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Secondhand Aviation & Military History Bargain Book Box SP2995
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Secondhand Aviation & Military History Bargain Book Box SP2995 Twenty-four books of air war history and military fiction — the Battle of Britain, the Bismarck, Breaker Morant, the Blitz on...
Secondhand Military History Bargain Book Box SP2990
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Secondhand Military History Bargain Book Box SP2990 Twelve books of Australian and world military history — the Anzac legend, prisoners of war, Gallipoli, the Second World War, Arnhem, the Burma...
US Navy Atlanta-class Light Cruisers 1940-49
A comprehensively illustrated account of the Atlanta-class cruisers, warships that found a surprising key role in the Pacific War as the US Navy's superb antiaircraft warships. In the late 1930s,...
The Hitler Years: Holocaust 1933-1945
'This accessible history will keep the subject alive for a new generation [..] It is about providing an accessible, sober and vivid resource that keeps the subject alive. In this...
Secondhand Australian & Military History Bargain Book Box SP2987
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Secondhand Australian & Military History Bargain Book Box SP2987 Fifteen military history titles with a strong Australian focus — Vietnam, the Western Front, the Pacific air war, Bomber Command, North...
The Haunted Wood: A History of Childhood Reading
***A Financial Times, TLS, Economist and New Statesman Book of the Year 2024*** Can you remember the first time you fell in love with a book? The stories we read...
How to Build a Spitfire
In April 2018 David Price, dedicated aviation museum volunteer and author of THE CREW and MOSQUITO MEN, decided to build a Spitfire replica in his back garden. In How to...
Margaret Beaufort: Survivor, Rebel, Kingmaker
Survivor. Rebel. Conspirator. Mother and grandmother of kings. Margaret Beaufort was one of the most remarkable and influential women of the Middle Ages. Margaret was born into a century of...
Work: The Last 1,000 Years
By the end of the nineteenth century, the general Western conception of work had been reduced to simply gainful employment. But this limited perspective contrasted sharply with the personal experience...
We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Ireland Since 1958
The #1 Irish Times bestseller WINNER of the An Post Irish Book Awards 'A clear-eyed, myth-dispelling masterpiece' Marian Keyes 'Sweeping, authoritative and profoundly intelligent' Colm Toibin, Guardian 'With the pace...
The Shortest History of War
War has always been a defining feature of human society. This pacy, lively history explains why we do it - and how we can stop. Acclaimed historian and military expert...
Shots Heard Round the World: America, Britain, and Europe in the
From acclaimed historian John Ferling, a major, global reappraisal of the Revolutionary War on its 250th Anniversary. In April 1775, British troops marched to Lexington, where an armed group of...
Plunder and Survival: Stories of Theft, Loss, Recovery, and Migration
Written by a Holocaust survivor whose family collected art, Plunder and Survival tells the stories of principal figures, events, and artworks that contribute to the intricate story of the ruthless...
The Rest is History Returns: An A-Z of Historical Curiosities
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The second bestselling book from 'the most joyous and brain-enhancing podcast out there' ( The Times ) - also including puzzles and a quiz! Tom...
Strong Roots: A Ukrainian Family Story, Interrupted
' An instant classic' NIGELLA LAWSON 'Sweeping, intimate, defiant and brimming with love' LOUISE KENNEDY 'It is the roots that keep the trees from falling during a storm. Olia Hercules...
Empires of the Steppes: The Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilisation
An epic history of how the so-called 'barbarians of the steppes' shaped the modern world. 'A rollercoaster of historical narration' History Today 'This is a history of epic scope that...
Seamanship in the Age of Sail: An Account of Shiphandling of the
Numerous successful reprints of contemporary works on rigging and seamanship indicate the breadth of interest in the lost art of handling square-rigged ships. Modelmakers, marine painters and enthusiasts need to...
Beyond the Known: How Exploration Created the Modern World and Will
From brilliant young polymath Andrew Rader - an MIT-credentialled scientist, popular podcast host and SpaceX mission manager - an illuminating chronicle of exploration that spotlights humans' insatiable desire to continually...
The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A Waterstones and TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR A SPECTATOR and History Today BOOK OF THE YEAR A revolutionary new history of the diffusion...
Soft: A Brief History of Sentimentality
'[An] erudite, immensely entertaining book...Mount makes for a delightful guide' -- Literary Review From troubadours to Twitter: a thousand years of feelings, fads and furious sentiment, from renowned essayist Ferdinand...
The Book of Sea Monsters: Leviathans of Literature
A fascinating and beautifully illustrated journey across the world and through the centuries in search of the sea monster. 'They rave for food with unceasing frenzy, being always ahungered and...
Empires of Violence: Massacre in a Revolutionary Age
Violence was a constant on all colonial frontiers, from the British expansion into the Australian and African continents, to the expansion of the United States and the Napoleonic Empire's many...
Ghosts of Iron Mountain: The Hoax that Duped America and its Sinister
A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR How did America end up trapped in a nightmare of conspiracy theories, in which millions see the government as an evil 'deep state'?...
Orde Wingate: Irregular Officer
This controversial biography is based on previously unseen sources, including those of the Special Operations Executive which Wingate joined in 1940. It traces his development as a soldier and guerrilla...
In Search Of Myths And Heroes
Michael Wood goes in search of four of the most famous myths in the world- Shangri-la, the Golden Fleece, the Queen of Sheba, and the Holy Grail. These four romantic...
In Command of History: Churchill Fighting and Writing the Second World
Winner of the Wolfson Prize for History 2004 Churchill fought the war twice over - as Prime Minister and again as its premier historian. In 1948-54 he published six volumes...
Antarctica: First Impressions, 1773-1930
These traveller's tales have one thing in common: they are all true. Antarctica is the driest continent, the windiest, the highest continent on earth. And the least known. This anthology...
This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland
She learns about hunting and endurance, Inuit languages, legends and ghosts. Conjuring up Greenland's cruel, beautiful landscape, she shows that it is a land endowed with magical and mysterious properties....
Idiots, Follies and Misadventures
The history books are full of heroes and villains ... but what about all the idiots? Comedian and armchair historian Mikey Robins tells the astonishing story of human stupidity, one...
Battles That Changed History: Fifty Decisive Battles That Changed the
Spanning two and a half thousand years of warfare, from Salamis, where the Greeks put an end to Persian attempts to overwhelm their country, through the Battle of Hastings and...
Collins History of the World in Twentieth Century
The 20th century is the century of communism and fascism, of debt and prosperity, of the United Nations and nationalistic fervour, of mass demonstrations and individual defiance; and also of...
Reach For The Sky: The Story Of Douglas Bader
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Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: price clipped dj, in mylar; edgeworn, no major tears. Pages: foxing on prelims and book block....
Wild Swans: Three Daughters Of China (SIGNED)
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Edition: 2nd ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: YellowedMarkings: SignedFew books have shaken the Western world's understanding of China as profoundly as Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China — an...
American Scoundrel: The Life Of The Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles
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Edition: 1st us ed., 1st pr.,Condition remarks:Book: ExcellentJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew figures in American history embodied contradiction as magnificently as Daniel Edgar Sickles — congressman, adulterer, killer, and one-legged Civil...
Our Republic (SIGNED)
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Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: YellowedMarkings: SignedAt the crossroads of national identity and democratic ambition, Tom Keneally's Our Republic presents a passionate and penetrating argument for Australia's transformation...
A New History of the Roman Emperors: from Augustus to Romulus
Few books before have explored the exploits, achievements and notorious antics of ancient Rome's imperial dynasties in such readable detail. This engaging chronicle describes the lives of every man (and...
Orion's Door: Symbols of Consciousness & Blueprints of Control - The
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Orion's Door explores the enormous influence one star system has had over humanity. For aeons, Orion and his key stars were worshipped all over the ancient world. Through alignments with...
Smuggling: Seven Centuries of Contraband
Smuggling conjures up images of romance and rebellion. Moving beyond this popular conception, Smuggling: Seven Centuries of Contraban d presents the bigger picture of this clandestine trade. It focuses on...
The Nazis: The Rise and Fall of History's Most Evil Empire
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The Nazis, masters of manipulation and deceit, sought global domination, orchestrating a devastating global conflict under the leadership of an Austrian corporal with a twisted psyche. This book delves into...
True World History: Humanity's Saga
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History is written by the victors to control the billions of people on Planet Earth. Guns, weapons, and armies are not enough. The victors intend to control your MIND ....
Blood and Water
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The story of how a desperate clandestine mission in Norway ended the Nazi dream of building the atomic bomb.
Hitler's Silent Partners
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The book titled Hitler's Silent Partners by the author Vincent, Tom, Of. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Civilization in the West
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The book titled Civilization in the West by the author Mark A Kishlansky. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Through the Lion Gate: Using Evidence in Ancient History
The book titled Through the Lion Gate: Using Evidence in Ancient History by the author Barbara Vance Wilson. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...
The Idea of History: With Lectures 1926-1928
The Idea of History is the best-known work of the great Oxford philosopher, historian, and archaeologist R. G. Collingwood. Published posthumously in 1946, it examines how the idea of history...
The Oxford Companion to Irish History
This text offers a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of the history of Ireland. Written by a team of more than 80 distinguished historians, its 1800 entries explore every aspect...
History of the World in Maps: The ultimate cartographic exploration of
Every map tells a story and this book tells the incredible history of our world through maps. From Babylonian tablets to digital mapping, the world has evolved rapidly, along with...
The Lost Voices of Pompeii: The Final Day in Seven Lives
'Delightful ... Venner builds an excellent narrative of a city that was thriving and bustling with life at the very point it was snuffed out.' The Times We all know...