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  • Charlemagne's Dream
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    Charlemagne's Dream
    A sweeping, definitive history of the dynamic, expansionist dynasty that forged the Middle Ages - and Europe - as we know it. Today, the Carolingians are best known as the dynasty of Charlemagne. In a few remarkable decades spanning the late eighth and early ninth centuries, Charlemagne united much of modern-day Europe through conquest and diplomacy, establishing the continent's first...
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  • This Door of the Seas
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    This Door of the Seas
    This Door of the Seas. Darien. The singular event at the end of the 17th century that fundamentally altered Scotland's future. It took place on the other side of the world. And most of us know next to nothing about it. Now it's time to remedy that. Award-winning novelist Val McDermid and Geographer Royal for Scotland Jo Sharp unite in...
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  • Crusader Armies
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    Crusader Armies
    A major new history of the Crusades that illuminates the strength and sophistication of the Western and Muslim armies During the Crusades, the Western and Muslim armies developed various highly sophisticated strategies of both attack and defence, which evolved during the course of the battles. In this ambitious new work, Steve Tibble draws on a wide range of Muslim texts...
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  • 85 Seconds to Midnight
    A warning to humankind from one of the world's greatest physicists. What drives these pages is the guilty conscience of my profession, theoretical physics. My sole aim is to help avert what seems to me to be the unintended, yet scarcely avoidable, end point of the current politics of the governments we have electedโ€”nuclear war. The world is re-arming and...
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    Wisdom of the Shoguns
    In the Age of the Shoguns, great leaders were philosophers whose strength was measured not just by the sword but by patience, wisdom, and moral clarity! In the wake of the Emmy Award-winning Shogun series, interest in Japan's ancient Samurai culture has never been higher. This book offers a bridge between their world and ours with a collection of sayings...
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  • The CIA Book Club
    A Book of the Year in the Daily Telegraph and Economist 'This book reads like a spy novel' Financial Times 'Entertaining and vivid' Observer 'Reads like a thriller' The Sun โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“- The astonishing story of the ten million books that were smuggled across the Iron Curtain during the Cold War. For almost five decades after the Second World War, Europe...
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  • After Nations
    The twenty-first centuryโ€™s counterpart to Hobbesโ€™s Leviathan. โ€“ EMMANUELE COCCIA What has happened to the nation-state? From a prizewinning writer, After Nations offers a sweeping history of this most unquestioned of modern structures and a bold speculation about its future. Until recently, the system of nation-states appeared settled and eternal. Not anymore. As American hegemony unwinds and Western countries slide...
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  • Rasputin
    How could a barely literate peasant from Siberia determine the fate of the world? Undoubtedly, the so-called 'mad monk' Rasputin bewitched Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, Alexandra. Yet their strange and scandalous relationship conceals a riddle, one that casts an intriguing light on the controversial 'great man' theory of history. Rasputin was a devoted monarchist, not a revolutionary. He...
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  • Super Nintendo
    A joyous exploration of the cultural phenomenon that created Mario, Zelda and Pokรฉmon, and an ode to our love of gaming, by one of the most trusted voices in video games writing. 'Among the best things ever written about Nintendo.' TOM BISSELL, author of Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter 'This is cultural history at its most generous: Nintendo not...
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  • Red Dawn Over China
    From renowned, prize-winning historian Frank Dikรถtter โ€“ โ€˜the historian of Chinaโ€™ (Spectator) โ€“ a commanding new history of Chinaโ€™s path to Communism, brought to the people at the barrel of a gun. The history of modern China has long been portrayed as a tale of Communists fighting in the hills for freedom, gradually gaining popular support by taking land from...
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  • The Little Princesses
    In little more than fifty years, the regard with which the Royal Family are held has changed out of all recognition. Their private lives are now the stuff of soap opera, and it seems anyone who comes into contact with them sells their story to magazines or newspapers. Marion Crawford, 'Crawfie', as she was known to the Queen and Princess...
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  • Gaza
    In this urgent and compelling book, Julie M. Norman and Maia Carter Hallward tell the story of Gaza from its early foundations, across decades of occupation, to the devastation of the ongoing war. Rather than focusing on elites or abstract politics, at the book's heart are ordinary Gazans โ€” students, aid workers, journalists, and teachers โ€” whose first-hand testimonies vividly...
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  • I Shall Not Die
    "You were made a Pakeha, and the name of England was given to you for your tribe. I was made a Maori, and New Zealand was the name given to me. You forgot that there was a space fixed between us of great extent - the sea. You, forgetting that, jumped over from that place to this. I did not...
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  • The World
    THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR ONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER From the master storyteller and internationally bestselling author - the story of humanity from prehistory to the present day, told through the one thing all humans have in common: family. We begin with the footsteps of a family walking along...
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  • The Greeks
    'A wonderful book.' - Peter Frankopan 'A masterpiece' - Gregory Nagy, Harvard University 'Remarkable' - Ian Morris, author of Why the West Rules-For Now The way we think. The way we learn. The entertainment we seek. The way we are governed. It all began on the mountains and islands of Europe's southeastern edge, more than 3,000 years ago. The Greeks...
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  • To Love and Be Loved
    From a trusted advisor and devoted friend of Mother Teresa comes a โ€œpowerfulโ€ (The Washington Free Beacon) firsthand account of the miraculous woman behind the saint and a book that is โ€œrich in reflection on contemporary sanctityโ€ (George Weigel). Mother Teresa was one of the most admired women of the 20th century, and her memory continues to inspire charitable work...
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  • The Platform
    In a book that is both deeply personal and highly political, Melani Anae recalls the radical activism of Auckland's Polynesian Panthers - the movement modelled on the US Black Panther Party but without guns. The Polynesian Panthers was founded in response to the racist treatment of Pacific Islanders in the era of the Dawn Raids. Central to the group was...
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  • Henry VIII and the Men Who Made Him
    'An outstanding work of historical artistry, a brilliantly woven and pacy story of the men who surrounded, influenced and sometimes plagued Henry VIII.' Alison Weir Henry VIII is well known for his tumultuous relationships with women, and he is often defined by his many marriages. But what do we see if we take a different look? When we see Henry...
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  • The Crucible
    Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name! In a small tight-knit community, gossip and rumour...
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  • Legenda
    A brilliant reappraisal of the medieval women whose lives have been misrepresented and co-opted over centuries for political, nation-building ends. By Professor Janina Ramirez, bestselling historian and author of FEMINA. From the bestselling author of FEMINA, a brilliant reappraisal of the medieval women whose lives have been exploited over centuries for political, nation-building ends. In Legenda, bestselling historian Professor Janina...
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  • Spice
    The story of the sixteenth-century's epic contest for the spice trade, which propelled European maritime exploration and conquest across Asia and the Pacific. Spices drove the early modern world economy, and for Europeans, they represented riches on an unprecedented scale. Cloves and nutmeg could reach Europe only via a complex web of trade routes, and for decades Spanish and Portuguese...
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  • Moscow Underground
    Moscow, 1934. Moscow's glittering new subway is under construction at last. The first line will run through the centre of the city, cutting deep through Moscow soil. But futures cannot be created without digging up the past. Though Russia's leaders want to build a glorious Soviet capital, what holds them in a fatal grip is history: old mud and bones....
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  • Tribes of Muriwhenua
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  • Raise Your Soul
    An engrossing portrait of #1 bestseller Yanis Varoufakis's political awakening, told through the extraordinary history of his family and the tumultuous twentieth century in Europe. Eleni put an arm around him and said, "Come, come, life is ahead of us. Raise your soul now. We have much to do." This is a book about how the great forces of history...
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  • Only God Can Judge Me
    New York Times bestselling author Jeff Pearlman turns his sharp eye and meticulous storytelling to one of pop cultureโ€™s most enduring and enigmatic figuresโ€”Tupac Shakurโ€”presenting the definitive retelling of his life, complete with explosive new details. Scrutinized in life, mythologized in death, Tupac Shakur remains a subject of immense cultural significance and speculation nearly thirty years after his murder. Despite...
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  • Australia
    From convict colony to great democracy Australia is one of the world's great success stories: a land long hidden from outsiders, chosen as a convict dumping ground, whereโ€”since 1788โ€”people from many backgrounds have built one of the most free, fair, and prosperous countries on earth. By the standards of a harsher time, the early governors tried to respect the original...
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  • A History of Modern Britain in Twenty Murders
    In this groundbreaking new book from the UK's leading criminologist, David Wilson explores what our nation's most lethal murderers reveal about us in a thrilling blend of history and true crime. Professor David Wilson is renowned for deciphering the hidden motives of murderers and the context in which crimes took place. In A History of Modern Britain in Twenty Murders,...
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  • A Hero Born
    NOW A RECORD-BREAKING FILM STARRING THE UNTAMED'S XIAO ZHAN The Chinese LORD OF THE RINGS - now in English for the first time. The series every Chinese reader has been enjoying for decades - 300 million copies sold. One of TIME magazine's 100 Best Fantasy Novels of All Time. "Jin Yong's work, in the Chinese-speaking world, has a cultural currency...
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  • The Sunbird
    A gem-like parable about Palestine, timely and prismatic. Nabila Yasmeen is in her eighties. She lives alone with over a hundred plants that she keeps in pots because she can't bear to put them in the ground. In June of 1948, as a six-year-old girl, she was expelled with her family from their village in Palestine. Now she carries the...
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  • The Gods of New York
    From the bestselling author of The Bronx is Burning, a superlative account of New York at a dramatic turning point in its history. New York City entered 1986 as a city reborn, with record profits on Wall Street sending waves of money splashing across Manhattan and bringing a once-bankrupt and reeling city back to life. But it also entered 1986...
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  • Monet
    The 2024 Elizabeth Longford prizewinning biography of the founder of Impressionism Based on thousands of never-before-translated letters and unpublished sources, Jackie Wullschlรคger's enthralling biography is the first account of Monet's turbulent private life and how it determined his expressive, sensuous, sensational painting. Deeply moving, it immerses us in that passionate experience, transforming our understanding of the man, his art, and...
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  • Homo Criminalis
    A witty whistle-stop tour through organised crime across the centuries, by acclaimed historian and journalist Mark Galeotti, exploring how the underworld shapes our overworld, perfect for fans of Otto English. When does a bandit become a monarch? When does a gang become a government? And is organised crime at the heart of every modern state? On a thrilling whistle-stop tour...
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  • Balcony Over Jerusalem
    An intimate account of the Israel-Palestine conflict and beyond, from one of Australia's most experienced foreign correspondents. Now updated with a foreword by Stan Grant and a new author's note. 'Lyons knows if you stand with the suffering, you're closer to the truth' Stan Grant, award-winning journalist and bestselling author 'A penetrating analysis of power with empathy for the human...
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  • The Patriarchs
    SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023 A WATERSTONES BOOK OF YEAR FOR POLITICS 2023 โ€˜I learned something new on every page of this totally essential bookโ€™ Sathnam Sanghera โ€˜By thinking about gendered inequality as rooted in something unalterable within us, we fail to see it for what it is: something more fragile that has had to be...
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  • One Woman's War
    One of BookBub's Best Historical Fiction Books of the Fall From the author of Sisters of the Resistance comes the story of WWII British Naval Intelligence officer Victoire Bennett, the real-life inspiration for the James Bond character Miss Moneypenny, whose international covert operation is put in jeopardy when a volatile socialite and Austrian double agent threatens to expose the mission...
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  • 1971 - Never a Dull Moment
    The story of the year that rock music exploded, featuring almost every star who defined the decade. THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER As seen on Apple TV - 1971- The Year That Music Changed Everything The Sixties ended a year late - on New Year's Eve 1970, when Paul McCartney initiated proceedings to wind up The Beatles. Music would...
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  • The Conquest of Gaul
    Between 58 and 50 BC, Caesar conquered most of the area now covered by France, Belgium, and Switzerland, and twice invaded Britain. This is the record of his campaigns. Caesar's narrative offers insights into his military strength and paints a picture of his encounters with the inhabitants of Gaul and Britain. It also offers lively portraits of key characters, such...
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  • Homage to Catalonia
    Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell's memoir of his experiences during the Spanish Civil War, a groundbreaking work of dissident literature drawn from vivid personal experience. There are occasions where it pays better to fight and be beaten than not to fight at all... Orwell volunteered to fight in the Spanish Civil War, was near-fatally wounded, and survived to write...
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  • The Gift
    The Gift presents 12 lessons on life by celebrated therapist, Holocaust survivor, and author of the award-winning international bestseller, The Choice. 'I will be forever changed by Dr Eger's story' โ€“ OPRAH This practical and inspirational guide to healing from the bestselling author of The Choice shows us how to release your self-limiting beliefs and embrace your potential. The prison...
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  • Mantel Pieces
    A stunning collection of essays and memoir from twice Booker Prize winner and international bestseller Hilary Mantel, author of The Mirror and the Light. In 1987, when Hilary Mantel was first published in the London Review of Books, she wrote to the editor, Karl Miller, โ€˜I have no critical training whatsoever, so I am forced to be more brisk and...
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  • The Secret Museum
    The Secret Museum is a unique treasure trove of the most intriguing artefacts hidden away in museum archives from all over the worldโ€”curated, brought to light, and brought to life by Molly Oldfield in a beautifully illustrated collection. Who knows whatโ€™s hidden from view? Locked away in cabinets, secure storage, and aircraft hangars. Most of a museumโ€™s collection never gets...
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  • Apocalypse
    A groundbreaking new perspective on catastrophes throughout human history, with vital lessons for our future. 'This book upended my understanding of the ancient world' โ€” Zoรซ Schlanger, author of The Light Eaters 'Lizzie Wade is an exceptional journalist and a master storyteller' โ€” Ed Yong, author of An Immense World The history of humanity is one of devastating, once-in-a-thousand-year events:...
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  • The Broken House
    The major rediscovery of a forgotten masterpiece in the mould of Alone in Berlin and Stoner - the literary memoir of a youth in Nazi Germany. Exquisitely written... haunting... Few books, I think, capture so well the sense of a life broken for ever by trauma and guilt Sunday Times An unsparing, honest and insightful memoir, that shows how private...
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  • The Palace Letters
    A political betrayal. A constitutional crisis. A hidden correspondence. Gough Whitlam was a progressive prime minister whose reign from 1972 proved tumultuous after 23 years of conservative government in Australia. After a second election victory in May 1974, when a hostile Senate refused to vote on his 1975 budget, the political deadlock that ensued culminated in Whitlam's unexpected and deeply...
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  • Outback Stations
    โ€œFrom the helicopter I could see the property's waterholes surrounded by paperback trees, its red-stone cliffs lit by the rising sun. And grass, endless seas of grass. Here was the vision splendidโ€”Nat Buchanan's grass castle. Gurindji country. And my country, Australia.โ€ This is big country, the outback, home to the largest cattle and sheep stations in the world. Yet few...
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  • 1914: The Year the World Ended
    Few years can justly be said to have transformed the earthโ€”1914 did. In July that year, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia, Britain, and France were poised to plunge the world into a war that would kill or wound 37 million people, tear down the fabric of society, uproot ancient political systems, and set the course for the bloodiest century in human history....
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  • Fifty Years of Dungeons & Dragons
    On the fiftieth anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons, a collection of essays that explores and celebrates the game's legacy and its tremendous impact on gaming and popular culture. In 2024, the enormously influential tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragonsโ€”also known as D&Dโ€”celebrates its fiftieth anniversary. To mark the occasion, editors Premeet Sidhu, Marcus Carter, and Jose Zagal have assembled an...
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  • The Square and the Tower
    The new bestseller that shows why everything we thought we knew about history was wrong. 'The most brilliant historian of his generation' โ€“ The Times Most history is hierarchical โ€” it's about popes, presidents, and prime ministers. But what if that's simply because they create the historical archives? What if we are missing equally powerful but less visible networks โ€”...
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  • Moneta
    The extraordinary story of Rome told through one of the world's once most ubiquitous objects - coins. The extraordinary story of ancient Rome, history's greatest superpower, as told through humankind's most universal object - the coin. When Gareth Harney was first handed a Roman coin by his father as a child, he became entranced by its beauty, its permanence, and...
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  • The Jewish War
    Penguin Classics relaunch The Jewish War by Josephus is a superbly detailed and evocative record of the Jewish rebellion against Rome between AD 66 and 70, marked by treachery and atrocity. Originally a rebel leader, Josephus changed sides after he was captured, becoming a Rome-appointed negotiator. This unique position allowed him to observe these turbulent events firsthand, from the siege...
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  • The Art of War
    New to Penguin Classics For more than two thousand years, Sun-tzu's The Art of War has provided leaders with essential advice on battlefield tactics and management strategies. An elemental part of Chinese culture, it has also become a touchstone for the Western struggle for survival and success, whether in battle, in business, or in relationships. Now, in this crisp, accessible...
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  • Sapiens
    A series of special editions of the best popular science books to explore the patterns of our planet. Designed by Patternity, the award-winning creative studio and pattern consultancy. Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari, a bestselling phenomenon, is now available in a beautifully packaged new special edition. Planet Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time,...
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  • A Bunker in Kyiv
    A riveting account of courageous resistance from the bestselling author of Balcony Over Jerusalem On 24 February 2022, residents of Kyiv, Ukraine, woke to the sound of explosions and gunfire as Russian forces attempted to seize Hostomel Airport. It marked the beginning of the first land war in Europe since World War II. Under the leadership of the charismatic Volodymyr...
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  • The Lion House
    Wolf Hall for the Ottoman Empire ... History at its most gripping' Telegraph Venice, 1522. Intelligence arrives from the east confirming Europe's greatest fear: the vastly rich Ottoman Sultan has all he needs to wage total war - and his sights are set on Rome. With Christendom divided, Suleyman the Magnificent has his hand on its throat. From the palaces...
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  • A History of the World in Six Plagues
    An original, revolutionary new social and scientific history, A History of the World in Six Plagues is a deeply reported, insightful account of humankind's battles with epidemic disease. Epidemic diseases enter the world by chance, but they become catastrophic by human design. With clear-eyed research and lush prose, A History of the World in Six Plagues shows that throughout history,...
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  • Cactus Pear For My Beloved
    If there's a more important or timely book in 2024, I'm yet to come across it. Five big shiny stars. GOOD READING MAGAZINE Samah Sabawi has written a story of courage and struggle. Her generosity is such that above all she has gifted us a story of love of family and country. TONY BIRCH The story of a family over...
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  • Baltic
    The Baltic will decide the course of the West in the coming years. These nine borderlands are not only the historical battleground of Russian aggression; they are also a factory of ideas for how to revive Europe. Shaped by the past one hundred years, each Baltic country offers lessons in adaptability, hope, and prosperity in an era of instability. Innovation...
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  • Jerusalem
    Thoroughly updated and revised for 2024, Jerusalem: The Biography is the history of the Middle East through the lens of the Holy City and the Holy Land, from King David to the wars and chaos of today. The history of Jerusalem is the story of the world: Jerusalem is the universal city, the capital of two peoples, the shrine of...
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  • The Pioneers
    The #1 New York Times bestseller by Pulitzer Prizeโ€“winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important chapter in the American story thatโ€™s โ€œas resonant today as everโ€ (The Wall Street Journal)โ€”the settling of the Northwest Territory by courageous pioneers who overcame incredible hardships to build a community based on ideals that would define our country. As part of the Treaty of...
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  • The Race to the Future
    An incredible and stirring story . . . a mix of competition, camaraderie as well as a larky sense of adventure . . . Down goes the flag. Smash goes the bottle. Shards of emerald glass and champagne spume catch the light. The race from Peking to Paris has begun. Spectator And it's Go, Go, Go . . . A...
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  • Perspectives
    A brilliant reinvention of the detective novel, set in Renaissance Florence and packed with art, scandal, murder and scheming - from the author of the international bestseller HHhH. Florence, New Year's Day 1557. As dawn breaks, a painter is discovered lying on the floor of a church, stabbed through the heart. Above him, the paintings he laboured over for more...
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  • The Siege
    Britain's best-selling historian writes the first definitive account of the famous televised SAS storming of the Iranian embassy in London in 1980. On April 30, 1980, six heavily armed gunmen burst into the Iranian embassy on Princes Gate, overlooking Hyde Park in London. There they took 26 hostages, including embassy staff, visitors, and three British citizens. A tense six-day siege...
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  • The Twins of Auschwitz
    The Sunday Times Bestseller The Nazis spared their lives because they were twins. In the summer of 1944, Eva Mozes Kor and her family arrived at Auschwitz. Within thirty minutes, they were separated. Her parents and two older sisters were taken to the gas chambers, while Eva and her twin, Miriam, were herded into the care of the man who...
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  • Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn
    Winner of the Jewish Book of the Year Award Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn is an illuminating voyage into the heart of one of the world's most intriguing countries. Authored by Daniel Gordis, a prominent intellectual and insightful analyst of Israeli society as noted by The Forward, this remarkable narrative takes readers on an enthralling journey from...
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  • Philip and Alexander
    Delve into the world of ancient power struggles and monumental achievements in Philip and Alexander by Adrian Goldsworthy. In this historical masterpiece, Goldsworthy meticulously explores the lives and legacies of two of history's most influential figures: Philip II of Macedon and his illustrious son, Alexander the Great. This engrossing narrative chronicles how they transformed a once-fragmented region into a mighty...
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  • Undaunted Courage
    From the New York Times bestselling author of Band of Brothers and D-Day comes Undaunted Courage, the definitive account of Lewis and Clark's exploration of the Louisiana Purchase, widely regarded as the most momentous expedition in American history and one of the great adventure stories of all time. Set in the early 19th century, Undaunted Courage chronicles the epic journey...
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  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
    A beautifully designed new Clothbound Classic of le Carrรฉ's masterpiece, published to celebrate the novel's 50th anniversary. A mole, implanted by Moscow Centre, has infiltrated the highest ranks of the British Intelligence Service, almost destroying it in the process. And so former spymaster George Smiley has been brought out of retirement in order to hunt down the traitor at the...
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  • The Forgotten Highlander
    The Forgotten Highlander by Alistair Urquhart is an astonishing and deeply moving memoir of survival, resilience, and courage in the face of incomprehensible hardship. At the age of nineteen, Urquhart, a soldier in the Gordon Highlanders, was captured by Japanese forces in Singapore during World War II. His ordeal was just beginning; he was forced to labour on the infamous...
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  • Lancaster
    From the esteemed author John Nichol comes Lancaster, a compelling, poignant, and deeply human tribute to the Avro Lancaster bomber and the courageous individuals who flew and maintained her during one of the most tumultuous times in history. Nichol, a former RAF Tornado Navigator and Gulf War veteran, weaves a narrative that blends meticulous historical research with gripping personal stories,...
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  • Into the Forest
    From a little-known chapter of Holocaust history, Rebecca Frankel's Into the Forest is one family's inspiring true story of love, escape, and survival. In the summer of 1942, the Rabinowitz family narrowly escaped the Nazi ghetto in their Polish town by fleeing to the forbidding Bialowieza Forest. They miraculously survived two years in the woodsโ€”through brutal winters, Typhus outbreaks, and...
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  • Cobalt Red
    Cobalt Red is the searing, first-ever exposรฉ of the immense toll taken on the people and environment of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by cobalt mining, as told through the testimonies of the Congolese people themselves. Activist and researcher Siddharth Kara has travelled deep into cobalt territory to document the testimonies of the people living, working, and dying for...
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  • No Road Leading Back
    'A stunning book, a powerful investigation, utterly compelling,' James Holland, The Daily Telegraph, Five stars Ponar, Lithuania. 1944. The Nazis have enslaved Jewish men to exhume and incinerate the bodies of more than 70,000 Jews previously shot to death in the forest. Trapped in almost unimaginable horror, a group develop an audacious escape plan. Despite being guarded day and night,...
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  • Her Secret Service
    Since the inception of the Secret Service Bureau back in 1909, women have worked at the very heart of British secret intelligence - yet their contributions have been all but written out of history. Now, drawing on private and previously classified documents, leading historian Claire Hubbard-Hall brings their gripping true stories to life. From encoding orders and decrypting enemy messages...
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  • Crown & Sceptre
    Crown & Sceptre by Tracy Borman is an extraordinary exploration of the British monarchy, tracing its history and evolution from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the present day. This meticulously researched book delves into the lives and reigns of the numerous kings and queens who have shaped the monarchy over the centuries. By examining key events and pivotal moments,...
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  • Checkmate in Berlin
    'Brilliantly recapturing the febrile atmosphere of Berlin in the first four years after the Second World War, Giles Milton reminds us what an excellent story-teller he is' - Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny Berlin was in ruins when Soviet forces fought their way towards the Reichstag in the spring of 1945. Streets were choked with rubble, power...
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  • Augustus
    Augustus by Adrian Goldsworthy is an enthralling biography that delves into the life and times of Rome's first emperor. Rising from the shadows of his great-uncle, Julius Caesar, Caesar Augustus schemed and fought his way to absolute power, a journey fraught with political intrigue, ruthless ambition, and strategic cunning. Goldsworthy masterfully chronicles Augustus's ascent from a young, unassuming heir to...
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  • The Tragedy of Liberation
    In The Tragedy of Liberation, Frank Dikรถtter delves deep into the seismic social and political upheaval that followed Mao Zedong's rise to power in 1949, when he hoisted the red flag over Beijingโ€™s Forbidden City. Rather than liberating the country, the communist revolutionaries dismantled the old order and established a repressive system that infiltrated every aspect of Chinese life. This...
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  • The Twelve Caesars
    The Twelve Caesars, written by Suetonius and masterfully translated by Robert Graves, offers an unparalleled glimpse into the lives of the Roman emperors from Julius Caesar to Domitian. This revised edition (9780140449211) retains the classic translation that has long been celebrated for its vividness and precision, but comes with entirely new editorial material, providing fresh insights into these historical figures....
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  • Inglorious Empire: What the British did to India
    Inglorious Empire: What the British did to India by Shashi Tharoor is a powerful and incisive examination of the impact of British colonialism on India. Spanning the arrival of the East India Company in the early 18th century to the end of the British Raj in 1947, Tharoor meticulously details how Britain's wealth and rise to global prominence were built...
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  • Eichmann in Jerusalem
    Eichmann in Jerusalem by Hannah Arendt is a profound and thought-provoking examination of the trial of Adolf Eichmann, a high-ranking Nazi official responsible for orchestrating the logistics of the Holocaust. Tasked with ensuring the efficient deportation of millions of Jews to extermination camps, Eichmann's trial in Jerusalem became a pivotal moment in the global understanding of one of history's darkest...
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History & Military

Welcome to our History & Military section, where you can delve into the events, people, and strategies that have shaped our world. Whether you're a history buff, a student, or just curious about the past, this collection offers a comprehensive look at significant moments, conflicts, and movements throughout human history.

Here, youโ€™ll find books on a wide range of topics, from ancient civilizations and medieval battles to modern warfare and political revolutions. Discover detailed accounts of key historical figures, in-depth analyses of military strategies, and explorations of the social, cultural, and economic forces that have influenced our world.

Whether you're interested in the grand sweep of history or specific military campaigns, our History & Military section has something for every reader. Dive in and uncover the stories, lessons, and legacies that continue to impact our present and future.