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Empire of Democracy: The Remaking of the West since the Cold War, 1971-2017

Empire of Democracy: The Remaking of the West since the Cold War, 1971-2017

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Author: Simon Reid-Henry Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 880 'A dense narrative and a wealth of examples' Literary Review 'Reid-Henry narrates this story with elegance and gusto' Washington Post '[Reid-Henry]...
Brave Hearted: The Dramatic Story of Women of the American West

Brave Hearted: The Dramatic Story of Women of the American West

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Author: Katie Hickman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 The epic story of the transformation of the American west, as seen through the eyes of the women who were there...
The Mesmerist: The Society Doctor Who Held Victorian London Spellbound

The Mesmerist: The Society Doctor Who Held Victorian London Spellbound

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Author: Wendy Moore Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 Medicine, in the early 1800s, was a brutal business. Surgery was performed without anaesthesia, while conventional treatment relied on leeches, cupping...
The Celts: A Sceptical History

The Celts: A Sceptical History

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Author: Simon Jenkins (Columnist) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 A WATERSTONES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2022 'Simon Jenkins, as ever, writes with clarity and insight' Times 'One of the...
Accidental Gods: On Race, Empire and Men Unwittingly Turned Divine

Accidental Gods: On Race, Empire and Men Unwittingly Turned Divine

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Author: Anna Della Subin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 488 Spanning the globe and five centuries, Accidental Gods introduces us to a new pantheon: of man-gods, deified politicians and imperialists,...
A Brief History of Britain 1851-2021: From World Power to ?

A Brief History of Britain 1851-2021: From World Power to ?

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Author: Jeremy Black Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 From the Great Exhibition's showcasing of British national achievement in 1851 to the opening ceremonies of the Olympics in Stratford in...
Queen Bees: Six Brilliant and Extraordinary Society Hostesses Between the Wars - A Spectacle of Celebrity, Talent, and Burning Ambition

Queen Bees: Six Brilliant and Extraordinary Society Hostesses Between the Wars - A Spectacle of Celebrity, Talent, and Burning Ambition

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Author: Sian Evans Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 QUEEN BEES looks at the lives of six remarkable women who made careers out of being society hostesses, including Lady Astor,...
Tribes: A Search for Belonging in a Divided Society

Tribes: A Search for Belonging in a Divided Society

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Author: David Lammy Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 'A superb book about the tribalism gripping British politics. Tribes is measured, searching, pitilessly self-scrutinising and would probably amaze anyone who...
Lemnos & Gallipoli Revealed: A Pictorial History of the Anzacs in the Aegean 1915-16

Lemnos & Gallipoli Revealed: A Pictorial History of the Anzacs in the Aegean 1915-16

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Author: Jim Claven Format: Hardback Number of Pages: Lemnos was the advanced base for the Gallipoli campaign in 1915-16. its great harbour of Mudros Bay witnessed the arrival of the...
The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War

The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War

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Author: Robert B. Strassler Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 752 Thucydides called his account of two decades of war between Athens and Sparta "a possession for all time," and indeed...
Authenticity: Reclaiming Reality in a Counterfeit Culture

Authenticity: Reclaiming Reality in a Counterfeit Culture

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Author: Alice Sherwood Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 'Wide-ranging, witty and fresh ... a stimulating read. Authentic fun' Tim Harford, Financial Times Best Summer Books 2022 'Brilliantly witty, profoundly...
Gay Life Stories

Gay Life Stories

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Author: Robert Aldrich Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 A fascinating portrait of gay men and women throughout time whose lives have influenced society at large, as well as what...
Every Hill Got a Story

Every Hill Got a Story

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Author: Central Land Council Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 This collective memoir is for anyone who has ever wondered why Aboriginal people choose to live in remote...
One Dog Barked, The Other Howled: A Meditation on Several Lives of a Minor American Writer

One Dog Barked, The Other Howled: A Meditation on Several Lives of a Minor American Writer

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Author: Jeshel Forrester Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 This is the story of a man who left instructions that the word "WRITER"-in capital letters-should be carved into...
The Queen's Speeches: Poignant and Inspirational Speeches from Queen Elizabeth II's 70-Year Reign

The Queen's Speeches: Poignant and Inspirational Speeches from Queen Elizabeth II's 70-Year Reign

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Author: Lucy York Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 During her 70-year reign she delivered many poignant, touching and inspirational speeches, always with a warmth and sincerity, many of which...
The Crichel Boys: Scenes from England's Last Literary Salon

The Crichel Boys: Scenes from England's Last Literary Salon

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Author: Simon Fenwick Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 In 1945, Eddy Sackville-West, Desmond Shawe-Taylor and Eardley Knollys - writers for the New Statesman and a National Trust administrator -...
Exploring the World: Two centuries of remarkable adventurers and their journeys

Exploring the World: Two centuries of remarkable adventurers and their journeys

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Author: Alexander Maitland Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 Explorers and travellers have always been attracted by the lure of the unknown. By traversing and mapping our planet, they have...
Brave Companions: Portraits in History

Brave Companions: Portraits in History

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Author: David McCullough Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Master historian David McCullough's classic book about some of history's most daring and accomplished figures from Alexander von Humboldt to Charles...
Gallipoli: A Ridge Too Far

Gallipoli: A Ridge Too Far

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Author: Ashley Ekins Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 In early August 1915, after months of stalemate in the trenches on Gallipoli, British and Dominion troops launched a series of...
The Big Book of Britain: Cheers to the Crown, Churchill, Shakespeare, the Beatles, and All Things British!

The Big Book of Britain: Cheers to the Crown, Churchill, Shakespeare, the Beatles, and All Things British!

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Author: Tim Rayborn Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 Dive in and discover this island nation's unique charm and fascinating story. More than 200 stories are sure to delight Anglophiles,...
Lost: A History of Disappearances

Lost: A History of Disappearances

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Author: Tim Rayborn Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 The Bermuda Triangle. Amelia Earhart. The Mary Celeste. D.B. Cooper. The lost colony of Roanoke. The Lindbergh baby. With puzzling disappearances...
All the Wide Border: Wales, England and the Places Between

All the Wide Border: Wales, England and the Places Between

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Author: Mike Parker Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 A Waterstones Travel Book of the Year 2023 A funny, warm and timely meditation on identity and belonging, following the scenic...
The Wreckers: A Story of Killing Seas, False Lights and Plundered Ships

The Wreckers: A Story of Killing Seas, False Lights and Plundered Ships

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Author: Bella Bathurst Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 From the bestselling author of 'The Lighthouse Stevensons', a gripping history of the drama and danger of wrecking since the 18th-century...
The Blind Strategist: John Boyd and the American Art of War

The Blind Strategist: John Boyd and the American Art of War

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Author: Stephen Robinson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 360 From the acclaimed author of Panzer Commander Hermann Balck and False Flags comes an in-depth, critical evaluation of the maneuver warfare...
The Silent Day: A Landmark Oral History of D-Day on the Home Front

The Silent Day: A Landmark Oral History of D-Day on the Home Front

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Author: Max Arthur Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 On 6 June 1944 Britain woke up to a profound silence. Overnight, 160,000 Allied troops had vanished and an eerie emptiness...
Pastoralist Landscapes and Social Interaction in Bronze Age Eurasia

Pastoralist Landscapes and Social Interaction in Bronze Age Eurasia

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Author: Michael David Frachetti Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 232 Offering a fresh archaeological interpretation, this work reconceptualizes the Bronze Age prehistory of the vast Eurasian steppe during one of...
Castle of the Eagles: Escape from Mussolini's Colditz

Castle of the Eagles: Escape from Mussolini's Colditz

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Author: Mark Felton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 Vincigliata Castle, a menacing medieval fortress set in the beautiful Tuscan hills, has become a very special prisoner of war camp...
Libya: From Colony to Revolution

Libya: From Colony to Revolution

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Author: Ronald Bruce St John Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 Since Qaddafi's ousting in 2011, Libya has been beset by instability and conflict. To understand the tumultuous state of...
Lost at Sea: Found at Fukushima

Lost at Sea: Found at Fukushima

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Author: Andy Millar Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 260 On a calm, tropical afternoon in the South Atlantic Ocean in April 1942, a British tramp steamer, the SS Willesden, was...
Accommodating the King's Hard Bargain: Military Detention in the Australian Army 1914-1947

Accommodating the King's Hard Bargain: Military Detention in the Australian Army 1914-1947

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Author: Graham Wilson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 496 Like all crime and punishment, military detention in the Australian Army has a long and fraught history. Accommodating The King's Hard...
Macarthur at War: World War II in the Pacific

Macarthur at War: World War II in the Pacific

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Author: Walter R. Borneman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 608 World War II changed the course of history. Douglas MacArthur changed the course of World War II. MACARTHUR AT WAR...
The Missing of the Somme

The Missing of the Somme

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Author: Geoff Dyer Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 The Missing of the Somme has become a classic meditation upon war and remembrance. It weaves a network of myth and...
On the Horizon

On the Horizon

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Author: Lois Lowry Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 80 From two-time Newbery medalist and living legend Lois Lowry comes a moving account of the lives lost in two of WWII's...
This Day in History: A 365-Day Tour of History's Most Fascinating, Important and   Strange Facts and   Figures

This Day in History: A 365-Day Tour of History's Most Fascinating, Important and Strange Facts and Figures

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Author: Cider Mill Press Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 Have you ever wondered what happened on your birthday hundreds of years ago This Day in History is perfect for...
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

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Author: J. D. Vance Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Waterstones Nonfiction Book of the Month (June) 'THE POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR' Sunday Times 'You...
Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany's Wealthiest Dynasties

Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany's Wealthiest Dynasties

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Author: David de Jong Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 'Lucid and damning ... an absorbing - and infuriating - tale of complicity, coverup and denial' PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE, author...
The Times Great Events: 200 Years of History as it Happened

The Times Great Events: 200 Years of History as it Happened

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Author: James Owen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 An accessible compilation of news-breaking stories from The Times. As one of Britain's leading newspapers for more than 200 years The...
Russia: Myths and Realities

Russia: Myths and Realities

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Author: Sir Rodric Braithwaite Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 Russia is the largest country in the world, with the largest arsenal of nuclear weapons. Over a thousand years this...
Geography Is Destiny: Britain and the World, a 10,000 Year History

Geography Is Destiny: Britain and the World, a 10,000 Year History

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Author: Ian Morris Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 576 Geography is Destiny tells the history of Britain and its changing relationships with Europe and the wider world, from its physical...
Nine Quarters of Jerusalem: A New Biography of the Old City

Nine Quarters of Jerusalem: A New Biography of the Old City

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Author: Matthew Teller Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 In Jerusalem, what you see and what is true are two different things. The Old City has never had 'four quarters'...
New Rome: The Roman Empire in the East, AD 395 - 700 - Longlisted for the Anglo-Hellenic Runciman Award

New Rome: The Roman Empire in the East, AD 395 - 700 - Longlisted for the Anglo-Hellenic Runciman Award

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Author: Paul Stephenson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 464 Long before Rome fell to the Ostrogoths in AD 476, a new city had risen to take its place as the...
Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

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Author: Amit Katwala Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Nominated for the CWA Dagger Award 2023 'A wonderful book' - Guardian Truth, murder and the birth of the lie detector...
Saved: A War Reporter's Mission to Make It Home

Saved: A War Reporter's Mission to Make It Home

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Author: Benjamin Hall Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "An affecting, singular story...a bracing tale of life on the edge of death." -Kirkus...
A Brief History of Life in the Middle Ages

A Brief History of Life in the Middle Ages

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Author: Martyn Whittock Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 Using wide-ranging evidence, Martyn Whittock shines a light on Britain in the Middle Ages, bringing it vividly to life in this...
Rebels Against the Raj: Western Fighters for India's Freedom

Rebels Against the Raj: Western Fighters for India's Freedom

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Author: Ramachandra Guha Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 496 WINNER OF THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY 'A narrative of startling originality ... As discussions of Britain's colonial legacy...
Meditations

Meditations

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Author: Marcus Aurelius Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 Few ancient works have been as influential as the MEDITATIONS of Marcus Aurelius. A series of spiritual exercises filled with wisdom,...
A Brief History of Science: through the development of scientific instruments

A Brief History of Science: through the development of scientific instruments

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Author: Thomas Crump Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 464 From earliest pre-history, with the dawning understanding of fire and its many uses, up to the astonishing advances of the twenty-first...
The Diary Keepers: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times - World War II in the Netherlands, as Written by the People Who Lived Through It

The Diary Keepers: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times - World War II in the Netherlands, as Written by the People Who Lived Through It

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Author: Nina Siegal Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 Based on select writings from an exceptional Amsterdam archive containing more than two thousand Dutch diaries from World War II, The...