History & Futurology
Thomas E. Ricks - Churchill & Orwell (2nd Hand Hardback)
Synopsis Subtitled : The Fight For Freedom. A New York Times Bestseller! A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2017. . . . "Their paths ne...
View full detailsHelen Graham - The Spanish Civil War (A Very Short Introduction) (2nd Hand Softback)
Synopsis This is a fascinating, extremely well written and nuanced explanation of the Spanish Civil War. Amid the many catastrophes of the twenti...
View full detailsAlex Deane - Lessons From History (2nd Hand Hardback)
Synopsis Full Title : Lessons from history : hidden heroes and villains of the past, and what we can learn from them. Lessons from History is a j...
View full detailsPatrick Dixon - The Future of (Almost) Everything (2nd Hand Paperback)
Synopsis From the man the Wall Street Journal describes as a 'global change guru', more than one hundred of the trends that touch every aspect of...
View full detailsGavin Menzies - The Lost Empire of Atlantis (2nd Hand Paperback)
Synopsis New York Times bestselling historian Gavin Menzies presents newly uncovered evidence revealing, conclusively, that “the lost city of Atl...
View full detailsChris Peers - Rorke's Drift & Isandlwana (Minute by Minute) (2nd Hand Paperback)
Synopsis Full Subtitle : 22nd January 1879 : Minute by Minute. The battle of Isandlwana on 22 January 1879 was one of the most dramatic episodes ...
View full detailsNaomi Klein - The Shock Doctrine (2nd Hand Paperback)
Synopsis The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism is a bestselling 2007 book by the Canadian author and social activist Naomi Klein. In ...
View full detailsThomas Penn - Winter King (The Dawn of Tudor England) (2nd Hand Paperback)
Synopsis Multi Award Winning Book. 'He were a dark prince, and infinitely suspicious, and his times full of secret conspiracies and troubles' - S...
View full detailsDavid Leeming - The Oxford Companion to World Mythology (2nd Hand Hardback)
Synopsis " . . . Myths are stories that are based on tradition. Some may have factual origins, while others are completely fictional. But myths a...
View full detailsWendy Moore - Wedlock (2nd Hand Paperback)
Synopsis Wedlock is the remarkable story of the Countess of Strathmore and her marriage to Andrew Robinson Stoney. Mary Eleanor Bowes was one of ...
View full detailsRobin Dunbar - Human Evolution (2nd Hand Paperback)
Synopsis A Pelican Introduction. What makes us human? The past 12,000 years represent the only time in the sweep of human history when there has ...
View full detailsGordon Kerr - A Short History of Europe (2nd Hand Hardback)
Synopsis What is Europe? Firstly, of course, it is a continent made up of countless disparate peoples, races and nations, and governed by different...
View full detailsDanny Danziger & John Gillingham - 1215 (The Year of Magna Carta) (2nd Hand Paperback)
Synopsis 1215: The Year of Magna Carta is a historical documentation of life in Medieval England written by author and journalist Danny Danziger an...
View full detailsMichael Wood - The Story of England (2nd Hand Paperback)
Synopsis In The Story of England Michael Wood tells the extraordinary story of one English community over fifteen centuries, from the moment that t...
View full detailsBarry Cunliffe - The Ancient Celts (2nd Hand Paperback)
Synopsis For two and half thousand years the ancient Celts have continued to fascinate all who have come into contact with them. The archetypal `b...
View full detailsGordon Kerr - A Short History of India (2nd Hand Paperback)
Synopsis The world's largest democracy and second-most populous country, 21st Century India is a dynamic nation with a thrusting economy, made up o...
View full detailsNiall Ferguson (Editor) - Virtual History (2nd Hand Paperback)
Synopsis What if Britain had stayed out of the First World War? What if Germany had won the Second? How would England look if there had been no Cro...
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