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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...
Thinking Big: How the Evolution of Social Life Shaped the Human Mind
Author: Clive Gamble Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 When and how did the brains of our hominin ancestors become human minds? When and why did our capacity for language...
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...
Death Was Our Bed-mate
Author: Agnes McEwan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 The book tells the story of a little known artillery regiment, the 155th (Lanarkshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, RA which saw constant...
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...
Vital Organs
Author: Suzie Edge Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 ...a bracing adventure, and one where our ancestors are not reduced to characters of myth and legend, but real people of...
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...
Food Fights and Culture Wars: A Secret History of Taste
Author: Tom Nealon Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Revolution! Conflict! Gluttony! In this eclectic book of food history, Tom Nealon takes on such overlooked themes as carp and the...
Rough Spirits & High Society: The Culture of Drink
Author: Ruth Ball Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 The tavern, the inn, the coffee house, the tea shop: these are places where, throughout history, we have met and socialised...
Angkor and the Khmer Civilization
Author: Michael D. Coe Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 The ancient city of Angkor in Cambodia has fascinated scholars and visitors alike since its rediscovery in the mid-19th century....
Revolutions: How they changed history and what they mean today
Author: Peter Furtado Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 Revolutions hold a distinct place in the popular imagination. This may be because their rhetoric, such as 'liberty, fraternity, equality', articulates...
The Neverending Empire: The Infinite Impact of Ancient Rome
Author: Aldo Cazzullo Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 From the international bestselling author and notable journalist Aldo Cazzullo comes a brilliantly researched and extremely accessible journey through the history...
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...
Travellers in the Golden Realm: How Mughal India Connected England to
Author: Lubaaba Al-Azami Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 Shortlisted for The British in India Book Prize 2025 'A spellbinding account of the first forgotten half of the English encounter...
If Walls Could Talk: An intimate history of the home
Author: Lucy Worsley Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 Why did the flushing toilet take two centuries to catch on? Why did Samuel Pepys never give his mistresses an orgasm?...
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...
Fighting Fit: The Wartime Battle for Britain's Health
Author: Laura Dawes Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 At the beginning of the Second World War, medical experts predicted epidemics of physical and mental illness on the home front....
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,...
Lords of the Sky: Fighter Pilots and Air Combat, from the Red Baron to
Author: Dan Hampton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 640 NATIONAL BESTSELLER * The definitive history of combat aviation and fighter aircraft, from World War I to present INCLUDES 32 PAGES...
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...
Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey
Author: Nicola Tallis Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 Following Lady Jane Grey's journey from the deadly intrigues of her childhood that led inexorably through to her trial and execution...
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...
The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany
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Author: Gwen Strauss Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 THE BELOVED NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "[A] narrative of unfathomable courage" Wall Street Journal The Nine follows the true story of...
Sleeping with the Ancestors: How I Followed the Footprints of Slavery
Author: Herb Frazier Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 Joseph McGill Jr., a historic preservationist and Civil War reenactor, founded the Slave Dwelling Project in 2010 based on an idea...
Origin Africa: Safaris in Deep Time
Author: Jonathan Kingdon Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 592 A major new look at how Africa's geological history, climate, geography and biology resulted in the wonderful diversity of life found...
River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
Author: Candice Millard Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 A story of courage and adventure, set against the backdrop of the race to exploit Africa by the colonial powers. For...
Apocalypse: How Catastrophe Transformed Our World and Can Forge New
Author: Lizzie Wade Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 A groundbreaking new perspective on catastrophes throughout human history, with vital lessons for our future 'This book upended my understanding of...
The Far Land: 200 Years of Murder, Mania, and Mutiny in the South
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Author: Brandon Presser Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 For fans of The Wager and Mutiny on the Bounty comes a thrilling true tale of power, obsession, and betrayal at...
Elderflora: A Modern History of Ancient Trees
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Author: Jared Farmer Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 The epic story of the planet's oldest trees and the making of the modern world Humans have always revered long-lived trees....
Shakespeare and the Resistance: The Earl of Southampton, the Essex
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Author: Clare Asquith Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 The 1590s were black years for England. The queen was old, the succession unclear, and the treasury empty after decades of...
We May Dominate the World: Ambition, Anxiety, and the Rise of the American Colossus
Author: Sean Mirski Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 512 What did it take for the United States to become a global superpower? The answer lies in a missing chapter of...
The Betrayal of the Duchess: The Scandal That Unmade the Bourbon
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Author: Maurice Samuels Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 Fighting to reclaim the French crown for the Bourbons, the duchesse de Berry faces betrayal at the hands of one of...
Forgotten Warriors: The Long History of Women in Combat
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Author: Sarah Percy Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 The definitive history of women in war, revealing how women have always been an essential part of combat From Boudicca's rebellion...
Dog's Best Friend: A Brief History of an Unbreakable Bond
Author: Simon Garfield Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 One of the first words we learn. Perhaps the best friend we'll have. An animal so much part of our lives...
Kokoda Legend: Captain Sam Templeton
Author: David Howell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 One of the finest soldiers and most courageous leaders I have ever known. - Lt Doug McClean, D Coy, 39th Battalion...
The Sister: North Korea's Kim Yo Jong, the Most Dangerous Woman in the
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Author: Sung-Yoon Lee Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 This first book on Kim Jong Un's increasingly powerful sister, tapped to be his successor, offers jaw-dropping insights into the latest...