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The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World

The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the

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From one of the world's most prominent thinkers comes an urgent warning of the threat that US power poses to humanity's future The land of the free. The home of...
Mussolini's War: Fascist Italy from Triumph to Collapse, 1935-1943

Mussolini's War: Fascist Italy from Triumph to Collapse, 1935-1943

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A gripping, vivid account of Italy's disastrous experience of the Second World War While staying closely aligned with Hitler, Mussolini remained carefully neutral until the summer of 1940. Then, with...
Beneath Another Sky: A Global Journey into History

Beneath Another Sky: A Global Journey into History

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Where have the people in any particular place actually come from? What are the historical complexities in any particular place? This evocative historical journey around the world shows us. After...
Conquistadores

Conquistadores

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A riveting new history of Spanish imperialism, and the men who laid its foundations The 'conquistadores', the early explorers and settlers of Spanish America, have become the stuff of legends...
1788: The Brutal Truth Of The First Fleet

1788: The Brutal Truth Of The First Fleet

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An extraordinary narrative history of the First Fleet, by the bestselling author of The Forgotten Children. Never before or since has there been an experiment quite as bold as this....
The Architecture of Modern Empire

The Architecture of Modern Empire

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From the bestselling author of Azadi and My Seditious Heart, a piercing exploration of modern empire, nationalism and rising fascism that gives us the tools to resist and fight back...
From the Ruins of Empire: The Revolt Against the West and the Remaking of Asia

From the Ruins of Empire: The Revolt Against the West and the Remaking

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Viewed in the West as a time of self-confident progress, the Victorian period was experienced by Asians as a catastrophe. Pankaj Mishra's provocative account of how China, India and the...
Orientalism

Orientalism

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The book that redefined our understanding of the legacy of European colonialism and empire, now reissued with a new PMC jacket 'Stimulating, elegant and pugnacious' Observer In this highly acclaimed...
The Fatal Shore

The Fatal Shore

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'An extraordinarily vivid yet authentic account of the birthpangs of a nation. A work of real distinction' Philip Ziegler An award-winning epic on the birth of Australia In 1787, the...
Caledonia Australis: Scottish Highlanders on the Frontier of Australia

Caledonia Australis: Scottish Highlanders on the Frontier of Australia

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An extraordinary piece of history - the Scottish Highlanders on the frontier of Australia - with introduction from Inga Clendinnen. An extraordinary piece of history - the Scottish Highlanders on...
The Parade

The Parade

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From the best-selling author of The Circle, a powerful modern fable on the legacy of colonialism, the dark power of global corporations, and the challenge of truly 'doing good' Two...
Black Leopard, Red Wolf: Dark Star Trilogy Book 1

Black Leopard, Red Wolf: Dark Star Trilogy Book 1

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The story of a lost child, an extraordinary hunter, and a mystery with many answers . . . Tracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter...
Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain

Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain

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The groundbreaking bestseller which examines the effect of empire on modern Britain In Britain, imperialism is everywhere - though we often choose not to see it. From the way we...
Personal Writings

Personal Writings

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A collection that includes three of Camus's most personal and lyrical books- The Right Side and the Wrong Side, Nuptials and Summer This volume contains some of Camus' most intimate...
The Year 1000: When Explorers Connected the World - and Globalization Began

The Year 1000: When Explorers Connected the World - and Globalization

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An authoritative rethinking of global history by a leading Yale professor When did globalization begin? Most observers have settled on 1492, the year Columbus discovered America. But as celebrated Yale...
The Shadow of the Sun: My African Life

The Shadow of the Sun: My African Life

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'Only with the greatest of simplifications, for the sake of convenience, can we say Africa. In reality, except as a geographical term, Africa doesn't exist'. Ryszard Kapuscinski has been writing...
Warrior: A legendary leader's dramatic life and violent death on the colonial frontier

Warrior: A legendary leader's dramatic life and violent death on the colonial frontier

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Winner of the 2015 Queensland Premier's Award for a work of State Significance Winner of the 2016 Magarey Medal for Biography 'Connors lays down the hard truth. Not all our...
Tasmania's Convicts: How felons built a free society

Tasmania's Convicts: How felons built a free society

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To the convicts arriving in Van Diemen's Land, it must have felt as though they'd been sent to the very ends of the earth. In Tasmania's Convicts Alison Alexander tells...
Conspiracy of Silence: Queensland's frontier killing times

Conspiracy of Silence: Queensland's frontier killing times

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'This is an important, well researched book: challenging, compelling and controversial. It is a must read for anyone interested in Australian history.' - Henry Reynolds The Queensland frontier was more...
The Colony: A history of early Sydney

The Colony: A history of early Sydney

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Winner of the 2010 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Non-Fiction 'Grace Karskens writes with the passion and insight of a novelist, and the accuracy of a historian. To read it...
Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire

Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire

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As remarkable as Columbus and the conquistador expeditions, the history of Portuguese exploration is now almost forgotten. But Portugal's navigators cracked the code of the Atlantic winds, launched the expedition...
Civilisations: How Do We Look / The Eye of Faith

Civilisations: How Do We Look / The Eye of Faith

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Lost Boy No More

Lost Boy No More

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The Keys of Egypt: The Race to Read the Hieroglyphs

The Keys of Egypt: The Race to Read the Hieroglyphs

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Coconut: A Black girl fostered by a white family in the 1960s and her search for belonging and identity

Coconut: A Black girl fostered by a white family in the 1960s and her

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'Why am I not white like everybody else?' Nan came and sat on the edge of my bed. 'What do you mean?' A tender finger brushed against my cheek. 'Well,...
African and Caribbean Folktales, Myths and Legends

African and Caribbean Folktales, Myths and Legends

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Enjoy a rich collection of folktales, myths and legends from all over Africa and the Caribbean, re-told for young readers. From the trickster tales of Anansi the spider, to the...
Civilisations: How Do We Look / The Eye of Faith

Civilisations: How Do We Look / The Eye of Faith

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'The reigning Queen of Classics' Spectator'Mary Beard is the best in the business' Dan Snow'Excellent' Guardian'Enthralling' Sunday TimesBritain's most famous classicist asks: what are civilisations?Central to this huge question are...
Young Elizabeth: One Extraordinary African Summer in the Life of the Princess

Young Elizabeth: One Extraordinary African Summer in the Life of the

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Young Elizabeth captures in vivid detail perhaps the single-most important formative experience in Queen Elizabeth's life, the 1947 royal tour of southern Africa with her parents King George VI, Queen...
The Secret Chamber: The Quest for the Hall of Records

The Secret Chamber: The Quest for the Hall of Records

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Biafra Genocide: Nigeria: Bloodletting and Mass Starvation, 1967-1970

Biafra Genocide: Nigeria: Bloodletting and Mass Starvation, 1967-1970

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One of the great tragedies of Africa is not only the fact that a million people-mostly civilians and a large proportion of them children-died in one of Africa's first post-independence...
The Lion and the Dragon: Britain and China: A History of Conflict

The Lion and the Dragon: Britain and China: A History of Conflict

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'Lawrence James is the doyen of Empire historians' The Spectator'James' writing is always full of energy and animation; he has an excellent eye for revealing detail' William Dalrymple'James has a...
Gold: The true story of the discovery of gold in Australia and the shameless pretender who took the credit, from the popular author of RUM, perfect for fans of Grantlee Kieza and David Hunt

Gold: The true story of the discovery of gold in Australia and the

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'Impostor ', 'greedy' and 'incompetent' - Edmund Hammond Hargraves was beloved by few and reviled by many more. Ask google Who discovered gold in Australia? and you'll promptly get 'Edward...
The Traitor's Gold (Joe Mason, Book 5)

The Traitor's Gold (Joe Mason, Book 5)

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The gripping new action thriller novel from the million-copy bestselling author of the Matt Drake series At the root of all riches lies evil...Ex-MI5 operative Joe Mason is on a...
The Babylon Plot (Joe Mason, Book 4)

The Babylon Plot (Joe Mason, Book 4)

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'Five-star turbo-charged, non-stop action thriller... It reads like a movie reel... Needs to be on every thrill seeker's reading list' NetGalley review Don't miss the next instalment of the Joe...
From Christian Egypt to Islamic Egypt: Religion, Identity, and Politics After the Arab Conquest

From Christian Egypt to Islamic Egypt: Religion, Identity, and

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From Christian Egypt to Islamic Egypt: Religion, Identity, and
Ramesses the Great:Warrior and Builder: Warrior and Builder

Ramesses the Great:Warrior and Builder: Warrior and Builder

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During his long reign (1279-1213 BC), Ramesses II left his mark on ancient Egypt, bringing prosperity, justice and order in a golden age during which cultural life thrived. As a...
Memoirs of an Arabian Princess from Zanzibar

Memoirs of an Arabian Princess from Zanzibar

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Civilisations: How Do We Look / The Eye of Faith

Civilisations: How Do We Look / The Eye of Faith

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'The reigning Queen of Classics' Spectator'Mary Beard is the best in the business' Dan Snow'Excellent' Guardian'Enthralling' Sunday TimesBritain's most famous classicist asks: what are civilisations?Central to this huge question are...
The Lion and the Dragon: Britain and China: A History of Conflict

The Lion and the Dragon: Britain and China: A History of Conflict

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'Lawrence James is the doyen of Empire historians' The Spectator'James' writing is always full of energy and animation; he has an excellent eye for revealing detail' William Dalrymple'James has a...
Sands of Death: An Epic Tale Of Massacre And Survival In The Sahara

Sands of Death: An Epic Tale Of Massacre And Survival In The Sahara

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In December 1880 a French expedition attempted to map a route for a railway that would stretch from their colony in Algeria right across the Sahara desert to reach their...
One Day I Will Write About This Place

One Day I Will Write About This Place

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Binyavanga Wainaina tumbled through his middle-class Kenyan childhood out of kilter with the world around him. This world came to him as a chaos of loud and colourful sounds: the...
Through the Leopard's Gaze

Through the Leopard's Gaze

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In her captivating memoir Through the Leopard's Gaze, Njambi McGrath details the harrowing circumstances of her life as a young girl in Kenya, who one fateful night was beaten to...
Absolute Erotic, Absolute Grotesque: The Living, Dead, and Undead in Japan's Imperialism, 1895-1945

Absolute Erotic, Absolute Grotesque: The Living, Dead, and Undead in

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In this major reassessment of Japanese imperialism in Asia, Mark Driscoll foregrounds the role of human life and labor. Drawing on subaltern postcolonial studies and Marxism, he directs critical attention...
The Babylon Plot (Joe Mason, Book 4)

The Babylon Plot (Joe Mason, Book 4)

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'Five-star turbo-charged, non-stop action thriller... It reads like a movie reel... Needs to be on every thrill seeker's reading list' NetGalley review ?????Don't miss the next instalment of the Joe...
The Granta Book of the African Short Story

The Granta Book of the African Short Story

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The Granta Book of the African Short Story introduces a group of African writers described by its editor, Helon Habila, as 'the post-nationalist generation'. Presenting a diverse and dazzling collection...
The Living and the Rest

The Living and the Rest

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"The limitless possibilities of fiction are brilliantly utilised . . . Ingenious" Irish Times"Agualusa's funny and lively tale turns increasingly ominous ahead of an explosive conclusion" Guardian***A Financial Times Fiction...
The Rift: A New Africa Breaks Free

The Rift: A New Africa Breaks Free

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Taking the Great Rift Valley - the geological fault that will eventually tear Africa in two - as his central metaphor, Alex Perry explores the split between a resurgent Africa...
Jandamarra: And the Bunuba Resistance

Jandamarra: And the Bunuba Resistance

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