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The Dreaming Path has always been there, but in the modern-day world, it can be hard to find. There ...
Over a thousand years ago the Chinese discovered that the slender filaments that formed the cocoon of the silk moth, could be woven into beautiful ...
A GUARDIAN, ECONOMIST AND PROSPECT BOOK OF THE YEAR
'A superb book' Simon Sebag Montefiore
'An empowering story of human ingenuity' Economist
'Full of curious ...
The first full exploration of the accusations of malicious witchcraft that plagued the lives of four royal women, and the Woodville line, for centuries. 'An ...
'An elegant, swift and faultless introduction to the subject' The SpectatorStarting with the founding myth of Romulus and Remus, Anthony Everitt charts Rome's development ...
A study of the Roman borders, their role as defenses and control points and their impact on the Roman empire as a whole. The borders ...
A spellbinding history of the hidden world below the Holy City-a saga of biblical treasures, intrepid explorers, and political upheaval
"A sweeping tale of archaeological ...
How did the dog become man's best friend? A celebrated anthropologist unearths the mysterious origins of the unique partnership that rewrote the history of ...
The Greeks is the story of a culture that has contributed more than any other to the way we live today in the West. The ...
With Franklin Roosevelt's death in April of 1945, Vice President Harry Truman and Senator Arthur Vandenberg, the Republican leader on foreign policy, inherited a ...
The victory over Nazi Germany in 1945, in which the Soviet Union played both the greatest part and suffered the greatest losses, found the country ...
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'Magnificent. Narrative history at its vivid and compelling best' Fergal Keane
The first major ...
'Manaugh and Twilley shed illuminating light on a phenomenon that seems utterly of the present moment.' Financial Times' Best Books of the Year
'Startlingly timely ...
A publishing sensation, the publication of Victor Klemperer's diaries brings to light one of the most extraordinary documents of the Nazi period.
'A classic ...
366 quotations - one for every day of the (leap) year - each with a fascinating historical story. In a treasure trove for history buffs, W. B ...
