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Contes Fantastiques et Contes Litt�raires

Contes Fantastiques et Contes Litt�raires

Author: Jules Gabriel Janin
ISBN: 9789357957847
Format: Paperback
$52.48

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Histoire de ma jeunesse

Histoire de ma jeunesse

Author: F Arago
ISBN: 9789357958066
Format: Paperback
$45.25

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The First British Army 1624-1628: The Army of the Duke of Buckingham (Revised Edition)

The First British Army 1624-1628: The Army of the Duke...

Author: Laurence Spring
ISBN: 9781804514498
Format: Paperback
$65.00

"True, the concept of Britain dates back to Roman times, but it was James I that founded Britain in the modern sense....  Read More >>

1974: Scenes from a Year of Crisis

1974: Scenes from a Year of Crisis

Author: Nick Rennison
ISBN: 9780857305817
Format: Paperback
$24.99

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Society and Solitude

Society and Solitude

Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
ISBN: 9798211389144
Format: Paperback
$39.57

Originally published: Boston, Mass.: Houghton, Mifflin, 1870.  Read More >>

What Is History For?

What Is History For?

Author: Robert Gildea (Worcester College, Oxford)
ISBN: 9781529230512
Format: Paperback
$19.99

Gildea suggests that the more people who really understand what good history entails, the more likely history is...  Read More >>

Wagner's Theatre: In Search of a Legacy

Wagner's Theatre: In Search of a Legacy

Author: Patrick Carnegy
ISBN: 9780718897437
Format: Hardback
$129.38

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George and Emily Eden: Pride, Privilege, Empire and the Whigs

George and Emily Eden: Pride, Privilege, Empire and...

Author: Brigid Allen
ISBN: 9780718897451
Format: Hardback
$129.38

An illuminating insight into the sibling pair George and Emily Eden that traces their interlocking private and public...  Read More >>

Why Surrealism Matters

Why Surrealism Matters

Author: Mark Polizzotti
ISBN: 9780300257090
Format: Hardback
$34.95

An elegant consideration of the Surrealist movement as a global phenomenon and why the movement continues to resonate...  Read More >>

Relativity: The Special and The General Theory A Popular Exposition

Relativity: The Special and The General Theory A Popular...

Author: Albert Einstein
ISBN: 9781715276928
Format: Hardback
$88.67

"The present book is intended, as far as possible, to give an exact insight into the theory of Relativity to those...  Read More >>

Why Study History?

Why Study History?

Author: John Fea
ISBN: 9781540966780
Format: Hardback
$131.97

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Lessons of History: The Holocaust and Soviet Terror as Borderline Events

Lessons of History: The Holocaust and Soviet Terror...

Author: Klas-Göran Karlsson
ISBN: 9798887194950
Format: Paperback
$34.99

Can lessons of history develop our orientation in time? Few scholars have responded positively to this challenge....  Read More >>

Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic

Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge:...

Author: Simon Winchester
ISBN: 9780063142893
Format: Paperback
$58.05

‘A delightful compendium of the kind of facts you immediately want to share with anyone you encounter’ New York...  Read More >>

The Earth Transformed: An Untold History

The Earth Transformed: An Untold History

Author: Peter Frankopan
ISBN: 9780593082133
Format: Paperback
$71.28

A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A revolutionary new history that reveals how climate change has dramatically...  Read More >>

Mightier Than the Sword: How Three Obscure Treaties Sanctioned the Enslavement of Millions and the Exploitation of Continents for More Than 400 Years

Mightier Than the Sword: How Three Obscure Treaties...

Author: Lorraine Atkin
ISBN: 9781039188037
Format: Hardback
$79.17

How can words on paper be more devastating than war? Why is there persistent inequality-racial, financial, structural?...  Read More >>

Nomads: The Wanderers Who Shaped Our World

Nomads: The Wanderers Who Shaped Our World

Author: Anthony Sattin
ISBN: 9781324074748
Format: Paperback
$50.13

“Sattin is a terrific storyteller.” —David Farley, New York Times The remarkable story of how nomads have fostered...  Read More >>

Warships in the War of the Pacific 1879–83: South America's ironclad naval campaign

Warships in the War of the Pacific 1879–83: South America's...

Author: Angus Konstam ,  Paul Wright (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781472861245
Format: Paperback
$26.99

Superbly illustrated with original artwork throughout, this book explores the ironclad warships that fought the...  Read More >>

U-2 ‘Dragon Lady’ Units 1955-90

U-2 ‘Dragon Lady’ Units 1955-90

Author: Peter E. Davies ,  Gareth Hector (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781472861689
Format: Paperback
$34.99

An illustrated account of the early service of the Lockheed U-2, one of the most important and longest-serving intelligence...  Read More >>

The Enlightenment and Original Sin

The Enlightenment and Original Sin

Author: Matthew Kadane
ISBN: 9780226832876
Format: Hardback
$190.95

An eloquent microhistory that argues for the centrality of the doctrine of original sin to the Enlightenment. What...  Read More >>

The Rest is History: The official book from the makers of the hit podcast

The Rest is History: The official book from the makers...

Author: Goalhanger Podcasts ,  Dr Tom Holland
ISBN: 9781526667731
Format: Paperback
$24.99

*NOW WITH A FUN PUB QUIZ* | Make room Herodotus, stand down Bede, pipe down Pepys – there’s a new history book in...  Read More >>

Fake Heroes: Ten False Icons and How they Altered the Course of History

Fake Heroes: Ten False Icons and How they Altered the...

Author: Otto English
ISBN: 9781802795929
Format: Paperback
$24.99

From the author of bestseller Fake History, Otto English, comes a shocking yet hilarious look at ten of the greatest...  Read More >>

Lessons of History: The Holocaust and Soviet Terror as Borderline Events

Lessons of History: The Holocaust and Soviet Terror...

Author: Klas-Göran Karlsson
ISBN: 9781644698792
Format: Hardback
$270.00

Can lessons of history develop our orientation in time? Few scholars have responded positively to this challenge....  Read More >>

The Enlightenment and Original Sin

The Enlightenment and Original Sin

Author: Matthew Kadane
ISBN: 9780226832890
Format: Paperback
$47.95

An eloquent microhistory that argues for the centrality of the doctrine of original sin to the Enlightenment. What...  Read More >>

The First Cold War: Anglo-Russian Relations in the 19th Century

The First Cold War: Anglo-Russian Relations in the 19th...

Author: Barbara Emerson
ISBN: 9781805260578
Format: Hardback
$67.99

A comprehensive history of Russo-British relations at the height of the imperial age, from Peter the Great to the...  Read More >>

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