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Diaries 1907-1914: Prodigious Youth
Author: Sergey Prokofiev Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 800 Sergey Prokofiev, a compulsive diarist and gifted and idiosyncratic writer, possessed an incorrigibly sardonic curiosity about individuals and events. When he...
Viking Nations
Author: Dayanna Knight Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 How was the North Atlantic settled? How did the distinct cultures of medieval Iceland and Greenland come to be? Viking Nations...
The Sword of Ambition: Bureaucratic Rivalry in Medieval Egypt
Author: 'Uthman ibn Ibrahim al-Nabulusi Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 478 Patronage, power, and competition in the Sultan's court The Sword of Ambition opens a new window onto interreligious rivalry...
Sleep in Early Modern England
Author: Sasha Handley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 296 A riveting look at how the early modern world revolutionized sleep and its relation to body, mind, soul, and society Drawing...
The Nixon Tapes: 1973
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Author: Professor Douglas Brinkley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 848 The blueprint for Nixon's downfall, based on tapes released from 2010 to 2013, most of which have never been published...
The Komnene Dynasty: Byzantium's Struggle for Survival 1057-1185
Author: John Carr Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 The 128-year dynasty of the Komneni (1057 to 1185) was the last great epoch of Byzantium, when the empire had to...
Gunpowder and Geometry: The Life of Charles Hutton, Pit Boy, Mathematician and Scientific Rebel
Author: Benjamin Wardhaugh Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 August, 1755. Newcastle, on the north bank of the Tyne. In the fields, men and women are getting the harvest in....
A Cruel Captivity: Prisoners of the Japanese-Their Ordeal and The Legacy
Author: Ellie Taylor Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 Carefully and sensitively researched, A Cruel Captivity describes the ordeals of, and lasting impact on, survivors of Japanese captivity. Differing in...
Casanova's Guide to Medicine: 18th Century Medical Practice
Author: Lisetta Lovett Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 Giacomo Casanova's (1725-1798) reputation as libertine has sadly eclipsed his talents as scholar, linguist, prolific writer and manque doctor. Fortunately for...
Birds of Kenya's Rift Valley
Author: Adam Scott Kennedy Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Kenya's Rift Valley includes four major national parks--Lake Nakuru, Lake Bogoria, Mount Longonot, and Hell's Gate--as well as many smaller...
Strategist in Exile
Author: Rainer Nickel Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 144 Thucydides was the chronicler of the almost 30-year long Peloponnesian war, which came to a close with Sparta's victory over Athens...
Rome, Blood and Politics: Reform, Murder and Popular Politics in the Late Republic
Author: Gareth C. Sampson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 286 The last century of the Roman Republic saw the consensus of the ruling elite shattered by a series of high-profile...
Kings and Kingship in the Hellenistic World 350 - 30 BC
Author: Dr. John D. Grainger Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 262 Between c.350 BC and 30 BC the Mediterranean world was one in which kings ruled. The exceptions were the...
Barbarossa: Hitler Turns East
Author: Bob Carruthers Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 276 This is the fascinating account of the massive German attack on Soviet Russia and the fierce fighting which took place from...
Lucius Verus and the Roman Defence of the East
Author: M. C. Bishop Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 197 Lucius Verus is one of the least regarded Roman emperors, despite the fact that he was co-ruler with his adoptive...
In Search of Our Ancient Ancestors
Author: Anthony Adolph Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 What a fine long pedigree you have given the human race. Charles Darwin to Charles Lyell, 1863. How is the Royal...
The Excellence of the Arabs
A spirited defense of Arab identity from a time of political unrest In ninth-century Abbasid Baghdad, the social prestige attached to claims of Arab identity had begun to decline. In...
Crusaders and Revolutionaries of the Thirteenth Century: De Montfort
Author: Darren Baker Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 One of the families that dominated the thirteenth century were the de Montforts. They arose in France, in a hamlet close...
Brutus: Caesar's Assassin
Author: Dr. Kirsty Corrigan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 Although Marcus Junius Brutus is one of the most famous, or infamous, conspirators of Rome and the ancient world, if...
The Bridge to Airpower: Logistics Support for Royal Flying Corps Operations on the Western Front, 1914-18
Author: Peter Dye Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 In the latest addition to the History of Military Aviation series, Peter Dye describes how the development of the air weapon...
In the Name of Lykourgos
Author: Miltiadis Michalopoulos Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 In the middle of the 3rd century B.C. Sparta was a shadow of its glorious past. Politically and militarily weakened and...
Napoleon's Shield and Guardian
Author: Edward Ryan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 424 This outstanding biography is a story of courage. It charts the career of a superbly brave cavalryman against the rise and...
Caesar'S Greatest Victory: The Battle of Alesia, Gaul 52 Bc
Author: John Sadler Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 An exciting, readable new account of the Alesia campaign, incorporating the latest research, to illuminate the tactics of both Caesar and...
The Rama Epic: Hero, Heroine, Ally, Foe
Author: Forrest McGill Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 A huge number of artworks relating to the Rama legends have been made over the course of 1500 years in a...
Julia Velva, A Roman Lady from York: Her Life and Times Revealed
Author: Patrick Ottaway Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 The tombstone of Julia Velva, one of the best-preserved examples from Roman Britain, was found close to a Roman road just...
Grand Canal, Great River: The Travel Diary of a Twelfth-century Chinese Poet
Author: Philip Watson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 In July 1170, a Chinese poet, politician and historian made a journey from west to east China. Lu You (pronounced 'loo...
Eye of the Beholder: Johannes Vermeer, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, and the Reinvention of Seeing
Author: Laura J. Snyder (St. John's University) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 On a summer day in 1674, in the small Dutch city of Delft, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek-a cloth...
Democracy's Beginning: The Athenian Story
Author: Thomas N. Mitchell Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 A history of the world's first democracy from its beginnings in Athens circa fifth century B.C. to its downfall 200...
Defence of Sevastopol 1941-1942
Author: Clayton Donnell Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 In December 1941, while America was reeling from the attack on Pearl Harbor and the offensives of the German Army Groups...
A Naval History of the Peloponnesian War: Ships, Men and Money in the War at Sea, 431-404 BC
Author: Marc G. DeSantis Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 261 Naval power played a vital role in the Peloponnesian War. The conflict pitted Athens against a powerful coalition including the...
Heavyweights: The Military Use of Massive Weapons
Author: Stephen Smith Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Delivering the heaviest possible munitions onto the enemy and his strongpoints serves a number of military functions: it destroys protective positions...
Hannibal's Road: The Second Punic War in Italy 213-203 BC
Author: Mike Roberts Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 262 Many books have been written on the Second Punic War and Hannibal in particular but few give much space to his...
Dawn of the Horse Warriors
Author: Duncan Noble Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 The domestication of the horse revolutionised warfare, granting unprecedented strategic and tactical mobility, allowing armies to strike with terrifying speed. The...
Clan Fabius, Defenders of Rome: A History of the Republic's Most Illustrious Family
Author: McCall, Jeremiah Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 The history of the Fabii Maximii is in many ways that of the Roman Republic. In the legends and historical scraps...
The Cambridge History of Science: Volume 5, The Modern Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Author: Mary Jo Nye (Oregon State University) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 708 A narrative and interpretative history of the physical and mathematical sciences from the early nineteenth century to...
Screen of Kings: Royal Art and Power in Ming China
Author: Craig Clunas Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 232 Screen of Kings is the first book in any language to examine the cultural role of the regional aristocracy - relatives...
Great Generals of the Ancient World
Author: Professor Richard A. Gabriel Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 264 Of the thousands of commanders who served in history's armies, why is it that only a few are remembered...
Maximinus Thrax
Author: Paul N. Pearson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 296 Maximinus was a half-barbarian strongman 'of frightening appearance and colossal size' who could smash stones with his bare hands and...
Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military
Author: Neil deGrasse Tyson (American Museum of Natural History) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 576 An exploration of the age-old complicity between skywatchers and warfighters, from the best-selling author of...
Miss Franklin: How Miles Franklin's brilliant career began
Author: Libby Hathorn Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 32 This is a story about iconic Australian writer Stella Miles Franklin, namesake of two major literary prizes, during her brief but...
Ginny's Big Adventure
Author: Matt Carr Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 32 Ginny isn't like other guinea pigs. She's scruffy, messy and just a little bit WILD! But the guinea pigs at Pat's...
Stay Close To Mama
Author: Mike Wohnoutka Format: Board book Number of Pages: 30 In the wide, shining world there is so much to see, and Twiga is curious. But Twiga's tall, tall Mama...
Influence Empire: The Story of Tencent and China's Tech Ambition: Shortlisted for the FT Business Book of 2022
Author: Lulu Yilun Chen Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 In 2019, a Chinese entity called Tencent overtook Facebook to become the world's fifth-largest company. It was a watershed moment,...
The Goodbye Coast: A Philip Marlowe Novel
Author: Joe Ide Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'A Philip Marlowe who wears our twenty-first century like a well-cut suit' IAN RANKIN 'A total gobsmacking original' JAMES PATTERSON 'A...
The Lost: A gripping new crime thriller series from the Sunday Times bestselling author of twists and suspense
Author: Simon Beckett Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 A MISSING CHILD Ten years ago, the disappearance of firearms police officer Jonah Colley's young son almost destroyed him. A GRUESOME...
Fault Lines: Shortlisted for the 2021 Costa First Novel Award
Author: Emily Itami Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 'A brilliant modern love story. I found it atmospheric and transporting but also wise, clever and universal in its exploration of...
Maggie Magoo's Amazing Alphabet: Beautiful letters for colouring
Author: Maggie Magoo Designs Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 80 From the hugely popular Maggie Magoo design house, an outstanding colouring book of decorative letters. Two different illustrations of each...
The Last Lifeboat
Author: Hazel Gaynor Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 'Heart-wrenching . . . a story that needs to be remembered' FERN BRITTON 'Enthrallingly told . . . it's extraordinary how...