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Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar
Winner of the British Book Awards History Book of the Year Longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize This thrilling biography of Stalin and his entourage during the terrifying decades of...
The King and the Catholics: The Fight for Rights 1829
The story of Catholic Emancipation begins with the violent Anti-Catholic Gordon Riots in 1780, fuelled by the reduction in Penal Laws against the Roman Catholics harking back to the sixteenth...
Superstition and Science: Mystics, sceptics, truth-seekers and
'A dazzling chronicle, a bracing challenge to modernity's smug assumptions' - Bryce Christensen, Booklist 'O what a world of profit and delight Of power, of honour and omnipotence Is promised...
The Italian Castle: a sweeping, escapist summer romance set on a
One summer escape could change your life . . . After a devastating break-up, budding artist Emma escapes to the sun-drenched Italian island of Giglio with her two best friends,...
The Italian Holiday: an irresistible summer romance set on the
Escape to Italy and fall in love with this perfect summer read... Floundering junior travel writer Katie has just been given the opportunity of her career. Her boss can't make...
Scouse Republic: An Alternative History of Liverpool
'Liverpool beguiles, Liverpool bewilders. Swift's superb analysis gets to the scarred heart of this troubled, beautiful and spirited city' Paul Du Noyer '[Swift] has a terrific eye for the telling...
When We Sold God's Eye: Diamonds, Murder and a Clash of Worlds in the
'A first-class work of reporting [and] a work of compassion for Indigenous peoples everywhere' BENJAMIN MOSER, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of SONTAG 'A non-fiction novel of modern conquest, capitalism and murder...
A Mother's Promise: My true story of surviving Auschwitz and the
'Mama, it's me.' I held her hand in mine, hoping it would give her the strength to hold on. Finally, she spoke, her voice barely above a whisper. ' Do...
The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz: A Story of Survival
'Superb and timely' KATE MOSSE 'Impressive, important, deeply moving' SARAH WATERS 'Brilliant' ANTHONY HOROWITZ What role could music play in a death camp? What was the effect on those women...
The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz: A Story of Survival
'Superb and timely' KATE MOSSE 'Impressive, important, deeply moving' SARAH WATERS 'Brilliant' ANTHONY HOROWITZ What role could music play in a death camp? What was the effect on those women...
Final Verdict: A Holocaust Trial in the Twenty-first Century
SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA NON-FICTION CROWN LONGLISTED FOR THE WINGATE LITERARY PRIZE 'A masterly account' THE TIMES 'A brilliant book' OBSERVER 'Excellent . . . a timely, wise and fair-minded...
Even If Everything Ends
The climate crisis has escalated beyond our worst nightmares. Raging wildfires sweep through the Swedish countryside, turning vacationers into climate refugees. And yet, against this hellscape, life goes on. Marriages...
Takeover
From the internationally acclaimed author of Hitler's Private Library , a dramatic recounting of the six critical months before Adolf Hitler assumed power, when the Nazi leader teetered between triumph...
The Last Letters from Villa Clara: A moving and sweeping story of
'A well-written and fascinating narrative about love and loss, courage and betrayal, the past and secrets, art and reproductions' Reader review, 'This is certainly a wow of a read ....
The Last Letters from Villa Clara: A moving and sweeping story of
'A well-written and fascinating narrative about love and loss, courage and betrayal, the past and secrets, art and reproductions' Reader review, 'This is certainly a wow of a read ....
A Dirty, Filthy Book: Annie Besant's Fight for Reproductive Rights
An empowering and gripping story of a pioneer of women's rights written by a critically-acclaimed writer and historian, for fans of Hallie Rubenhold, Hermione Lee and prize-winning Victorian histories. 'Makes...
Paris: Biography of A City
In this intelligently-written and supremely entertaining new history, Colin Jones seeks to give a sense of the city of Paris as it was lived in and experienced over time. The...
Underground London: Travels Beneath the City Streets
What is visible to the naked eye has been exhaustively raked over; in UNDERGROUND LONDON, acclaimed travel writer Stephen Smith provides an alternative guide and history of the capital. It's...
The Beach Party
Six friends. The holiday of their dreams. One night that changed it all . . . 1989- The tunes are loud and the clothes are louder when a group of...
Venice from the Bell Towers
The first book to be devoted to photographs taken from the numerous bell towers of Venice, showing, almost from an aerial perspective, every quarter of the world's most beautiful city....
The Gates of Europe (Revised Edition): A History of Ukraine
A New York Times bestseller, this definitive history of Ukraine is "an exemplary account of Europe's least-known large country" ( Wall Street Journal). As Ukraine is embroiled in an ongoing...
Uncommon Wrath: How Caesar and Cato's Deadly Rivalry Destroyed the
A dual biography of Julius Caesar and Cato the Younger that offers a dire warning: republics collapse when partisanship overrides the common good. In Uncommon Wrath , historian Josiah Osgood...
Young Stalin
Winner of the Costa Biography Award What makes a Stalin? Was he a Tsarist agent or Lenin's bandit? Was he to blame for his wife's death? When did the killing...
Exploding Tomatoes and Other Stories: The Food and Flavours of
Praise for Sophie Grigson's A Curious Absence of Chickens: 'A delicious treat' Xanthe Clay 'Stuffed full of recipes you want to cook' Prue Leith 'Delicious' Daily Mail Once settled into...
Checkpoint Charlie: The Cold War, the Berlin Wall and the Most
With a foreword by William Boyd 'Gripping and revelatory' Tom Holland 'As convoluted and deadly as the plot of a novel by John le Carre, but all too real' Daily...
The New Realities
While this book is not futuristic it does attempt to define the concerns, the issues and the controversies that will be realities in years to come. The author contends that...
Between the Woods and the Water: On Foot to Constantinople from the
The acclaimed travel writer's youthful journey - as an 18-year-old - across 1930s Europe by foot began in A TIME OF GIFTS, which covered the author's exacting journey from the...
Science in the Service of Empire: Joseph Banks, the British State and
Joseph Banks is one of the most significant figures of the English Enlightenment. This book places his work in promoting 'imperial science', in the context of the consolidation of the...
Venice Master Artisans
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In Venice, tradition is still very much a part of the daily life and work of many craftsmen who, often in tiny workshops hidden down narrow lanes, produce genuine masterpieces...
Street Covers
With its collection of colour photographs of the bold and beautiful, the barely-believable and the seriously bizarre, this book turns outside in to bring the streets of Europe to your...
Ireland and the Great War
This book explores the impact, both immediate and in its longer historical perspective, of the First World War upon Ireland across the broadest range of experience - nationalist, unionist, Catholic,...
The War Of 1812
The War of 1812 is a perfect example of how a war should not be conducted. Congress failed to supply sufficient revenue to support the ill-equipped, poorly trained militia. There...
The Fall of France
Churchill, who had been contacted by Prime Minister Reynaud the previous evening to be told that the French were beaten, had rushed to Paris. The mood on the French side...
Runaway
The book titled Runaway by the author Lucy Irvine. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Sky Warriors: British Airborne Forces in the Second World War
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER From bestselling historian Saul David, a riveting new history of the British airborne experience across the Second World War. The legendary 'Red Devils' were among the...
The Gallery of Miracles and Madness: Insanity, Art and Hitler's first
'A riveting tale, brilliantly told' Philippe Sands The little-known story of Hitler's war on modern art and the mentally ill. In the first years of the Weimar Republic, the German...
William and Kate: A Royal Love Story
Prince William and Kate Middleton's fairytale romance is the greatest love story of the century, with a happy ending to come - a Royal wedding that will truly capture the...
Tradition of the Turkish House and Safranbolu Houses
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The book titled Tradition of the Turkish House and Safranbolu Houses by the author Reha Gunay. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Two Dragons: Book Nine of The Circle of Ceridwen Saga
Two Dragons Dragons are said to guard treasure with their lives... Ceric, beset with madness from the trauma of the losses he has suffered, wanders the forests of Kilton. An...
Ages of Reform: Dawns and Downfalls of the British Left
The British Left has developed a long way since the early days of electoral reform signalled by the Great Reform Act of 1832. In this book, Kenneth O. Morgan, one...
The History Thieves: Secrets, Lies and the Shaping of a Modern Nation
In 1889, the first Official Secrets Act was passed, creating offences of 'disclosure of information' and 'breach of official trust'. It limited and monitored what the public could, and should,...
British Battles of the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1806
The Napoleonic Wars was truly a world-wide conflict and Britain found itself engaged in battles, sieges and amphibious operations around the globe. Following every battle the commanding officer submitted a...
The Blunders of Our Governments
blunder / blvnda(r)/, n., A gross mistake; an error due to stupidity or carelessness. There are a handful of cock-ups that we remember all too well, from the poll tax...
Blood Brotherhoods: A History of Italy's Three Mafias
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MAFIA. CAMORRA. 'NDRANGHETA.The Sicilian mafia, known as Cosa Nostra, is far from being Italy's only dangerous criminal fraternity. The country hosts two other major mafias: the camorra from Naples and,...
The Shining Inheritance - Italian Painters at the Qing Court,
During Qing dynasty China, Italian artists were hired through Jesuit missionaries by the imperial workshops in Beijing. In The Shining Inheritance: Italian Painters at the Qing Court, 1699-1812 , Marco...
That Sweet Enemy: The French and the British from the Sun King to the
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A brilliantly original account--narrated from both sides--of the love-hate relationship between Britain and France that began in the time of Louis XIV and shows no sign of abating. "That Sweet...
Winter In The Morning: A Young Girl's Life in the Warsaw Ghetto and
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The book titled Winter In The Morning: A Young Girl's Life in the Warsaw Ghetto and by the author Janina Bauman. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for...