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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...
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...
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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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...
A Brief History of Spain: Indispensable for Travellers
Despite being relatively brief, this very readable history covers environmental, political, social, economic, cultural and artistic elements, and is very open to regional variations and to the extent that 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...
The Mercenary River: Private Greed, Public Good: A History of London's
Anyone interested in the real London needs to read this. - Andrew MarrNo city can survive without water, and lots of it. Today we take the stuff for granted: turn...
Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind
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D-Day: Dawn of Heroes
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Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy
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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...
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...
Colonial Voices: Letters, Diaries, Journalism and Other Accounts of Nineteenth Century Australia
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Innocents in Africa: An American Family's Story
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Maurice Blackburn: Champion of the people
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A Message from Ukraine
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Shadows Of The Workhouse: The Drama Of Life In Postwar London
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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...
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,...
Shakespeare's Book: The Intertwined Lives Behind the First Folio
'A lively picture of multiple operators scrambling to steal a march on the competition . . . Lavishly detailed'FINANCIAL TIMES 'This is Shakespearean scholarship at its best, brilliantly researched yet...
The Frontier Below: The Past, Present and Future of Our Quest to Go
Triumphs and disasters in the deep seaThis is a journey through time and water, to the bottom of the ocean and the future of our planet. We do not see...
Out of the Shadow of a Giant: How Newton Stood on the Shoulders of
Shortlisted for the BSHS Hughes PrizeWhat if Isaac Newton had never lived?Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley, whose place in history has been overshadowed by the giant figure of Newton, were...
The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the
Gifted storyteller and bestselling historian H. W. Brands narrates the epic struggle over slavery as embodied by John Brown and Abraham Lincoln--a thrilling and page-turning account of how two American...
The Strassmanns: Science, Politics and Migration in Turbulent Times
Across six generations and two hundred years, this book tells the story of a German- Jewish family who emigrated from Rawicz, Poland, first to Prussian Berlin, and finally to America....
The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years that Shook the
In the bestselling tradition of The Swerve and A Distant Mirror, THE VERGE tells the story of a period that marked a decisive turning point for both European and world...
Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and
Despite the massive influx of Hollywood movies and films from other European countries after World War II, Austrian film continued to be hugely popular with Austrian and German audiences. By...
Queen of Bohemia: The Life of Louise Bryant
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A Point of View
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A History of the Squares and Palaces of London (Plastic sealed, two volume set)
The squares of London are amongst its most famous and best loved features. Berkeley Square, Eaton Square, St James's Square - the names are inextricably linked with the history of...
Stalin's Scribe: Literature, Ambition, and Survival: The Life of
A masterful and definitive biography of one of the most misunderstood and controversial writers in Russian literature.Mikhail Sholokhov is arguably one of the most contentious recipients of the Nobel Prize...
Illuminating History: A Retrospective of Seven Decades
Over a remarkable career Bernard Bailyn has reshaped our understanding of the early American past. Inscribing his superb scholarship with passion and imagination honed by a commitment to rigor, Bailyn...
Ode to Hip-Hop: 50 Albums That Define 50 Years of Trailblazing Music
Celebrate the music that has shaped the culture and given us some of the greatest hits of all time with this vibrantly illustrated anthology, featuring 50 of the most lauded,...
Botanic Gardens of the World: Tales of extraordinary plants, botanical
Selected as one of the Sunday Times best gardening books of 2023Discover the lavish beauty and fascinating history of the 40 most important and inspiring botanic gardens from across the...
A Vision For Wine: A History of the Viticultural Society of Victoria
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Sex and Suffering
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Original Australians
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War: Past, Present and Future
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Tyrants: History's 100 Most Evil Despots and Dictators
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Fallen Idols: History is not erased when statues are pulled down. It
Books of 2021, The Economist 'Alex von Tunzelmann is one of the most gifted historians writing today. Brilliant and trenchant, witty and wise, Fallen Idols is a book you will...
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...