was with...
Brooding over Bloody Revenge: Enslaved Women's Lethal Resistance
Author: Nikki M. Taylor (Howard University, Washington DC) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 250 From the colonial through the antebellum era, enslaved women in the US used lethal force as...
On the Edge: Ireland's off-shore islands: a modern history
Author: Diarmaid Ferriter Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 The islands off the coast of Ireland have long been a source of fascination. Seen as repositories of an ancient Irish...
The Frontier Below: The Past, Present and Future of Our Quest to Go
Author: Jeff Maynard Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 Triumphs and disasters in the deep seaThis is a journey through time and water, to the bottom of the ocean and...
African Europeans: An Untold History
Author: Olivette Otele Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 A Guardian Best Book of 2020 A History Today Book of the Year, 2020 Renowned historian Olivette Otele uncovers the untold...
Sum of Us: A History of the UK in Data
Author: Georgina Sturge Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 What has data ever done for us? Georgina Sturge, House of Commons Library statistician and author of the critically acclaimed Bad...
The Darkest Christmas: December 1942 and a World at War
Author: Peter Harmsen Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 December 1942 saw the bloodiest Christmas in the history of mankind. From the islands in the Pacific to the China front,...
Little Englanders: Britain in the Edwardian Era
Author: Alwyn Turner Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 'The very best sort of panoramic portrait' David Kynaston 'The Edwardians have long been the lost decade of British history, yet...
Island Stories: An Unconventional History of Britain
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Author: David Reynolds (University of Plymouth UK) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 This history of Britain set in a global context for our times offers a new perspective on...
Changing Altitudes: Stories of Australian Air Force Women
Author: Air Commodore Kirrily Dearing AM Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 In the early years of the Second World War, Australian women began lobbying to contribute to the nation's...
Bloody Buna: The Battle for the Beachhead New Guinea 1942
Author: David W. Cameron Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 440 With the Australian troops crossing of the Kumusi River in mid-November, after pushing the Japanese back along the Kokoda Track,...
The Stalin Affair: The Impossible Alliance that Won the War
Author: Giles Milton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK A SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Hugely enjoyable' The Spectator 'Delivered with flamboyance,...
No Road Leading Back: An Improbable Escape from the Nazis, 'utterly
Author: Chris Heath Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 640 'A stunning book, a powerful investigation, utterly compelling,' James Holland, The Daily Telegraph, Five stars 'Terrifying' Simon Schama Ponar, Lithuania. 1944....
Zero Six Bravo : 60 Special Forces. 100,000 Enemy. the Explosive True Story
Author: Damian Lewis Format: Paperback Number of Pages: They were branded as cowards and accused of being the British Special Forces Squadron that ran away from the Iraqis. But nothing...
Because I donÕt know what you mean and what you donÕt
Author: Josie Long Format: Paperback Number of Pages: From a comic mastermind comes this brilliant collection of stories Three teenagers believe they are witches. A woman defaces a local billboard....
Seeing into the Future: A Short History of Prediction
Author: Martin van Creveld Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 296 If there is anything that distinguishes us from animals, it is our ability to understand that such a thing as...
How Rich Countries Got Rich ... and Why Poor Countries Stay Poor
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Author: Erik S Reinert Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 A maverick economist explains how protectionism makes nations rich, free trade keeps them poor---and how rich countries make sure to...