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Army of Empire: The Untold Story of the Indian Army in World War I
$25.00
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...
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...
English Food: A People's History
Author: Diane Purkiss Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 560 'An absolute gem' Sunday Times'A mouthwatering history' The Guardian In this delicious history of Britain's food traditions, Diane Purkiss invites readers...
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,...
The Sister: North Korea's Kim Yo Jong, the Most Dangerous Woman in the
$20.00
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...
1923: The Crisis of German Democracy in the Year of Hitler's Putsch
$20.00
Author: Mark William Jones Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 How Germany's fledgling democracy nearly collapsed in 1923--and how pro-democracy forces fought back In 1923, the Weimar Republic faced a...
A Grand Tour of the Roman Empire by Marcus Sidonius Falx
Author: Dr. Jerry Toner (Fellow Teacher and Director of Studies in Classics) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'Toner again spins a tale that is enjoyable and informative.' - The...
The Other Olympians: A True Story of Gender, Fascism and the Making of
Author: Michael Waters Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 The story of the early athletes and Olympic bureaucrats who lit the flame for today's culture wars. In December 1935, Zdenek...
Exploring the World: Two centuries of remarkable adventurers and their
Author: Alexander Maitland Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 Explorers and travellers have always been attracted by the lure of the unknown. By traversing and mapping our planet, they have...
Command: How the Allies Learned to Win the Second World War
Author: Al Murray Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Al Murray's passion for military history and the Second World War in particular has always run parallel with his comedy and...
The Mercenary River: Private Greed, Public Good: A History of London's
Author: Nick Higham Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 Anyone interested in the real London needs to read this. - Andrew Marr No city can survive without water, and lots...
Rivets, Trivets and Galvanised Buckets: Life in the village hardware shop
Author: Tom Fort Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 'A hymn to hardware, charming, lyrical' - The Sunday Times, BOOK OF THE WEEK 'A paean to DIY' - The Times...
Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
Author: Simon Winchester Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 'A delightful compendium of the kind of facts you immediately want to share with anyone you encounter' New York Times 'An...
George: A Magpie Memoir
Author: Frieda Hughes Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 An Oprah Magazine Book of the Year 2023 'A magical, endearing memoir ... the literary romance of the year' Oprah 'This...
A Revolution of Feeling: The Decade that Forged the Modern Mind
Author: Rachel Hewitt Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 560 In the 1790s, Britain underwent what the politician Edmund Burke called 'the most important of all revolutions ... a revolution in...
Twilight Cities: Lost Capitals of the Mediterranean
Author: Katherine Pangonis Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 Its name means 'centre of the world', and since the dawn of history the Mediterranean Sea has formed the shared horizon...
Alice's Book: How the Nazis Stole My Grandmother's Cookbook
Author: Karina Urbach Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 What happened to the books that were too valuable to burn? The story of a Jewish chef whose bestselling cookbook was...
The Tender Bar: Now a Major Film Directed by George Clooney and Starring Ben Affleck
$10.00
Author: J R Moehringer Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 432 NOW A MAJOR FILM DIRECTED BY GEORGE CLOONEY AND STARRING BEN AFFLECK 'Highly entertaining . . . constructed...
The Ministry of Truth: The Biography of George Orwell's 1984
$15.00
Author: Dorian Lynskey Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 "Rich and compelling. . .Lynskey's account of the reach of 1984 is revelatory." --George Packer, The Atlantic An authoritative, wide-ranging, and...
The Art of War
$12.00
Author: Sun Tzu Format: Paperback Number of Pages: The ancient Chinese general Sun Tzu is universally recognized as the greatest military strategist in history, a master of warfare interpretation. This condensed...
My Father's Letters: Correspondence from the Soviet Gulag
Author: Dr Sam Willis (Author) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 At Histories of the Unexpected, we believe that everything has a history - even the most unexpected of subjects...
Coromandel: A Personal History of South India
Author: Charles Allen Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 432 COROMANDEL. A name which has been long applied by Europeans to the Northern Tamil Country, or (more comprehensively) to...
Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX
Author: Eric Berger Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 'Just read it.' Elon Musk The dramatic inside story of the first four historic flights that launched SpaceX-and Elon...
The Global Age: Europe 1950-2017
$15.00
Author: Ian Kershaw Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 704 The final chapter in the Penguin History of Europe series from the acclaimed scholar and author of To Hell and Back...