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The decline of the West is something that has long been prophesied. Symptoms of decline are all around us today, it seems: slowing growth, crushing debts, aging populations, anti-social behaviour....

Mary Shelley's 1818 novel, Frankenstein , introduced readers around the world to the concept of raising the dead through scientific procedures. Those who read the book were thrilled by this...

It is estimated up to 100,000 people died in the frontier wars that raged across Australia for more than 150 years. This is equivalent to the combined total of all...

An uproarious, illuminating trek through contested history, from the creator of the hit podcast and TV series. Plt;iPgt;In the days of the British Empire, things were taken that probably shouldnP#8217;t...

From the admiralty to the miner's strike, from the Battle of Britain to eventual victory over Nazi Germany, Churchill oversaw some of the most important events the world has ever...

In 1832, the British government sent 400 young single women to Sydney and Hobart to balance the male-dominated societies. Viewed as a colourful butterflies alighting on the antipodean shores, the...

Critical Acclaim for Secret Weapons of World War II "Breuer has produced yet another collection of rip-roaring tales...A delightful addition to the niche that Breuer has so successfully carved out."...

Erik Larson, New York Times bestselling author of Devil in the White City, delivers a remarkable story set during Hitler's rise to power. The time is 1933, the place, Berlin,...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE TIMES and SUNDAY TIMES BEST MEMOIR OF 2024 ... 'GENIUS' A BOOK OF THE YEAR for the SPECTATOR , MAIL ON SUNDAY , NEW STATESMAN...

The book titled D-Day: From the Normandy Beaches to the Liberation of France by the author Stephen Badsey. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

Aeronautics wrote the Russian aviation pioneeer Igor Sikorsky, was neither an industry nor a science. It was a miracle. The miracle was achieved a hundred times over by the audacious...

This book, published to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the start of the Cold War, is a graphic account of this long-running global drama, which encompassed moments of high tension,...

The enduring fascination of the Medici emanates from their ability as individuals and as a family to control the government of Florence - first, within a quasi-democratic system, and finally...

During the amazing 15th-century bloodbath of the Wars of the Roses, three kings, a Prince of Wales, and eight royal (or semi-royal) dukes died in battle, murder or sudden death,...

This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it...

We may not give much thought to the boxes in our freezers and the dried goods on our shelves. Yet behind the story of food preservation is the history of...

The book titled War in the Shadows by the author Peter Medcalf. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Monty, a Life in Photographs: Family, Life and Times of Field Marshal by the author Brian Montgomery. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more...

The book titled Life in World War II by the author Philip B. Kunhardt. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

A pioneering exploration of the differences between the brain's right and left hemispheres and their effects on society, history, and culture-"one of the few contemporary works deserving classic status" (Nicholas...

From the heart of the West Country to the remote highlands of Scotland, the landscape of Britain is dotted with extraordinary sights, scapes and structures - treasure-filled Neolithic burial chambers,...

Expanded study of the events of 1917. Includes short biographies of key people. Case studies in each chapter focus on key issues.

Who was Elizabeth I's true father? Who really murdered the princes in the Tower? Did Buckingham poison James I? And who was the Man in the Iron Mask? These, and...

With the call to action stations of August 1914, the Royal Navy faced its greatest test since the time of Nelson. Geoffrey Bennett's classic history of the Great War at...

"A first-class popular history of the war, lively, entertaining, and continuously informative."--"Publishers Weekly" "His ability to recreate the emotions of war makes this monumental work a living history."--"Booklist"

The book titled Monty: The Lonely Leader 1944-1945 by the author Alistair Horne. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

A Daily Mail Book of the Week Prolific armed robber. Close ally of Joey Pyle. Friend and fellow inmate of the Kray twins. Last man to stand trial with a...

Richard Holmes, highly acclaimed military historian and broadcaster, tells the exhilarating story of Britain's greatest-ever soldier, the man who posed the most serious threat to Napoleon. The Duke of Wellington's...

From the internationally bestselling author of The Radium Girls comes a dark but ultimately uplifting tale of a woman whose incredible journey still resonates today. Elizabeth Packard was an ordinary...

This gorgeously designed, definitive single-volume edition of Julius Caesar's complete works features a new translation, annotations, color maps, and illustrations. The Landmark Julius Caesar is the definitive edition of the...

The book titled Thanks for the Memory: Unforgettable Characters in Air Warfare, by the author Laddie Lucas. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...

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...

A riveting, deeply researched, blood-on-the-spurs biography of Belle Starr, the most legendary female outlaw of the American West. On February 3, 1889, just two days shy of her forty-first birthday,...

The true story of one football club's astonishing return to the top Featuring exclusive interviews with Jack Grealish, John McGinn, Ollie Watkins, Tyrone Mings and Ezri Konsa, along with many...

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A Waterstones Best Nature & Travel Writing Book 2025 'Educational, smart and funny' Richard Osman 'This book is superb' Charlie Brooker 'Brilliant. Fascinating. Hilarious.' Jonn Elledge,...

Ciaran O Nuallain's memoir of his brother Brian O'Nolan (1991-66), the only major source on the early life of the man who later achieved literary fame as Flann O'Brien and...

Between the entry of the US and the end of the Second World War in Europe, the three huge Cunard liners Aquitania, Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth carried a million...

The book titled The Jews in the Soviet Union from 1917 to the Present: v.2 by the author Nora Levin. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more...

The book titled The Jews in the Soviet Union from 1917 to the Present: v. 1 by the author Nora Levin. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for...

The book titled Behind Barbed Wire: Internment in Australia during World War II: by the author Margaret Bevege. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

Loathing, anger, shame - and deep affection: Virginia Woolf's relationship with her servants was central to her life. Like thousands of her fellow Britons she relied on live-in domestics for...

The fascinating life story of the most decorated soldier in American history--a hero who rose from rural poverty to military glory, moving on to a troubled post-war life as a...

The book titled SHACKLETON'S BOAT JOURNEY PA by the author Frank Arthur Worsley. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

D-Day, the Battle of the Bulge, the liberation of Paris, the relentless drive through Germany toward Allied victory--Omar Bradley, the "GI General," was there for every major engagement in the...