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Breverton's Nautical Curiosities: A Book of the Sea
Breverton's Nautical Curiosities is about ships, people and the sea. However, unlike many other nautical compendiums, the focus of this book is on the unusual, the overlooked or the downright...
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Written by Harriet Ann Jacobs, using the pen name "Linda Brent," Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is an in-depth chronological account of Jacobs's life as a slave,...
Blackbirding: A reckoning with the Australian slave trade
An important reckoning with Australia's unspoken history of slave trade. From the author of the bestselling books The Ballad of Abdul Wade and The Bravest Scout at Gallipoli As Australia...
The Hitler Bloodline: Uncovering the Fuhrer's Secret Family
Adolf Hitler was one of six children born to his mother, and one of eight born to his father from two of his three marriages. Alois Hitler, ne Schicklgruber, was...
America and Iran: A History, 1720 to the Present
In the eighteenth century, Thomas Jefferson and John Quincy Adams greatly admired the Persian Empire, while Iranians regarded America as an ideal their own government might emulate. Beginning there, how...
Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and the Marriage That
A TLS , TIMES, PROSPECT AND WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR A groundbreaking examination of how the marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn sent shockwaves across a continent and...
Hollywood: The Oral History
Hollywood: The Oral History covers the history of Hollywood from the Silent era up to the 21st century. What makes this book unique from any other survey of Hollywood's history...
Speed: How it Explains the World
Prepare to view the world through a new lens - SPEED - a groundbreaking exploration that challenges your perceptions of life's driving force, from the internationally bestselling author Explore how...
The Botanic Garden: The world's greatest botanical sanctuaries
This rich and beautiful guide from bestselling garden writer Ambra Edwards explores the most magnificent botanic havens from every continent across the world. There has never been a better time...
Whisky Opus: The Definitive Guide to the World's Greatest Whisky
A definitive 21st-century reference guide to the world's greatest distilleries and their whiskies No other spirit is as complex as whisky; its appeal is timeless and its fans can spend...
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
First time in Penguin Modern Classics In the summer of 1936, Agee and Evans set out on assignement for Fortune magazine to explore the daily lives of sharecroppers in the...
Rural Rides
A key text for the understanding of Victorian politics and England's rural history Travelling on horseback through southern England in the early 19th century, William Cobbett provides evocative and accurate...
The Golden Bough
Sir James George Frazer (1854-1941) caught the popular imagination with his vast and enterprising comparative study of the beliefs and institutions of mankind, which in its third edition numbered 12...
The Encyclopedia of Cocktails: The People, Bars & Drinks, with More
A lively A-to-Z compendium of the notable drinks, bartenders, and bars that shaped the cocktail world and produced the vibrant spirits culture we enjoy today, from two-time James Beard Award-nominated...
The Book of Contemplation: Islam and the Crusades
The volume comprises lightly annotated translation of a key medieval Arabic text that bears directly on the Crusades and Crusader society and the Muslim experience of them.
The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish
In his iconoclastic and controversial study, Norman G. Finkelstein moves from an interrogation of the place the Holocaust has come to occupy in global culture to a disturbing examination of...
A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto
China Mieville's brilliant reading of the modern world's most controversial and enduring political document: The Communist Manifesto . 'It's thrilling to accompany Mieville... as he wrestles - in critical good...
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...
Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages
The instant Sunday Times bestseller A Times , New Statesman and Spectator Book of the Year 'Simply the best popular history of the Middle Ages there is' Sunday Times 'A...
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...
Crusaders
A history of the Crusades. From the bestselling author of The Templars . 'Voyages, battles, sieges and slaughter: Dan Jones's tumultuous and thrilling history of the crusades is one of...
Advance Britannia: How the Second World War Was Won, 1942-1945
By 1942, Churchill faced a vastly different war than the one he'd inherited from Neville Chamberlain. Britain was no longer alone; the Soviets were now an unlikely ally in the...
Double Cross: The True Story of The D-Day Spies
D-Day, 6 June 1944, the turning point of the Second World War, was a victory of arms. But it was also a triumph for a different kind of operation: one...
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...
Dictators: The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century
A New Statesman , Financial Times and Economist Book of the Year 'Brilliant' NEW STATESMAN , BOOKS OF THE YEAR 'Enlightening and a good read' SPECTATOR 'Moving and perceptive' NEW...
The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England
'This is a wonderful book, exhaustively researched, vigorously argued and teeming with the furious joy of seventeenth-century life' THE TIMES 'A brilliant, bloody account of England's most dramatic century ....
The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World
From the internationally bestselling author of The Silk Roads: everything you need to know about the present and future of the world 'Masterly mapping out of a new world order'...
How the World Made the West: 'World history at its best' Simon Sebag
A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: The Times / Sunday Times, Observer , Economist, Guardian , BBC History Magazine, i-paper, Novara Media and History Today ' Quinn has done a...
Double Cross: The True Story of The D-Day Spies
'Addictive and deeply moving' Independent 'Utterly gripping' Anthony Beevor, Daily Telegraph 'Enthralling ... A reminder that heroism can be found in the most unlikely places' Evening Standard 'I have seldom...
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...
El Cid: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Mercenary
'A fascinating study of historical mythmaking . . . concise and absorbing' Paul Freedman, author of Out of the East 'Lively, original and fascinating' David Abulafia, Literary Review 'An enthralling...
A Short History of the World According to Sheep
'This book deserves a place in your bookcase next to Harari's Sapiens . It's every bit as fascinating and is surely destined to be just as successful' Julian Norton From...
The Rest is History: The official book from the makers of the hit
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER *Now with a fun pub quiz* 'An idiosyncratic ride through history' Independent 'Holland and Sandbrook have pretty much reinvented popular history for the modern age' The...
Utopia for Realists: And How We Can Get There
A Sunday Times Bestseller We live in a time of unprecedented upheaval, with questions about the future, society, work, happiness, family and money, and yet no political party of the...
Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating
WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 'A gripping and masterful portrait of the brutal court of Mao, based on new research but also written with great narrative verve' Simon Sebag...
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...
The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
For centuries, fame and fortune was to be found in the west - in the New World of the Americas. Today, it is the east which calls out to those...
The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories - 20th ANNIVERSARY EDITION
This remarkable and monumental book at last provides a comprehensive answer to the age-old riddle of whether there are only a small number of 'basic stories' in the world. Using...
Cypria: A Journey to the Heart of the Mediterranean - shortlisted for
A WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 "A brilliant exploration of Cyprus's long history of cultural resilience. Superbly composed." -- Guardian "Poetic...Compelling" -- New Statesman One of National Geographic 's...
Pompeii: An Archaeological Guide
The resonant ruins of Pompeii are perhaps the most direct route back to the living, breathing world of the ancient Romans. Two million visitors annually now walk the paved streets...
A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome
In Ancient Rome all the best stories have one thing in common - murder. Romulus killed Remus to found the city; Caesar was assassinated to save the Republic. Caligula was...
Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History
This rich and magisterial work traces Palestine's millennia-old heritage, uncovering cultures and societies of astounding depth and complexity that stretch back to the very beginnings of recorded history. Starting with...
The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the
A lively and engaging narrative history showing the common threads in the cultures that gave birth to our own This is the first volume in a bold new series that...
The Confessions of Samuel Pepys: His Private Revelations
'A brilliantly entertaining and revealing new transcription of Pepys's diary' Claire Tomalin A collection of the most personal aspects of Samuel Pepys' diaries, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of their...
The Long Death of Adolf Hitler: An Investigative History
A fascinating exploration of why Hitler's death was only confirmed in 2018 Adolf Hitler has taken a long time to die, despite the lethal efficiency of the gun he put...
The Origins of Judaism: An Archaeological-Historical Reappraisal
Groundbreaking research that utilizes archaeological discoveries and ancient texts to revolutionize our understanding of the beginnings of Judaism "A bravura study."- Publishers Weekly (starred review) Throughout much of history, the...
Behind Caesar's Back: Rumor, Gossip, and the Making of the Roman
A thrilling exploration of what Romans thought about their emperors, and how rumors and gossip-ranging from new taxes to rulers' sex lives-shaped leadership Traversing more than seven hundred years of...
Cryptic: From Voynich to the Angel Diaries, the Story of the World's
An absorbing history of Europe's nine most puzzling texts, including the biggest mystery of all: the Voynich Manuscript Books can change the world. They can influence, entertain, transport, and enlighten....