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Unquiet Women is an exquisitely crafted patchwork of the forgotten lives of some of the most remarkable women in history.
History is polyphonic; it must ...
A New York Times Notable Book of 2020
"[A] sweeping and authoritative history" (The New York Times Book Review), Black Wave is an unprecedented and ...
In July 1988, the Islamic Republic of Iran agreed to bring an end to the brutal eight-year war with Iraq. Over the next two months ...
The first edition of Southeast Asia: An introductory history was published in 1979 and immediately filled a need for travellers and students interested in a ...
In Ancient Rome all the best stories have one thing in common - murder. Romulus killed Remus to found the city; Caesar was assassinated to save ...
A STORY OF UNSUNG BRAVERY AT A DEFINING MOMENT IN BRITAIN'S HISTORY
'Superb' Stephen Fry
'Thrillingly told' Dan Jones
'Fascinating' Neil MacGregor
'Astonishing' Peter ...
In this acclaimed exploration of the culture of others, bestselling writer Rebecca Solnit travels through Ireland, the land of her long-forgotten maternal ancestors. Traveling with ...
Chosen as a Book of the Year in the Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail
'A masterpiece' - Frederick Forsyth
'Beautifully written... unlikely to be surpassed' - Simon ...
In this compelling tour of the classical world, Peter Jones reveals how it is the power, scope and fascination of their ideas that makes the ...
What accounts for the rise of the state, the creation of the first global system, and the dominance of the West? The conventional answer asserts ...
A "fascinating slice of rarely considered American history" (Booklist)-the story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison-whose annual summer sojourns introduced the road trip to ...
An epic cultural journey that reveals how Venetian ingenuity and inventions-from sunglasses and forks to bonds and currency-shaped modernity.
How did a small, isolated city-with ...
'A nuanced and sophisticated analysis... Exhilarating' Sunday Telegraph
Nine hundred years ago, one of the most controversial episodes in Christian history was initiated. The Pope ...
An archaeologist with more than thirty seasons of excavation experience, Eric H. Cline has conducted fieldwork around the world, from Greece and Crete to Egypt ...
'Asbridge can't help but tell a ripping yarn, often breezily dramatic, whipping the narrative along' The Times
A superb and definitive one-volume account of ...
