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Britain has long been fascinated with its own history and identity, as an island nation besieged by invaders from beyond the seas: the Romans, Vikings ...
This long overdue, vivid and wide-ranging examination of the significance of the resistance of the enslaved themselves - from sabotage and running away to outright violent ...
'A galloping journey through thousands of years of Chinese culinary history . . . a timely reminder that the country's modern cuisine is the delicious fruit of ...
In 1957, Ella Simon of Purfleet mission near Taree, New South Wales, applied for and was granted a certificate of exemption. Exemption gave her legal ...
From the bestselling author Simon Winchester, a human history of land around the world: who mapped it, owned it, stole it, cared for it, fought ...
'An epic tale of exploration, daring and tragedy told by a fine historian - and a wonderful writer' Peter Frankopan, author of the bestselling The Silk ...
A beautful book for anyone interested in exploring the history of trade in maps.
Trade is the lifeblood of nations. It has provided vital goods ...
An epoch-defining history of African America co-curated by bestselling author of How To Be an Antiracist
Four Hundred Souls is an epoch-defining history of African ...
'Magnificent. Narrative history at its vivid and compelling best' Fergal Keane
The first major history of the International Brigades: a tale of blood, ideals and ...
Some celebrate Lincoln for freeing the slaves; others fault him for a long-standing conservatism on abolition and race. James Oakes gives us another option in ...
The first and only in-depth economic history of England's gardens, from 1660 to today
At least since the seventeenth century, most of the English ...
Most of what we do on land ends up impacting the ocean, but never is that clearer than when we look at salmon. Centuries of ...
With the Empire gone, Brexit looming and the break-up of the United Kingdom itself a real possibility, there's no better time to understand the ...
Ahead of the 400th anniversary of the first Thanksgiving, a new look at the Plymouth colony's founding events, told for the first time with ...
What happens when authorities you venerate condone something you know is wrong?
Every major religion and philosophy once condoned or approved of slavery, but in ...
