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The Year 200
"There could scarcely be a more opportune moment for the appearance in English of the late Cuban science fiction master Agustn de Rojas's epic novel The Year 200.... De Rojas's...
Captain Blakely and the Wasp: The Cruise of 1814
The first full biography of America's most accomplished naval commander in the Age of Sail, Johnston Blakeley.
British Naval Supremacy and Anglo-American Antagonisms, 1914-1930
During World War I, Britain's naval supremacy enabled it to impose economic blockades and interdiction of American neutral shipping. The United States responded by building 'a navy second to none',...
Sacrifice for Stalin
Operation BARBAROSSA, the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, was a turning point second only to Pearl Harbor. Russia became an ally overnight but a most difficult, dangerous...
Flying Down to Rio: Hollywood, Tourists, and Yankee Clippers
In this book, author Rosalie Schwartz uses the 1933 RKO-Radio Pictures production Flying Down to Rio to examine the interplay of technology and popular culture that shaped a distinctive twentieth-century...
Wellington's Headquarters
Wellington s Headquarters is an essential introduction to the administration of the British army in the early nineteenth century. It offers a fascinating insight into the structure and operation of...
J. Edgar Hoover and His G-Men
Through gripping accounts of actual incidents, William Breuer brings the reader to the front lines of battle with Hoover and his crimebusters. Thrilling manhunts, thwarted mayhem, and tense confrontations dominate...
The Battle of Fontenoy 1745: Saxe against Cumberland in the War of the
The Battle of Fontenoy marked a turning point in the War of the Austrian Succession, yet it has rarely been analysed in depth and the Europe-wide conflict in which it...
Rome and the Enemy: Imperial Strategy in the Principate
How did the Romans build and maintain one of the most powerful and stable empires in the history of the world? This book draws on the literature, especially the historiography,...
Money over Mastery, Family over Freedom: Slavery in the Antebellum
Once a sleepy plantation society, the region from the Chesapeake Bay to coastal North Carolina modernized and diversified its economy in the years before the Civil War. Central to this...
Lucius Verus and the Roman Defence of the East
Lucius Verus is one of the least regarded Roman emperors, despite the fact that he was co-ruler with his adoptive brother Marcus Aurelius for nine years until his untimely death....
Stalin's Scribe: Literature, Ambition, and Survival: The Life of
A masterful and definitive biography of one of the most misunderstood and controversial writers in Russian literature.Mikhail Sholokhov is arguably one of the most contentious recipients of the Nobel Prize...
Philosophy and the Jewish Question: Mendelssohn, Rosenzweig, and
Drawing together two critical moments in the history of European Jewry-its entrance as a participant in the Enlightenment project of religious and political reform and its involvement in the traumatic...
A History of the Squares and Palaces of London (Plastic sealed, two volume set)
The squares of London are amongst its most famous and best loved features. Berkeley Square, Eaton Square, St James's Square - the names are inextricably linked with the history of...
Christianity and Monasticism in Upper Egypt v. 2; Nag Hammadi - Esna
Christianity and monasticism have flourished in Upper (southern) Egypt from as early as the fourth century until the present day. The contributors to this volume, international specialists in Coptology from...
Fortune's Bazaar: The Making of Hong Kong
'Vivid, atmospheric, packed with brilliant story-telling' - Humphrey Hawksley, former BBC Beijing, Hong Kong and Asia Correspondent'[An] entertaining guide, rich in anecdote and understanding for an early globalised world that...
See You on Venus: The tearjerking romance, now on Netflix!
The runaway romance now a major motion picture streaming on Netflix, starring Virginia Gardner and Alex Aiono! Two teens embark on a journey to Spain to discover the meaning of...
Cut To Black
Portsmouth's major drug dealer's time is up. For years Bazza Mackenzie has made millions selling cocaine and heroin into the streets of Portsmouth. He's laundered the money and on the...
The Vegan
'A meaty comedy with a bleeding heart, highly recommended for all animals who read'Joshua Cohen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The NetanyahusHerschel Caine is a soon-to-be master of the universe. His...
Glowing Still: A Woman's Life on the Road - 'Funny, furious writing
Britain's foremost woman travel writer Sara Wheeler records her life of adventure, from the Antarctic to Zanzibar'Funny, furious writing from the queen of intrepid travel' Daily Telegraph'Intrepid and sparky, full...
The Story of the Forest: Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION 2023'Epic and marvellously entertaining... There's a furious energy to the novel, which constantly moves forward even as it looks sorrowfully back'FINANCIAL TIMES'Magnificent......
The Broken Places: The compassionate and moving debut novel inspired
'Sunlit and dark, painful and joyous' David Mitchell, author of Cloud AtlasIn 1931, Gregory Hemingway's life begins in Kansas City, Missouri. The third and favourite child of an overbearing father,...
The Favourite: A razor-sharp suspense novel that will stay with you
'WOW! If this isn't a book to brag about I don't know what is... I started The Favourite late last night. Never did I anticipate I would be closing the...
What's Left of Me is Yours
A NEW YORK TIMES 'EDITOR'S PICK'ONE OF THE OBSERVER'S 10 BEST DEBUT NOVELISTS OF 2020'Enrapturing' New York Times'A brilliant debut' Louise Doughty'You'll have the heart rate of an Olympic hurdler'...
The Boundless River: Stories from the Realm of the Rhine
"A joy to read" Times Literary Supplement"[A] stirring and accessible history of the mighty Rhine" Irish Times "It's easy to be swept away by Deen's delightful prose" New Statesman"A beautiful...
Confessions
With a new introduction by Colm Toibin"Absolutely captivating" ANDREA CAMILLERI"Monumental" GuardianDrawing comparisons with Shadow of the Wind and The Name of the Rose, and an instant bestseller in many languages,...
Silver Nitrate: a dark and gripping thriller from the New York Times
'Like its namesake, Silver Nitrate catches fire and doesn't stop burning until the end' The Washington Post'Perfection. No one punctures the skin of reality to reveal the lurking, sinister magic...
The Cupid Effect
There's something magical about Ceri D'Altroy...After departing London to follow her heart's desire to become a psychology lecturer, Ceri D'Altroy vows to leave her matchmaking ways behind her for good....
The Reunion: the must-read enemies-to-lovers, forced proximity summer
FROM THE AUTHOR OF NETFLIX SENSATION THE KISSING BOOTH Waterstones Welsh Book of the Month June 2024!SIX OLD FRIENDS.TEN YEARS LATER.IS IT TOO LATE TO LEARN A LESSON IN LOVE?Ten...
War of the Windsors: The Inside Story of Charles, Andrew and the
Telling the story of their lives from children to modern day, this fascinating and revelatory new book will look at the fraught relationship (and fiery rivalry) between King Charles and...
Hiero's Journey
The world ended. People survived. Per Hiero Desteen was a priest, a telepath-and a highly trained killer. Five thousand years after the apocalyptic event known only as The Death, Hiero...
What is Good?: The Search for the Best Way to Live
One of the most fundamental questions in our life is to find out what we value - what principles we want to live by and which codes we will use...
Dead Lies Dreaming: Book 1 of the New Management, A new adventure
In a world where magic has gone mainstream, a policewoman and a group of petty criminals are pulled into a heist to find a forbidden book of spells that should...
Daughter of the Merciful Deep
A woman journeys into a submerged world of gods and myth to save her home in this powerful historical fantasy that shines a light on the drowned Black towns of...
Unfinished Business
UNFINISHED BUSINESS focuses on an ordinary suburban office worker, fundamentally weak but always keeping his eyes fixed on some horizon where a heightened, romantic, better world must surely exist. Faced...
Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It
Greg Marshall's early years were pretty bizarre. Rewind the VHS tapes (this is the nineties) and you'll see a lopsided teenager limping across a high school stage, or in a...
Oh Mummy Mia!
The brand-new Gods Squad is back! Seth, the Egyptian God of War, has stolen Ra, the Sun God - and now Earth is on the brink of total destruction. Vesper...
Wolf Hustle: A Black Woman on Wall Street
From the South Bronx projects to the boardroom at only nineteen years old, Cin Fabre ran with the wolves of Wall Street.Growing up, Cin Fabre didn't know anything about the...
War: What is it good for?: The role of conflict in civilisation, from
War is one of the greatest human evils. It has ruined livelihoods, provoked unspeakable atrocities and left countless millions dead. It has caused economic chaos and widespread deprivation. And the...
How to Find a Missing Girl: A sapphic YA thriller perfect for fans of
For fans of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder and Veronica Mars, this whip-smart YA debut crime thriller follows a sapphic detective agency seeking the truth behind a growing trail...
A Distant View of Everything
Recently distracted by the arrival of her and Jamie's second son, Magnus, Isabel Dalhousie - philanthropic editor of the Review of Applied Ethics - is anxious. The next issue of...
The Only One Left: the chilling, gripping novel from the master of the
PRE-ORDER NOW! THE BRAND NEW HEART-POUNDING GOTHIC THRILLER FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHORAt seventeen, Lenora HopeHung her sister with a ropeNow reduced to a schoolyard chant, the Hope family murders...
Fake Heroes: Ten False Icons and How they Altered the Course of
From the author of bestseller Fake History, Otto English, comes a shocking yet hilarious look at ten of the greatest liars in history. 'A brilliant book.' James O'Brien Whether it's...
The Story of Harley-Davidson: A Tribute to an American Icon
The Story of Harley-Davidson is a compact and dynamic exploration of the legendary motorcycle manufacturer. There are few silhouettes on the world's roads as instantly recognisable as that of the...
Highly Desirable: Tales of London's super-prime property from the
'A hugely fun tale of how the super-rich buy their super-prime lairs - I was absolutely boggled throughout. Toto, I have a feeling we're not on Rightmove anymore . ....
Bringing Down the Duke: swoony, feminist and romantic, perfect for
'I have read the future of historical romance, and it's Evie Dunmore' EVA LEIGH, author of DARE TO LOVE A DUKE_________________A fiercely independent vicar's daughter takes on a powerful duke...
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Genteel society ladies who compare notes on their husbands' suicides. A hilariously foul-mouthed black drag queen. A voodoo priestess who works her roots in the graveyard at midnight. A morose...
Where the Line is Drawn: Crossing Boundaries in Occupied Palestine
As a young boy, Raja Shehadeh was entranced by a forbidden Israeli postage stamp in his uncle's album, intrigued by tales of a green land beyond the border.He couldn't have...