Red Valkyries
Through a series of lively and accessible biographical essays, Red Valkyries explores the history of socialist feminism in Eastern Europe. By examining the revolutionary careers of five prominent socialist women active in the 19th and 20th centuries, Kristen Ghodsee narrates the personal challenges faced by earlier generations of socialist and communist women. The book delves into the lives of: the...Hardback$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Qantas: The Flying Kangaroo
No symbol better conveys the intrepid spirit of Australia than the flying kangaroo. Whether it's glimpsed on a red-eye flight to an interstate business meeting, before leaving for adventure or holidays, or when longing to return home, that sweep of red defines air travel in Australia. Qantas has always been about connection. It began by connecting Australians across western Queensland's...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Orkney: A Historical Guide
Orkney lies only 20 miles north of mainland Scotland, yet for many centuries its culture was more Scandinavian than Scottish. Strong westerly winds account for the scarcity of trees on Orkney and also for the tradition of well-constructed stone structures. As a result, the islands boast a large number of exceptionally well-preserved remains, which help us to form a detailed...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Nadia Comaneci and the Secret Police
2024 Independent Publisher Book Awards Winner – Silver Medal, World History Nadia Comaneci is the Romanian child prodigy and global gymnastics star who ultimately fled her homeland and the brutal oppression of a communist regime. At the age of just 14, Nadia became the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10.0 at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games...Paperback$3299Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Miracles of Our Own Making
Now available in B-format paperback, Miracles of Our Own Making is a historical overview of magic in the British Isles, from the ancient peoples of Britain to the rich and cosmopolitan landscape of contemporary paganism. We explore the beliefs of the Druids, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings, the alchemy of the Elizabethan Court and the witch trials. We encounter grimoires, ceremonial magic...Paperback$5200Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Lost Enlightenment
In this sweeping and richly illustrated history, S. Frederick Starr tells the fascinating but largely unknown story of Central Asia's medieval enlightenment through the eventful lives and astonishing accomplishments of its greatest minds—remarkable figures who built a bridge to the modern world. Because nearly all of these figures wrote in Arabic, they were long assumed to have been Arabs. In...Paperback$7999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Les Parisiennes
WINNER OF THE FRANCO-BRITISH SOCIETY BOOK PRIZE 2016 June, 1940. German troops enter Paris and hoist the swastika over the Arc de Triomphe. The dark days of Occupation begin. How would you have survived? By collaborating with the Nazis, or risking the lives of you and your loved ones to resist? The women of Paris faced this dilemma every day...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
ISIS
The Islamic State stunned the world with its savagery, destructiveness, and military and recruiting successes. However, its most striking and distinctive characteristic was its capacity to build governing institutions and a theologically grounded national identity. What explains the rise of ISIS and the caliphate, and what does it portend for the future of the Middle East? In this book, one...Paperback$3499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
How The Irish Saved Civilization
Ireland played the central role in maintaining European culture when the dark ages settled on Europe in the fifth century. As Rome was sacked by Visigoths and its empire collapsed, Ireland became the isle of saints and scholars that enabled the classical and religious heritage to be saved. In his compelling and entertaining narrative, Thomas Cahill tells the story of...Paperback$3099Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Histories of the Unexpected: World War II
At Histories of the Unexpected, we believe that everything has a history - even the most unexpected of subjects - and that everything links together in unexpected ways. We believe that the history of the itch, the history of crawling, the history of clouds, or of lightning or of zombies or zebras or holes or perfume or rubbish or mustard...Hardback$2499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
Histories of the Unexpected
Did you know that the history of the beard is connected to the Crimean War; that the history of paperclips is all about the Stasi; and that the history of bubbles is all about the French Revolution? And who knew that Heinrich Himmler, Tutankhamun, and the history of needlework are linked to napalm and Victorian orphans? In Histories of the...Paperback$3299Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
Great Convict Stories
'Graham Seal has the knack of the storyteller.' - Warren Fahey AM Graham Seal takes us back to Australia's ignominious beginnings, when a hungry child could be transported to the other side of the globe for the theft of a handkerchief. It was a time when men were flogged till they bled for a minor misdemeanour, or forced to walk...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Great Australian Outback Trucking Stories
Marsh knows how to spin a yarn - Gold Coast Bulletin Whether they're carting produce, stock, fuel, or even (unbeknown to them) dead bodies, there's one thing that can be said about outback truckies - they're a colourful bunch. Meet the outback truckies who brave interminable distances, searing heat, raging floodwaters, and foot-deep bulldust to transport goods all across this...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Fire and Steam
A new and updated edition of the classic history of the British railway, published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of train travel in 2025. The opening of the pioneering Stockton and Darlington railway, the world's first passenger line, in 1825 marked the beginning of the railways' vital role in changing the face of Britain. Fire and Steam celebrates the...Hardback$5999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Dragon Lords
Why did the Vikings sail to England? Were they indiscriminate raiders, motivated solely by bloodlust and plunder? One narrative, the stereotypical one, might have it so. But locked away in the buried history of the British Isles are other, far richer and more nuanced stories; and these hidden tales paint a picture very different from the ferocious pillagers of popular...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Convict Orphans
Shortlisted for the 2025 Tasmanian Literary Awards Premier's Prize for Non-fiction Longlisted for the 2024 Green Family Tasmanian History Award All families have their secrets, and a convict ancestor or an illegitimate birth were shames that families once buried deep. Among the best-hidden stories in Australia's history are those of the convict orphans. Agnes arrived on a convict transport aged...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Cannae 216 BC
A highly illustrated account of what is rightly regarded as one of the greatest battles of military history. Hannibal's stratagem has become a model of the perfectly fought battle and is studied in detail at military academies around the world. At Cannae, the Romans confronted Hannibal with an army of 80,000 infantry and 6,000 cavalry. Hannibal faced them with 40,000...Paperback$5499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Breverton's Nautical Curiosities
Breverton's Nautical Curiosities is about ships, people and the sea. However, unlike many other nautical compendiums, the focus of this book is on the unusual, the overlooked or the downright extraordinary. Thus, someone most of us do not know, Admiral William Brown, is given equal coverage to Admiral Nelson. Without Admiral Brown releasing Garibaldi, modern Italy might not exist. And...Hardback$3699Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
A People Betrayed
Following thirty years of research, including research into recently declassified government archives, this newly revised and expanded edition of Linda Melvern’s classic of investigative journalism reveals how policymakers continue to refuse to properly acknowledge their responsibilities under international law. The new edition of A People Betrayed includes copious new material reckoning with the information that came to light during the...Paperback$3899Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
To The Bitter End
The international bestselling record of a German Jew in Nazi Germany. Deserves to stand beside the diary of Anne Frank as a day-to-day description of the sufferings of the victims of Hitler's evil regime – EVENING STANDARD Few English readers will fail to be moved as I was - ultimately to the point of tears – SUNDAY TELEGRAPH Packed with...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Slave
Mende Nazer's happy childhood was cruelly cut short at the age of twelve when the Mujahidin rode into her village in the remote Nuba mountains of Sudan. They hacked down terrified villagers, raped the women, and abducted the children. Mende was one of them. She was taken and sold to an Arab woman in Khartoum. She was stripped of her...Paperback$3199Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
Rachel
Just a girl, but when it came to chasing wild horses nobody questioned Rachel Kennedy's skill in a saddle. What raised eyebrows was the type of saddle she used: a man's. Rachel Kennedy was a colonial folk hero. Born in the wild and remote Warrumbungle mountains of western New South Wales in 1845, she was described by Duke Tritton of...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
Queens at War
Triumph and tragedy, love and loss, murder and malice in the lives of five fifteenth-century queens. The fifteenth century was a turbulent age - the Hundred Years War between England and France, and the Wars of the Roses dominated the lives of people both inside and out of the royal courts. Joan of Navarre, Katherine of Valois, Margaret of Anjou,...Paperback$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Paul and Paula
In fifty years … nobody will then know anything about our troubles. 1939: Paul Kurz – engineer, refugee from Vienna and Dunera Boy – is separated from his wife, Paula, and his mother at the outbreak of World War II and interned in Australia. Late 1960s: An Australian student from an Irish Catholic family, railing against his father, struggling with...Paperback$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Napoleon Volume 2
'Masterly.' - Daily Mail 'Stunning.' - History Today 'Magnificent.' - Literary Review Napoleon's life reached its most extraordinary stage between 1805 and 1810. At war with Britain, Russia, and Austria, he unleashed his magnificent Grande Armee. The first resounding victory at Austerlitz was followed by a whirlwind of campaigns, and by 1810 he had divorced Josephine in order to marry...Paperback$4500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Manchester Unspun
At the end of the 1970s, Manchester seemed to be sliding into the dustbin of history. Today the city is an international destination for culture and sport, and one of the fastest-growing urban regions in Europe. This book offers a first-hand account of what happened in between. Arriving in Manchester as a wide-eyed student in 1979, Andy Spinoza went on...Paperback$5999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
The History of a Riot
The History of a Riot presents a compelling microhistory of collective revolt. In 1843, the New Zealand Company settlement of Nelson was disrupted by the revolt of its emigrant labourers. Over 70 gang-men and their wives united to resist their poor working conditions through petitions, strikes, and, ultimately, violence. Despite the significance of this struggle, it has often been overshadowed...Paperback$1700Elsewhere:$2000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
Introducing The Womens Suffrage Petition 1893
The content of this short book is derived directly from the larger illustrated publication, foregoing all illustrations to suit the BWB Texts format. In 1893, New Zealand became the first country in the world with universal suffrage: all New Zealand women now had the right to vote. This achievement owed much to an extraordinary document: the 1893 Women's Suffrage Petition....Paperback$1700Elsewhere:$2000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
Tairāwhiti
Based on his investigative Newsroom series, Aaron Smale’s Tāirawhiti: Pine, Profit and the Cyclone goes deep into the region’s struggle with colonial legacies and environmental mismanagement. Through personal stories, interviews and critical analysis, Smale uncovers the multifaceted impacts of pine plantations, land confiscation, and climate events of increasing severity on a landscape and its people. This BWB Text provides a...Paperback$1700Elsewhere:$2000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
I Shall Bear Witness
A publishing sensation, the publication of Victor Klemperer's diaries brings to light one of the most extraordinary documents of the Nazi period. 'A classic ... Klemperer's diary deserves to rank alongside that of Anne Frank's' SUNDAY TIMES 'I can't remember when I read a more engrossing book' Antonia Fraser 'Not dissimilar in its cumulative power to Primo Levi's, is a...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
20% offIn the Shadow of the Empress
In the Shadow of the Empress is the sweeping family saga of beautiful Maria Theresa, the only woman to inherit and rule the vast Habsburg empire in her own name, and three of her remarkable daughters: lovely, talented Maria Christina, governor general of the Austrian Netherlands; spirited Maria Carolina, the resolute queen of Naples; and the youngest, Marie Antoinette, the...Paperback$2400Usually:$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
The Unknown Warrior
THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER Chosen by WATERSTONES as one of their BEST HISTORY BOOKS for 2024 ‘Compelling… [Nichol has a] terrific eye for detail; an ability to blend tear-jerking letters, quotation and personal anecdotes into a rich, thought-provoking narrative’ Daily Telegraph Over one million British Empire soldiers died during the First World War. More than a century later,...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Stalin
Winner of the British Book Awards History Book of the Year Longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize This thrilling biography of Stalin and his entourage during the terrifying decades of his supreme power transforms our understanding of Stalin as Soviet dictator, Marxist leader and Russian tsar. Based on groundbreaking research, Simon Sebag Montefiore reveals in captivating detail the fear and...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Immortals of American Boxing
The ultimate tribute to the sport of boxing, this fully illustrated book curated by award-winning boxing writer Don Stradley profiles the United States' greatest boxers. Whether you're a die-hard boxing fan or new to the sport, this is a must-read celebration of the champions who defined boxing history. Over 100 historic images capture the power, strength, and success of legendary...Hardback$4199Elsewhere:$5299Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
The Devil Reached Toward the Sky
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "Magisterial...A stunning account that brings to the fore the nuclear saga's surreal combination of ingenuity, fate, and terror." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) - "If you are an intelligent person, or at the very least think you are, you have to read The Devil Reached Toward the Sky...This period in history has never been more relevant...Hardback$7000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
Youthquake
A riveting study of Africa's demographics – its youth and growth – and what they mean for the continent, today and into the future. Essential reading Guardian Intensely researched – and very important! The Week The research in Youthquake is meticulous Tim Marshall, Reaction Attempts to end the hysteria and ignorance surrounding demographic trends New Statesman Meticulously researched, nuanced and...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
Collins World Atlas: Complete Edition
A beautiful gift for the adventurers in your family. Collins World Atlas: Complete Edition presents a complete view of the world, bringing it to life through innovative maps, stunning images, and detailed content. This fully-updated, comprehensive world atlas includes: Highly detailed regional and world-wide mapping A wide range of topical issues covered, including natural disasters, population, climate, and the environment...Hardback$9000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Whatever Next?
'This second volume of memoirs is as fascinating as the first....full of wit, joy, vivid vignettes and useful insights...she has another bestseller on her hands' India Knight, Sunday Times 'It's great to have another memoir from Lady Glenconner . . . as open-minded and entertaining as she clearly is' Lynn Barber, Sunday Telegraph 'A jolly anecdote for every day of...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
Tripped
Entertaining The Times Utterly fascinating and illuminating Sinclair McKay Fascinating... An astonishing read, with remarkably vivid protagonists Harald Jähner Ohler weaves a masterful tapestry of history in this revealing and fresh account David de Jong Berlin, 1945. Following the fall of the Third Reich, drug use - long kept under control by the Nazis' strict anti-drug laws - is rampant...Paperback$3699Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
The World the Plague Made
A groundbreaking history of how the Black Death unleashed revolutionary change across the medieval world and ushered in the modern age. In 1346, a catastrophic plague beset Europe and its neighbours. The Black Death was a human tragedy that abruptly halved entire populations and caused untold suffering, but it also brought about a cultural and economic renewal on a scale...Paperback$4499Elsewhere:$4999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
The West
Prize-winning historian providing a radical, new account of how the idea of the west has shaped our history, told through the stories of fourteen fascinating lives, for fans of Sathnam Sanghera, Peter Frankopan, and Edward Said. A BBC RADIO 4 Book of the Week 'A fantastic achievement' Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads 'Bright, expansive, and iconoclastic, this deliciously...Paperback$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, now a Major Guy Ritchie Film
One of the most remarkable stories in the history of Special Forces' operations - Daily Express In the bleak moments after defeat on mainland Europe in winter 1939, wartime leader Winston Churchill knew that Britain had to strike back hard. He recruited a band of eccentric free-thinking warriors to become the first 'deniable' secret operatives behind enemy lines, offering these...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
The Hollow Crown
The fifteenth century experienced the longest and bloodiest series of civil wars in British history. The crown of England changed hands violently five times as the great families of England fought to the death for the right to rule. Some of the greatest heroes and villains in history were thrown together in these chaotic years. Yet efforts were made to...Paperback$3699Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
Singing the Trail
The very first maps, oral maps made by early Polynesian and Māori settlers, were waypoints, lists of places in songs, chants, karakia, and stories that showed direction. Hundreds of years later, Abel Tasman made the first attempt at a physical map; this was followed more than a century later by James Cook, whose more detailed map was made as he...Hardback$7500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Siena
Siena by Jane Stevenson is an authoritative and richly illustrated history that affectionately celebrates Siena, one of the best-loved and most-visited cities in Italy. Occupying a hilltop site amidst a vast, undulating landscape, Siena attracts contemporary tourists as much as Florence. However, its proud republican past presents an intriguing contrast to its Medici-dominated northern Tuscan rival, with which it vied...Paperback$3299Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
SAS
The authorised illustrated history of the SAS by the number one bestselling author of Dunkirk, Joshua Levine. With never-before-seen photographs and unheard stories, this is the SAS’s wartime history in vivid and astonishing detail. The SAS began as a lie, a story of a British parachute unit in the North African desert, to convince the Axis they were under imminent...Paperback$2899Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
Other Rivers
More than twenty years after teaching English to China's first boom generation at a small college in Sichuan Province, Peter Hessler returned to teach the next generation. At the same time, Hessler's twin daughters became the only Westerners in a student body of about two thousand in their local primary school. Through reconnecting with his previous students, now in their...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
Operation Chiffon
On the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, Peter Taylor tells for the first time the gripping story of Operation Chiffon, the top-secret intelligence operation that helped bring peace to Ireland. ‘A gripping exploration of how MI5 and MI6 worked for a ceasefire with the IRA – and how one meeting changed everything’ Telegraph 'An extraordinary story . ....Paperback$2499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
Nuts and Bolts
Shard engineer Roma Agrawal deconstructs our most complex inventions into seven fundamental objects: the nail, spring, wheel, lens, magnet, string and pump. _____________ 'Delightful' – TIM HARFORD, FINANCIAL TIMES 'Appeals to the nerdy side of just about all of us... a great book to give' – JANE GARVEY 'Splendid. Clearly written, elegantly structured full of facts you are unlikely to...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Medieval Europe
A spirited and thought-provoking history of the vast changes that transformed Europe during the 1,000-year span of the Middle Ages The millennium between the breakup of the western Roman Empire and the Reformation was a long and hugely transformative period—one not easily chronicled within the scope of a few hundred pages. Yet distinguished historian Chris Wickham has taken up the...Paperback$3099Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
Five Love Affairs and a Friendship
'Racily enjoyable' Daily Telegraph 'De Courcy brilliantly recreates the heady spirit of Cunard's Paris . . . You feel she really might have been there' Laura Freeman, The Times Dazzlingly beautiful, highly intelligent, and an extraordinary force of energy, Nancy Cunard was an icon of the Jazz Age, said to have inspired half the poets and novelists of the twenties....Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
Conquered
"Outstanding." - The Sunday Times "Beautifully written." - The Times "Superbly adroit." - The Spectator "Excellent." - BBC History Magazine The Battle of Hastings and its aftermath nearly wiped out the leading families of Anglo-Saxon England – so what happened to the children this conflict left behind? Conquered offers a fresh take on the Norman Conquest by exploring the lives...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
Dasher
Kevin ‘Dasher’ Wheatley VC is one of the most extraordinary characters in Australian history. Dasher was a husband, father, champion footballer, and one of the finest soldiers this country has ever produced. The story of his sacrifice is used by the ADF as a perfect example of valour and mateship to this day. Although he is one of the most...Paperback$3500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
A Revolution of Common Sense
"Scott Jennings is a Patriot from the Great State of Kentucky... A Revolution of Common Sense was directly inspired by my Inaugural Address and the many Common Sense actions we have taken in our effort to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.... Scott totally gets it and, unlike the many Fake News books that are being written about my Administration, Scott's book...Paperback$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Commandant Of Auschwitz
An extraordinary and unique document: Hoess was in charge of the huge extermination camp in Poland where the Nazis murdered some three million Jews, from the time of its creation (he was responsible for building it) in 1940 until late in 1943, by which time the mass exterminations were half completed. Before this, he had worked in other concentration camps,...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
The Rot
The scorching, much-anticipated new book from the winner of the 2022 Stella Prize for Dropbear. The Rot is a recalcitrant study of the decaying romances, expired hopes, and abject injustices of the world. A liturgy for girlhood in the dying days of late-stage capitalism, these poems expose fraying nerves and tendons of a speaker refusing to avert their gaze from...Paperback$2500Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
Call The Midwife
Jennifer Worth came from a sheltered background when she became a midwife in the Docklands in the 1950s. The conditions in which many women gave birth just half a century ago were horrifying, not only because of their grimly impoverished surroundings, but also because of what they were expected to endure. But while Jennifer witnessed brutality and tragedy, she also...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
Vienna
How can one European capital be responsible for most of the West's intellectual and cultural achievements in the twentieth century? Viennese ideas saturate the modern world. From California architecture to Hollywood Westerns, modern advertising to shopping malls, orgasms to gender confirmation surgery, nuclear fission to fitted kitchens—every aspect of our history, science, and culture is in some way shaped by...Paperback$2800Elsewhere:$3099Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
U.S. History For Dummies, 5th Edition (+ Chapter Quizzes Online)
Explore the good, the bad, and the ugly of the United States history Looking for the essentials of more than 200 years of United States history? Starting at the early civilisations, U.S. History For Dummies covers the growing pains of a new nation. Brush up on the major wars, from fighting against each other to fighting the world. Discover the...Paperback$4799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
Tudor England
A compelling, authoritative account of the brilliant, conflicted, visionary world of Tudor England When Henry VII landed in a secluded bay in a far corner of Wales, it seemed inconceivable that this outsider could ever be king of England. Yet he and his descendants became some of England’s most unforgettable rulers, and gave their name to an age. The story...Paperback$3599Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
The Once and Future Sex
What makes for the ideal woman? How should she look, love, and be? In this vibrant, high-spirited history, medievalist Eleanor Janega turns to the Middle Ages, the era that bridged the ancient world and modern society, to unfurl its suppositions about women and reveal what's shifted over time—and what hasn't. Enshrined medieval thinkers, almost always male, subscribed to a blend...Paperback$3399Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome
A compelling history of the Ptolemies, the decline of Egypt, and the rising power of the Roman Empire The Ptolemaic era, Egypt's last and one of its longest dynasties, was in many ways a gilded age. Its early rulers restored and even expanded Egyptian power. Over a span of 300 years, the period witnessed intellectual enlightenment, imaginative state-building, and some...Paperback$2500Elsewhere:$2899Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
The Ethiopians
The Ethiopians is a history of the Ethiopians from pre-history to the present day. Drawing on research in archaeology, anthropology, linguistics, and recent historiography, the book charts the development of Ethiopian peoples and their society, placing emphasis on the African origins of Ethiopian civilisation. The book opens with a review of Ethiopian prehistory, showing how the Ethiopian section of the...Paperback$9299Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
Inside the Gas Chambers
This is a unique, eye-witness account of everyday life right at the heart of the Nazi extermination machine. Shlomo Venezia was born into a poor Jewish-Italian community living in Thessaloniki, Greece. At first, the occupying Italians protected his family; but when the Germans invaded, the Venezias were deported to Auschwitz. His mother and sisters disappeared on arrival, and he learned,...Paperback$3099Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
History of Art in Japan
History of Art in Japan is a fully illustrated overview of Japanese art, written by one of Japan's most distinguished art historians. This masterful account of the country's exceptional cultural heritage sheds light on how Japan has nurtured distinctive aesthetics, prominent artists, and movements that have achieved global influence and popularity. A leading authority on Japanese art history, Tsuji Nobuo...Paperback$6699Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
Gaza
"In its comprehensive sweep, deep probing and acute critical analysis, Finkelstein's study stands alone." —Noam Chomsky "No one who ventures an opinion on Gaza ... is entitled to do so without taking into account the evidence in this book." —The Intercept The Gaza Strip is among the most densely populated places in the world. More than two-thirds of its inhabitants...Paperback$4600Elsewhere:$5099Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Francis of Assisi
An award-winning historian reconstructs the life of Francis of Assisi, uncovering the man behind the myths. One of the most famous figures in Christian history, Francis of Assisi (1181/82–1226) was revered as a miracle worker during his life and quickly canonised after his death. He has inspired generations of Christians and other spiritual seekers, from medieval ascetics to 1960s hippies...Hardback$4799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Blood and Mistletoe
Crushed by the Romans in the first century A.D., the ancient Druids of Britain left almost no reliable evidence behind. Because of this, historian Ronald Hutton shows, succeeding British generations have been free to reimagine, reinterpret, and reinvent the Druids. Hutton’s captivating book is the first to encompass two thousand years of Druid history and to explore the evolution of...Paperback$4499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
A Little History of the World
A special edition of the international bestseller that is “sumptuously illustrated. . . . Perfect for reading to alert and curious children, but it’s even better as a secret pleasure, read alone, with no children in sight.” (Philip Kennicott, Washington Post) E. H. Gombrich’s A Little History of the World, an engaging and lively book written for readers both young...Paperback$4799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
A Little History of Music
A superbly engaging guide to music around the world, from prehistory to the present Music excites and moves us perhaps more than any other art form. From a Neanderthal's bone flute to the festivals of Glastonbury and Coachella, human beings have always made and enjoyed music. Covering a remarkable range, including Indian raga, Javanese gamelan, medieval chant, jazz and K-pop,...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2599Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
The French Revolution
A major new political history of the French Revolution In 1786, France’s ancien régime was functioning as usual. Its alliance with the victorious American colonies had restored its diplomatic prestige, the economy seemed to be flourishing, and internal politics seemed quiet. But just a few short years later, the dynasty which had ruled France for over 800 years was swept...Hardback$5999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
Sky Warriors
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER From bestselling historian Saul David, a riveting new history of the British airborne experience across the Second World War. The legendary ‘Red Devils’ were among the finest combat troops of the Second World War. Created at Churchill’s instigation in June 1940, they began as a single parachute battalion of 500 men and grew into three 10,000-strong...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
Realms of the Round Table
Fully illustrated collection of rare and previously unpublished tales of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, retold for a new generation by leading Arthurian expert, John Matthews, introduced by Sir John Boorman, director of the classic film, Excalibur, and illustrated with paintings and drawings by Tolkien artist, John Howe. It is a time of magic and adventure,...Hardback$7500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Lest We Forget
A monumental new history of British conflict, publishing for the eightieth anniversary of VE Day 'Impressive. A hundred individual histories, skillfully assembled, built into a poignant meditation on why they still matter' — David Olusoga 'Brilliant' — Piers Morgan Published for the eightieth anniversary of the end of World War Two, this moving book examines the inspirations and individuals behind...Hardback$6000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
The Boxer Rebellion and the Great Game in China
A concise history of an uprising that took down a three-hundred-year-old dynasty and united the great powers. The year is 1900, and Western empires are locked in entanglements across the globe. The British are losing a bitter war against the Boers while the German kaiser is busy building a vast new navy. The United States is struggling to put down...Paperback$2799Elsewhere:$6800Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Out of the Blue
In a collection spanning her career, highly regarded art historian and curator Christina Barton reminds readers of the art writer’s essential quandary: how to put the visual, material, sensory, and temporal into words. The project of art writing is at once argumentative and invested, she writes, self-doubting and ambitious, flawed yet with its own beauty (at its best). Published in...Paperback$4500Elsewhere:$5000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
The Nuclear Age
From the bestselling author of Chernobyl comes a sweeping history of the geopolitics behind the nuclear arms race, from the first atomic bomb to today. On 16 July 1945, the Nuclear Age began with the explosion of the first atomic bomb and the words of J. Robert Oppenheimer: "Now I am become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds." While the threat...Paperback$3199Elsewhere:$4500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
Revolting
Multi-million copy bestselling author Terry Deary shows you the history of the world through the eyes of Mr and Mrs Peasant (and their good friend Monsieur Guillotine...). A globetrotting, laugh-out-loud popular history for fans of David Mitchell. It is a truth universally acknowledged that the rich and powerful always look after their own and the working people are always revolting....Paperback$2999Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
Night of Power
ROBERT FISK HAS BEEN REPORTING FROM THE MIDDLE EAST WITH INCOMPARABLE DEPTH AND UNDERSTANDING…AND EXTRAORDINARY COURAGE — NOAM CHOMSKY In this final work from renowned journalist Robert Fisk, he picks up reporting on the Middle East where his internationally bestselling The Great War of Civilisation left off. From the Arab uprisings and the Syrian civil war to Israel’s conflicts with...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
Righting Wrongs
From the long-time head of Human Rights Watch, the story of taking on the biggest human rights villains and toughest autocrats around the world. In three decades under the leadership of Kenneth Roth, Human Rights Watch conducted investigations in 100 countries to uncover abuses and pressured offending governments to stop them. Roth has grappled with the worst of humanity, taking...Paperback$3600Elsewhere:$4500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
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