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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,...
Sword: D-Day - Trial by Battle
Author: Max Hastings Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A Times and Waterstones Book of the Year 'The messy, dirty, bloody reality of Operation Overlord comes...
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...
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...
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...
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...
One Fine Day: Britain's Empire on the Brink
Author: Matthew Parker Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 624 This critical historical exploration shows a portrait of the British Empire at both the peak of its global reach--and the moment...
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...
Chamber Divers
Author: Rachel Lance Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 The untold story of the D-Day scientists who changed special operations forever. 'Fascinating...a great historical military account and essential reading' John...
1923: The Crisis of German Democracy in the Year of Hitler's Putsch
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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...
The Survivor: How I Survived Six Concentration Camps and Became a Nazi
Author: Josef Lewkowicz Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 The extraordinary true story of the Holocaust survivor who endured six death camps before joining the hunt for the Nazis and...
The Liberation Line: The Untold Story of How American Engineering and
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Author: Christian Wolmar Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 The epic story of the engineers and rail workers who ensured Allied victory in World War Two, published to coincide with...
Beastly: A New History of Animals and Us
Author: Keggie Carew Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 In a Polish forest a young woman befriends a boar. An Englishman sets up home with two beavers in Saskatchewan. A...
Going Mainstream: How extremists are taking over
Author: Julia Ebner Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Incels. Anti Vaxxers. Conspiracy theorists. Neo-Nazis. Once, these groups all belonged on the fringes of the political spectrum. Today, accelerated by...
The Premonitions Bureau: A Sunday Times bestseller
Author: Sam Knight Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 'Fascinating.' - Hilary Mantel 'Terrific.' - New Scientist 'Gripping.' - Financial Times What if you had a vision that something terrible...
The Bone Chests: Unlocking the Secrets of the Anglo-Saxons
Author: Cat Jarman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A diligent historian and a superb writer' THE TIMES A gripping new history of...
The Rescue: The True Story of the SAS Mission to Save Hostages from the Taliban
Author: Andy McNab Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 The thrilling retelling of a real-life hostage rescue mission, by SAS hero and million-selling author, Andy McNab. It is 2012 and...
The Fighter of Auschwitz: The incredible true story of Leen Sanders who boxed to help others survive
Author: Erik Brouwer Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 **A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** 'He had the dream again last night... He taps the gloves of his unbeaten Polish opponent. There...
The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House
Author: Kate Andersen Brower Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 #1 New York Times Bestseller "A revealing look at life inside the White House. . . it's Downton Abbey for...
Expertise, Authority and Control: The Australian Army Medical Corps in
Author: Alexia Moncrieff (University of Leeds) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 236 Expertise, Authority and Control charts the development of Australian military medicine in the First World War in the...
Ethel Rosenberg: The Short Life and Great Betrayal of an American Wife and Mother
Author: Anne Sebba Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'A heart-piercingly brilliant book about a woman whose personal life put her in the cross-hairs of history' HADLEY FREEMAN 'Totally riveting....
A Kidnapped West: The Tragedy of Central Europe
Author: Milan Kundera Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 96 'The people of Central Europe cannot be separated from European history; they cannot exist outside it; but they represent the wrong...
The Encyclopedia of Melbourne
Author: Andrew Brown-May (University of Melbourne) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 840 Great cities deserve great encyclopedias. A city is known by its past, its characteristic virtues and troubles, and...
A Small, Stubborn Town: Life, death and defiance in Ukraine - As heard
Author: Andrew Harding Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 It's March 2022 and Russian tanks are roaring across the vast, snow-dusted fields of Ukraine. Their destination: Voznesensk, a town with...
Oathbreakers: The War of Brothers That Shattered an Empire and Made
Author: Matthew Gabriele Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 The authors of The Bright Ages return with a real-life Game of Thrones-the story of the Carolingian Civil War, a bloody,...
Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz
Author: Jozsef Debreczeni Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 A lost classic of Holocaust literature translated for the first time - from journalist, poet and survivor Jozsef Debreczeni A lost...
War & Peace & War: Twenty years in Afghanistan
Author: Andrew North Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 'Andrew North has a deep empathy and understanding for Afghanistan and has seen sides of it - both good and horrifying...
Anzac and Empire: George Foster Pearce and the Foundations of
Author: John Connor (University College, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 248 Anzac and Empire is the remarkable story of George Foster Pearce - a carpenter...
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...
Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Woman's Life in Nineteenth-Century Japan
Author: Amy Stanley Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 A groundbreaking new history of Edo, now modern-day Tokyo, that will change our understanding of Japanese history, placing women's lives back...
Castle of the Eagles: Escape from Mussolini's Colditz
Author: Mark Felton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 High in the Tuscan hills above Florence, the menacing Vincigliata Castle - a very special prisoner-of-war camp converted on Mussolini's personal...
Coalition Strategy and the End of the First World War: The Supreme War
Author: Meighen McCrae (Australian National University, Canberra) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 292 When the Germans requested an armistice in October 1918, it was a shock to the Allied political...