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Caesar'S Greatest Victory: The Battle of Alesia, Gaul 52 Bc
Author: John Sadler Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 An exciting, readable new account of the Alesia campaign, incorporating the latest research, to illuminate the tactics of both Caesar and...
At Rommel's Side: The Lost Letters of Hans-Joachim Schraepler
Author: Hans-Joachim Schraepler Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Erwin Rommel, Hitler's so-called 'Desert Fox', is possibly the most famous German Field-Marshal of WWII. He is widely regarded as the...
The Rama Epic: Hero, Heroine, Ally, Foe
Author: Forrest McGill Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 A huge number of artworks relating to the Rama legends have been made over the course of 1500 years in a...
Julia Velva, A Roman Lady from York: Her Life and Times Revealed
Author: Patrick Ottaway Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 The tombstone of Julia Velva, one of the best-preserved examples from Roman Britain, was found close to a Roman road just...
Grand Canal, Great River: The Travel Diary of a Twelfth-century Chinese Poet
Author: Philip Watson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 In July 1170, a Chinese poet, politician and historian made a journey from west to east China. Lu You (pronounced 'loo...
Gender, Power, and Talent: The Journey of Daoist Priestesses in Tang China
Author: Jinhua Jia Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 During the Tang dynasty (618-907), changes in political policies, the religious landscape, and gender relations opened the possibility for Daoist women...
Eye of the Beholder: Johannes Vermeer, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, and the Reinvention of Seeing
Author: Laura J. Snyder (St. John's University) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 On a summer day in 1674, in the small Dutch city of Delft, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek-a cloth...
Democracy's Beginning: The Athenian Story
Author: Thomas N. Mitchell Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 A history of the world's first democracy from its beginnings in Athens circa fifth century B.C. to its downfall 200...
Defence of Sevastopol 1941-1942
Author: Clayton Donnell Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 In December 1941, while America was reeling from the attack on Pearl Harbor and the offensives of the German Army Groups...
Attila the Hun: Arch-enemy of Rome
Author: Hughes, Ian Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Attila the Hun is a household name. Rising to the Hunnic kingship around 434, he dominated European history for the next...
Rome's Sicilian Slave Wars: The Revolts of Eunus and Salvius, 136-132 and 105-100 BC
Author: Natale Barca Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 In 136 BC, in Sicily (which was then a Roman province), some four hundred slaves of Syrian origin rebelled against their...
A Naval History of the Peloponnesian War: Ships, Men and Money in the War at Sea, 431-404 BC
Author: Marc G. DeSantis Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 261 Naval power played a vital role in the Peloponnesian War. The conflict pitted Athens against a powerful coalition including the...
Heavyweights: The Military Use of Massive Weapons
Author: Stephen Smith Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Delivering the heaviest possible munitions onto the enemy and his strongpoints serves a number of military functions: it destroys protective positions...
Hannibal's Road: The Second Punic War in Italy 213-203 BC
Author: Mike Roberts Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 262 Many books have been written on the Second Punic War and Hannibal in particular but few give much space to his...
Two Deaths at Amphipolis
Author: Mike Roberts Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 Cleonvs Brasidas in the Peloponnesian War This original book looks in detail at arguably the two most significant characters on either...
Dawn of the Horse Warriors
Author: Duncan Noble Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 The domestication of the horse revolutionised warfare, granting unprecedented strategic and tactical mobility, allowing armies to strike with terrifying speed. The...
Your Country Needs YOU: The Secret History of the Propaganda Poster
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Author: James Taylor Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 156 The iconic image by Alfred Leete of Lord Kitchener with outstretched hand and finger, exhorting you to 'do your bit', is...
The Collector of Lives: Giorgio Vasari and the Invention of Art
Author: Ingrid Rowland Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 An accomplished painter, architect and diplomat, Giorgio Vasari (1511?1574) is best known for Lives of the Artists, his classic account of...
Clan Fabius, Defenders of Rome: A History of the Republic's Most Illustrious Family
Author: McCall, Jeremiah Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 The history of the Fabii Maximii is in many ways that of the Roman Republic. In the legends and historical scraps...
Kahlil Gibran: Beyond Borders
Author: Kahlil G. Gibran Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 544 A comprehensive illustrated biography of Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American artist, poet and author of the best-selling inspirational fiction The Prophet. Kahlil...
The Cambridge History of Science: Volume 5, The Modern Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Author: Mary Jo Nye (Oregon State University) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 708 A narrative and interpretative history of the physical and mathematical sciences from the early nineteenth century to...
The Army of the Roman Republic: From the Regal Period to the Army of Julius Caesar
Author: Michael M. Sage Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 332 From the moment its last king was expelled (traditionally in 753) the Roman republic had to fight for its very...
Screen of Kings: Royal Art and Power in Ming China
Author: Craig Clunas Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 232 Screen of Kings is the first book in any language to examine the cultural role of the regional aristocracy - relatives...
Great Naval Battles of the Ancient Greek World
Author: Owen Rees Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 0 Naval warfare is the unsung hero of ancient Greek military history, often overshadowed by the more glorified land battles. Owen Rees...
Great Generals of the Ancient World
Author: Professor Richard A. Gabriel Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 264 Of the thousands of commanders who served in history's armies, why is it that only a few are remembered...
Emperor Alexander Severus: Rome's Age of Insurrection, Ad222-235
Author: John S. McHugh Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 335 Alexander Severus' is full of controversy and contradictions. He came to the throne through the brutal murder of his cousin,...
Precisions on the Present State of Architecture and City Planning
Author: Le Corbusier Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of his death (August 27, 2015), one of Le Corbusier's most significant books becomes available again...
Manichaeism (Sandpiper Books)
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Author: Samuel N.C. Lieu Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 Manichaeism was founded in Mesopotamia in the 3rd century by a Syro- Persian named Mani. The highly evangelistic Gnostic religion...
Madame Cezanne
Author: Dita Amory Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 A new account of Cezanne's complex relationship with his wife, who served as the subject of some of his most iconic...
Bernatzik: Southeast Asia
Author: Ian C. Glover Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 "The final volume in the three-part Hugo Bernatzik series, this book explores the Austrian photographer s compelling work in Southeast...
The Persian War in Herodotus and Other Ancient Voices
Author: William Shepherd Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 512 'An exciting, highly informative and also enjoyable read: Shepherd writes with clarity and verve... this book should find its way into...
Maximinus Thrax
Author: Paul N. Pearson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 296 Maximinus was a half-barbarian strongman 'of frightening appearance and colossal size' who could smash stones with his bare hands and...
Frege: A Philosophical Biography
Author: Dale Jacquette Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 680 Gottlob Frege (1848-1925) is one of the founding figures of analytic philosophy, whose contributions to logic, philosophical semantics, philosophy of language,...
The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei, Volume Four: The Climax
Author: David Tod Roy Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 1032 This is the fourth and penultimate volume in David Roy's celebrated translation of one of the most famous and important...
Bernissart Dinosaurs and Early Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems
Author: Pascal Godefroit Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 648 In 1878, the first complete dinosaur skeleton was discovered in a coal mine in Bernissart, Belgium. Iguanodon, first described by Gideon...
Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military
Author: Neil deGrasse Tyson (American Museum of Natural History) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 576 An exploration of the age-old complicity between skywatchers and warfighters, from the best-selling author of...
The Unheard
Author: Nicci French Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 480 'He did kill. Kill and kill and kill.' Tess's number one priority has always been her three-year-old daughter Poppy. But splitting...
Truth or Dare: From the World Book Day 2022 author Sophie McKenzie
Author: Sophie McKenzie Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 When lies are everywhere, how far will you go for the truth? A tense eco-drama with an explosive twist from the...
Miss Franklin: How Miles Franklin's brilliant career began
Author: Libby Hathorn Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 32 This is a story about iconic Australian writer Stella Miles Franklin, namesake of two major literary prizes, during her brief but...
Ginny's Big Adventure
Author: Matt Carr Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 32 Ginny isn't like other guinea pigs. She's scruffy, messy and just a little bit WILD! But the guinea pigs at Pat's...
Stay Close To Mama
Author: Mike Wohnoutka Format: Board book Number of Pages: 30 In the wide, shining world there is so much to see, and Twiga is curious. But Twiga's tall, tall Mama...
Fugitive Blue
Author: Claire Thomas Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 I am not writing this to be sentimental. I am just trying to find an answer to a story... An artistic...
Influence Empire: The Story of Tencent and China's Tech Ambition: Shortlisted for the FT Business Book of 2022
Author: Lulu Yilun Chen Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 In 2019, a Chinese entity called Tencent overtook Facebook to become the world's fifth-largest company. It was a watershed moment,...
The Goodbye Coast: A Philip Marlowe Novel
Author: Joe Ide Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'A Philip Marlowe who wears our twenty-first century like a well-cut suit' IAN RANKIN 'A total gobsmacking original' JAMES PATTERSON 'A...
The Lost: A gripping new crime thriller series from the Sunday Times bestselling author of twists and suspense
Author: Simon Beckett Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 A MISSING CHILD Ten years ago, the disappearance of firearms police officer Jonah Colley's young son almost destroyed him. A GRUESOME...
Fault Lines: Shortlisted for the 2021 Costa First Novel Award
Author: Emily Itami Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 'A brilliant modern love story. I found it atmospheric and transporting but also wise, clever and universal in its exploration of...
Maggie Magoo's Amazing Alphabet: Beautiful letters for colouring
Author: Maggie Magoo Designs Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 80 From the hugely popular Maggie Magoo design house, an outstanding colouring book of decorative letters. Two different illustrations of each...
Frog's Mystery Twin (Bored, #2)
Author: Matt Stanton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 Sometimes feeling bored is just the beginning ... My name is Frog and this may have been a very bad idea....