History books

An essential experts' guide to the sinister culture of contemporary Russia: Ben Hodges, Bill Browder, Fiona Hill,...  Read More >>

""Readers will be enchanted by these profiles in success and excess."" - Publishers Weekly Fortunes and Fates-The...  Read More >>

A history of the UK told through how we have collected statistics about ourselves - and how we decide what (and...  Read More >>

The secret history of a trio of gamblers who used homemade technology and their own ingenuity to outplay the house,...  Read More >>

The Sunday Times bestselling landmark history of the alliance that won the war and made the peace, from the author...  Read More >>

The trickle-down effects of empire on the environment Vanished Water examines the ecological and social consequences...  Read More >>

A groundbreaking exploration of the countries solving the world's most pressing problems - and what we can learn...  Read More >>

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The United States invaded Afghanistan in response to the indiscriminate 9/11 terrorist attacks. In Volume 1 of Operation...  Read More >>

'Volodymyr Zelensky: Russian mercenaries ordered to kill Ukraine's president' appeared in The Times on 28 February...  Read More >>

Volume 2 is devoted to the preparation by Moscow of hostilities near Kursk in the spring and early summer of 1943...  Read More >>

No combatant nation of the Second World War has been more forgotten than Thailand. Ignored by most histories of...  Read More >>

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Fifth volume of an encyclopaedic chronicle of the locations and actions of British infantry, cavalry and ordnance...  Read More >>

The Peruvian military aviation, founded in 1919, has - since nearly its earliest days - taken part in the turbulent...  Read More >>

Utilizing archaeological, archival, and visual sources, this book reconsiders tobacco and smoking in the 17th-century...  Read More >>

This book tells the story of the secret operations on nuclear espionage operations carried out from Argentina by...  Read More >>

From the bestselling author of The Land Where Lemons Grow, a luminous account of Sicilian history, geography, culture...  Read More >>

Explore the entrancing world of the fairies in this gorgeously illustrated collection of traditional folk tales....  Read More >>

The trickle-down effects of empire on the environment Vanished Water examines the ecological and social consequences...  Read More >>

A groundbreaking exploration of the countries solving the world's most pressing problems - and what we can learn...  Read More >>

Using extensive, new photographic reference material from three primary Khmer temple sources, this book focuses...  Read More >>

The CIA's most valuable spy has been compromised. Only an unconventional secret Army unit has any chance of safely...  Read More >>

A fascinating insightful guide to collecting one of the most famous bears of all time - Winnie-the-Pooh.  Read More >>

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