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Operation Valkyrie: The Plot To Kill Hitler
The last member of Operation Valkyrie - the daring plot to assassinate Hitler - tells his remarkable story.'Astonishing' Daily Telegraph'The last of its kind ... celebrates a long-since vanished generation...
A Nasty Little War: The West's Fight to Reverse the Russian Revolution
A BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR'Thoroughly researched, stylish and entertaining' Financial Times'A vivid and sparkling account, full of colour and dark drama' Observer'Brilliantly depicts a disastrous failure' Antony...
Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921 (SIGNED)
Between 1917 and 1921 a devastating struggle took place in Russia following the collapse of the Tsarist empire. Many regard this savage civil war as the most influential event of...
The Women Who Wouldn't Wheesht
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLEROn the 25th anniversary of the Scottish Parliament, this book captures an important moment in contemporary history: how a grassroots women's movement, harking back to the suffragettes...
This is Why I Resist: Don't Define My Black Identity
'With This Is Why I Resist, Dr Shola is shaking a nation out of its slumber.' Annie Lennox OBE'Smart and courageous, this book should be on everyone's must-read list.' Naomi...
Orwell's Roses
'Outside my work the thing I care most about is gardening' wrote George Orwell in 1940. Inspired by her encounter with the surviving roses that Orwell planted in his cottage...
Irgun: Revisionist Zionism, 1931-1948
In October 1944, the US Office of Strategic Services described the Irgun Tsvai Leumi - National Military Organization - as 'an underground, quasi-military organisation with headquarters in Palestine ... fanatical...
Syriza: Inside the Labyrinth
* Shortlisted for the Academy of British Cover Design Awards, 2015* Greece's recent political turmoil captured the imagination of the left across Europe. Elected in January 2015 under the leadership...
Rebellion Against Henry III: The Disinherited Montfortians, 1265-1274
The 'Montfortian' civil wars in England lasted from 1259-67, though the death of Simon de Montfort and so many of his followers at the battle of Evesham in 1265 ought...
Jihad in the West: The Rise of Militant Salafism
Militant Salafism is one of the most significant movements in politics today. Unfortunately its significance has not been matched by understanding. To begin to address this knowledge deficit this book...
Modern Art in Egypt: Identity and Independence, 1850-1936
Following a spectacular surge in interest for Egyptian masters, Modern Art in Egypt fills the void in Egyptian art history, chronicling the lives and legacies of six pioneering artists working...
The Moor's Last Stand: How Seven Centuries of Muslim Rule in Spain
In 1482, Abu Abdallah Muhammad XI became the twenty-third Muslim King of Granada. He would be the last. This is the first history of the ruler, known as Boabdil, whose...
The Power of Nonviolent Resistance: Selected Writings
In time for the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of his birth, a specially curated collection of Mahatma Gandhi's writings on nonviolent resistance and activism. A Penguin Classic In time...
Great LGBTQ+ Speeches: Empowering Voices That Engage And Inspire
Discover the inspiring voices that have changed our world, and started a new conversation. A sister title to Great Women's Speeches (2021), and the pocket edition of Loud and Proud...
Birding to Change the World: A Memoir
In this uplifting memoir, a professor and activist shares what birds can teach us about life, social change, and protecting the environment.Trish O'Kane is an accidental ornithologist. In her nearly...
A Bookshop of One's Own: How a group of women set out to change the
A Waterstones Best Memoir of 2024An Independent and Stylist Best Non-Fiction Book for 2024The captivating true story of an underdog business - a feminist bookshop founded in Thatcher's Britain -...
Architects of Terror: Paranoia, Conspiracy and Anti-Semitism in
A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEARFrom the preeminent historian of 20th century Spain Paul Preston, Architects of Terror is a new history of how paranoia, conspiracy and anti-Semitism was...
Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism
The definitive account of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the enduring legacy of Timothy McVeigh, leading to the January 6 insurrection-from acclaimed journalist Jeffrey Toobin.Timothy McVeigh wanted to start...
The Power In The People: How We Can Change The World
'A lifetime spend fighting the powers that be and turning personal pain into collective power. Take care of this book because you are holding our history in your hands.' -...
Down with the System: The highly-awaited memoir from the System Of A
The incredible first memoir by System Of A Down frontman Serj TankianWith nearly 40 million record sales, three albums topping the Billboard charts, a Grammy win and a legion of...
The Hunting: An explosive thriller from the bestselling author of the
'I doubt if a more exciting and muscular book will come along this year' Peterborough TelegraphMoney can't buy everythingBut it can buy revengeCan a doctor take lives instead of saving...
The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin
'A luminous study' Luke Harding, Guardian'Courageous and shocking' Katy Guest, Books of the Year, Independent on SundayHow did a small-minded, low-level KGB operative come to control the world's largest country...
Before the Light Fades: A Family Story of Resistance - 'Fascinating'
'A fascinating story of courage, doubt and defiance across three generations' SARAH WATERS'A fierce and beautiful book' EDMUND DE WAAL'Heartfelt and upfront... A grieving daughter rediscovers her mother's political past'...
The Storm is Here: America on the Brink
The New Yorker's award-winning war correspondent returns to his own country to chronicle a story of mounting civic breakdown and violent disorder, in a vivid eyewitness narrative of revelatory explanatory...
Stayed On Freedom: The Long History of Black Power through One [...]
The Black Power movement, often associated with its iconic spokesmen, derived much of its energy from the work of people whose stories have never been told. Stayed on Freedom brings...
Satans and Shaitans
From the winner of the 2021 Chinua Achebe Prize for Literature... Determined to overrule the Nigerian President, members of the powerful secret society, The Sacred Order of the Universal Forces,...
Emma Goldman: A Documentary History of the American Years, [...]
Emma Goldman: A Documentary History of the American Years reconstructs the life of Emma Goldman through significant texts and documents. These two volumes - part of a projected four-volume series...
Rome's Sicilian Slave Wars: The Revolts of Eunus and Salvius, [...]
In 136 BC, in Sicily (which was then a Roman province), some four hundred slaves of Syrian origin rebelled against their masters and seized the city of Henna with much...
The Political Ideology of Hamas: A Grassroots Perspective
Hamas is typically portrayed in the West as nothing more than a terrorist organisation. Yet as Michael Irving Jensen discovers, it also provides medical clinics, kindergartens, schools, elderly care and...
Crisis
We had been there for over 12 hours. The man was still 30 feet up a tree, balancing on a branch directly over one of the main railway lines out...
Mrs Pankhurst's Purple Feather: Fashion, Fury and Feminism - Women's Fight for Change
In the Museum of London lies a purple feather, once worn by the suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst. The plumed hat was an essential part of her ultra-feminine image - and...
Famine and Foreigners: Ethiopia Since Live Aid
The terrible 1984 famine in Ethiopia focused the world's attention on the country and the issue of aid as never before. Anyone over the age of 30 remembers something of...
Beslan: Six Stories of the Siege
This book investigates the reportage of the 2004 Beslan hostage-taking published by three very different Russian-language websites: RIA-Novosti, Kavkazcenter, and Caucasian Knot, tracking the ways in which these three sites...
Beyond Vietnam
With a new foreword by Viet Thanh NguyenA beautiful commemorative edition of Dr. Martin Luther King's speech "Beyond Vietnam," part of Dr. King's archives published exclusively by HarperCollins.At New York...
Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties
Author: Mike DavisFormat: Hardback, 156mm x 235mm, 1074g, 800 pagesPublished: Verso Books, United Kingdom, 2020Histories of the US sixties invariably focus on New York City, but Los Angeles was an...
The Trump Indictments: The 91 Criminal Counts Against the Former President of the United States
Author: Ali VelshiFormat: Paperback, 135mm x 203mm, 263g, 320 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, United States, 2023 Edited and introduced by MSNBC's Ali Velshi, The Trump Indictments collects the complete charging...
Outspoken: My fight for freedom and human rights in Afghanistan for readers of BECOMING, I AM MALALA and RISING HEART
Author: Dr Sima SamarFormat: Paperback, 153mm x 233mm, 415g, 256 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd, Australia, 2024The inspiring memoir of the warrior for women who's defied the Taliban at...
The Magic Lantern: The Revolution of '89 Witnessed in Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin and Prague
Author: Timothy Garton AshFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 183g, 208 pagesPublished: Atlantic Books, United Kingdom, 2019The Magic Lantern is one of those rare books that capture history in the making,...
Eyewitness 1917: The Russian Revolution through Eyewitness Accounts
Author: Mikhail ZygarFormat: Hardback, 220mm x 290mm, 880g, 304 pagesPublished: Fontanka, United Kingdom, 2019A dramatic account of a year of two revolutions in Russia, told through extracts from contemporary diaries,...
Echolands: A Journey in Search of Boudica
Author: Duncan Mackay Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 'An engaged, informed companion for the armchair time traveller...captures the thrill and the difficulties of interpreting the past'. TLS 'Duncan has...
Before the Light Fades: A Family Story of Resistance - 'Fascinating' Sarah Waters
Author: Natasha Walter Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 'A fascinating story of courage, doubt and defiance across three generations' SARAH WATERS 'A fierce and beautiful book' EDMUND DE WAAL...
Truth to Power: (Gift Edition) 7 Ways to Call Time on B.S.
Author: Jess Phillips Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 PARLIAMENTARY BOOK AWARDS THE SUNDAY TIMES BEST SELLER 'Will ruffle some feathers.' Stylist 'There's nobody else at...
Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921
Author: Antony Beevor Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 592 Between 1917 and 1921 a devastating struggle took place in Russia following the collapse of the Tsarist empire. Many regard this...
Places and Names: On War, Revolution and Returning
Author: Elliot Ackerman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 'Elliot Ackerman's exceptional memoir is a superb, unique and unforgettable story of war and death, fear and cruelty, above all the...
America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s
Author: Elizabeth Hinton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 A New York Times Notable Book Best Books of 2021: TIME, Smithsonian New York Times Book Review * Editors' Choice A...
Warriors, Rebels and Saints: The Art of Leadership from Machiavelli to Malcolm X
Author: Moshik Temkin Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 Across the world, and throughout time, there have been people who have risen to the challenge of leading others. Sometimes their...
If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution: 'as good as journalism gets'
Author: Vincent Bevins Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 This book is phenomenal ... It's about as good as journalism gets ...The highest praise I can give If We Burn...
The Great Wave: The Era of Radical Disruption and the Rise of the Outsider
Author: Michiko Kakutani Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 An urgent examination of the great wave of change breaking over today's world - from the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic...