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A biography of a staple grain we often take for granted, exploring how wheat went from wild grass to a world-shaping crop.
At breakfast tables ...
In this compelling military and political history of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom, Paul Hill explores England's birth amidst the devastation and fury of the Danish ...
In 49 BC the Roman Republic collapsed once more into bloody civil war. At the heart of this war lay the two greatest living Roman ...
The surprising story of Iran's transformation from America's ally in the Middle East into one of its staunchest adversaries
"An original interpretation that ...
The Defence of Heaven brings together, for the first time in one volume, a complete history of the Jin, Song and Ming dynasties wars fought ...
Classic Aboriginal Myths illustrated by Ainslie Roberts, in full colour, and back in print after 30 years.
Never tell a woman where she doesn't belong. In 1932, Roy Chapman Andrews, president of the men-only Explorers Club, boldly stated to hundreds of ...
A joyful mythical ride through the intimate and powerful stories of the Persian legendary landscape. From such texts as the Shah Nameh (the Persian Book ...
A new global history of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan - an invasion whose consequences are still felt in Afghanistan and across the wider world. On ...
How denial sustains the liberal imagination of a progressive and democratic Israel.
The question that this book aims to answer might seem simple: how can ...
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian- a searing study of the British Empire that interrogates the pervasive use of violence throughout the twentieth century and traces ...
"Outstanding." - The Sunday Times
"Beautifully written." The Times
"Superbly adroit." The Spectator
"Excellent." BBC History Magazine
The Battle of Hastings and its aftermath nearly wiped ...
Through Silent Country is a journey of discovery and testimony which began when Carolyn Wadley Dowley stumbled upon a small reference to a remarkable escape ...
Draws on a lifetime's study and a decade of new research to address the first question that every visitor asks: how was Stonehenge built ...
Expert historian and author Stephan Dando-Collins chronicles the First Jewish Revolt and its important role in both Roman and Jewish historical memory.
Dando-Collins details the ...
