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Mao Zedong's Little Red Book (Quotations from Chairman Mao) - a compilation of the Chinese leader's speeches and writings - is one of the most ...
At the end of the Second World War, the Soviet Union unexpectedly found itself in control of a huge swathe of territory in Eastern Europe ...
This brilliant new book explores the lives of eight generations of the greatest kings and queens that this country has ever seen, and the worst ...
The extraordinary history of Ancient Egyptian civilization - from its earliest origins to the creation of its greatest monument
This extraordinary book draws on a lifetime ...
An updated edition of Geoffrey Blainey's bestselling account of human history, A Very Short History of the World, featuring new material on China and ...
Compelling new translation of the Annals, by Cynthia Damon
Tacitus' Annals recounts the major historical events from the years shortly before the death of Augustus ...
A riveting, exemplary tale of the great cultural "swerve" known as the Renaissance.
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2012
Almost six hundred years ...
A brilliantly readable, beautifully illustrated general history of ancient Egypt, from the builders of the first pyramids to Cleopatra.
'A sophisticated and complete account' The ...
Roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as Proto-Indo-European. But who were the early speakers of this ...
'Awe-inspiring ... stunning ... no review can really do this book justice- it is a superlative work' Dominic Sandbrook, Daily Telegraph
'The Penguin History of Europe series ...
The civil war that tore Spain apart between 1936 and 1939 and attracted liberals and socialists from across the world to support the cause against ...
A revised edition of Robert Graves' classic translation (9780140449211), with completely fresh editorial material
As private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian, the scholar Suetonius had ...
In a narrative of blood and mass killing, Fisk tells the story of the growing hatred of the West by millions of Muslims, the West ...
The first truly commercial one-volume history of the Cold War
In 1950, when Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, Ho Chi Minh and Kim Il-Sung met in ...
