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Israelophobia: The Newest Version of the Oldest Hatred and What To Do
'This is an important and necessary book by a superb and subtle writer. There's no one more qualified to write it than Jake Wallis Simons, both as ground-breaking Middle East...
War and Punishment: The Story of Russian Oppression and Ukrainian
'History is made up of myths,' writes the renowned Russian dissident journalist Mikhail Zygar. 'Alas, our myths led us to the fascism of 2022. It is time to expose them.'...
Russia's War on Everybody: And What it Means for You
You may not be interested in Russia. But Russia is interested in you. Russia's 2022 attack on Ukraine saw confrontation between Moscow and the West spill over into open conflict...
Castro's Secrets: Cuban Intelligence, the CIA, and the Assassination
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Published to glowing reviews, thisriveting narrative takes us back to when the Cuban Revolution was young and offers a new and surprising look at Fidel Castro. Drawing on interviews with...
The Red Emperor: Xi Jinping and His New China
'Michael Sheridan is one of the best informed and wisest writers on China' - Chris Patten, last governor of Hong Kong The Red Emperor presents an eye-opening portrait of Xi...
Rock 'n Roll Australia: Cataloguing the Australian Pop Scene 1954-1964
Gives the inside story on the great overseas acts that visited Australia in the heyday of rock 'n' roll, as well as providing great insights on our home-grown talent.
Monet's Years at Giverny: Beyond Impressionism
Recreates Monet's life and artistic development during his years in the village of Giverny, reproducing eightyone of the finest paintings completed there
West German Industry and the Challenge of the Nazi Past, 1945-1955
In this groundbreaking study, S. Jonathan Wiesen explores how West German business leaders remade and marketed their public image in the aftermath of World War II and the Holocaust. He...
Fake History: 101 Things that Never Happened
A funny, revealing, myth-busting guide to all the history you thought happened but never actually did, from historical expert Jo Teeuwisse, better known online as The Fake History Hunter. Fake...
The File on the Tsar
The world was told that the last Tsar of Russia and his family were butchered in the 'cellar massacre' at Ekaterinburg in 1918. Yet the dilplomats and reporters did not...
The Twenty First Century Art Book
An accessible A-Z guide to best contemporary art made since 2000
The End of Tsarist Russia: The March to World War I and Revolution
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An Economist Best Book of the Year A Financial Times Best Book of the Year Winner of the the Pushkin House Russian Book Prize Finalist for the Lionel Gelber Prize...
The Call of the Tribe: Essays
In The Call of the Tribe , Mario Vargas Llosa surveys the readings that haveshaped the way he thinks and has viewed the world over the past fifty years.The Nobel...
Almost a Gentleman: an Autobiography 195
Following on from Osborne's first autobiographical book, "A Better Class of Person", this book looks at the period 1955 to 1966. It covers the foundation of the English Stage Company...
The Treaty of Versailles: A Reassessment after 75 Years
This book on the Treaty of Versailles constitutes a new synthesis of peace conference scholarship. It illuminates events from the armistice in 1918 to the signing of the treaty in...
American House Now: Contemporary Architectural Design
Seeking to reveal the cutting edge of the architecture scene in the USA, this text brings together examples of recent American housing and examines the meanings and origins of the...
The Militant Muse: Love, War and the Women of Surrealism *SIGNED EDITION*
The Militant Muse documents what it meant to be young, ambitious and female in the context of an avant-garde movement defined by celebrated men whose educational, philosophical and literary backgrounds...
Lying about Hitler: History, Holocaust and the David Irving Trial
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In ruling against the controversial historian David Irving in his libel suit against the American historian Deborah Lipstadt, last April 2000, the High Court in London labeled him a falsifier...
American Dialogue: The Founders and Us
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The award-winning author of Founding Brothers and The Quartet now gives us a deeply insightful examination of the relevance of the views of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and...
Churchill's Empire: The World that Made Him and the World He Made
`I have not become the King's First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire.' These notorious words, spoken by Churchill in 1942, encapsulate his image...
America, Oil & the Islamic Mind: The Real Crisis is the Gulf between
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The book titled America, Oil & the Islamic Mind: The Real Crisis is the Gulf between by the author Michael Youssef. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for...
Endless Endless: A Lo-Fi History of the Elephant 6 Mystery
Years after its release, Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea remains one of the most beloved and best-selling albums in all of indie music, hailed as a...
Heroic Failure and the British
From the Charge of the Light Brigade to Scott of the Antarctic and beyond, it seems as if glorious disaster and valiant defeat have been essential aspects of the British...
The Russo-Ukrainian War: From the bestselling author of Chernobyl
An illuminating account of the war in Ukraine - its historical roots, its course, its possible outcomes - from the bestselling, award-winning author of Chernobyl On 24 February 2022, Russia...
Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
The definitive new history of East Germany by a highly acclaimed young historian In 1990, a country disappeared. When the iron curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For...
The Month that Changed the World: July 1914
On 28 June 1914 the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in the Balkans. Five fateful weeks later the Great Powers of Europe were at war. Much time and ink...
British History, 1815-1906
This is a study of the political, social, and economic history of Britain during the period 1815-1906. The nineteenth century saw the building of one of the world's greatest empires,...
Against Anti-Semitism: An Anthology of Twentieth-Century Polish
Poland's relationship with its Jewish population has long been a subject of often agonizing debate. In September 1939, there were approximately 3.3 million Jews living in Poland, the largest population...
Nazi Hunter: The Wiesenthal File
The book titled Nazi Hunter: The Wiesenthal File by the author Alan Levy. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Mirrors of Greatness: Churchill and the Leaders Who Shaped Him
A TELEGRAPH BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023 'A highly imaginative and thought-provoking way of exploring the personality of a man who, like him or loathe him, left an indelible mark...
War and Society in Europe, 1870-1970
The book titled War and Society in Europe, 1870-1970 by the author Brian Bond. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Walking in the Shade: Volume Two of My Autobiography, 1949-1962
The second volume of the autobiography of Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. 'Walking in the Shade' begins in 1949, as Doris Lessing arrives in London with...
Our History of the 20th Century: As Told in Diaries, Journals and
What better way to understand Britain during the twentieth century than through the eyes of those who experienced it at first hand? Travis Elborough's compilation offers brilliantly candid and intimate...
Making Sense of Slavery: America's Long Reckoning, from the Founding
An "essential" (James Oakes, author of The Crooked Path to Abolition ) history of the study of slavery in America, from the Revolutionary era to the 1619 Project, showing how...
The Quest for Queen Mary
'A scary portrait of put-upon servants and potty aristos ... this is arguably the most riotously funny volume published this year' Max Hastings, Sunday Times 'One of the funniest, most...
Oh, What a Lovely Century: One man's marvellous adventures in love,
A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A completely extraordinary autobiography. One that reads like the most outlandish, beguiling fiction but that is - amazingly - all true' - William Boyd,...
The Green Hollow
In 1966 a coal slag heap collapsed on a school in south Wales, killing 144 people, most of them children. Poet Owen Sheers has given voice to those who still...
The Traitor of Arnhem: WWII's Greatest Betrayal and the Moment That
NOW WITH NEW MATERIAL - the first book to analyse government documents released in January 2025. 'Sensational' Daily Express 'A bombshell book' Daily Mail 'A breath-taking review of WWII's greatest...
The Eagle in the Mirror: In Search of War Hero, Master Spy and Alleged
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Part biography, part forensic jigsaw puzzle, part cold-case detective investigation, The Eagle in the Mirror is the story of Charles Howard 'Dick' Ellis. The longest-serving spy for the British Secret...
Float Up, Sing Down
From National Book Award Finalist Laird Hunt, a masterful collection of interwoven stories capturing one summer's day in Reagan-era Indiana. Candy Wilson has forgotten to buy the paprika. Turner Davis...
No Need for Geniuses: Revolutionary Science in the Age of the
Paris at the time of the French Revolution was the world capital of science. Its scholars laid the foundations of today's physics, chemistry and biology. They were true revolutionaries: agents...
When We Sold God's Eye: Diamonds, Murder and a Clash of Worlds in the
'A first-class work of reporting [and] a work of compassion for Indigenous peoples everywhere' BENJAMIN MOSER, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of SONTAG 'A non-fiction novel of modern conquest, capitalism and murder...
Exterminate/Regenerate: The Story of Doctor Who
AN INDEPENDENT BEST BOOK OF 2025 'Absolutely wonderful. The book I've been waiting to read since I was ten years old. Full of surprising and piercing insights . . ....
International Law and International Relations
In this fully updated and revised edition, the authors explore the evolution, nature and function of international law in world politics and situate international law in its historical and political...
African Americans and the Pacific War, 1941-1945: Race, Nationality,
In the patriotic aftermath of Pearl Harbor, African Americans demanded the right to play their part in the war against Japan. As they soon learned, however, the freedom for which...
Australia 1943: The Liberation of New Guinea
By January 1943, Australia had emerged from the shadow of war in a strong position. The victories in 1942 at Kokoda, Guadalcanal, Buna, Gona and Sanananda had secured the northern...
The Stolen Child: the gripping emotional thriller with a twist you'll
*The Irish Times No. 1 bestseller* *A Sunday Times best crime fiction of the year selection* 'One of the greatest twists I've ever read' CATHERINE RYAN HOWARD 'An addictive, immersive,...
The Silence and the Rage: The epic and compelling second novel in 'The
'A novelist at the height of his powers' La Croix 'You have the ingredients Balzac would have cooked with. And it is exactly those great 19th century novels that Lemaitre...