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Iconoclasm: Rejecting the past is a warning bell, an alarm, alerting readers to the threat against the tolerance and openness of democratic society.
Iconoclasm, the ...
'A multiple biography with overlapping chronology is a tricky feat and Buruma pulls it off magnificently.' Ben Macintyre, The TimesOn the face of it, the ...
In 1977 an abiding desire to photograph Old World peoples and cultures offered 23-year-old Victoria Ginn an escape from the wintery city of Melbourne, Australia ...
An illustrated account of the early service of the Lockheed U-2, one of the most important and longest-serving intelligence gathering platforms fielded by the US ...
With so many of our histories falling into dour critique or blatant celebration, here is a welcome departure: a book that offers hope as well ...
Claiming to come from Afghanistan, Ikbal and Idries Shah convinced spies, poets, orientalists, diplomats, occultists, hippies, and even a prime minister that they held the ...
No animal is so entangled in human history as the horse. The thread starts in prehistory, with a small, shy animal, hunted for food. Over ...
Distilling the ideas of the greatest military theoreticians of history, including Sun Tzu, Niccolo Machiavelli, and Carl von Clausewitz, this clear and engaging Very Short ...
'Vivid, atmospheric, packed with brilliant story-telling' - Humphrey Hawksley, former BBC Beijing, Hong Kong and Asia Correspondent
'[An] entertaining guide, rich in anecdote and understanding for ...
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From bestselling historian Saul David, a riveting new history of the British airborne experience across the Second World War.
The legendary ...
"DiGregorio's storytelling is pitch-perfect; narrative and nursing, she understands, come from the same place and both are concerned with a deep understanding of character ...
'If a house could gossip, this is the book that Hampton Court would whisper. An enjoyable and readable stroll through 500 years of Hampton Court ...
A photographic guide to 3000 key words and phrases in Ukrainian with English translations.
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This attractive pocket-sized book is a perfect English language companion ...
A vivid biography in cinematic snapshots of David Lloyd George, one of the world's greatest statesmen.
Brought up in rural North Wales, David Lloyd ...
This new account explores the most notorious pirates in history and how their rise and fall can be traced back to a single pirate haven ...