History books

Veteran actor Bill Paterson brilliantly evokes his 1950s Glasgow boyhood in this beautifully written and keenly...  Read More >>

An incisive introduction to the Teutonic Knights, from crusaders to powerful rulers.  Read More >>

""Pulitzer Prize-winning historians, diplomats, music legends and sports giants explore the grand American experiment...  Read More >>

Die deutsche Revolution von 1918/19 ist eine Enttäuschung. Sie ist eigentlich auch gar keine Revolution. Zumindest...  Read More >>

From miracle mineral to dangerous dust: how the Australian government unwittingly betrayed its people.  Read More >>

An unflinching account of the 1944 Warsaw Rising, told through the voices of those who lived and fought it. As the...  Read More >>

Investigates how selected postcolonial African writers have adapted historical sources for dramatic compositions....  Read More >>

Investigates how selected postcolonial African writers have adapted historical sources for dramatic compositions....  Read More >>

Remarkable conversations between Louis-Christophe Zaleski-Zamenhof - the sole grandson of the creator of Esperanto...  Read More >>

Remarkable conversations between Louis-Christophe Zaleski-Zamenhof - the sole grandson of the creator of Esperanto...  Read More >>

In frontier Fort Smith, Judge Isaac C. Parker and marshals like Bass Reeves brought law to chaos. Journalist and...  Read More >>

The cultural, religious, and political history of the Middle East as reflected in the region today The Middle East...  Read More >>

The first work of political theory published in modern India, Letters to an Indian Raja (1891) counseled Maharajas...  Read More >>

Early 20th-century Warsaw witnessed an unprecedented development of the Yiddish press. This led to a backlash not...  Read More >>

Uncover 300M-year-old links between ancient mountains and modern folklore, cryptids, and geological memory.  Read More >>

The Habsburg-dominated southeastern Europe has been, since the eighteenth century, a space of military expansion,...  Read More >>

At a time when America's international policy is undergoing rapid change, and Japan, having elected its first female...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1985 this book draws attention to the terrible unexploded remnants of mines and other high-explosive...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1987, this Dictionary gives the origins of the names of nearly 1000 coin denominations worldwide,...  Read More >>

This book provides a ground-breaking study of monuments to defeat. Focusing on one sculpture—Gloria Victis, or Glory...  Read More >>

Armageddon: The Battle for Germany 1944-45 is the stunning bestseller from one of Britain's most highly regarded...  Read More >>

Armageddon: The Battle for Germany 1944-45 is the stunning bestseller from one of Britain's most highly regarded...  Read More >>

Où se trouvent les plus anciennes peintures au monde, réalisées par des humains ? Depuis quand est-il obligatoire...  Read More >>

A haunting and brilliantly researched history which interrogates the culture of shame in Ireland, and tells the...  Read More >>

Relive the 1960s with 32 premium Large Print puzzles. Designed for seniors, this collection features word searches,...  Read More >>