Global History Books
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Unravelling the Silk Road : Travels and Textiles in Central Asia
Three textile roads tangle their way through Central Asia. The famous Silk Road united east and west through trade. Older still was the Wool Road, of critical importance when houses made from wool enabled nomads to traverse the inhospitable winter steppes. Then there was...- £10.99 GBP
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The Last Days of the Ottoman Empire
In this masterful work of accessible scholarship, Ryan Gingeras unravels the complex tale of the Ottoman Empire's twilight years. Once a formidable presence in European history since medieval times, the Empire's ill-fated alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary in 1914 set the stage for its...- £12.99 GBP
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Stalin : The Court of the Red Tsar
Crowned as the British Book Awards History Book of the Year and shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, this riveting account of Stalin and his inner circle during his reign of terror revolutionises our perception of the Soviet tyrant, Marxist leader, and Russian autocrat....- £14.99 GBP
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The Romanovs : The Story of Russia and its Empire 1613-1918
The Romanov dynasty, ruling over a staggering sixth of the globe, stands as the most triumphant royal lineage of recent centuries. This gripping narrative unravels the extraordinary tale of how a modest principality, ravaged by conflict, metamorphosed into the world's mightiest empire—and the dramatic...- £14.99 GBP
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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...- £10.99 GBP
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Money : A Story of Humanity
`A breathtaking, expansive and imaginative ride through the history and future of money from an author who truly understands it'�PROFESSOR BRIAN COX `Exceptional' FINANCIAL TIMES� `A cracking book that is as enjoyable as it is readable'�PETER FRANKOPAN `Equally entertaining and insightful'�YANIS VAROUFAKIS _______________________________________________________ MONEY....- £25.00 GBP
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Silk : A History in Three Metamorphoses
There is not just one story of silk. In silk is science, history and mythology. In silk is the future. Aarathi Prasad's Silk is a gorgeous new history weaving together the story of a unique material that has fascinated the world for millennia. Through...- £10.99 GBP
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The Sleepwalkers : How Europe Went to War in 1914
The pacy, sensitive and formidably argued history of the causes of the First World War, from acclaimed historian and author Christopher ClarkFINANCIAL TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2014SUNDAY TIMES and INDEPENDENT BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2012Winner of the Los Angeles Times History Book Prize...- £18.99 GBP
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Greece : Biography of a Modern Nation
SHORTLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2020 AND THE RUNCIMAN AWARD 2021A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'The best history of Greece around... Beautifully written and packed with insights about the culture and the people. I will be dipping into this book for...- £14.99 GBP
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Tracks on the Ocean : A History of Trailblazing, Maps and Maritime Travel
Ingenious. Caputo picks out a fascinating path and leads readers along it with the confidence of a practised pilot' Felipe Fern�ndez-Armesto, author of 1492'Accessible and entertaining, as well as deeply erudite and constantly mind-expanding' Philip Ball, author of How Life WorksFrom their first appearance...- £30.00 GBP
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Silent Spring
Silent Spring is a groundbreaking work of non-fiction that sounded the alarm on the devastating environmental impacts of chemical pesticides like DDT. With meticulous research and a gripping narrative, Rachel Carson exposes the unintended consequences of mankind's war against nature, from the near-extinction of...- £10.99 GBP
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The Origins of Totalitarianism
How could such a book speak so powerfully to our present moment? The short answer is that we, too, live in dark times' Washington PostHannah Arendt's chilling analysis of the conditions that led to the Nazi and Soviet totalitarian regimes is a warning from...- £9.99 GBP
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The Boundless Sea : A Human History of the Oceans
WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2020A SUNDAY TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, THE TIMES AND BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEARFor most of human history, the seas and oceans have been the main means of long-distance trade and communication between peoples - for the...- £18.99 GBP
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Millennium : The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom
Acclaimed historian and media personality Tom Holland presents a captivating, sweeping narrative of Western Europe's transformation around the year 1000. This gripping account has been lauded by critics as 'riveting', 'exhilarating', and 'a splendid, highly coloured canvas'. At the dawn of the 10th century,...- £12.99 GBP
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Magisteria : The Entangled Histories of Science & Religion
Most things you `know' about science and religion are myths or half-truths that grew up in the last years of the nineteenth century and remain widespread today. `A deeply researched history of the interplay between the two ways of understanding the world.'�ECONOMIST, BEST BOOKS...- £11.99 GBP
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It's a Continent : Unravelling Africa's history one country at a time ''We need this book.' SIMON REEVE
We need this book' SIMON REEVE'Illuminating' FINANCIAL TIMESWhy is Africa often perceived as a single country? What role did African soldiers play in the Second World War?Who else led the charge against Apartheid in South Africa?How did an African man become one of the...- £10.99 GBP
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Empireland : How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain
EMPIREWORLD IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOWWINNER OF THE 2022 BRITISH BOOK AWARD FOR NARRATIVE NONFICTION***THE BOOK THAT INSPIRED THE CHANNEL 4 DOCUMENTARY 'EMPIRE STATE OF MIND'***THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'The real remedy is education of the kind that Sanghera has embraced - accepting, not ignoring,...- £10.99 GBP
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Pompeii : The Life of a Roman Town
WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2008'The world's most controversial classicist debunks our movie-style myths about the Roman town with meticulous scholarship and propulsive energy' Laura Silverman, Daily MailThe ruins of Pompeii, buried by an explosion of Vesuvius in 79 CE, offer the best...- £11.99 GBP
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1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows : Two lives, one nation and a century of art under tyranny in China
A FAMILY STORY AND THE TALE OF A NATION. Ai Weiwei - one of the world's most famous artists and activists - weaves a century-long epic tale of China through the story of his own life and that of his father, Ai Qing, the...- £10.99 GBP
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Architecture : From Prehistory to Climate Emergency
A groundbreaking history of architecture told through the relationship between buildings and energyThe story of architecture is the story of humanity. The buildings we live in, from the humblest pre-historic huts to today's skyscrapers, reveal our priorities and ambitions, our family structures and power...- £12.99 GBP
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Vertigo : The Rise and Fall of Weimar Germany
*An Observer Book of the Year, 2024*'This is one of the most gripping accounts of an era spanning war defeat, humiliation and failed revolution in 1918 to the violence, intimidation and propaganda of the Nazis' rise to power in 1933. It contains many lessons...- £25.00 GBP
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Tomorrow Perhaps the Future : Writers, Rebels and the Spanish Civil War
In our age of political divisions, this portrait of the women outsiders who took part in the Spanish Civil War asks questions of solidarity and resistance. 'Glorious... so beautifully rendered, so powerful'ANNA FUNDER, author of WifedomIn the 1930s, women and men from across the...- £12.99 GBP
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This Earthly Globe : A Venetian Geographer and the Quest to Map the World
A dazzling tale, brilliantly told' Peter Frankopan'A wonderful book' Sunday Telegraph, 5*'Triumphant' Literary ReviewDURING THE AGE OF DISCOVERY, in the autumn of 1550, an anonymously authored volume containing a wealth of geographical information new to Europeans was published in Venice under the title Navigationi...- £22.00 GBP
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The Golden Road : How Ancient India Transformed the World
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA revolutionary new history of the diffusion of Indian ideas, from the award-winning, bestselling author and co-host of the chart-topping Empire podcast`Richly woven, highly readable ... Written with passion and verve' Spectator`Dazzling ... Not just a historical study but also...- £30.00 GBP
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Pax : War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age - THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Holland, who co-hosts the podcast The Rest Is History, is at his best when having fun with Rome's bloody history' The Times 'A book for lovers of traditional, grand sweep narrative history' Sunday TimesThe definitive history of Rome's golden age...- £12.99 GBP
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Nexus : A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
The story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of SapiensStories brought us together. Books spread our ideas - and our mythologies. The internet promised infinite knowledge. The algorithm learned our secrets - and...- £28.00 GBP
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History for Tomorrow : Inspiration from the Past for the Future of Humanity
Brimming with ideas and insights, this is a welcome, important and clear-eyed view of how understanding the past can help us better prepare for the future' - Peter Frankopan, bestselling author of The Earth Transformed and The Silk Roads'Enlightening and thrilling. History for Tomorrow...- £22.00 GBP
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Homage to Catalonia
Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic Socialism as I understand it'. Thus wrote Orwell following his experiences as a militiaman in the Spanish Civil War, chronicled in Homage...- £8.99 GBP
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Empires of the Steppes : The Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilisation
An epic history of how the so-called 'barbarians of the steppes' shaped the modern world. `A rollercoaster of historical narration' History Today'This is a history of epic scope that brings together the empires of the steppe land with the caravan cities of the Silk...- £14.99 GBP
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Ravenna : Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe
In the crumbling ruins of the Roman Empire, a city arose as a beacon of power and culture – Ravenna. In this groundbreaking historical account, Judith Herrin masterfully unravels the story of how this unlikely crucible forged a new era for Europe. With a...- £16.99 GBP
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Istanbul
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Istanbul, through the mind of its most celebrated writer. 'A declaration of love.' Sunday Times'Magnificent, elegiac, impressionistic.' Literary Review'An irresistibly seductive book.' GuardianIn a surprising and original blend of personal memoir and cultural history, Turkey's most celebrated...- £10.99 GBP
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City of Djinns
Immerse yourself in the captivating tapestry of Delhi, where ancient legends intertwine with modern realities. In "City of Djinns," William Dalrymple takes you on a spellbinding journey through the layers of this enigmatic metropolis. With meticulous research and a keen eye for detail, he...- £10.99 GBP
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Amsterdam : A History of the World's Most Liberal City
Dive into the captivating history of Amsterdam, a city that defied conventions and embraced liberalism like no other. Russell Shorto's "Amsterdam: A History of the World's Most Liberal City" takes you on a riveting journey through the evolution of this watery metropolis, from its...- £12.99 GBP
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The Whole Picture : The colonial story of the art in our museums & why we need to talk about it
"Probing, jargon-free and written with the pace of a detective story... [Procter] dissects western museum culture with such forensic fury that it might be difficult for the reader ever to view those institutions in the same way again. " Financial Times 'A smart, accessible...- £12.99 GBP
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The Ottomans : Khans, Caesars and Caliphs
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZEA SUNDAY TIMES PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR'Magnificent . . . Important and hugely readable' William Dalrymple, Financial Times'A wildly ambitious and entertainingly lurid history' James Barr, The Times'A panoramic and thought-provoking account' Guardian'A winning portrait of seven centuries of...- £14.99 GBP
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