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The Devil and Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness and Obsession
By the author of the international Number One bestsellers KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON and THE WAGER As Sherlock Holmes once conceded to Dr. Watson, 'If we could fly out...
Rebel Sounds: Music as Resistance
'Empathy is the currency of all music and Joe Mulhall does a great job of explaining how that quality has been used to generate solidarity for the struggle and sympathy...
Time: Visions of the '60s: The 100 Images That Define the Decade
Forty years after the 1960s ended, we still live in the world shaped during those remarkable times. Now the editors of "TIME" explore the '60s in all its vivid and...
1000 Events That Shaped the World
Accompanied by hundreds of illustrations and maps, the chosen events give insight into how and why our world has grown and changed. Did you know that the bow and arrow...
People Who Influenced the World: Over the Past 100 Years
Dozens of people have helped to create a new world over the past hundred years - some well remembered and some that have been forgotten. "People Who Influenced the World"...
World Religions
A fabulous collaboration of images and text encompassing all facets of our world's religions. A fabulously illustrated and dependable guide for amateurs and experts alike, World Religions is a must...
A History of the World in 100 Weapons
A History of the World in 100 Weapons tells the stories of the hundred definitive weapons whose effects have been the most revolutionary, changing the way war is waged and...
Uprising
Coups and Uprisings that Changed History; Revolutions have been called the motors of history. They have overthrown centuries-old regimes and empires, brought new and powerful ideas into the forefront of...
On This Day: Landmarks of Our Time
Ever wondered what historical event occurred on the day you were born! With items arranged in calendar - date order, you will find historic milestones - Space missions, stock markets...
Late Antiquity
In this history of the late antique period, which appeared earlier in the five-volume series A History of Private Life , Peter Brown shows the slow shift from one form...
Singapore, 1942
The surrender of Singapore in 1942, with the capture of over 100,000 men, was one of the most humiliating defeats in British history. Based on original records, this book shows...
In Stalin's Secret Service
Krivitsky was the first high-ranking Soviet intelligence official to defect and reveal his secrets in 1939. In England in 1940, he came very close to unmasking the circle of Soviet...
The History of Space Exploration: And Its Future...
The launch of the first rocket in 1926 led to the development of the first long-range missile - the A4, renamed V2 - fired in anger during the Second World...
The Legacy of Ancient Egypt
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This text explores the impact of the Egyptians on Western civilization. Starting with the history of ancient Egypt, the book goes on to look at the Egyptian achievement; Egypt and...
History Through Headlines: The Stories That Shaped Our World
Read all about it! This book tells it all from some of our most widely reported headlines. This wonderful gift book displays the highs and lows of the media and...
The Great Upheaval: The Birth of the Modern World, 1788-1800
It is an era that redefined history. As the 1790s began, a fragile America teetered on the brink of oblivion, Russia towered as a vast imperial power, and France plunged...
The Second World War
The book titled The Second World War by the author Winston S. Churchill. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
The "New York Times": The Complete Front Pages, 1851-2008
For the first time ever, in one indispensable book-and-DVD package, "The New York Times" presents its complete front pages. The book reproduces a selection of 300 front pages covering the...
World History: 50 Events You Really Need to Know
People often complain that in history lessons at school they were taught just a few topics - the Romans, the Tudors, the Nazis - and how they have no idea...
Terrible Beauty: A History of the People and Ideas That Shaped the
All changed, changed utterly; A terrible beauty is born Easter 1916, W B Yeats Terrible Beauty presents a unique narrative of the twentieth century. Unlike more conventional histories, where the...
Joseph Goebbels: Life and Death
An insightful new biography of Joseph Goebbels, Propaganda Minister of the 'Third Reich' and one of the most important and troubling figures of the twentieth century. The first account to...
Alamein
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In North Africa in 1942, Australian forces provided the hinge on which the success of the Western Alliance sung. This book relates how the 9th Australian Division came to take...
We Were There: Australian Soldiers of World War 2
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The book titled We Were There: Australian Soldiers of World War 2 by the author . This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Complete History of the World
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The book titled Complete History of the World by the author Geoffrey Barraclough. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Hitler and His Generals: Military Conferences 1942-1945
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The military conferences that Hitler had twice daily with his staff, where he directed the war, were transcribed by stenographers from 1942 to 1945 in the bunker. These authentic documents...
The Passion for Holden: A Celebration of the Classic Australian Marque
To mark the manufacture of the very last Australian Holdens in 2017, Joel Wakely gathered together dozens of fascinating stories about many of the models Holden have produced since 1948....
SAINT PAUL'S
St Paul's Cathedral, at the heart of the City of London, is a building of immense dignity. Wren's architecture is imposing in its scale and baroque splendour, and the cathedral...
The Seven Wonders of the World: A History of the Modern Imagination
The book titled The Seven Wonders of the World: A History of the Modern Imagination by the author John Romer. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more...
Imperial War Museum: Churchill at War
Imperial War Museum: Churchill at War reveals the many sides of this remarkable man at war: army officer, war correspondent and political leader. This book covers his entire 50-year involvement...
1989: The Year That Shaped Today's World
The year 1989 was the start of a monumental shift in world history. From the fall of the Berlin Wall to the introduction of the World Wide Web, the unparalleled...
World History Atlas: Mapping the Human Journey
The history of the world - in a new compact edition From the rise and fall of empires to the birth of nations, culture and conflict, explore the history of...
"Time": The Illustrated History of the World's Most Influential
If journalism is the first draft of history, this text - with over 600 photographs & illustrations - is the final chronicle of the past 87 years as seen through...
World War II: Day by Day
At last the full declassified story of the world's greatest conflict can be told. In wartime secrecy was essential for survival but now World War Two Day by Day explains...
Civilization
On 21 September 2001 George W. Bush told Congress 'This is civilization's fight.' A month later he said 'I'm not moving on because we're in a fight for civilization itself.'...
How They Fought: Indigenous Tactics and Weaponry of Australia's
The history of Australia's Frontier Wars is becoming a hot topic for debate and research. It is now part of our national educational syllabus. However, there are very few books...
Weapons and Equipment of the Victorian Soldier
The book titled Weapons and Equipment of the Victorian Soldier by the author Donald F. Featherstone. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
A Photohistory of World War One
This omnibus edition contains the author's five "Soldiers Fotofax" titles on the individual years of World War I. The book also contains new biographical notes on the leaders from each...
Origins: How the Earth Shaped Human History
'A sweeping, brilliant overview of the history not only of our species but of the world ... Dartnell has a rare talent in being able to see the big picture...
Assassins: Assassinations that shook the world from Julius Caesar to
The killing of holders of high office for a predetermined political or ideological purpose is a practice as old as power politics itself. Assassins tells the darkly sensational story of...
Stalin's Last Crime: The Doctor's Plot
This is the full story behind Stalin's last, most complex and most puzzling conspiracy unravelled for the first time through access to previously unseen secret Soviet documents. On 13th January...
The Second World War
Churchill's history of the Second World War is, and will remain, the definitive work. Lucid, dramatic, remarkable both for its breadth and sweep and for its sense of personal involvement,...
Red Empire: Forbidden History of the U. S. S. R.
The book titled Red Empire: Forbidden History of the U. S. S. R. by the author Gwyneth Hughes. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...
God's Ghostwriters
'Monumental and eye-opening' Reza Aslan 'A revelation [...and...] an intellectual triumph' Irish Independent '[A] massive achievement' Spectator 'Refreshingly readable' Guardian For the past two thousand years, Christian tradition, scholarship, and...
1001 Days That Shaped Our World
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This remarkable book presents enthralling accounts of 1001 life-changing events that have taken place around the world since the Big Bang. From the foundation of Rome on 21 April 753bce...
One Bloody Thing After Another: The World's Gruesome History
A grisly and gruesome guide to history's most shocking and macabre moments... Horrible, spine-chilling and deeply fascinating, this book details the vile history of bloodthirsty kings and queens, savage battles,...