History books

Anyone who has an interest in the history of this part of the Cotswolds and the adjacent vale will find much to...  Read More >>

A richly illustrated tale from the history of the Upper Murray. Claude Batson's brief career as the Last Bushranger...  Read More >>

#1 New York Times-bestselling author Craig Whitlock’s masterful account of one of the biggest public corruption...  Read More >>

A painting by a celebrated Australian artist holds clues to long-held family secrets and lives under threat long...  Read More >>

Ce récit retrace les tribulations de trois frères juifs originaires d'Algérie lors de la Seconde Guerre mondiale....  Read More >>

Sometimes the most painful aspect of life is when one's contributions are forgotten. Such may be the case with...  Read More >>

Gunocracy sets out practical reforms and interventions to reduce or end gun violence. It includes recommendations...  Read More >>

Princess Hua of China will face many dangers on her diplomatic mission to Rome. The most dangerous will be love....  Read More >>

The Routledge Handbook of Economic Expectations in Historical Perspective offers a one-stop reference that distills...  Read More >>

Confucius's Analects distills timeless lessons on virtue, justice, and harmony, shaping Chinese philosophy for over...  Read More >>

Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl reveals the struggles of enslaved women, exposing brutality,...  Read More >>

Paine's Common Sense (1776) ignited revolution by dismantling monarchy and inspiring independence, a landmark pamphlet...  Read More >>

""Books preserve ideas, yes, but they also provoke new ones-they are true tools for thinking. In this book, Joel...  Read More >>

Marcus Aurelius's Meditations offers timeless Stoic wisdom on virtue, resilience, and inner peace-private reflections...  Read More >>

Thunder in The Mountains looks at WW1 on the Italian Front, the little-known theatre of war where men fought amongst...  Read More >>

This is the second of six volumes detailing the history of air-to-air missiles (AAM). It describes the development...  Read More >>

Though generally underestimated in the West, the Soviet export of destroyers played a vital role in buildup of the...  Read More >>

This book, written for the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Pavia, deals with the detailed description of the...  Read More >>

The historic Greensboro, North Carolina lunch counter sit-In on February 1, 1960 is one of the most well known incidents...  Read More >>

A young German man avoids Hitler's army and survives bombing, hunger, and the Russians. Post war he meets the author's...  Read More >>

The Tanker War was a successful U.S. military intervention in the Middle East, and forms a blueprint for an effective...  Read More >>

An insight into combat leadership at the battalion level, with lessons for both active-duty military and anyone...  Read More >>

War the Turtle's Back examines all the campaigns fought by Indigenous Peoples of North America during the period...  Read More >>

Few thinkers have been more reviled and misunderstood than Adam Weishaupt (1748-1830), the founder of the Bavarian...  Read More >>

Based on Labour Party files, including some never before publicly seen, this explosive investigation lays bare the...  Read More >>