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Food on the Move: Dining on the Legendary Railway Journeys of the World
Author: Sharon Hudgins Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 All aboard for a delicious ride on nine legendary railway journeys! Meals associated with train travel have been an important aspect...
Treasures of Ukraine: A Nation's Cultural Heritage
Author: Andrey KurkovFormat: Hardback, 172mm x 216mm, 780g, 256 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2022A celebration of Ukraine's rich cultural heritage, drawing on over 100 of the country's...
The Walnut Tree: Women, Violence and the Law - A Hidden History
Author: Kate Morgan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'Compulsively readable' - Times Literary Supplement 'An outstanding work' - Philippa Gregory 'A powerful narrative told with frankness and sensitivity' Helen...
The Violence of Empire: The Tragedy of the Congo-Ocean Railroad
The gruesome history of the Congo-Ocean Railway, a forgotten chapter in the story of colonial Africa. In September 1927, a 30-year-old man was taken from his village in the French...
Travelling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell
An Independent Best Non-Fiction Book 2024A Mojo Book of the Year 2024"A vibrant, multifaceted portrait of a music enigma" Guardian"A powerful portrait" Irish Independent"Displays a bracing rigour and an exhilarating...
How to Fit All of Ancient Greece in an Elevator
'Irresistibly fascinating' MARIE CLAIRE GREECE'Essential' VICTORIA HISLOP'Brilliantly conceived' PAUL CARTLEDGEAn enormous bestseller in Greece, this is a bold, witty retelling of the story of Ancient Greece by a rising star...
A Place of Our Own: Six Spaces That Shaped Queer Women's Culture - 'An
Lesbians are a people without a home. Perhaps that's why the ones we make for ourselves are so important.A highly readable cultural history of queer women's lives in the second...
The CIA Book Club: The Best-Kept Secret of the Cold War
'Entertaining and vivid... This is a gripping account of an intriguing and little-known Cold War moment' OBSERVER 'Reads like a thriller' THE SUN The astonishing story of the ten million...
Waterloo Sunrise: London from the Sixties to Thatcher
Author: John Davis Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 600 Waterloo Sunrise is a panoramic and multifaceted account of modern London during the transformative years of the sixties and seventies, when...
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
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The shocking and compelling story about the original inhabitants of America and the first book to focus on their plight. The American West, 1860-1890- years of broken promises, disillusionment, war...
Rumbles: A Curious History of the Gut
A Financial Times most anticipated read for 2024'A brilliant new cultural history of the gut' Daily Mail'A fascinating, erudite and entertaining journey through the gut-brain connection' TIFFANY WATT SMITH, author...
Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940
The "monumental" ( Washington Post ), field-defining history of gay life in New York City in the early to mid-20th century Gay New York brilliantly shatters the myth that before...
Dressed: A Philosophy of Clothes
Perfect for readers of Women in Clothes , this beautifully designed philosophical guide to fashion explores art, literature, and film to uncover the hidden meaning of a well-chosen wardrobe. We...
Comfort in Darkness
A masterwork from the world's greatest Jiu Jitsu fighter and international bestselling author of BREATHE. A mythic figure in fighting and a legendary member of the "first family of martial...
Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World's First Empire
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A new history of Assyria, the ancient civilization that set the model for future empires At its height in 660 BCE, the kingdom of Assyria stretched from the Mediterranean Sea...
Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich
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The internationally bestselling and prize-winning history of German life in the fallout of the Third Reich, filled with eye-opening, shocking and vitally human stories of ruin, repression and revival. THE...
The Queen: The Life and Times of Elizabeth II
Author: Catherine Ryan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II has reigned for 64 years, longer than any British monarch in history. During that time...
A History of Women in 101 Objects: A walk through female history
Author: Annabelle Hirsch Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 The way we remember the past today remains dishearteningly patriarchal: a place where women have always been oppressed by men, from...
Queens of a Fallen World: The Lost Women of Augustine's Confessions
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Author: Kate Cooper Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 FINALIST: THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2023 The vibrant and surprising lives of the women in Augustine's Confessions While many know of...
Queen Victoria's Matchmaking: The Royal Marriages That Shaped Europe
A captivating exploration of the role in which Queen Victoria exerted the most international power and influence: as a matchmaking grandmother. As her reign approached its sixth decade, Queen Victoria's...
Populus: Living and Dying in the Wealth, Smoke and Din of Ancient Rome
A Time Travellers Guide to Ancient Rome - by one of the best historians of the ancient worldLiving in ancient Rome was superbly and vividly recorded by Rome's historians, philosophers,...
Lochs and Legends: A Scotsman's Guide to the Heart of Scotland
**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** A Scotsman's guide to the extraordinary tapestry of the land, history, folklore and stories of his homeland. From the majestic beauty of the wild Scottish landscape...
Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Woman's Life in Nineteenth-Century Japan
Author: Amy Stanley Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 A groundbreaking new history of Edo, now modern-day Tokyo, that will change our understanding of Japanese history, placing women's lives back...
England's Gardens: A Modern History
Discover the iconic and enduring beauty of English gardens, the people who made them, and the legacy they leave We may all feel we know what an "English" garden is,...
Melting Point: Family, Memory and the Search for a Promised [...]
LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZEA TIMES & SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA NEW STATESMAN'S BOOKS OF THE YEAR A SPECTATOR'S BOOKS OF THE YEAR 'A truly radical book;...
What's Her Name: A History of the World in 80 Lost Women
Journey through thousands of years of human history (now with the women put back in).From the earliest human civilizations through to the present day, the stories of countless influential women...
The Patriarchs: How Men Came to Rule
Author: Angela SainiFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 220g, 320 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2024SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023A WATERSTONES BOOK OF YEAR FOR POLITICS 2023...
Little Englanders: Britain in the Edwardian Era
'The very best sort of panoramic portrait' David Kynaston'The Edwardians have long been the lost decade of British history, yet they are that history at its climax. Alwyn Turner sets...
Shakespeare's Book: The Intertwined Lives Behind the First Folio
'A lively picture of multiple operators scrambling to steal a march on the competition . . . Lavishly detailed'FINANCIAL TIMES 'This is Shakespearean scholarship at its best, brilliantly researched yet...
Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to
From renowned historian and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Yuval Noah Harari comes the story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world From renowned historian and #1...
Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A lasting work of social history' THE TIMES'A genuinely new history of our nation' DAN JONES'This celebration of women is a triumph of popular history' SPECTATOR...
The Betrayal of the Duchess: The Scandal That Unmade the Bourbon
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Fighting to reclaim the French crown for the Bourbons, the duchesse de Berry faces betrayal at the hands of one of her closest advisors in this dramatic history of power...
Last Witnesses: Unchildlike Stories
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Extraordinary stories about Soviet children's experiences in the Second World War, from Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich What did it mean to grow up in the Soviet Union during the Second...
One Fine Day: Britain's Empire on the Brink
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This critical historical exploration shows a portrait of the British Empire at both the peak of its global reach--and the moment it began to topple. September 29, 1923. Once the...
Den of Spies: The Untold Story of Reagan, Carter and the Treason that
Argo meets Spotlight , as New York Times bestselling author Craig Unger reveals his thirty-year investigation into the secret collusion between Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign and Iran, raising urgent...
The Times Churchill
A must-read for anyone with an interest in history, politics, or the fascinating story and enduring legacy of an extraordinary figure: Winston Churchill. Widely regarded as one of the most...
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black [...]
LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONNATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER ~ NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ~ WINNER OF THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024'An...
I Have a Dream - 60th Anniversary Edition
With new forewords and an afterword by Martin Luther King III, Dr. Bernice A. King, and Dexter Scott King A beautiful collectible edition celebrating the 60th anniversary of Dr. Martin...
The CIA Book Club: The Best-Kept Secret of the Cold War
'Entertaining and vivid... This is a gripping account of an intriguing and little-known Cold War moment' OBSERVER 'Reads like a thriller' THE SUN The astonishing story of the ten million...
How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World: A Short History of Modern Delusions
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The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House
From the mystique of the glamorous Kennedys to the tumult that surrounded Bill and Hillary Clinton during the president's impeachment to the historic tenure of Barack and Michelle Obama, each...
The Cleopatras: The Forgotten Queens of Egypt
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The definitive story of the seven Cleopatras, the powerful goddess-queens of ancient Egypt One of history's most iconic figures, Cleopatra is rightly remembered as a clever and charismatic ruler. But...
Sister Outsider
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The essential writings of black lesbian poet and feminist writer Audre Lorde The woman's place of power within each of us is neither white nor surface; it is dark, it...
The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of History at Hampton Court
'If a house could gossip, this is the book that Hampton Court would whisper. An enjoyable and readable stroll through 500 years of Hampton Court history: royal residents, common visitors,...
The Birth Of Melbourne
In 1835 John Batman sailed up the Yarra and was astonished by the beauty of the land. It was a temperate Kakadu, teeming with wildlife and with soils rich enough...
The Story of Britain: From the Romans to the Present
'A triumph' INDEPENDENT'A thought-provoking and indispensable book' DAILY MAIL'An instant classic ... I have been reading it with unalloyed admiration and delight' EVENING STANDARDRoy Strong has written an exemplary introduction...
What Happened to Belen: The Unjust Imprisonment That Sparked a Women's
"There are many women like Belen whose names we don't know, but whose stories are just as important. An uplifting chronicle of one woman's fight for justice."- Kirkus Reviews (starred...
The Rule of Laws: A 4,000-Year Quest to Order the World
From ancient Mesopotamia to today, an "exceptionally rich narrative" ( Wall Street Journal ) of how humans have used laws to forge civilizations Rulers throughout history have used laws to...