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Walter Ralegh: Architect of Empire
Author: Alan Gallay Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 576 Sir Walter Ralegh was the favourite of Queen Elizabeth, who showered him estates, jewels, monopolies, and political appointments earning him the...
14-18: Understanding the Great War
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Author: Catherine Temerson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 With this brilliantly innovative book, reissued for the 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War I, Stephane Audoin-Rouzeau and Annette...
Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors
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Author: Adrian Goldsworthy Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 624 In this definitive biography of father and son, an eminent historian "brings to life the full drama of ancient history" (Wall...
Tunnel 29: The True Story of an Extraordinary Escape Beneath the Berlin Wall
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Author: Helena Merriman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 He escaped from one of the world's most brutal regimes.Then, he decided to tunnel back in. In the summer of 1962,...
The Invention of Power: Popes, Kings, and the Birth of the West
Author: Bruce de Mesquita Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 Western exceptionalism-the idea that European civilizations are freer, wealthier, and less violent-is a widespread and powerful political idea. It has...
Phantom Terror
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Author: Adam Zamoyski Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 592 For the ruling and propertied classes of the late eighteenth century, the years following the French Revolution were characterized by intense...
The Chaos of Empire: The British Raj and the Conquest of India
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Author: Jon Wilson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 592 The popular image of the British Raj-an era of efficient but officious governors, sycophantic local functionaries, doting amahs, blisteringly hot days...
Henry VIII and the men who made him: The secret history behind the Tudor throne
Author: Tracy Borman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 512 'An outstanding work of historical artistry, a brilliantly woven and pacy story of the men who surrounded, influenced and sometimes plagued...
Madame Fourcade's Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France's Largest Spy Network Against Hitler
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Author: Lynne Olson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The little-known true story of Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, the woman who headed the largest spy network in...
Inside the World of Bridgerton: True Stories of Regency High Society
Author: Catherine Curzon Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 Discover the true Regency history behind the TV phenomenon. In The Real World of Bridgerton, author and Regency period expert Catherine...
The Year of Dangerous Days: Riots, Refugees, and Cocaine in Miami 1980
Author: Nicholas Griffin Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 In the tradition of The Wire, the "utterly absorbing" (The New York Times) story of the cinematic transformation of...
Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations
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Author: William H McRaven Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 496 In this instant New York Times bestseller, the celebrated author of Make Your Bed shares amazing adventure stories from his...
Stephen Hawking: An Unfettered Mind
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Author: Kitty Ferguson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 Kitty Ferguson, the award-winning and international bestselling author of Stephen Hawking's biography, presents an even deeper portrait of the...
The Next Everest: Surviving the Mountain's Deadliest Day and Finding the Resilience to Climb Again
Author: Jim Davidson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 On April 25, 2015, Jim Davidson was climbing Mount Everest when a 7.8 magnitude earthquake released avalanches all around...
Empires of the Sky
Author: Alexander Rose Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 624 The Golden Age of Aviation is brought to life by the story of the giant Zeppelin airships that once roamed the...
Exposed: The Greek and Roman Body - Shortlisted for the Anglo-Hellenic Runciman Award
Author: Caroline Vout Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 The Greek and Roman body is often seen as flawless - cast from life in buff bronze and white marble, to...
The Celts: A Sceptical History
Author: Simon Jenkins (Columnist) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 The history of the Celts is the history of a misnomer. There has never been a distinct people, race or...
The Car: The rise and fall of the machine that made the modern world
Author: Bryan Appleyard Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 More than any other technology, cars have transformed our culture. Cars have created vast wealth as well as novel dreams of...
Meshi: A personal history of Japanese food
Author: Katherine Tamiko Arguile Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 For Katherine Tamiko Arguile, the Japanese food her mother cooked was a portal to a part of her that sometimes...
Unravelling the Double Helix: The Lost Heroes of DNA
Author: Gareth Williams Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 528 DNA. The double helix; the blueprint of life; and, during the early 1950s, a baffling enigma that could win a Nobel...
I Contain Multitudes : The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
Author: Ed Yong Format: Paperback Number of Pages: Your body is teeming with tens of trillions of microbes. It's an entire world, a colony full of life. In other words,...
The Stasi Poetry Circle: The Creative Writing Class that Tried to Win the Cold War
Author: Philip Oltermann Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 'Liebe Mitstreiter', he says. Dear comrades in arms. Today we are going to learn about the sonnet. Berlin, 1962. Morale is...
Adam Smith: Father of Economics
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Author: Jesse Norman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 A dazzlingly original, "remarkable" account of the life and thought of legendary economist Adam Smith (Financial Times). Adam Smith (1723-1790) is...
From the Ground Up: Stories from the men and women who built, serviced and flew aircraft in WWII
Author: Edward Smithies Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 'Fascinating ... this collection illuminates corners of the wartime world ... it provides a valuable and often entertaining window' GUARDIAN 'The...
The Last Assassin
Author: Peter Stothard Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 'A political thriller, and a human story that astonishes' Hilary Mantel Many men killed Julius Caesar. Only one man was determined...
The Price of Victory: The Red Army's Casualties in the Great Patriotic War
Author: Boris Kavalerchik Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 193 The Red Army's casualties during the Second World War and the casualties sustained by the German army they fought are a...
Warhol
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Author: Blake Gopnik Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 976 The definitive biography of a fascinating and paradoxical figure, one of the most influential artists of his--or any--age To this day,...
The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War
Author: Louis Menand Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 880 Shortlisted for the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize 2022 Longlisted for the 2021 National Book Award for Nonfiction The Cold War...
Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic
Author: Tom Holland Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 464 The Roman Republic was the most remarkable state in history. What began as a small community of peasants camped...
The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot: A True Story About the Birth of Tyranny in North Korea
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Author: Blaine Harden Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Blaine Harden, New York Times-bestselling author of Escape From Camp 14, tells the riveting story of Kim Il Sung's rise to...
The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines and the Secret Mission of 1805
Author: Richard Zacks Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 A real-life thriller -- the true story of the unheralded American who brought the Barbary Pirates to their knees. In an...
Return to Victory: MacArthur's Epic Liberation of the Philippines
Author: James P. Duffy Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 It had been two and a half difficult years since General Douglas MacArthur had reluctantly obeyed a presidential order to...
An Iron Wind: Europe Under Hitler
Author: Peter Fritzsche Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 'A profoundly significant exploration of how Europeans--both Germans and those under German occupation--struggled to make sense of the conflict.' - Richard...
Sea Monsters: Savage Submarine Commanders of World War Two
Author: Tony Matthews Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 348 The true story of a deeply murderous intent that lurked menacingly beneath the waves during World War Two. The torpedoes strike...
Crucible of Hell: The Heroism and Tragedy of Okinawa, 1945
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Author: Saul David Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 From the award-winning historian, Saul David, the riveting narrative of the heroic US troops, bonded by the brotherhood and sacrifice of...
The Cutting Edge: The Story of the Beatles' Hairdresser Who Defined an Era
Author: Leslie Cavendish Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 The Beatles' hair changed the world. As their increasingly wild, untamed manes grew, to the horror of parents everywhere, they set...
A Short History of the World in 50 Books
Author: Daniel Smith Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 The book has a unique status as an emblem of human culture and civilisation. It is a vessel for sharing stories,...
The Light of Days: Women Fighters of the Jewish Resistance - A New York Times Bestseller
Author: Judy Batalion Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 576 'Original and compelling, an untold story of rare and captivating power' Philippe Sands 'A fascinating history about a little-known group who...
Saving Freud: A Life in Vienna and an Escape to Freedom in London
Author: Andrew Nagorski Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 'An intimate, touching portrait of a genius as an old man' -SYLVIA NASAR, author of A BEAUTIFUL MIND 'A...
Small World, Big Ideas: Eco-Activists for Change
Author: Satish Kumar Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 208 Small World, Big Ideas collects twelve of the most inspiring and courageous activists together to share their stories and...
Diana - Remembering the Princess: Reflections on her life, twenty-five years on from her death
Author: Ken Wharfe Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 An authoritative book, written with two close friends of Diana: Inspector Ken Wharfe was Diana's police protection officer for...
Madly, Deeply: The Alan Rickman Diaries
Author: Alan Rickman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 496 Alan Rickman remains one of the most beloved actors of all time across almost every genre, from his breakout role as...
Boy Friends: 'Astonishingly compelling' STEPHEN FRY
Author: Michael Pedersen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 'A lovely book: bright and heartfelt, funny and refreshing.' - ANDREW O'HAGAN 'A beautiful, moving, life-affirming book.' - IAN RANKIN Friendships...
Cleopatra: The Queen Who Challenged Rome and Conquered Eternity
Author: Alberto Angela Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 "The political machinations, betrayal, and battles may appeal to those fans of George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and...
Transformer: How Lou Reed's LGBTQ+ Love Songs Changed
Author: Simon Doonan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 160 In this funny and poignant memoir and cultural history, the television personality, columnist, and author of Drag pays homage to Lou...
To Rescue the Republic: Ulysses S. Grant, the Fragile Union, and the Crisis of 1876
Author: Bret Baier Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 #1 New York Times Bestseller Fox News Channel's Chief Political Anchor illuminates the heroic life of Ulysses S. Grant "To Rescue...
Never Work with Animals
Author: Gareth Steel Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 Imagine going from neurologist to dermatologist, orthopaedic surgeon to obstetrician, assassin to saviour - all in one day. Welcome to the...
Sea State
Author: Tabitha Lasley Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 240 'Sea State marks the arrival of a gifted and exciting new voice' Jon McGregor, author of Reservoir 13 SHORTLISTED...