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Defying Hitler: The Germans Who Resisted Nazi Rule
Author: Gordon Thomas Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 560 "A terrifying and timely account of resistance in the face of the greatest of evils."--Alex Kershaw, New York Times bestselling author...
Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint
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A definitive new biography of the Byzantine emperor Justinian Justinian is a radical reassessment of an emperor and his times. In the sixth century CE, the emperor Justinian presided over...
30-Second Napoleon: The 50 fundamentals of his life, strategies, and legacy, each explained in half a minute
Author: Charles Esdaile Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 160 Almost two centuries since his death, Napoleon Bonaparte remains the subject of vigorous debate. On one side are those...
Millennium: The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom
Author: Tom Holland Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 512 Of all the civilisations existing in the year 1000, that of Western Europe seemed the unlikeliest candidate for future greatness. Compared...
The Fighter of Auschwitz: The incredible true story of Leen Sanders
**A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** 'He had the dream again last night... He taps the gloves of his unbeaten Polish opponent. There are rumours that the loser will be sent to...
The Hitler Conspiracies: The Third Reich and the Paranoid Imagination
Author: Richard J. Evans Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 Renowned historian Richard Evans puts 'fake news' in historical perspective in this challenging and illuminating study The idea...
The Complete MAUS
2021 is the 35th anniversary of Maus - the million-selling, Pulitzer-winning, father-son memoir about the Holocaust 'A quiet triumph, moving and simple - impossible to describe accurately, and impossible to...
In the Midst of Civilized Europe: The Pogroms of 1918-1921 and the Onset of the Holocaust
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Author: Jeffrey Veidlinger Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD * SHORTLISTED FOR THE LIONEL GELBER PRIZE "The mass killings of Jews from 1918...
Man's Search For Meaning: The classic tribute to hope from the
A handsome gift edition of one of the seminal pieces of literature to emerge from World War 2- Viktor Frankl's moving account of his experiences in Auschwitz. With new introduction...
Crucible: The Long End of the Great War and the Birth of a New World, 1917-1924
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Author: Charles Emmerson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 752 The gripping story of the years that ended the Great War and launched Europe and America onto the roller coaster of...
Berlin: The Downfall: 1945
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The Celts - Search for a Civilisation
Alice Roberts goes in search of the Celts and their treasures in a narrative history to accompanying a new BBC series. We know a lot about the Roman Empire. The...
Princes of the Renaissance
Author: Mary Hollingsworth Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 512 An illustrated history of the Renaissance told through the lives of its most important patrons - the princely rulers of Italy's...
The French Exception: Emmanuel Macron - The Extraordinary Rise and
'Adam Plowright's excellent book captures the strangeness of Macron's life' Evening Standard THE FIRST BIOGRAPHY OF EMMANUEL MACRON IN ENGLISH From total unknown to one of Europe's most powerful men...
Engineers of Victory: The Problem Solvers who Turned the Tide in the
In Engineers of VictoryPaul Kennedy reveals the role of the problem-solvers and middle-men who made it happen - such as Major-General Perry Hobart, who invented the 'funny tanks' which flattened...
The Templars
Dan Jones narrates in his inimitably vivid and authoritative fashion the remarkable story of the Knights Templar. 'Exhilarating, epic, sword-swinging history' TLS 'Jones is certainly an entertainer, but also a...
A History of the Crusades I: The First Crusade and the Foundation of
Runciman's great Crusades trilogy reissued in Penguin Modern Classics ''The whole tale is one of faith and folly, courage and greed, hope and delusion.' The Christian and Muslim empires of...
The Windeby Puzzle: History and Story
Newbery Medalist and New York Times bestselling author Lois Lowry transports readers to an Iron Age world through the suspenseful dual narrative of a boy and girl both battling to...
Buckham's Bombers: The Australian Airmen Who Hunted Hitler's Deadliest Battleship
Bruce Buckham was captain of one of the finest Lancaster crews in World War II. The Australians were famous for their exploits in the air and infamous for their hijinks...
A Brilliant Life: My Mother's Inspiring Story of Surviving the
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 MARGARET AND COLIN RODERICK LITERARY AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 LESLIE AND SOPHIE CAPLAN AWARD FOR JEWISH NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 AGE NON-FICTION BOOK OF...
The Stranger in the Seine: From the No.1 International Thriller
'THE FRENCH SUSPENSE KING' NEW YORK TIMES'ONE OF THE GREAT THRILLER WRITERS OF OUR AGE' DAILY EXPRESS'IT'S NO WONDER THAT GUILLAUME MUSSO IS ONE OF FRANCE'S MOST LOVED, BESTSELLING AUTHORS'...
Bartali's Bicycle: The True Story of Gino Bartali, Italy's Secret Hero
This 2021 National Jewish Book Award finalist by author Megan Hoyt and illustrator Iacopo Bruno brings to light the inspiring, true story of Gino Bartali, a beloved Italian cyclist and...
The Volunteer: The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Infiltrated
The first account of one of the greatest heroes of WWII, and a gripping story of defiance, rebellion, sabotage and escape from a Nazi death camp One of the Sunday...
Western Front 1916-1918
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The Celts: A Sceptical History
Author: Simon Jenkins (Columnist) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 A WATERSTONES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2022 'Simon Jenkins, as ever, writes with clarity and insight' Times 'One of the...
Elves and Fairies: A Short History of the Otherworld
An enchanting history of the otherworld of elves and fairies, from the nature spirits of Iceland and Ireland to Avalon and Middle Earth Originating in Norse and Celtic mythologies, elves...
How The Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic
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,...
Muslim Europe: A Journey in Search of a Fourteen Hundred Year History
A revelatory history traversing the ancient roots of Islam in Europe This revelatory history explores the ancient roots of Muslim Europe, tracing their journey through the Mediterranean. Our odyssey begins...
Goodbye Europe: The unique must-have collection
Author: Various Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 From Paris to Prague, from the past to the present, authors and artists say farewell in this unique collection. In these pages...
A Brief History of the Birth of the Nazis
Author: Nigel Jones Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 The birth pangs of Nazism grew out of the death agony of the Kaiser's Germany. Defeat in World War I and...
The Stranger in the Seine: From the No.1 International Thriller
'THE FRENCH SUSPENSE KING' NEW YORK TIMES 'ONE OF THE GREAT THRILLER WRITERS OF OUR AGE' DAILY EXPRESS Paris, a misty night a few days before Christmas: a young woman...
Darkness in Paris
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: Peter Ferguson Format: Paperback...
The Holocaust: A New History
A Sunday Times bestseller -- the first authoritative general account for thirty years This landmark work answers two fundamental questions - how, and why, did the Holocaust happen? Laurence Rees...
Endless Flight: The Genius and Tragedy of Joseph Roth
The acclaimed first English-language biography of the great European novelist and journalist, Joseph Roth, author of The Radetzky March, a writer who captured life in Europe between the wars like...
The Tattooist of Auschwitz: Now a major Sky TV series
One of the bestselling books of the 21st century, now a major Sky TV series starring Harvey Keitel and Melanie Lynskey FEATURING AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW FOR THIS EDITION I tattooed...
The Broken Road: From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos
A Time of Gifts and Between the Woods and the Water were the first two volumes in a projected trilogy that would describe the walk that Patrick Leigh Fermor undertook...
The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Christopher Columbus, His Son, and
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This impeccably researched and "adventure-packed" ( The Washington Post ) account of the obsessive quest by Christopher Columbus's son to create the greatest library in the world is "the stuff...
Gazing at the Stars: Memories of a Child Survivor
Narrated with the heartbreaking innocence of a thirteen-year-old girl and the wisdom of a woman of eighty-two, Gazing at the Stars is a record of survival in the face of...
Henri Rousseau: A Painter's Secrets
Two of the greatest collections of Rousseau's work come together in a new exhibition that offers fresh insights into the painter's art and life The Barnes Foundation is home to...
The Crusader States
The only full account of life and culture in the twelfth-century crusader states, where religious battles raged and civilizations collided When the armies of the First Crusade wrested Jerusalem from...
On Weaving: New Expanded Edition
The classic book on the art and history of weaving--now expanded and in full color Written by one of the twentieth century's leading textile artists, this splendidly illustrated book is...
Empires of Violence: Massacre in a Revolutionary Age
Violence was a constant on all colonial frontiers, from the British expansion into the Australian and African continents, to the expansion of the United States and the Napoleonic Empire's many...
The Rebel Girls of Rome
*Winner of the 2026 Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor in the Young Adult category! Part historical mystery, part sweeping romance, The Rebel Girls of Rome brings the stories of two...
Berlin: Imagine a City
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Combat Biplanes of World War II
The era of the combat biplane is usually thought to have been between 1914 and 1938. By the outbreak of World War II, most of the advanced air forces of...
Holocaust Heroes : Resistance to Hitler's Final Solution
This inspiring book examines the often incredible and nearly always tragic examples of Jewish resistance in ghettos and concentration camps during the Nazis 'Final Solution'. It shows that the Warsaw...
Dresden: Tuesday, 13 February, 1945
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Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife: The Extraordinary Lives of Medieval Women
' A fascinating book about four women - it tells us so much about their world, and about our own... What jumps off the page is the liveliness of the...