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  • Femina : The instant Sunday Times bestseller - A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of It-9780753558263

    Femina : A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of It

    THE 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 medieval women who have been...
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  • The History of Magic : From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the Present-9780241979662

    The History of Magic : From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the Present

    A 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 strands of practice and belief...
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  • The Land Where Lemons Grow : The Story of Italy and its Citrus Fruit

    The Land Where Lemons Grow : The Story of Italy and its Citrus Fruit

    4 stars. Attlee, who knows and loves Italy and the Italians, takes the reader through the country's scented gardens with her sharp descriptions, pertinent stories and quotes and intriguing recipes. I was there with her' Anna del Conte, Sunday TelegraphA delightful book about Italy's...
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    £10.99 GBP
  • La Serenissima : The Story of Venice

    La Serenissima : The Story of Venice

    `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 romance have conditioned myriad encounters with Venice across the centuries, but the city's story embodies the hard reality...
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  • Fabric : The Hidden History of the Material World

    Fabric : The Hidden History of the Material World

    Subtle, compendious and rich' - James McConnachie, The Sunday Times'Dazzling ... Finlay's adventures, vividly recounted, make enthralling reading ... This book is equally an inspiration and an education' - Bel Mooney, Daily Mail'A gorgeous adventure through the history of cloth' - StylistThe Sunday Times...
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  • Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee : An Indian History of the American West-9780099526407

    Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee : An Indian History of the American West

    The 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 their land, lives and liberty...
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  • The Children of Ash and Elm : A History of the Vikings

    The Children of Ash and Elm : A History of the Vikings

    A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR'As brilliant a history of the Vikings as one could possibly hope to read' Tom HollandThe 'Viking Age' is traditionally held to begin in June 793 when Scandinavian raiders attacked the monastery of Lindisfarne in Northumbria, and to end...
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    £16.99 GBP
  • River Kings : The Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads

    River Kings : The Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads

    THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER & THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF 2021 'Astonishing and compelling' Bernard Cornwell `This superb book is like a classical symphony, perfectly composed and exquisitely performed' THE TIMES Books of the Year Follow bioarchaeologist Cat Jarman - and the cutting-edge forensic...
    £9.99 GBP
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  • Venice-9780571168972

    Venice

    Often 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 the particular temperament of Venetians,...
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  • A Village in the Third Reich : How Ordinary Lives Were Transformed By the Rise of Fascism

    A Village in the Third Reich : How Ordinary Lives Were Transformed By the Rise of Fascism

    ___________A Waterstones Paperback of the Year 2022A New Statesman Book of the Year 2022`Fascinating. You'll learn more about the psychological workings of Nazism by reading this superbly researched chronicle. than you will by reading a shelf of wider-canvas volumes on the rise of Nazism.'Daily...
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  • The Earth Transformed : An Untold History

    The Earth Transformed : An Untold History

    THE TIMES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023A BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK FOR THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE, GUARDIAN, INDEPENDENT AND FINANCIAL TIMESA BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK | AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Humanity has transformed the Earth: Frankopan transforms...
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  • The Ruin of All Witches : Life and Death in the New World

    The Ruin of All Witches : Life and Death in the New World

    *THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE**A TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES AND BBC HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR*'A bona fide historical classic' Sunday Times'Simply one of the best history books I have ever read' BBC HistoryIn the frontier town of Springfield in 1651,...
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  • The Guns of August : The Classic Bestselling Account of the Outbreak of the First World War

    The Guns of August : The Classic Bestselling Account of the Outbreak of the First World War

    Barbara Tuchman's The Guns of August is a spellbinding history of the fateful first month when Britain went to war. War pressed against every frontier. Suddenly dismayed, governments struggled and twisted to fend it off. It was no use . . . Barbara Tuchman's...
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  • East West Street : Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize

    East West Street : Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize

    THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLERWhen he receives an invitation to deliver a lecture in the Ukrainian city of Lviv, international lawyer Philippe Sands begins a journey on the trail of his family's secret history. In...
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  • A History of the Bible : The Book and Its Faiths

    A History of the Bible : The Book and Its Faiths

    WINNER OF THE 2019 DUFF COOPER PRIZEA SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'With emotional and psychological insight, Barton unlocks this sleeping giant of our culture. In the process, he has produced a masterpiece.' Sunday TimesThe Bible is the central book of Western culture. For the two faiths...
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    £14.99 GBP
  • Threads of Life : A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle by Clare Hunter 9781473687936

    Threads of Life : A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle

    **SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** **RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK** **WATERSTONES SCOTTISH BOOK OF THE MONTH**'An astonishing feat'Christina Patterson, Sunday Times'An inspiring and moving sideways look at history'Eithne Farry, Sunday Express An eloquent blend of history and memoir, Threads of Life is an evocative and...
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  • Goodbye Eastern Europe : An Intimate History of a Divided Land by Jacob Mikanowski 9780861547326

    Goodbye Eastern Europe : An Intimate History of a Divided Land

    An epic history of the `other' Europe, a place of conflict and coexistence, of faith and folklore. `Do not rush to bid farewell to eastern Europe until reading this book. Meticulously researched and beautifully written, this very personal story of the place that one...
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  • A Distant Mirror : The Calamitous 14th Century by Barbara Tuchman 9780241972977

    A Distant Mirror : The Calamitous 14th Century

    Immerse yourself in the tumultuous tapestry of 14th century Europe, where chivalry and catastrophe danced a delicate waltz. In "A Distant Mirror," Barbara W. Tuchman masterfully weaves a narrative that contrasts the grandeur of crusades and soaring cathedrals with the grim realities of plague,...
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  • Remembering Peasants : A Personal History of a Vanished World

    Remembering Peasants : A Personal History of a Vanished World

    `A dozen pages in I realized that I had been waiting for much of my life to read this extraordinary book' Annie ProulxA way of life that once encompassed most of humanity is vanishing in one of the greatest transformations of our time: the...
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    £25.00 GBP
  • Civilisations: How Do We Look / The Eye of Faith by Mary Beard 9781805222460

    Civilisations: How Do We Look / The Eye of Faith

    The reigning Queen of Classics' Spectator'Mary Beard is the best in the business' Dan Snow'Excellent' Guardian'Enthralling' Sunday TimesBritain's most famous classicist asks: what are civilisations?Central to this huge question are the ways in which we have depicted the human and the divine from prehistory...
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  • Smoke And Ashes : Opium's Hidden Histories

    Smoke And Ashes : Opium's Hidden Histories

    An acerbic, compelling and always accessible account of how opium corrupted the world' TLS'The writing is sublime, the research thorough, the eye for story superb' Sunday TelegraphWhen Amitav Ghosh began the research for his monumental cycle of novels the Ibis Trilogy, he was startled...
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    £22.00 GBP
  • The Anarchy : The Relentless Rise of the East India Company

    The Anarchy : The Relentless Rise of the East India Company

    THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEARFINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2020LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019A FINANCIAL TIMES, OBSERVER, DAILY TELEGRAPH, WALL STREET JOURNAL AND TIMES BOOK...
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  • The Fatal Shore

    The Fatal Shore

    The authoritative, epic history of the British colonisation of Australia. In 1787, the twenty-eighth year of the reign of King George III, the British Government sent a fleet to colonise Australia. Documenting the brutal transportation of men, women and children out of Georgian Britain...
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    £14.99 GBP
  • Free : Coming of Age at the End of History-9780141995106

    Free : Coming of Age at the End of History

    THE 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. . . a tale of family...
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    £10.99 GBP
  • Wild Swans : Three Daughters of China-9780008485146

    Wild Swans : Three Daughters of China

    OVER 13M COPIES SOLD - THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING PHENOMENON - NUMBER 8 ON SUNDAY TIMES BEST OF THE BESTSELLER LIST Few books have had such an impact as Wild Swans: a popular bestseller which has sold more than 13 million copies and a critically...
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    £9.99 GBP
  • Parisian Days : The Rediscovered Classic Memoir by Banine 9781782278030

    Parisian Days : The Rediscovered Classic Memoir

    Banine's captivating memoir "Parisian Days" transports readers to the vibrant streets of 1920s Paris, where a young Azerbaijani woman embarks on a courageous journey to forge her own path. Fleeing the ravages of her war-torn homeland, she finds herself immersed in the alluring charm...
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  • Notes from Deep Time : A Journey Through Our Past and Future Worlds by Helen Gordon 9781788161640

    Notes from Deep Time : A Journey Through Our Past and Future Worlds

    Embark on a mesmerizing odyssey through the vast expanse of deep time with Helen Gordon's "Notes from Deep Time." This captivating book invites you to decipher the geological tapestry woven into the contours, hues, and flora of the landscape, revealing the Earth's epic saga...
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  • Blue Machine : How the Ocean Shapes Our World by Helen Czerski 9781804991961

    Blue Machine : How the Ocean Shapes Our World

    Dive into the mesmerizing depths of the ocean's power with "Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes Our World" by Helen Czerski. This captivating book unravels the mysteries of our planet's defining feature, revealing how the ocean is a colossal engine fueled by the sun's...
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  • Sunken Lands : A Journey Through Flooded Kingdoms and Lost Worlds

    Sunken Lands : A Journey Through Flooded Kingdoms and Lost Worlds

    `A fascinating if stark warning about human hubris in ignoring our place in nature' New Scientist?Travel through drowned forests, vanished villages and sinking cities: the lost lands of our past, present - and future. �`A rich, haunting account of lost lands and vanished futures.'�Professor...
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    £16.99 GBP
  • The House Divided : Sunni, Shia and the Making of the Middle East

    The House Divided : Sunni, Shia and the Making of the Middle East

    Recommended on The Rest is Politics and Empire'A masterly engagement with the most delicate and important of subjects - filled with gentle empathy, learning and rare balance' Rory Stewart'Rogerson is an original - eloquent and always fascinating' William Dalrymple'Brilliant' Anita Anand'This is not a...
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  • Japan Story : In Search of a Nation, 1850 to the Present

    Japan Story : In Search of a Nation, 1850 to the Present

    This is a fresh and surprising account of Japan's culture from the 'opening up' of the country in the mid-nineteenth century to the present. 'How much I admired it, what a lot I learned from it and, above all, how very much I enjoyed...
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  • The Unwomanly Face of War

    The Unwomanly Face of War

    A must read' - Margaret Atwood'It would be hard to find a book that feels more important or original' - Viv Groskop, ObserverExtraordinary stories from Soviet women who fought in the Second World War - from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature"Why,...
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    £9.99 GBP
  • The Warmth of Other Suns : The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

    The Warmth of Other Suns : The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

    A landmark piece of non-fiction' Janet Maslin, The New York TimesFrom the winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this is one of the great untold stories of American history: the migration of black citizens who fled the south and went north in search of a...
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    £14.99 GBP
  • Courting India : England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire

    Courting India : England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire

    WINNER OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZEA SPECTATOR, WATERSTONES, BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE, PROSPECT AND HISTORY TODAY BOOK OF THE YEARA profound and ground-breaking new history of one of the most important encounters in the history of colonialism: the British arrival in India in the...
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    £12.99 GBP
  • Otherlands : A World in the Making - A Sunday Times bestseller-9780141991146

    Otherlands : A World in the Making

    FOYLES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARA SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERTHE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING - HIGHLY COMMENDEDLONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE SUNDAY TIMES, TELEGRAPH, PROSPECT, THE NEW YORKER AND BBC HISTORY WATERSTONES...
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  • Black Spartacus : The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture-9780141985060

    Black Spartacus : The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture

    The definitive modern biography of the great slave leader, military genius and revolutionary hero Toussaint LouvertureThe Haitian Revolution began in the French Caribbean colony of Saint-Domingue with a slave revolt in August 1791, and culminated a dozen years later in the proclamation of the...
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    £10.99 GBP
  • Joan of Arc-9780571284634

    Joan of Arc

    Acclaimed historian and broadcaster Helen Castor tells the story of Joan of Arc as you have never read it before. 'Popular history at its best.' Daily TelegraphHelen Castor brings us afresh a gripping life of Joan of Arc. Instead of the icon, she gives...
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    £12.99 GBP
  • Let Us Now Praise Famous Men-9780141188492

    Let Us Now Praise Famous Men

    In the summer of 1936, Agee and Evans set out on assignement for Fortune magazine to explore the daily lives of sharecroppers in the South. Their journey would prove an extraordinary collaboration and a watershed literary event when in 1941 Let Us Now Praise...
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    £14.99 GBP
  • Borderlines : A History of Europe, Told From the Edges by Lewis Baston 9781399723763

    Borderlines : A History of Europe, Told From the Edges

    Beautiful. A true gem... [his] unique take on human nature through the history and heritage of the borderlands ends up being deeply moving.' - IRISH INDEPENDENT'Thrillingly unique, knowledgeable, perceptive and profound' IAN DUNT'A light-footed journey along the fault lines of history.' KATJA HOYERThe history...
    £25.00 GBP
    £25.00 GBP
  • Letter from New York by Helene Hanff 9328044507434

    Letter from New York

    Manderley Press is delighted to announce the publication of a brand-new edition of Helene Hanff's Letter from New York - another literary jewel from the author of 84, Charing Cross Road. To showcase this wonderful book, we commissioned the New York Times bestselling author...
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    £18.99 GBP
  • The Last Days of the Ottoman Empire by Ryan Gingeras 9780141992778

    The Last Days of the Ottoman Empire

    A tour de force of accessible scholarship' The Guardian'Impressive ... It is a complicated story that still reverberates, and Gingeras narrates it with lucid authority' New StatesmanThe Ottoman Empire had been one of the major facts in European history since the Middle Ages. Stretching...
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  • The Romanovs : The Story of Russia and its Empire 1613-1918

    The Romanovs : The Story of Russia and its Empire 1613-1918

    The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world's surface. How did one family turn a war-ruined principality into the world's greatest empire? And how did they lose it all?This is the intimate story of twenty tsars...
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    £14.99 GBP
  • Exiles : Three Island Journeys-9780571352999

    Exiles : Three Island Journeys

    A luminous exploration of exile - the people who have experienced it, and the places they inhabit - from the award-winning travel writer and author of The Immeasurable World and The Moor. 'Breathtakingly good . . . Exiles is completely sui generis.'EDMUND DE WAAL'Atkins...
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