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At the heart of the most vibrant and dangerous city in the world, Shakespeare's London pulsed with ambition, vice, creativity, and violence — and Globe: Life in Shakespeare's London by...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA richly entertaining work of social and travel history, The Green Bag Travellers: Britain's First Tourists chronicles the remarkable rise...

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Poor Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA rich work of historical correspondence and political biography, this meticulously edited collection presents the intimate letters exchanged between Princess...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Good , price clippedMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Scribbles on book blockDesigned as a comprehensive introductory Latin textbook, Latin...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA landmark work in the history of sociological thought, Contemporary Sociological Theories: Through the...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA landmark work of intellectual history, A Short History of Socialism traces the origins,...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Some moisture damage Markings: No markingsA rigorous work of Soviet-era academic scholarship, Ethnocultural Processes and National Problems in the Modern World presents a...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: DamagedPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Silver fish damage.A landmark work of political memoir and testimony, Journal of Resistance chronicles the harrowing experiences of legendary Greek...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA landmark work of Australian history, Triumph of the Nomads: A History of Ancient Australia chronicles the remarkable story of...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA vivid work of travel writing and social history, Letters From a Miner in Australia chronicles the experiences of French...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Previous owner annotations.A rigorous work of political and historical analysis, The Soviet Union in Asia examines the USSR's...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Bumping on corners and spine. Hinges starting. Small inscription on rear endpaper. Fold-out map...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsGuns And Rifles Of The World chronicles the intricate history and evolution of firearms across various cultures and...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageEdge Of Centre: The Eventful Life Of Group Captain Gerald Packer chronicles the remarkable...

Eighteen days before Pearl Harbour, Japan opened fire on Australia. The RAN's cover-up of the action that sank HMAS on the 19th November, 1941 has been a public scandal for...

Author of "The Hardest Day" and "The Spitfire Story", Alfred Price describes the events of this "turning point" battle in a style which will inform the general reader and trigger...

A stunning investigation and indictment of the elements in United States' foreign lobbying industry and the threat they pose to democracy. For years, one group of Americans has worked as...

An elegant social and architectural history of the Guinness family. In winter 2025/26, the new Netflix epic 'House of Guinness', a saga of Europe's most enduring dynasties, will sweep into...

Three of Europe's greatest rivers begin in the same geological cradle: one fertile patch of high Alpine ice in the jagged heights of central Switzerland. The consequences of this small...

A joyous exploration of the cultural phenomenon that created Mario, Zelda and PokA (c)mon, and an ode to our love of gaming, by one of the most trusted voices in...

The Sunday Times bestselling edition of Chips Channon's remarkable diaries 'The greatest British diarist of the 20th century. An astonishing achievement. By turns frivolous and profound.' Ben Macintyre, The Times...

Emma, Lady Hamilton, rose from poverty to become a media celebrity, and her relationship with Admiral Nelson, and her renowned beauty, made her the most instantly-recognisable woman of her era,...

Eleanor of Provence was born in the province of her name in 1223. She has come to England at the age of twelve to marry the king, Henry III. He's...

The book titled A Nation Alone: Battle of Britain, 1940 by the author Arthur Ward. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The story of the ill-fated Lusitania revealed through vivid and rare illustrations. Lost to a German torpedo on 7 May 1915, Cunard's RMS Lusitania captured the world's imagination when she...

The book titled Conqueror's Road by the author Osmar White. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by...

This volume is an account of the missionary organization, the Mission Aviation Fellowship. Born out of the flying skills obtained during World War II, the MAF continues to take medicines,...

In IMAGINATION AT WAR Adam Piette looks at the two faces of British wartime culture from 1939-1945. Behind the theatrical facade of public nostalgia and glorification he finds the private...

Unbeatable price Over 15,000 entries not covered in conventional dictionaries Crammed with fascinating and unexpected information A best-seller since its first publication in 1870

"Hero" is the most overused words in sports journalism today. Manchester United are heroes for winning the treble, England's rugby players are heroes for beating France in Paris and Graeme...

On May 8, 1902, on the Caribbean island of Martinique, the volcano Mount Pelee loosed the most terrifying and lethal eruption of the twentieth century. In minutes, it killed 27,000...

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....

"An engaging romp." - New York Times Book Review "A haunting, quietly devastating excavation of a story we should all know but don't: how a surfing legend became the target...

"Refreshingly candid . . . Get off Instagram and read this book." -Sacha Baron Cohen From the dynamic head of ADL, an impassioned argument about the terrifying path that America...

A Telegraph Best Book of 2025. A News Statesman Book of the Year 2025. 'David Goldblatt is possibly the best football historian there has ever been'. Dominic Sandbrook 'David Goldblatt...

The book titled Letters Home by the author L./Arnold Stuart. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

This book which is part of a series, chronologically lists combat aircraft and air strategy, giving an overview of key events in World War II. It includes descriptions of fighters,...

This book, which is part of a series, gives technical information on fighters, bombers, assault aircraft and torpedo launchers employed during World War II. It also provides chronological and general...

A call to safeguard some of the most important monuments of our shared cultural heritage From the fabled towers of Babylon and Angkor Wat to the colossal stone heads of...

As Angus Calder states in his introduction to this edition, 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom' is one of the major statements about the fighting experience of the First World War. Lawrence's...

Annie Tempest's wonderful cartoon strip about a fictitious English village, with the eccentric Lord and Lady Tottering and their family who reside at Tottering Hall is much lauded and internationally...

A unique and compelling adventure through the history of rope and its impact on civilization, in the vein of single-subject bestsellers like Salt and Cod. Tim Queeney is a sailor...

A vivid portrait of a world at the end of war, told through 12 months from around the globe. 1945 is a fresh look at the last year of the...

Embark on a captivating journey through the ages with Shelf Life, a meticulously crafted exploration of bookselling and publishing spanning two millennia. This engaging narrative, designed for book lovers of...

Michael Calvey's story starts with a dawn raid on his Moscow apartment by armed FSB agents, following accusations of embezzlement relating to a commercial deal turned sour. In truth, no...

The untold story of a mysterious Montagnard ethnonationalist movement that might have changed the course of the Vietnam War In Vietnam, in 1967, William Chickering commanded a Mike Force battalion...