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Learning from the Germans: Confronting Race and the Memory of Evil
As an increasingly polarized America fights over the legacy of racism, Susan Neiman, author of the contemporary philosophical classic Evil in Modern Thought, asks what we can learn from the...
Of The People, By The People: A New History of Democracy
Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.' * Churchill had more reason than most to rue...
The Ruling Elite: a Study in Imperialism, Genocide and Emancipation
Lincoln's war, the North's attack on the South, took the life of 622,000 citizens and altered the government's structure. Marx and Engels watched the war from afar and applauded his...
The Light of Day: the moving true story of the first man to come out
* A Guardian Audiobook of the Week * 'Your book is the "really good book. Just one" that Roger Butler would have wanted' - Sir Ian McKellen 'Absorbing and often...
The Light of Day: the moving true story of the first man to come out
* A Guardian Audiobook of the Week * 'Your book is the "really good book. Just one" that Roger Butler would have wanted' - Sir Ian McKellen 'Absorbing and often...
A Brief History of the End of the F*cking World: The hilarious and
'Superb ... entertaining ... Phillips traverses this sprawling terrain with energy and charm' Telegraph 'Exceptionally funny from cover to cover, it is not only an entertaining read but also deeply...
Public Vows: A History of Marriage and the Nation
We commonly think of marriage as a private matter between two people, a personal expression of love and commitment. In this pioneering history, Nancy F. Cott demonstrates that marriage is...
Heroic Failure and the British
From the Charge of the Light Brigade to Scott of the Antarctic and beyond, it seems as if glorious disaster and valiant defeat have been essential aspects of the British...
The Great Divide
'A gorgeous, sweeping epic' ANN NAPOLITANO 'A master of prose' WASHINGTON POST ' One of my favourite writers' ROXANE GAY 'Spectacular' JOANNE SEFTON 'I didn't want it to end' SARA...
The Queer Bible
'We stand on the shoulders of giants. Now we learn their names.' A powerful, joyous, stunningly illustrated collection of essays by queer icons about the LGBTQ+ trailblazers throughout history who...
Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave
WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE NONFICTION CROWN AWARD 'Gripping ... remarkably wide-ranging' THE TIMES This is an immersive and revelatory history of the survivors of...
Mirrors of Greatness: Churchill and the Leaders Who Shaped Him
A TELEGRAPH BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023 'A highly imaginative and thought-provoking way of exploring the personality of a man who, like him or loathe him, left an indelible mark...
War and Society in Europe, 1870-1970
The book titled War and Society in Europe, 1870-1970 by the author Brian Bond. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Interwar: British Architecture 1919-39
'Elegant, erudite and entertaining ... a superbly detailed picture of an architectural era' The Times'A magnificent monument in itself to a fine architectural writer' Simon Heffer, TelegraphBritish architecture between the...
Vietdamned: How the World's Greatest Minds Put America on Trial
Guilty: the conclusion of many trials. But this verdict was unusual, delivered by a jury comprising of the greatest minds of the twentieth century: Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir,...
The Light of Day: the moving true story of the first man to come out
In June 1960, several British newspapers received a letter so shocking some thought it was a hoax. Beginning 'Sir, we are homosexuals . . ' , it was signed by...
Dispatches from the Diaspora: From Nelson Mandela to Black Lives
For the last three decades Gary Younge has had a ringside seat during the biggest events and with the most significant personalities to impact the black diaspora: accompanying Nelson Mandela...
Acts of Resistance: The Power of Art to Create a Better World
Author: Amber Massie-Blomfield Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 'A fascinating, passionate and political case for art's world-changing power, by a fizzingly good writer' - Robert Macfarlane 'A rich and...
A Bollywood State of Mind: A journey into the world's biggest cinema
Author: Sunny Singh Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 Like all Indians, Sunny Singh was born and brought up in a country of film fanatics. She and her friends waited...
Trelawny's Cornwall: A Journey through Western Lands
'I can't think of a more enjoyable or more illuminating guide to Cornwall than Petroc Trelawny, who knows it intimately, loves it deeply, and shares it generously' - THE REVEREND...
London Clubland: A Companion for the Curious
Step into the hidden world of London's private members' clubs with London Clubland: A Companion for the Curious . This guide, by the leading historian on the subject, offers a...
Exterminate/Regenerate: The Story of Doctor Who
AN INDEPENDENT BEST BOOK OF 2025 'Absolutely wonderful. The book I've been waiting to read since I was ten years old. Full of surprising and piercing insights . . ....
Exterminate/Regenerate: The Story of Doctor Who
AN INDEPENDENT BEST BOOK OF 2025 'Absolutely wonderful. The book I've been waiting to read since I was ten years old. Full of surprising and piercing insights . . ....
Exterminate/Regenerate: The Story of Doctor Who
AN INDEPENDENT BEST BOOK OF 2025 'Absolutely wonderful. The book I've been waiting to read since I was ten years old. Full of surprising and piercing insights . . ....
The Great Mistakes of Australian History
Blunders, stuff-ups and misjudgements are a part of any country's history. Dwelling on what might have been isn't always helpful, but recognising our mistakes and learning from them is important....
The Gold Machine: Tracking the Ancestors from Highlands to Coffee
'Follow Iain Sinclair into the cloud jungles of Peru and emerge questioning all that seemed so solid and immutable.' Barry Miles 'The Gold Machine is a trip, a psychoactive expedition...
On Blondes
In art and literature, in history and popular culture, blonde has never been a mere colour. For 2500 years, it has been a blazing signal in code, signifying beauty, power...
The Colour of Injustice
Lee Lawrence was just eleven when his mother, Cherry Groce, was shot by police during a raid on the family's south London home. It was an event that would spark...
All the Rage: Power, Pain, Pleasure: Stories from the Frontline of
'Sits you at the dressing table of history: a place of dreams, doubts, self-harm and hopes' - Sunday Times At the heart of this history is the female body. The...
Asylum: A Survivor's Flight from Nazi-Occupied Vienna Through Wartime
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A recently discovered account of an Austrian Jewish writer's flight, persecution, and clandestine life in wartime France. As arts editor for one of Vienna's principal newspapers, Moriz Scheyer knew many...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Love
A remarkable compilation of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s reflections on love and its transformative power-a stellar addition to Dr. King's archives published exclusively by HarperCollins. "I have also decided...
Clubland: How the working men's club shaped Britain
The untold story of a British institution 'Brilliant.' Alan Johnson 'Compelling.' David Kynaston 'The beer drinkers' Bill Bryson.' Times Literary Supplement Ferment Magazine's Best Beer Book of the Year Pete...
Holy Places: How Pilgrimage Changed the World
This year, as they have for millennia, people will set out on pilgrimages. From Mecca to the Outer Hebrides, each of these journeys will be filled with spiritual and personal...
Raising the Dead: The Men Who Created Frankenstein
Mary Shelley's 1818 novel, Frankenstein , introduced readers around the world to the concept of raising the dead through scientific procedures. Those who read the book were thrilled by this...
The Rebel Empresses: Elisabeth of Austria and Eugenie of France, Power
From the acclaimed author of In the Shadow of the Empress comes the thrilling chronicle of two of the most influential and glamorous women in nineteenth-century Europe-Elisabeth, empress of Austria,...
Aztecs: Conquest and Glory
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Who were the Aztecs, how did they become so powerful, and where did they go? This new book traces the Aztec Empire's 200-year span, from its mythical beginings to its...
Growing Up Black in Britain: Stories of courage, success and hope
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What is it like to grow up Black or Black dual heritage in Britain? Stuart Lawrence, brother of Stephen Lawrence, talks to seven inspirational figures about their childhood experiences, as...
A History of the World in Six Plagues: How Contagion, Class and
'If everyone read Edna Bonhomme's incredible, humane, insightful book-and I hope they do-we might stand a chance' Ed Yong, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of An Immense World 'Fascinating and thought-provoking' Jonathan...
The Colour of Injustice
Lee Lawrence was just eleven when his mother, Cherry Groce, was shot by police during a raid on the family's south London home. It was an event that would spark...
Family
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With the same quirky brilliance that drew fans to his previous work, Ian Frazier narrates the history of his family from early colonial days to the present. He reconstructs two...
Freedom Season: How 1963 Transformed America's Civil Rights Revolution
A kaleidoscopic narrative history of 1963, the pivotal moment in America's long civil rights movement-the year of the March on Washington, Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail," and...
No Right to an Honest Living (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize): The
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY Impassioned antislavery rhetoric made antebellum Boston famous as the nation's hub of radical abolitionism. In fact, however, the city was far from a...
The Romans: A 2,000-Year History
'At last, a history of the Roman state as it has always been crying out to be told, and never has been!' RODERICK BEATON The greatest empire in Western history...
Muse: Uncovering the Hidden Figures Behind Art History's Masterpieces
Uncovering the hidden figures behind art history's masterpieces Meet the unexpected, overlooked and forgotten models of art history. Who was Picasso's 'Weeping Woman'? Why was Grace Jones covered in graffiti?...
Unwell Women: A Journey Through Medicine and Myth in a Man-Made World
Medicine carries the burden of its own troubling history. Over centuries, women's bodies have been demonised and demeaned until we feared them, felt ashamed of them, were humiliated by them....
The Cuckoo (The UNDER THE NORTHERN SKY Series, Book 3): The dramatic
Leo Carew's much-lauded UNDER THE NORTHERN SKY trilogy draws to its spellbinding conclusion... Albion continues to be divided by revolt and bloodshed, as alliances collapse and are made anew. Driven...
A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks
AN ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF 2024 'Masterful and entrancing - this is big history at its best.' Professor Alice Roberts, author of Ancestors 'A real-life Indiana Jones takes readers on...
Shoulder to Shoulder: The Best Queer History Book You'll Read This
The best queer history book you'll read this year. LONGLISTED FOR THE BREAD & ROSES AWARD Shoulder to Shoulder is a love letter to the LGBTQ+ pioneers of solidarity and...