Crucible Of Resistance

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Children of Paradise

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Plugging Into Your Past

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Confidence Men

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Showers Brothers Furniture Company

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The Great Rescue

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Scandals in History

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The Reckoning

From best-selling author of Fighter Boys, a gripping true detective story into a shooting that had momentous consequences for the modern world. What happened when

Understanding Thomas Jefferson

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The Early Art of Coventry, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwick, and Lesser Sites in Warwickshire

The study of the early art of England can be frustrating for scholars, as the destruction by iconoclasm and neglect was very thorough in certain

West Like Lightning

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Assassination of JFK

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A Strange Eventful History

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Tear Gas

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Victoria Cross Heroes of World War One

For the first time all 627 WWI Victoria Cross winners are portrayed in photographs as well as their actions recounted. Contemporary facsimile newspaper extracts reveal

Archibald Wavell

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Valkyrie's Song

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Don Vito and the Mafia: Living with My Father's Secrets

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Great Upheaval

It is an era that redefined history. As the 1790s began, a fragile America teetered on the brink of oblivion, Russia towered as a vast

Women in Aviation

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Patriotic Betrayal

Overview: In this revelatory book, Karen M. Paget shows how the CIA turned the National Student Association into an intelligence asset during the Cold War,

Warrior and the Prophet

Shawnee chief Tecumseh was a man destined for greatness - the son of a prominent war leader, he was supposedly born under a lucky shooting

America's Culture of Terrorism : Violence, Capitalism, and the Written Word

Although the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 shocked the world, America has confronted terrorism at home for well over a century. With the invention

Riots, Pogroms, Jihad

In October 2002 a bomb blast in a Balinese nightclub killed more than two hundred people, many of them young Australian tourists. This event and

English Voices

Ferdinand Mount has spent many years writing articles, columns and reviews for prestigious magazines, newspapers and journals. Whether reviewing great published works by ...

Mafialand

The MacArthur Highway and Other Relics of American Empire in the Philippines

It has been more than a century since the American conquest and subsequent annexation of the Philippines. Although the nation was given its independence in

Five Presidents

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Kennedy and Me and Five Days in November reflects on his seventeen years on the Secret

Who goes home?

'Who Goes Home? A Parliamentary Miscellany is a wonderful and authoritative collection of Parliamentary wit and insult
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Zucked

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Patriot or Traitor

A major historical biography: the dramatic, harrowing and contested story of Sir Walter Ralegh published on the 400th anniversary of his execution

Twilight of American Sanity

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Jean Claude Guiet

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Bloody Times

Based on the author's adult title, Bloody Crimes, a teen adaption brings to light the end of the Civil War, which includes President Lincoln's assassination

The Great American University

As the economic crisis forces a new focus on longterm investment in institutions, it is essential that we recognize the contributions of America's great research

A Mudlark's Treasures

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EMPIRE & INDUSTRY BRITAIN & IRELAND

These outstanding books bring to life the people, places and events of the past in these islands, from the earliest settlers to the present day.

British Shipbuilding and the State Since 1918

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Hot Dogs And Cocktails

Peter Conradi recreates the rich tapestry that provides the backdrop to the royals' visit to America, analysing the political background and the media's reaction, and

Storable Votes

Storable votes allow the minority to win occasionally while treating every voter equally and increasing the efficiency of decision-making, without the need for external k...

British Liberal Leaders

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Counting One's Blessings

William Shawcross's official biography of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, published in September 2009, was a huge critical and commercial success.One of the great reve...

You Know You're a Child of the 2000's When

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Rogue Justice: The Making of the Security State

The definitive account of how America’s War on Terror sparked a decade-long assault on the rule of law, weakening our courts and our Constitution in

SAS: The Elite Special Forces in their Own Words

A stunning anthology of over 100 eyewitness accounts from the men of the SAS to tie in with the 70th anniversary of the founding of

This Child Will Be Great

“The first thing to be said about Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s This Child Will Be Great is that it is exceptionally well written, a true story

Sherlock's Squadron

John Holmes was a schoolboy when World War II broke out in 1939, but even he jknew his destiny lay in the skies. 'Boys from

The Foreigner

Richard Sennett has spent an intellectual lifetime exploring how humans live in cities. In this pair of essays he visits two of the world's greatest

Mythmaking in the New Russia

After the collapse of Communist rule in 1991, those loyal to the old regime tried to salvage their political dreams by rejecting some aspects of

The Book of the PoppyThe Book of the Poppy

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Fighting Isis

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Following in the Footsteps of King Arthur

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The Trampled Wife

Mary Eleanor Bowes, ancestor of the Queen, was brought up at the luxurious estate of Gibside in County Durham. Known as the heiress of 'all

Restless Kings

In The Restless Kings Nick Barratt presents the tumultuous struggle for supremacy between the first Plantagenet king, Henry II, and his four sons. This conflict

Inventing Africa

Inventing Africa is a critical account of narratives which have selectively interpreted and misinterpreted the continent's deep past. Writers have created alluring imag...

Missions Impossible

Whether these are the product of the extreme pressures of warfare, acts of faith or compassion, or examples of utter tenacity and determination against all

Leo Varadkar: A Very Modern Taoiseach

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Writing Muslim Identity

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Five Rules for Rebellion

'As it becomes depressingly clear that those presently in power are not taking the urgent action required on climate change, poverty and inequality, we must

The Noble Liar

To some, it is the voice of the nation, yet to others it has never been clearer that the BBC is in the grip of