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The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America
A landmark work of contemporary history and a wake-up call that aims to restore our understanding of the basis of our way of life, from the author of international bestseller...
1971 - Never a Dull Moment: Rock's Golden Year
The story of the year that rock music exploded, featuring almost every star who defined the decade *THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER* As seen on Apple TV - 1971-...
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster by New York Times-bestselling author Adam Higginbotham, based on fascinating new archival research and in-depth reporting - a...
The National Trust Research Manual
This guide to researching Australian history, designed to be easy to follow and informative, shows the beginner how to research and trace the history of houses, public buildings, industrial sites,...
Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America
Killing the Mob is the tenth book in Bill O'Reilly's #1 New York Times bestselling series of popular narrative histories, with sales of nearly 18 million copies worldwide, and over...
Women to the Front
Australian Women Doctors of the First World War At the outbreak of World War I, 129 women were registered as medical practitioners in Australia, and many of them were eager...
A Short History of Australia
On 26 January the convict transports moved into their new home as a handful of Aborigines on the shore set up a horrid howl and indicated by angry gestures with...
Great Images of the 20th Century
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This is a visual history of the 20th century, incorporating some of the most recognisable photographs of the last 100 years. Included are numerous Pulitzer Prize winning images, along with...
Eyewitness
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Celebrate some of the most important and memorable images of photojournalism, from one of the first wars covered with a camera -- the Civil War -- to the compelling images...
Long Summer: How Climate Changed Civilization
The Earth's climate has always been in flux: glacial periods and warm ones have slowly and relentlessly alternated for millennia. But the period of global warming of the last 15,000...
After Such Knowledge: Memory, History and the Legacy of the Holocaust
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Sixty years after the Holocaust, the author of Lost in Translation explores the difficult process of preserving an authentic version of its tragic events. As the Holocaust recedes in time,...
Europe: Unite, Fight, Repeat: Our Continent's Long History of
Witnessing the events unfolding within the EU in recent years, one could be excused for thinking that these dramas are unique in European history. But, by setting them in the...
Into Oblivion: The Southern Cloud Enigma
On 21 March 1931, the airliner Southern Cloud vanished while en route from Sydney to Melbourne, and the nation held its breath as an exhaustive search was conducted throughout south...
Kitchener's Lost Boys: From the Playing Fields to the Killing Fields
In the early days of the First World War, Lord Kitchener made his famous appeal for volunteers to join the New Army. Men flocked to recruiting offices to enlist, and...
The Romans And Their Gods
A lucid and authoritative study of Roman religion that corrects the many misconceptions and prejudices held since the victory of Christianity in the fourth century AD. To undestand the success...
Unmasked: A History of the Victorian Perioperative Nurses Group: the
The history of the Victorian Perioperative Nurses Group over the first fifty years has demonstrated the Group's commitment to the education of perioperative nurses and the development of the professional...
Who's Who in World War II
World War II was a truly global conflict, fought in every one of the five continents. The players included not only soldiers and statesmen of orthodox background, but three dictators...
The Power of Strangers: The Benefits of Connecting in a Suspicious
An exploration of why we don't talk to strangers and the wonderful things that would happen if we did. In our cities, we barely acknowledge one another on public transport,...
Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World
David Brion Davis has long been recognized as the leading authority on slavery in the Western World. His books have won every major history award--including the Pulitzer Prize and the...
A Foreign Field
Using the testimonies of the daughter, the villagers, detailed town hall records and most movingly - the soldiers' last letters - Ben MacIntyre reconstructs an extraordinarily story of love, duplicity...
On A Winner: 125 Years City Tattersalls Club
In On A Winner, City Tattersalls Club Club lifts the lid for the first time on untold stories of diamonds, handguns and robbery as it celebrates 125 years of history....
To Overthrow the World: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Communism
Three decades since the Soviet Union's collapse prompted Francis Fukuyama to proclaim the 'End of History', things look different. Russia may no longer be Communist, but Stalin is more admired...
The Truth About Empire: Real Histories of British Colonialism
The Truth About Empire comes from expert historians who believe that the truth, as far as we can pinpoint it, matters; that our decades of painstaking research make us worth...
Fallen: Everest and the Enigma of George Mallory
On 6 June, 1924 George Mallory donned an oxygen set and set off for the summit of Everest with his young partner Andrew Irvine. Next day they were glimpsed through...
A Brief History of Thailand: Monarchy, War and Resilience: The
Thailand is known for its picturesque beaches and famous temples, but there's much more to this popular holiday destination than many realise. A Brief History of Thailand offers an engaging...
What Is Ancient History?
From one of today's most innovative ancient historians, a provocative new vision of why ancient history matters and why it needs to be told in a radically different, global way...
A History of the Muslim World: From Its Origins to the Dawn of
A panoramic history of the Muslim world from the age of the Prophet Muammad to the birth of the modern era. This book describes and explains the major events, personalities,...
India: 5,000 Years of History on the Subcontinent
A dazzling new history of the Indian subcontinent and its diverse peoples in global context from antiquity to today Much of world history is Indian history. Home today to one...
The World the Plague Made: The Black Death and the Rise of Europe
A groundbreaking history of how the Black Death unleashed revolutionary change across the medieval world and ushered in the modern age. In 1346, a catastrophic plague beset Europe and its...
The End of Empires and a World Remade: A Global History of
Empires, until recently, were everywhere. They shaped borders, stirred conflicts, and set the terms of international politics. With the collapse of empire came a fundamental reorganisation of our world. Decolonisation...
The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient
Amazons--fierce warrior women dwelling on the fringes of the known world--were the mythic archenemies of the ancient Greeks. Heracles and Achilles displayed their valor in duels with Amazon queens, and...
A History of Royal Britain in 100 Objects
From the glory of coronation regalia to coins, from imposing statues to stamps, from distinguished medals to monuments, and from beautiful artworks to the abdication document and its ensuing constitutional...
Masterworks of Man and Nature
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Exceptionally high-quality photography distinguishes this unique survey of the 360 global landmarks identified by UNESCO as worthy of preservation. From the Great Wall of China to Serengeti National Park, this...
Up all night: The plague chronicle
Graphic chronicle covering the Covid-19 pandemic, detailing events around the world as well as personal observations. What actually happened? Drawn as events unfolded, shifting between suspenseful and entertaining.
Sea of Glory: The Epic South Seas Expedition 1838-42
The dramatic story of the largest voyage of discovery in the history of the world -- and the last such all-sail convoy. Headed by the controversial Lieutenant Charles Wilkes, and...
The "New York Times": The Complete Front Pages, 1851-2009
New edition of the national blockbuster and New York Times bestseller?with more than a dozen new front pages, including Obama's election and inauguration, his first trip abroad, the financial meltdown,...
Then and Now: The Wonders of the Ancient World Brought to Life in
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This book shows full-page colour photographs of the most visited ancient sites throughout the world as they appear today - then superimposes, on acetate overlays, vivid, realistic artist's reconstructions of...
On Secret Service East of Constantinople
Under the banner of a Holy War, masterminded in Berlin and unleashed from Constantinople, the Germans and the Turks set out in 1914 to foment violent revolutionary uprisings against the...
The Eleventh Day
'The best available account of 9/11 - soberly written, judiciously weighted, meticulously sourced' Robert Harris Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan have written the definitive account of 9/11. The shockwaves of...
Into Unknown Skies: An Unlikely Team, a Daring Race, and the First
"Thrilling . . . With deep research and suspenseful storytelling, Mr. Randall reminds us that America's pre-eminence in the aviation industry was never assured and that it took a race...
Earthquake: Christchurch 22 Feb 2011
Powerfully and movingly written by a number of Press staffers and illustrated with striking images from the Press team. DVD includes footage taken 10 minutes after the quake, many personal...
Winnie Mandela: A Life
Everyone has an opinion about Winnie Mandela, and usually a strong one. She has been adored, feared and hates more than any other women in South African history. But few...