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Women In Art: 50 Fearless Creatives Who Inspired the World
Illustrated profiles of 50 pioneering female artists--from the 11th century to today--from the author of the New York Times bestseller Women in Science. A collection of charmingly illustrated and inspiring...
From Armageddon to the Fall of Rome: How the Myth Makers Changed the
In the Mediterranean, this most fought-over region in the world, the figures of potentates and conquerors appear god-like: Thutmosis, Leonidas, Xerxes, Pyrrhus, Hannibal, Caesar and Vercingetorix. Ancient history, from Pharaonic...
The King's Pardon for Homicide Before A.D. 1307
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This study seeks to explain why the man who committed homicide by misadventure or in self-defence needed a pardon. It examines the working of the system of pardoning in England...
Burning Down the House: Talking Heads and the New York Scene That
"Definitive...Not just for Talking Heads fans-it's a masterful dive into downtown New York in the 70s, and the changing face of rock music."- Town & Country " Riveting" - New...
The Fishing Fleet: Husband-Hunting in the Raj
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The book titled The Fishing Fleet: Husband-Hunting in the Raj by the author Anne De Courcy. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
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...
Nefarious: A life in crime - my life with Joey Pyle, the Krays and
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...
The Great Divide
'A gorgeous, sweeping epic' ANN NAPOLITANO 'A master of prose' WASHINGTON POST ' One of my favourite writers' ROXANE GAY 'Spectacular' JOANNE SEFTON 'I didn't want it to end' SARA...
ROSE MADE ME DO IT: 60 perfectly pink punches and cocktails
See the world through rose-coloured glasses with this this, the latest cocktail recipe book in the phenomenally successful MADE ME DO IT series. Rose has become the drink of choice...
Facing Armageddon: The First World War Experienced
'Facing Armageddon' is a major collection of scholarly work on the 1914-18 war that explores, on a worldwide basis, the real nature of the participants' experience. The book is a...
Starwatchers: A History of Discovery in the Night Sky
'An exhilarating exploration of how we've been touched by the cosmos across human history' LEWIS DARTNELL 'Combines scientific expertise with vivid storytelling and a childlike wonder that shines on every...
A Women's History of the Beatles
Winner of the 2022 Open Publication Prize by the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM-ANZ) A Women's History of the Beatles is the first book to offer...
The Last Great Dream: How Bohemians Became Hippies and Created the
From the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Strange Trip and the publicist of the Grateful Dead, Dennis McNally, a riveting social history of everything that led up...
Lincoln's Lady Spymaster: The Untold Story of the Abolitionist
A thrilling, cinematic saga of a Southern belle whose espionage for Abraham Lincoln and the Union helped win the Civil War. Wealthy Southern belle Elizabeth Van Lew had it all....
The Meaning Of Tango: The Story of the Argentinian Dance
From the backstreets of Buenos Aires to Parisian high society, this is the extraordinary story of the dance that captivated the world - a tale of politics and passion, immigration...
Bayonets for Hire: Mercenaries at War, 1550-1789
From the Greek professional armies of Alexander, through the Hundred Years War, to today, mercenaries have been ever-present, their role constantly evolving. In this compelling new history William Urban takes...
Forgotten Sacrifice: The Arctic Convoys of World War II
The story begins in October 1939, when Germany and the Soviet Union began diplomatic maneuvering. The action accelerates with Winston Churchill's decision in 1941 to provide supplies to Soviet forces...
When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American
A New York Times Bestseller A Cosmopolitan Best Nonfiction Book of 2024 'Compulsively readable: I found myself dashing through it like a novel' The Wall Street Journal 'Riveting' Financial Times...
Eviction: A Social History of Rent
In 2017, Jessica Field's parents and 69 of their neighbours received warning of imminent eviction. Their corporate landlord sought to demolish their affordable private rented homes and replace them with...
Ocean: A History of the Atlantic Before Columbus
'Eminently readable' - The TLS Books of the Year, 2024 Ocean is an ambitious history of the pre-Columbian Atlantic Ocean, a story that begins with the formation of the mid-Atlantic...
Ocean: A History of the Atlantic Before Columbus
'Eminently readable' - The TLS Books of the Year, 2024 Ocean is an ambitious history of the pre-Columbian Atlantic Ocean, a story that begins with the formation of the mid-Atlantic...
Can We Talk About Israel? (Revised and Updated): A Guide for the
An essential, accessible guide to one of the most complex, controversial topics in the world, from a leading expert on Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict-now revised and updated. Israel-and its...
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women White Feminists Forgot
'It is absolutely brilliant, I think every woman should read it' PANDORA SYKES, THE HIGH LOW 'My wish is that every white woman who calls herself a feminist will read...
How the World Made the West: 'World history at its best' Simon Sebag
'One of the most fascinating and important works of global history to appear for many years' William Dalrymple 'Quinn has done a lot more than reinvent the wheel. What we...
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...
An Impeccable Spy: Richard Sorge, Stalin's Master Agent
SHORTLISTED FOR THE PUSHKIN HOUSE PRIZE 'The most formidable spy in history' IAN FLEMING 'His work was impeccable' KIM PHILBY 'The spy to end spies' JOHN LE CARRE Born of...
Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife: The Extraordinary Lives of Medieval Women
' A fascinating book about four women - it tells us so much about their world, and about our own... What jumps off the page is the liveliness of the...
Born: The Untold History of Humanity
'Shaped by meticulous research, Inglis writes with clarity, pace and a sharp eye for surprising details.' - Alice Loxton, author of Eighteen and Uproar 'Deeply researched, smart, poignant, and witty.'...
Putin and the Return of History: How the Kremlin Rekindled the Cold
An original history of Russia's thousand-year past, tracing the forces and the myths that have shaped Putin's politics and rekindled the Cold War. Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has reshaped...
The Age of Migration: International Population Movements in the Modern
Long established as the leading textbook on migration and used by students and scholars alike all over the world, this fully revised and updated sixth edition continues to offer an...
The Historical Encyclopaedia of World War II
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The book titled The Historical Encyclopaedia of World War II by the author M. Baudot. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Steeds of Steel: A History of American Mechanized Cavalry in World War
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In World War II the U.S. Armys mechanized cavalry force served in an astounding variety of ways. Mechanized cavalrymen scouted and fought in tanks, armored cars, and jeeps; battled on...
Monty's Iron Sides: From the Normandy Beaches to Bremen with the 3rd
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The Cambridge History of the First World War
Volume 2 of The Cambridge History of the First World War offers a history of the war from a predominantly political angle and concerns itself with the story of the...
Lightning War: Blitzkrieg in the West, 1940
This is a history of the crushing German victory over the Western allies in May and June 1940 in the early days of World War II, one of the most...
Sd Kfz 250 Alt: Living History: v.1
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The book titled Sd Kfz 250 Alt: Living History: v.1 by the author Richard Stone. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Tank Tracks: 9th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment at War, 1940-45
Originally published in 1995 and now available in paperback, an examination of what life was like for members of the 9th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment from D-Day 1944 through to...
History'S Greatest Headlines: Events That Shook the World
History's Greatest Headlines takes readers on a fascinating journey through forty of the most significant events in recorded history. From the suicide of Cleopatra ending 4000 years of Egyptian pharaoh...
The Edge of the Sword
The book titled The Edge of the Sword by the author Anthony Farrar-Hockley. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
The Island of Lost Maps
In December 1995 Gilbert Bland was chased from a rare book room of Johns Hopkins University, clutching a 232-year-old map. He turned out to be one of the greatest map...
The Universe: A Biography
The story of our Universe, from its beginning in the first milliseconds of the Big Bang right up to our present moment and beyond, told in a gripping narrative. We...
The Vertigo Years: Europe 1900-1914
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Europe, 1900-1914: a world adrift, a pulsating era of creativity and contradictions. The major topics of the day: terrorism, globalization, immigration, consumerism, the collapse of moral values, and the rivalry...
History of the World Map by Map
A uniquely illustrated guide to the history of our world Witness our incredible human story unfold - from the very first people in Africa to the collapse of Communism and...
The Fatal Impact: Account of the Invasion of the South Pacific,
The book titled The Fatal Impact: Account of the Invasion of the South Pacific, by the author Alan Moorehead. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information...
Vanquished: Battles of Annihilation from Ancient Rome to the 21st
Throughout time, violent battles and bloody clashes have changed the course of history and shaped nations or empires. Battles of annihilation are rare, but ever since antiquity a stunning victory...
Tank Warfare in World War II
The book titled Tank Warfare in World War II by the author George Forty. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
The Politics of War: Australia at War 1939-45 From Churchill to
the first-ever collection of David Day's groundbreaking World War II histories tHE GREAt BEtRAYAL and RELUCtANt NAtION. the fall of Singapore in February 1942 confronted Australia with its worst nightmare...