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Secondhand HIstory Bargain Book Box SP2128
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Unearth a treasure trove of knowledge and narratives with this curated collection of secondhand books. From historical accounts that reshape our understanding of Australia and the world, to intimate personal...
Blood, Iron and Gold: How the Railways Transformed the World
The birth of the railways and their rapid spread across the world triggered economic growth and social change on an unprecedented scale. From Panama to the Punjab, Tasmania to Turin,...
Unlocking the World: Port Cities and Globalization in the Age of Steam, 1830-1930
The dramatic story of how steam power reshaped our cities and our seas, and forged a new world order Steam power transformed our world. It revolutionized work and production, but...
A Brief History of Mankind
A Brief History of Mankind is the thrilling introduction to the big ideas in history combining the latest research in history and archaeology to look for answers to some of...
The Bookshop, The Draper, The Candlestick Maker: A History of the High Street
'The queen of food historians' LUCY WORSLEY'Annie Gray leads the pack' JAY RAYNER A colourful history of one of our most loved and ever-changing public spacesThe modern-day cry is that...
The Dictionary People: The unsung heroes who created the Oxford English Dictionary
The people's history of the first great crowdsourcing experiment of the Victorian age- the Oxford English Dictionary What do three murderers, Karl Marx's daughter and a vegetarian vicar have in...
The Other Olympians: A True Story of Gender, Fascism and the Making of Modern Sport
The story of the early athletes and Olympic bureaucrats who lit the flame for today's culture wars. In December 1935, Zdenek Koubek, one of the most famous sprinters in European...
The French Mind: 400 Years of Romance, Revolution and Renewal
'Majestic, ambitious' Literary Review _________________________________________________________________________________________ We are endlessly fascinated by the French. We are fascinated by their way of life, their creativity, sophistication and self-assurance, and even their insistence that...
The Private Lives of the Saints: Power, Passion and Politics in Anglo-Saxon England
Skulduggery, power struggles and politics. A fascinating re-examination of Anglo-Saxon England told through the secret lives of the saints. From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Femina 'Ramirez blasts a...
Age of Anger: A History of the Present
A compelling, powerful argument about the roots of current global disorder. How can we explain the origins of the great wave of paranoid hatreds that seem inescapable in our close-knit...
The People's Songs: The Story of Modern Britain in 50 Records
An original book to accompany Stuart Maconie's landmark Radio 2 series- a history of post-war Britain through pop music These are the songs that we have listened to, laughed to,...
Footprints: In Search of a New Land
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India has enticed explorers and travelers since time immemorial. This notebook curates the travels of people like Marco Polo to Mark Twain - their experiences of people and places, their...
Songs in Stone: Monuments That Call, Command and Captivate
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This notebook is about architecture - the expression of love, faith and life carved in stone. It walks you through the corridors of history in the most engaging and illuminating...
Sailing the Graveyard Sea: The Deathly Voyage of the Somers, the U.S. Navy's Only Mutiny, and the Trial That Gripped the Nation
A "compelling" ( The Wall Street Journal ) account of the only mutiny in the history of the United States Navy-a little-known but once notorious event that cost three young...
Lost England: 1870-1930
Lost England records the greatest transition in England's history as the longstanding practices of a largely rural economy shifted focus into towns and cities: astonishing photographs give the reader access...
Panoramas of Lost London 1870-1945
Over 300 spectacular photographs of London's lost buildings from the London Metropolitan Archive in Panoramic format. Tudor, Georgian and Victorian buidings, some of them historic masterpieces, captured in location just...
Real Jim Hawkins: Ship's Boys in the Georgian Navy
Generations of readers have enjoyed the adventures of Jim Hawkins, the young protagonist and narrator in Robert Louis Stevenson s Treasure Island, but little is known of the real Jim...
The History of the World: From the Earliest Times to the Present Day
In a narrative beginning almost 1.5 million years ago with the emergence of Homo erectus, Frank Welsh takes the reader from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment, from the Industrial...
Bunk
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Longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction "There Kevin Young goes again, giving us books we greatly need, cleverly disguised as books we merely want. Unexpectedly essential." --Marlon James...
An Inventory of Losses: WINNER OF THE WARWICK PRIZE FOR WOMEN IN TRANSLATION
"A fine example of everyone's favourite genre: the genre-defying book, inspired by history, filtered through imagination and finished with a jeweller's eye for detail" JOHN SELF, Guardian "As we deal...
Myths That Shaped Our History: From Magna Carta to the Battle of Britain
All nations and peoples have a body of legendary tales and semi-historical episodes which explain who they are and help to define their place in the world. The British are...
TUTANKHAMUN: 100 years after the discovery of his tomb leading Egyptologist Joyce Tyldesley unpicks the misunderstandings around the boy king's life, death and legacy
Pharaoh. Icon. Enigma. Lost for three thousand years, m isunderstood for a century. A hundred years ago, a team of archaeologists in the Valley of the Kings made a remarkable...
This is Why I Resist: Don't Define My Black Identity
This book is the hard conversation we must have. In 2020 we have seen clearer than ever that Black people are still fighting for the right to be judged by...
A Brief History of Germany: Indispensable for Travellers
The history of Germany is intricately woven. Threaded in time through its struggles and triumphs with religion, industrialisation, enlightenment, politics, unification, and war. In A Brief History of Germany ,...
No One Man Should Have All That Power: How Rasputins Manipulate the World
An exploration of infamous, controversial figures and how they exert control.Amos Barshad has long been fascinated by the powerful. But not by elected officials or natural leaders-he's interested in their...
The Secret History of the World
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER The complete history of the world, from the beginning of time to the present day, based on the beliefs and writings of the secret societies. Jonathan Black...
The Big Show
Pierre Clostermann was a Free French fighter ace whose incredible account of the air war over Britain and France has become one of the most famous memoirs of the Second...
Fatherland: A Memoir of War, Conscience and Family Secrets
A New Yorker staff writer, investigates his grandfather, a Nazi Party Chief, in this "unflinching, gorgeously written, and deeply moving exploration of morality, family, and war" (Patrick Radden Keefe, author...
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
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Civilization and Capitalism, 15th-18th Century: v. 2: Wheels of Commerce
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Sunlight at Midnight: St. Petersburg and the Rise of Modern Russia
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The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family
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Making a Difference: Fifty Years of Indigenous Programs at Monash University
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Hitler Triumphant: Alternate Decisions of Wwii
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India: Life, Myth and Art
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Black Wings: Courageous Stories of African Americans in Aviation and Spa ce History
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5,000 Years of Royalty: Kings, Queens, Princes, Emperors and Tsars
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Keep Talking: A Broadcasting Life
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The Longman Companion to Cold War and Detente 1941-91
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The Three Cultures: Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, and the Humanities in the 21st Century
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Art in Europe, 1700-1830: A History of the Visual Arts in an Era of Unprecedented Urban Economic Growth
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Jambusters: The remarkable story which has inspired the ITV drama Home Fires
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Lev's Violin: An Italian Adventure
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Hotel Tiberias: A Tale of Two Grandfathers
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I Have a Dream - 60th Anniversary Edition
With new forewords and an afterword by Martin Luther King III, Dr. Bernice A. King, and Dexter Scott King A beautiful collectible edition celebrating the 60th anniversary of Dr. Martin...
One-off Cold War & Intelligence Bargain Book Box ON1768
One-off Cold War & Intelligence Bargain Book Box Delve into the shadowy world of espionage, political intrigue, and ideological conflict with our exclusive Cold War & Intelligence Book Box! This...
One-off World War II Bargain Book Box ON1786
One-off World War II Bargain Book Box Delve into the heart of history with our exclusive World War II Book Box! This curated collection brings together gripping narratives of courage,...
Butts: A Backstory
"Winning, cheeky, and illuminating....What appears initially as a folly with a look-at-this cover and title becomes, thanks to Radke's intelligence and curiosity, something much meatier, entertaining, and wise." - The...