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The Cult of Youth: Anti-Ageing in Modern Britain
In this major new study, James F. Stark provides the first historical account of the most dominant ideas, practices, and material cultures associated with anti-ageing and rejuvenation in modern Britain....
The Truth About French Women
The Truth About French Women shows us that French women really are fascinating, but not for the reasons you think. The Truth About French Women shows us that French women...
Guinness Book of the 20th Century
Every year since 1900 is treated individually on a spread-by-spread basis in this book, highlighted by the personalities who made the headlines that year - the Beatles in 1962, Oasis...
Atlas of Shipwrecks and Fortunes of the Sea
This new title in this bestselling series relates 37 stories of shipwrecks, great discoveries, mysteries, and disappearances still thrilling adventure seekers. From the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, from the...
The Amorous Antics Of Old England
Once again, Nigel Cawthorne takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the strange, hidden sexual history of England. The history of sex in Britain has been largely glossed over...
In the Name of Decent Citizens: The Trials of Frank de Groot
A popular biography of Frank De Groot, the former hussar and Irishman, who in 1932 famously 'opened' the Sydney Harbour Bridge on horse-back wielding his sword 'in the name of...
The Patchwork Nation
this is a book about: the re-building of Australian democracy the re-invention of business and community in a global age and, the re-engagement of government in its task of serving...
By the Book: A Literary History of Queensland
Queensland is known in the Australian imagination as the frontier, a place of barren land and wild politics - and, conversely, as Australia's playground, with its sub-tropical weather, beaches and...
The Shoulders We Stand On: How Black and Brown people fought for
** Eastern Eye 's Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2023 ** ** Shortlisted for the HWA Non-Fiction Crown 2024** The UK is grappling with big questions about belonging, equality and...
Somewhere To Lay My Head
We left Robert a long way from home, a sixteen-year-old recruit in the RAF. Now, we follow his escape from the Forces (until National Service a few years later!), his...
Colour: Travels through the Paintbox
On a journey that takes her from Afghanistan, to the Australian outback, to ancient caves in China, and the saffron harvest in Spain, Victoria Finlay gives an account of the...
Us Naval 6:Breaking Bismarck
Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier, 22 July 1942 1 May 1944, Volume 6 in the series, examines the drive up from Guadalcanal and New Guinea to the taking of Rabaul and...
Why the West Rules--For Now: The Patterns of History, and What They
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A New York Times Notable Book of the Year "A remarkable book . . . an important book--one that challenges, stimulates and entertains. Anyone who does not believe there are...
The Great Wave: The Era of Radical Disruption and the Rise of the
An urgent examination of the great wave of change breaking over today's world - from the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and New York Times bestselling author of The Death of Truth...
Anzac: An Illustrated History 1914-1918
This beautifully illustrated book is a moving pictorial record of World War I as experienced by the Anzacs, the soldiers of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. Over 500...
Ottoman Women: Myth and Reality
Guided by the accounts of such female travellers as Lady Montagu, Julia Pardoe, and Lucy Garnett, all of whom lived in Ottoman lands for significant periods of time, this beautifully...
Sweat: A History of Exercise
'I was riveted by Sweat and its extraordinary tale of the ups and downs of exercise over millennia' Jane Fonda ' Does what all good history books should do: take...
Inspector Minahan Makes a Stand: The Missing Girls of England
A hung Parliament, terrorist bombs, sex trafficking and tabloid war...Welcome to London, 1885. In Victorian London, the age of consent was just thirteen. Girls from poor backgrounds were enticed, tricked...
The House of Wisdom: How the Arabs Transformed Western Civilization
For centuries following the fall of Rome, Western Europe was backward and benighted, locked into the Dark Ages and barely able to tell the time of day. Augustine had decreed...
Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1921: The American Presidents
A comprehensive account of the rise and fall of one of the major shapers of American foreign policy On the eve of his inauguration as President, Woodrow Wilson commented, "It...
How Fat Was Henry VIII?: And Other Questions on Royal History
. Intriguing questions about our monarchs, with surprising answers Ever wondered how fat Henry VIII really was? Or what made Mary I 'Bloody'? Over many hundreds of years royalty has...
Trail of Tears: The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation
A sixth-generation North Carolinian, highly-acclaimed author John Ehle grew up on former Cherokee hunting grounds. His experience as an accomplished novelist, combined with his extensive, meticulous research, culminates in this...
The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe
'Full of gems ... Angela Kelly is a jewel in the crown' Daily Telegraph 'Entertaining and beautifully illustrated' The Sunday Times 'For real intel, [The Crown] can't come close to...
Soldiers of Empire: Indian and British Armies in World War II
How are soldiers made? Why do they fight? Re-imagining the study of armed forces and society, Barkawi examines the imperial and multinational armies that fought in Asia in the Second...
Ireland's Empire: The Roman Catholic Church in the English-Speaking
How did the Irish stay Irish? Why are Irish and Catholic still so often synonymous in the English-speaking world? Ireland's Empire is the first book to examine the complex relationship...
Anzac Journeys: Returning to the Battlefields of World War Two
Australians have been making pilgrimages to the battlefields and cemeteries of World War Two since the 1940s, from the jungles of New Guinea and South-East Asia to the mountains of...
The Cambridge History of Australia 2 Hardback Volume Set
The Cambridge History of Australia offers a comprehensive view of Australian history from its pre-European origins to the present day. Over two volumes, this major work of reference tells the...
A History of Thailand
Since it was first published in 2005, A History of Thailand has been hailed as an authoritative, lively and readable account of Thailand's political, economic, social and cultural history. From...
A 1940s Childhood: From Bomb Sites to Children's Hour
Do you remember collecting shrapnel and listening to Children's Hour? Carrying gas masks or sharing your school with evacuees from the city? The 1940s was a decade of great challenge...
Born in 1964?: What Else Happened?
.... But after that, I realised that I knew very little about these parents of mine. They had been born about the start of the Twentieth Century, and they died...
History of United States Naval Operations in World War II: v. 12:
In this twelfth volume of the definitive HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II, Admiral Morison records the penultimate phase of the Pacific War. The Battle...
Reappraisals: Reflections on the Forgotten Twentieth Century
A provocative, timely assessment of how 20th century world history was created, and what this history means for us today In Reappraisals award-winning historian Tony Judt argues that we have...
Darfur Diaries: Stories of Survival
In February, 2003, the Sudanese Liberation Army in Darfur (the western region of Sudan) after years of oppression took up arms against the Sudanese government. The government and allied militias...
A Tomb With a View - The Stories & Glories of Graveyards: Scottish
BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK WINNER OF THE SCOTTISH NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD A FINANCIAL TIMES, I PAPER AND STYLIST BOOK OF THE YEAR 'In his...
Wives and Sweethearts: Love Letters Sent During Wartime
What is it like to fall in love with a soldier? What is it like to be a soldier in love? Throughout history, those serving in the British Army have...
The Domestic Revolution: How the Introduction of Coal into Victorian
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"The queen of living history" (Lucy Worsley) dazzles anglophiles and history lovers alike with this immersive account of how English women sparked a worldwide revolution-from their own kitchens. Wielding the...
The Titanic Expeditions: Diving to the Queen of the Deep: 1985-2021
The most complete (to date) overview of all the important expeditions to the wreck of Titanic from 1985 to 2021. The remains of the world's most famous passenger liner, RMS...
Vagabonds: Life on the Streets of Nineteenth-century London -
Dickensian London is brought to real and vivid life in this Wolfson History Prize-shortlisted portrait by a rising-star historian and New Generation Thinker Until now, our view of bustling late...
Scouting for Boys: A Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship
'A trained scout will see little signs and tracks, he puts them together in his mind and quickly reads a meaning from them such as an untrained man would never...
The Mental Floss History Of The World
History is . . . (a) more or less bunk. (b) a nightmare from which I am trying to awaken. (c) as thoroughly infected with lies as a street whore...
How to Be Kind: Little Examples of Selflessness and Courtesy
A celebration of the most remarkable acts of courtesy from the past and the present day. Drawn from many sources, this engaging collection demonstrates that courteous behaviour transcends all barriers,...