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The bestselling author of Brunelleschi's Dome and Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling captures the excitement and spirit of the Renaissance in this chronicle of the life and work of "the...

MORE INFORMATION ON THESE BOOKS Over the past 13 years the author, Ron Williams, has written this series of books that present a social history of Australia in the post-war...

A gorgeously illustrated collection of the world's greatest railway maps and posters, historical and contemporary Transit Maps of the World was an extraordinary and unexpected success and is now a...

Immediately after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt sought to restore the honor of the United States with a dramatic act of vengeance: a retaliatory bombing raid...

This text brings the past to life with photographs of battles in British history, re-enacted by "English Heritage" and "Historic Scotland". The written commentary describes what it was probably like...

Australian Cultural History is a 1988 text which opens up new ways of looking at Australian society, culture and history. The diverse and distinguished authors range across religion, literature, history,...

The first full review of the mass murder by crew members on the slave ship Zong and the lasting repercussions of this horrifying event On November 29, 1781, Captain Collingwood...

A wonderfully concise and readable, yet comprehensive, history of the Mediterranean Sea, the perfect companion for any visitor -- or indeed, anyone compelled to stay at home. 'The grand object...

The book titled The Defeat of Distance: Qantas 1919-1939 by the author John Gunn. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information.

The latest from the successful author of 100 MISTAKES THAT CHANGED HISTORY Collected in one volume, here are backfires and blunders that collapsed empires, crashed economies, and altered the course...

At a time when the West seems ever more eager to call on military aggression as a means of securing international peace, Nicholson Baker's provocative narrative exploring the political misjudgements...

The 'true' history of humanity's greatest moments, as told by comedian and TikTok sensation, Adrian Bliss History belongs to the heroes. But to get the full story, sometimes you have...

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2023* *AS HEARD ON RADIO 4 START THE WEEK, OFF AIR WITH FI AND JANE AND 99% INVISIBLE* 'Delightful' TIM HARFORD, FINANCIAL...

A brilliant reappraisal of the medieval women whose lives have been misrepresented and co-opted over centuries for political, nation-building ends. By Professor Janina Ramirez, bestselling historian and author of FEMINA...

A polemical introduction to history by one of the most controversial practitioners working today A critically-acclaimed guide by one of Britain's most compelling and controversial historians. John Vincent has often...

Britain had the biggest empire the world has ever known. At one time a quarter of the global land mass was British. Over a third of the world was insured...

This account of the Gallipoli campaign of 1915 brings an epic tragedy to life. As well as taking the reader into the trenches to witness the fear, courage and humour...

A brilliant, paradigm-shifting global survey of how human history has reshaped the planet, and vice versa over the last 500 years In this paradigm-shifting global history of how humanity has...

An epic history of money, trade and development since 1933 This is the history of the institutions and individuals who have managed the global economy, from the World Monetary and...

The book titled The Pelican History of the World by the author J. M. Roberts. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

In the Name of Peace discusses the leaders, great and small, whose adherence to nonviolence, even in the face of ruinous opposition, has changed the course of history. Pacifist leaders...

April 2005 is the 90th anniversay of the Gallipoli landings and this special hardback commemorative edition to mark the occasion. This book brings an epic tragedy to life, the account...

A Free Mind at Work 1990 - 2015 'Opinions and Reflections' is an edited selection of the work of a public intellectual with a distinctive independence of mind and a...

The story of the British Army's efforts to fashion a modern fighting force to match the growing Nazi menace, its baptism of fire upon the fields of Scandinavia and France,...

""The cornerstone of the history of the American continent."" --Washington Irving This revised edition (originally published in 1959) of the famous biography of Columbus by his son Ferdinand was published...

From the earliest peoples - through the rise and fall of some of the greatest empires, internal conflicts and world wars, religions and customs - to the great technological achievements...

The book titled People of the Wetlands: Bogs, Bodies and Lake-dwellers. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

At the beginning of the twenty-first century, evil remains as potent and radical a force in the world as it has ever been. We all know evil when we encounter...

Imagining the Arctic explores the culture and politics of polar exploration and the making of its heroes. Leading explorers, the celebrity figures of their day, went to great lengths to...

In this book, author Alan Tulchin breaks apart the process of mass conversion in the sixteenth century to explain why the Reformation occurred, using Nimes, the most Protestant town in...

The Scots had an enormous impact on the global development of the British Empire as emigrants, soldiers, merchants and colonial administrators. Imperial Scotland provides a comprehensive examination of their crucial...

A bullet misses its target in Sarajevo, a would-be Austrian painter gets into the Viennese academy, Lord Halifax becomes British prime minister in 1940: seemingly minor twists of fate on...

This text explores the conflict that began in 1756 and ended in 1763, generally known as the Seven Years War, which the author believes laid the foundations of the British...

World War II surpassed all previous wars in the sheer cost of many millions of lives, most of them civilian. It left a world reeling from physical destruction on a...

Ben Thompson-author of Badass , creator of the epic website badassoftheweek.com, and the Internet's foremost expert on badassitude-is back to enthrall lovers of skull-smashing, bone-crushing bad behavior with his latest...

WRITTEN IN HISTORY celebrates the great letters of world history, creative culture and personal life. Acclaimed historian Simon Sebag Montefiore selects over one hundred letters from ancient times to the...

Now an eight-part docuseries on Apple TV+ featuring Kim Kardashian, Amy Schumer, Goldie Hawn, Kate Hudson, Wanda Sykes, Megan Thee Stallion and more She couldn't have been more than seven...

Colditz was the last step for prisoners of war in World War II. An impregnable fortress, it was to Colditz that the Germans sent all those prisoners who persisted in...

How do writers and citizens in the different countries of the world view their own past? What key events and influences shaped those perspectives? And how accurate are the views...

This is a romantic and colourful story of Prince Rupert of the Rhine, an extraordinary military commander. General Kitson discusses Rupert's boyhood study of fortifications, the early campaigns, his military...

From the Wall Street Journal 's award-winning international investigations team comes a spellbinding account of a spy war between the U.S. and Russia that transformed into a ruthless game of...

William Weir author of 50 Battles That Changed The World takes another look at the history of warfare focusing on the hardware that served those famous battles as well as...

Cook's great voyages marked the end of an era in world history. As he sailed into Hawaii in January 1778 he made contact with the last of the human civilizations...

What should you do at Christmas? In Edvard Munch's Christmas in the Brothel , the artist depicts himself sleeping off the effects of drink, but the Madame reads a book....

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Do tough times create tougher people? Can humanity handle the power of its weapons without destroying itself? Will human technology ever peak or regress? And...