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China: A History in Objects
Hardback,
02/11/2017,
£29.95
£26.96
The history of China - brilliantly told and brought vividly to life through 7,000 years of objects from fine art to the everyday.
A History of Korea: An Episodic Narrative
Paperback,
30/11/2021,
£22.99
£20.69
Dynamic and meticulously researched, A History of Korea continues to be one of the leading introductory textbooks on Korean history.
The Celts: The Fall and Rise of an Idea
Hardback,
30/06/2022,
£16.99
£15.29
A short history of one of Ancient Britain's most enigmatic civilisations
The Island of Extraordinary Captives: A True Story of an Artist, a Spy and a Wartime Scandal
Hardback,
10/05/2022,
£20.00
£18.00
A gripping untold war story: using exclusive new archive material, letters and diaries, this is the story of the prisoners of war in internment camps during the Second World War.
Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World
Paperback,
20/01/2022,
£9.99
£8.99
From the bestselling author Simon Winchester, a human history of land around the world: who mapped it, owned it, stole it, cared for it, fought for it and gave it back.
Rebels Against the Raj: Western Fighters for India’s Freedom
Hardback,
20/01/2022,
£25.00
£22.50
An extraordinary history of resistance and the fight for Indian independence from Ramachandra Guha.
The Pursuit of Europe: A History
Hardback,
13/01/2022,
£25.00
£22.50
The story of the evolution of the 'European project', from the end of the Napoleonic Wars through to Brexit, this is also the story of how, and why, it become possible to imagine that the diverse peoples of Europe might be united in a single political community.
The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality
Hardback,
07/04/2022,
£20.00
£18.00
A grand unifying theory of human flourishing and inequality from one of the world's pre-eminent thinkers
In a captivating journey from the dawn of human existence to the present and back again, world-renowned thinker Oded Galor offers a solution to the two seminal and interrelated mysteries of human flourishing and inequality.
The Last Emperor of Mexico: A Disaster in the New World
Hardback,
20/01/2022,
£20.00
£18.00
The answer is a tale of operatic proportions, sweeping across continents from the 1848 European revolutions to the civil wars in Mexico and the USA, pitting Old World against New, conservatives against radicals, monarchies against republics.
Accidental Gods: On Men Unwittingly Turned Divine
Hardback,
13/01/2022,
£20.00
£18.00
A provocative history of race, empire and myth, told through the stories of men who have been worshipped as gods - from Columbus to Prince Philip.
Red: A Natural History of the Redhead
Hardback,
03/02/2022,
£16.99
£15.29
A captivating history of red hair through the ages, drawing on science, religion, politics, literature and art.
The Gun, the Ship and the Pen: Warfare, Constitutions and the Making of the Modern World
Paperback,
03/02/2022,
£10.99
£9.89
Award-winning historian Linda Colley re-examines the making of the modern world through the advance of written constitutions.
A World Transformed: Slavery in the Americas and the Origins of Global Power
Hardback,
10/03/2022,
£25.00
£22.50
A comprehensive study of how slavery and enslaved people shaped the modern world
Once We Were Slaves: The Extraordinary Journey of a Multi-Racial Jewish Family
Hardback,
09/12/2021,
£18.99
£17.09
A History of Food in Literature: From the Fourteenth Century to the Present
Paperback,
23/05/2017,
£34.99
£31.49
Castle: A History
Hardback,
22/03/2022,
£18.99
£17.09
A vibrant history of the castle in England, from the early Middle Ages to the present day
The Irish Garden: A Cultural History
Paperback,
31/03/2022,
£25.00
£22.50
A beautifully written celebration of the essence of the Irish Garden, new in paperback
Hope and Fear: Modern Myths, Conspiracy Theories and Pseudo-History
Hardback,
14/02/2022,
£20.00
£18.00
Myth-buster extraordinaire Ronald H. Fritze journeys through the twilight world of fringe ideas, conspiracy theories, 'alternative facts' and pseudo-history.
Thames: Sacred River
Paperback,
07/08/2008,
£25.00
£22.50
Just as Peter Ackroyd's bestselling London is the biography of the city, Thames: Sacred River is the biography of the river, from sea to source.
Venice
Paperback,
01/07/2010,
£16.99
£15.29
In this magnificent vision of Venice, Peter Ackroyd turns his unparalleled skill at evoking place from London and the River Thames, to Italy and the city of myth, mystery and beauty.
London: The Concise Biography
Paperback,
12/04/2012,
£16.99
£15.29
An abridged edition of Peter Ackroyd's magisterial biography of the city of London.
Prize-winning historian, novelist and broadcaster, Peter Ackroyd takes us on a journey - historical, geographical and imaginative - through the city of London.
Japan's Empire of Birds: Aristocrats, Anglo-Americans, and Transwar Ornithology
Hardback,
21/04/2022,
£85.00
£76.50
How Forests Think: Toward an Anthropology Beyond the Human
Paperback,
10/08/2013,
£24.00
£21.60
Avoiding reductionistic solutions, and without losing sight of how our lives and those of others are caught up in the moral webs we humans spin, this book skillfully fashions new kinds of conceptual tools from the strange and unexpected properties of the living world itself.
The Oxford Illustrated History of the Book
Paperback,
25/08/2022,
£19.99
£17.99
An edited volume mapping the history of the book, from the Ancient World through to the rapidly changing world of the book in the second decade of the 21st century.
Cricket Country: An Indian Odyssey in the Age of Empire
Paperback,
14/07/2022,
£16.99
£15.29
The extraordinary story of the first 'All India' national cricket tour of Great Britain and Ireland - and how the idea of India as a nation took shape on the cricket pitch.
As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice from Colonization to Standing Rock
Hardback,
02/04/2019,
£19.99
£17.99
Fallen Idols: History is not erased when statues are pulled down. It is made.
Hardback,
08/07/2021,
£20.00
£18.00
A hugely entertaining and informative narrative on one of the key arguments raging across the globe.
Fallen Idols: History is not erased when statues are pulled down. It is made.
Paperback,
28/04/2022,
£10.99
£9.89
A hugely entertaining and informative narrative on one of the key arguments raging across the globe.
Tutankhamun's Trumpet: The Story of Ancient Egypt in 100 Objects
Hardback,
12/05/2022,
£25.00
£22.50
Published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the moment that Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon broke open Tutankhamun's tomb, a riveting account of the treasures they found, by one of Britain's leading Egyptologists.
Brilliant Maps: An Atlas for Curious Minds
Paperback,
04/11/2021,
£12.99
£11.69
See the world anew with this unique and beautifully designed infographic atlas.
Geography Is Destiny: Britain and the World, a 10,000 Year History
Hardback,
12/05/2022,
£25.00
£22.50
The story of Britain, from its first moments as an island to its possible future.
The Glass Wall: Lives on the Baltic Frontier
Paperback,
12/05/2022,
£10.99
£9.89
Following his acclaimed exploration of the vanished East Prussia, Forgotten Land, Max Egremont turns his attention to the Baltic, another part of the world where the ghosts of history still make their presence felt.
The Gift of a Radio: My Childhood and other Trainwrecks
Hardback,
10/02/2022,
£16.99
£15.29
A story of a childhood defined by loneliness, the absence of a father and the grim experience of a Quaker boarding school. But with gun-wielding school masters and sub-standard living conditions, Quaker boarding school wasn't much better.
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America 1619-2019
Paperback,
17/02/2022,
£10.99
£9.89
MAKING OF EUROPE: CONQUEST, COLONIZATION AND CULTURAL CHANGE 950 - 1350
Paperback,
29/09/1994,
£12.99
£11.69
A wave of internal conquest, settlement and economic growth in Europe during High Middle Ages transformed it from a world of small separate communities into a network of powerful kingdoms. This book shows how Europe was itself a product of colonization, as much as it was later a colonizer, and what this did to shape the continent and the world.
Breathing: An Inspired History
Hardback,
12/04/2021,
£20.00
£18.00
The story of breathing; a tale relevant to everyone.
A Concise History of the Modern World: 1500 to the Present
Paperback,
30/06/1998,
£20.99
£18.89
Woodruff examines the implications of the end of the Cold War, the unravelling of communism, and challenge of non-western civilisations to western global superiority, at this transitional stage in world history. Third revised edition.
Scandinavians: In Search of the Soul of the North
Paperback,
10/08/2017,
£8.99
£8.09
A journey of discovery through two millennia of Scandinavia's history, culture and society.
Turkey: A Short History
Paperback,
10/08/2017,
£9.99
£8.99
From the bestselling historian Norman Stone, whose work has been described by Andrew Roberts as `stunning ... no one else quite writes history like he does'.
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