Global History Books
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The History of Magic : From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the Present
By: Chris GosdenBinding: Paperback / softbackA Telegraph Book of the Year A remarkable, unprecedented account of the role of magic in cultures both ancient and modern -- from the first known horoscope to the power of tattoos. 'Fascinating, original, excellent' Simon Sebag Montefiore______________________Three great...- £12.99
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Femina : The instant Sunday Times bestseller - A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of It
By: Janina RamirezBinding: Paperback / softbackTHE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERLONGLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE'Revelatory' GUARDIAN'A firecracker somehow captured between two covers' LUCY WORSLEYAn instant bestseller and one of the most celebrated history books of the year, Femina reveals the power and influence of...- £10.99
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La Serenissima : The Story of Venice
Format :Paperback / softback 448 pages, 3x8pp colPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCImprint: ApolloISBN:9781789545067Published: 9 Nov 2023Weight:336gDimensions:215 x 356 x 35 (mm) Everything about Venice, observed Lord Byron, is, or was, extraordinary. Her aspect is like a dream, and her history is like a romance. Dream and...- £14.99
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The Path of Peace : Walking the Western Front Way
By: Anthony SeldonBinding: Blackwell's Non-Fiction Book of the Month'A formidable achievement... a moving enactment of a modern pilgrimage' Rory Stewart'Thoughtful [and] heartfelt' Observer'Profound [and] compelling' Spectator'A noble endeavour' New Statesman***A WATERSTONES BEST BOOKS OF 2022 PICK***Without a permanent home, a wife or a job,...- £10.99
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The Land Where Lemons Grow : The Story of Italy and its Citrus Fruit
By Helena Attlee (Author)Format: Paperback / softback 272 pagesPublisher: Penguin Books LtdImprint: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780241952573Weight:240gDimensions:196 x 132 x 21 (mm) Image for The Land Where Lemons Grow : The Story of Italy and its Citrus FruitClick to enlargeThe Land Where Lemons Grow :...- £10.99
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River Kings : The Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads
By Cat Jarman (Author)Format: Paperback / softback 352 pagesPublisher: HarperCollins PublishersImprint: William CollinsISBN: 9780008353117Published: 2 Sep 2021Classifications: United Kingdom, Great Britain, Northern Europe, Scandinavia, c 500 CE to c 1000 CE, c 1000 CE to c 1500, British & Irish history, Medieval European archaeologyWeight:...- £9.99
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Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee : An Indian History of the American West
By: Dee BrownBinding: Paperback / softbackThe American West, 1860-1890: years of broken promises, disillusionment, war and massacre. Beginning with the Long Walk of the Navajos and ending with the massacre of Sioux at Wounded Knee, this extraordinary book tells how the American Indians lost...- £10.99
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Venice
By: Jan MorrisBinding: Paperback / softbackOften hailed as one of the best travel books ever written, Venice is neither a guide nor a history book, but a beautifully written immersion in Venetian life and character, set against the background of the city's past. Analysing...- £10.99
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Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter
By Ian Mortimer (Author)Format: Paperback 256 pagesPublisher: Vintage PublishingImprint: VintageISBN: 9781529920802Published: 22 Feb 2024Weight: 194gDimensions:197 x 128 x 17 (mm) The essential introduction to the Middle Ages by the bestselling author of The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval EnglandWe tend to think of the...- £10.99
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The Children of Ash and Elm : A History of the Vikings
By Neil Price (Author)Format: Paperback / softback 624 pagesPublisher: Penguin Books LtdImprint: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780141984445Published: 7 Apr 2022Classifications: Northern Europe, Scandinavia, c 500 CE to c 1000 CE, European history, Medieval history, Social & cultural history, Maritime history, Medieval European archaeology, Material cultureWeight:...- £16.99
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The Silk Roads : A New History of the World
By Professor Peter Frankopan (Author)Format: Paperback / softback 656 pages, 2 x 8pp colour platesPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCImprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCISBN: 9781408839997Published: 1 Jun 2016Classifications: General & world historyWeight: 476gDimensions: 197 x 130 x 42 (mm) For centuries, fame and fortune was to be...- £16.99
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The Ruin of All Witches : Life and Death in the New World
By Malcolm Gaskill (Author)Format: Paperback / softback 336 pagesPublisher: Penguin Books LtdImprint: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780141991481Published: 6 Oct 2022Weight: 250gDimensions:129 x 196 x 22 (mm) A TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES AND BBC HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A bona fide historical classic' Sunday Times' 'Simply...- £9.99
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The Guns of August
By Barbara Tuchman (Author)Format: Paperback / softback 608 pagesPublisher: Penguin Books LtdImprint: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780241968215Published: 5 Jun 2014Classifications: Europe, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1) , European history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, First World War, War & defence...- £12.99
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Parisians : An Adventure History of Paris
By Graham Robb (Author)Format: Paperback / softback 512 pagesPublisher: Pan MacmillanImprint: PicadorISBN: 9780330452458Published: 15 Apr 2011Classifications: France, European historyWeight: 358gDimensions: 197 x 130 x 35 (mm) No one knows a city like the people who live there so who better to relate the history...- £10.99
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The Earth Transformed: An Untold History
Format: Paperback / softback 736 pagesPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCImprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCISBN: 9781526622556Published: 28 Mar 2024Classifications: History, Climate change, Natural disastersWeight: 558g From the international bestselling author of The Silk Roads comes a major history of how a changing climate has dramatically shaped the...- £12.99
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A Village in the Third Reich : How Ordinary Lives Were Transformed By the Rise of Fascism
by Julia Boyd (Author) & Angelika Patel (Author)Format: Paperback / softback 464 pagesPublisher: Elliott & Thompson LimitedImprint: Elliott & Thompson LimitedISBN: 9781783966639Published: 6 Oct 2022Classifications: HistoryReadership: General (US: Trade)Weight: 444gDimensions: 129 x 199 x 37 (mm) Hidden deep in the Bavarian mountains lies the...- £10.99
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East West Street : Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize
By Philippe QC Sands (Author)Format Paperback / softback 496 pages, 80 B&W, integratedPublisher: Orion Publishing CoImprint: Weidenfeld & NicolsonISBN: 9781474601917Published: 31 Mar 2017Classifications: Memoirs, Genocide & ethnic cleansing, Second World War, War crimes, International human rights lawWeight: 370gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 28 (mm)...- £9.99
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Blue Machine : How the Ocean Shapes Our World
By: Helen CzerskiBinding: HardbackAll of the Earth's ocean, from the equator to the poles, is a single engine powered by sunlight - a blue machine. Earth is home to a huge story that is rarely told - that of our ocean. Not the fish...- £20.00
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Celts, The - Search for a Civilisation
by Alice Roberts (Author)Format: Paperback / softback 320 pagesPublisher: Quercus PublishingImprint: Heron BooksISBN: 9781784293352Published: 29 Mar 2023Classifications: Europe, BCE to c 500 CE, European history, Ancient history: to c 500 CEWeight: 252g Dimensions:130 x 198 x 21 (mm) ‘A masterpiece of evocative scientific storytelling’ Brian...- £10.99
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Free : Coming of Age at the End of History
By: Lea YpiBinding: Paperback / softbackTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE ONDAATJE PRIZE'The best book I read last year by a mile. . . so beautifully written that anyone would be hooked' Laura Hackett, Sunday Times, Best Summer Books'Wonderfully funny and poignant. ....- £10.99
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