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Heiresses: The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies
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The Insatiable Earl: A Life of John Montagu, Fourth Earl of Sandwich 1718-1792
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A World of Trouble: The White House and the Middle East--From the Cold War to the War on Terror
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The Sewing Circles of Herat: My Afghan Years
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Messrs Hoare Bankers: A history of the Hoare banking dynasty
Of the many family banks founded in Restoration England, Hoare's Bank is the only one that continues - by adapting to the new circumstances of every generation - as an...
My Russia: War or Peace?
In his timely new book, Mikhail Shishkin, argues that Russia is not a 'riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma': we just don't know enough about it. So what...
Fake Heroes: Ten False Icons and How they Altered the Course of
From the author of bestseller Fake History, Otto English, comes a shocking yet hilarious look at ten of the greatest liars in history. 'A brilliant book.' James O'Brien Whether it's...
Exposed: The Greek and Roman Body - Shortlisted for the Anglo-Hellenic
WINNER OF THE LONDON HELLENIC PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE ANGLO-HELLENIC RUNICMAN AWARD A SUNDAY TIMES AND SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR'A gloriously intimate tour of the body in antiquity' Gavin Francis'A...
Visions of Power: Ambition and Architecture from Ancient Rome to Modern Paris
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A Brief History of the Freemasons
The history of the Freemasons has often been shrouded in mystery and suspicion. Since 1717, with the establishment of the Grand Lodge in London, the Freemasons have been a power...
Oath and Honor: the explosive inside story from the most senior
A gripping first-hand account from inside the halls of Congress as Donald Trump and his enablers betrayed the American people and the Constitution-leading to the violent attack on the Capitol...
Scenes of Subjection: Terror, Slavery and Self-Making in Nineteenth
In this radical re-evaluation of American history, Saidiya Hartman uses her singular talents to create a striking portrait of nineteenth century slavery and its many afterlives. By turning critical attention...
The Oldest Cure in the World: Adventures in the Art and Science of
A journalist takes readers into the science and history of intermittent fasting, an ancient practice in the middle of a red-hot resurgence, exploring the body's power to heal itselfOne in...
WHILOM WILDERNESS
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Author: Muriel E. ClampettBinding: HardbackPublished: Muriel E. Clampett, 1111Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsA loosely linked account based on documents of the author's Ramsdale and Whitton ancestors,...
The Saga of Themistocles
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Author: Robert J. LenardonBinding: HardbackPublished: Thames and Hudson, 1978Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the life of Themistocles, an Athenian politician and general who played...
Sailing Ships and Paddle Wheels and Other Gippsland Shipping
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Author: Bull, J. C.Binding: HardbackPublished: The Author, 1974Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markings"Sailing Ships and Paddle Wheels and Other Gippsland Shipping" by J.C. Bull is a fascinating...
PASHS' ODYSSEY - Western Australia: From Hartog's Plate to America's Cup
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Author: Frank PashBinding: HardbackPublished: Madella Holdings, 1111Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book chronicles the maritime history of Western Australia, highlighting significant events from the...
The Victor Book of the Opera
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Author: Henry W. SimonBinding: HardbackPublished: Simon & Schuster, 1968Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markings The Victor Book of the Opera is a comprehensive guide that explores the...
Little Englanders: Britain in the Edwardian Era (SIGNED)
'The very best sort of panoramic portrait' David Kynaston'The Edwardians have long been the lost decade of British history, yet they are that history at its climax. Alwyn Turner sets...
The High Seas: Ambition, Power and Greed on the Unclaimed Ocean
THE IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER'Powerful reportage...awash with wonderful obscurities' The Sunday Times''A comprehensive investigation of the staggering damage we have done to the world's oceans and its life forms' ObserverA vital,...
Women Money Power: The Rise and Fall of Economic Equality
For centuries, women were denied equal access to money and the freedom and power that came with it. They were restricted from owning property or transacting in real estate. Even...
The Anatomists' Library: The Books that Unlocked the Secrets of the
The Anatomists Library is a fascinating chronological collection of the best anatomical books from six centuries, charting the evolution of both medical knowledge and illustrated publishing.There is a rich history...
Where Are You From? No, Where are You Really From?
A story of migration, identity and belonging, drawing on the stories of people from Audrey Osler's mixed-heritage family, over three centuries. Whether or not we trace our families from beyond...
A Short History of Australia
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Behind the Gloss: Disco, divas and dressing up. Welcome to the wild
Dressing up. Partying all night. This is the world of 1970s fashion, and this book is your backstage pass.Featuring over 25 exclusive interviews with the movers and shakers of the...
Ten Cities that Led the World: From Ancient Metropolis to Modern
'A book of ideas [...] Strathern ably guides us through these moments of glory.' -- The Times ***Great cities are complex, chaotic and colossal. These are cities that dominate the...
No Right to an Honest Living (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize): The
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORYA "sensitive, immersive, and exhaustive" portrait of Black workers and white hypocrisy in nineteenth-century Boston, from "a gifted practitioner of labor history and urban...
Over the Top with Jim
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Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy
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The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America
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A Year at the Chateau: As seen on the hit Channel 4 show
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Neither Snow Nor Rain: A History of the United States Postal Service
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The United States Postal Service is a wondrous American creation. Seven days a week, its army of 300,000 letter carriers delivers 513 million pieces of mail, forty percent of the...
A Game of Birds and Wolves: The Ingenious Young Women Whose Secret
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As heard on the New Yorker Radio Hour: The triumphant and "engaging history" (The New Yorker) of the young women who devised a winning strategy that defeated Nazi U-boats and...
Dark Places of the Earth: The Voyage of the Slave Ship Antelope
In 1820, a suspicious vessel was spotted lingering off the coast of northern Florida, the Spanish slave ship Antelope. Since the United States had outlawed its own participation in the...
The Crimean War and Irish society
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The purpose of this book is to produce what is essentially a 'home front' study of Ireland during the Crimean War, or more specifically Irish society's responses to that conflict....
Worlds at War
The differences that divide West from East go deeper than politics, deeper than religion, argues Anthony Pagden. To understand this volatile relationship, and how it has played out over the...
His Own Man
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The Stakes: America In The Middle East
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Innocents in Africa: An American Family's Story
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The Indian in Latin American History: Resistance, Resilience, and Acculturation
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Maurice Blackburn: Champion of the people
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A People's Counsel
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Unfortunately, She was a Nymphomaniac: A New History of Rome's
'Pacy, witty and authoritative' Jonathan Freedland'In her hands, ancient history becomes a vivid avenue of approach to a burning modern-world concern... a powerful and important book' Daily Telegraph A superb...
Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient
'A delightful compendium of the kind of facts you immediately want to share with anyone you encounter' New York Times'An ebullient, irrepressible spirit invests this book. It is erudite and...
Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A lasting work of social history' THE TIMES'A genuinely new history of our nation' DAN JONES'This celebration of women is a triumph of popular history' SPECTATOR...
All the Wide Border: Wales, England and the Places Between
A Waterstones Travel Book of the Year 2023A funny, warm and timely meditation on identity and belonging, following the scenic route along the England-Wales border: Britain's deepest faultline. There is...
The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of History at
'If a house could gossip, this is the book that Hampton Court would whisper. An enjoyable and readable stroll through 500 years of Hampton Court history: royal residents, common visitors,...
Influence: Understand it, Use it, Resist it
One of the government's former behavioural scientists reveals how you can do what you want, whilst everybody tries to influence you into doing what they want. Influence makes you think...