21st century history: from c 2000 - books

In the spring of 2002, a small-market basketball team stood on the brink of immortality. The Sacramento Kings, armed...  Read More >>

Illustrated with more than 130 helicopter artworks and photos, Technical Guide: Modern Military Helicopters is an...  Read More >>

Illustrated with 100 submarine artworks and photos, Technical Guide: Modern Submarines is an essential reference...  Read More >>

‘Superb. A visceral, heartbreaking, and powerful account — with personal testimonies and deep research — of the...  Read More >>

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Power and the Palace pulls back the curtain on the hidden relationship between the sovereign and the prime minister...  Read More >>

What happens when the world's financial system outgrows the values that built it? The Global Financial System: Evolution,...  Read More >>

This concise and authoritative biography of the UK's longest-reigning monarch is written by leading historian Sir...  Read More >>

On the evening of August 4, 2012, the Olympic Stadium in London became the beating heart of a nation. In just forty-four...  Read More >>

The follow up to 2022’s best-selling Three Castles Burning is here. Historian and Podcaster Donal Fallon returns...  Read More >>

For two decades, the New England Patriots dominated the NFL in a way no other franchise had ever done before. From...  Read More >>

On 11 March 2020 a single word-pandemic-did what headlines usually only threaten: it turned proximity into danger,...  Read More >>

One clear Tuesday morning the skyline changed and a nation's sense of safety snapped. Planes became instruments...  Read More >>

The Pentagon is not just a building, it is the core heart of the American military power. Its origins are dated...  Read More >>

Sixty years ago, economist Robert Triffin warned that the U.S. dollar could suddenly drop in value, if the United...  Read More >>

This compelling collection of essays unveils various underlying layers of the Russo-Ukrainian War, casting it against...  Read More >>

This collection illustrates some of the factors in Russia's preparation for its tragic escalation in Ukraine.  Read More >>

This book, From the Womb to the Plantation to the Penitentiary, exhibits the trials and tribulations of Black and...  Read More >>

Walking Away from the Ledge is a hard-hitting, no-BS military memoir that goes beyond the battlefield to expose...  Read More >>

A masterful history of a country transformed over 25 years, from Ireland's most distinguished historian.  Read More >>

Taking the concept of ""virtuality"" as a starting point, this collective volume offers a fresh debate on the role...  Read More >>

The fascinating inside story of the British aristocracy since the Second World War. There are fewer than 5000 people...  Read More >>

""Drawing on 160 published memoirs, this book explores the costs and benefits in the post-WWII period in the United...  Read More >>

In this unique book, Irish women who stayed living on the island, who did not emigrate, describe their lives and...  Read More >>