History & Politics

Condition: BRAND NEW Format: Paperback ISBN: 9780552779340 Publisher: Black Swan (Transworld Publishers) Age Range: Adult (18+) Overview: Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania is Erik Larson's masterful, meticulously researched account of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania in May 1915. Blending narrative...

Details: Condition: BRAND NEW Format: Hardback ISBN: 9781471195433 Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK Overview: Money: A Story of Humanity is economist David McWilliams' sweeping, entertaining account of the object that has shaped civilisation - from Mesopotamian clay tablets to Bitcoin. Blending economics, history and...

Titles in This Set: The Art of War — Sun Tzu The Methods of the Sima Six Secret Teachings of Taigong Questions and Replies Wei Liaozi On Leadership — Niccolò Machiavelli The Prince — Niccolò Machiavelli Your Notebook of Strategies Condition: BRAND NEW Format:...

Titles in This Set: Introduction to Great Explorers Introduction to Great Inventors Introduction to Great Scientists Introduction to Castles Introduction to Kingdoms of the Past Introduction to Mysterious Tombs and Treasures Introduction to Egyptians Introduction to The Aztecs Introduction to World War I Introduction...

Details: Condition: BRAND NEW Format: Paperback ISBN: 9781838959708 Publisher: Atlantic Books Overview: American Prometheus is the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the brilliant and tormented physicist who led the Manhattan Project. Written by Kai Bird and the late Martin J. Sherwin, this...

Condition: BRAND NEW Format: Paperback ISBN: 9780008483852 Publisher: William Collins Overview: Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad is Daniel Finkelstein's Sunday Times bestselling memoir tracing his parents' extraordinary survival through the two great totalitarian horrors of the twentieth century. Combining rigorous historical research with deeply...

Details: Condition: BRAND NEW Format: Hardback ISBN: 9781838954819 Publisher: Atlantic Books Overview: In Search Of Berlin is John Kampfner's sweeping history of one of Europe's most compelling capitals. Blending personal reportage with rigorous research, the award-winning journalist traces Berlin's 800-year journey through empire, war,...

Details: Condition: BRAND NEW Format: Paperback ISBN: 9781789464511 Publisher: John Blake Publishing Overview: Peaky Blinders: The Aftermath is the third instalment in Carl Chinn's Sunday Times bestselling true crime history series, following The Real Story and The Legacy. As Britain shakes off wartime austerity...

Condition: BRAND NEW Format: Paperback ISBN: 9781910184004 Publisher: Book House Age Range: 8-12 years Overview: Step into the frozen world of Antarctic exploration with You Wouldn't Want To Be On Shackleton's Polar Expedition, a witty and richly illustrated non-fiction title from the bestselling You...

Condition: BRAND NEW Format: Hardback ISBN: 9780300162721 Publisher: Yale University Press Age Range: Adult (18+) Overview: Tudor England: A History by Lucy Wooding is a landmark hardback account of one of the most dramatic periods in English history, tracing the Tudor dynasty from Henry...

Condition: BRAND NEWFormat: HardbackISBN: 9780008203504Publisher: 4th EstateAge Range: Adult / General Readership Overview:King Power: Leicester City's Remarkable Season is a wickedly funny slice of sports satire that reimagines the 2015/2016 Premier League title win through the eyes of a most unlikely narrator: King Richard...

Titles in This SetKillers of the Flower MoonThe WagerThe Lost City of Z DetailsCondition: Brand NewFormat: PaperbackISBN (Killers of the Flower Moon): 9781398540651ISBN (The Wager): 9781471183706Publisher: Simon & SchusterAge Range: Adult OverviewDiscover the gripping true stories that made David Grann one of the world's...

Details Condition: BRAND NEW Format: Paperback ISBN: 9780702313721 Publisher: Scholastic Age Range: 8-12 Overview Discover the remarkable life of Britain's longest-reigning monarch in this engaging biography from the bestselling A Life Story series. Written by Sally Morgan and illustrated in striking black-and-white by Sarah...

Details: Condition: BRAND NEW Format: Hardback ISBN: 9780008541613 Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books Age Range: 5+ Overview: There Once is a Queen is a poetic, beautifully illustrated picture book from beloved storyteller Sir Michael Morpurgo, created to celebrate the historic reign of Queen Elizabeth II....

Details Condition: New Format: Hardback ISBN: 9780571346325 Publisher: Faber & Faber Age Range: 9-12 years Overview Rescue: Daring Missions from On, Under and Above the Earth is a thrilling hardback collection of true-life rescue stories for young readers, written by acclaimed historian David Long...

Titles in This Set A Time of Gifts Between the Woods and the Water The Broken Road Details Condition: Brand New Format: Paperback ISBN: 9789124015312 Publisher: John Murray Age Range: Adult / General Readers Overview This paperback boxed set gathers Patrick Leigh Fermor's celebrated...

Titles in This Set Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning by Nigel BiggarAdventurers: The Improbable Rise of the East India Company (1550-1650) by David Howarth Condition: Brand NewFormat: HardbackISBN: 9780008511630 (Colonialism) / 9780300250725 (Adventurers)Publisher: William Collins / Yale University PressAge Range: Adult Overview This two-book hardback...

Details Condition: Brand New Format: Paperback ISBN: 9781398541474 Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK Age Range: Adult Overview War is Bob Woodward's revelatory account of three overlapping conflicts shaping the modern world: the war in Ukraine, the Israel-Hamas conflict in the Middle East, and the...

Titles in This Set Savage Stone Age Awesome Egyptians Groovy Greeks Rotten Romans Cut-Throat Celts Smashing Saxons Vicious Vikings Stormin' Normans Angry Aztecs Incredible Incas Measly Middle Ages Terrible Tudors Slimy Stuarts Gorgeous Georgians Vile Victorians Villainous Victorians Barmy British Empire Frightful First World...

DetailsCondition: Brand NewFormat: PaperbackISBN: 9781526642660Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing OverviewI Alone Can Fix It is the explosive, definitive account of Donald Trump's final year in the White House, from Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post journalists Carol D. Leonnig and Philip Rucker. Covering the pandemic, the 2020 election...