History books

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This revised edition investigates first-hand evidence of the use of special effects in fire and flame in medieval...  Read More >>

The Anzac legend has shaped Australia's national identity for more than a century. Yet many experiences of war do...  Read More >>

Relying heavily on resources from Worcester-based research archives and libraries, Schindler and Slatkin have curated...  Read More >>

Before the American Revolution, the Fight for Liberty Began in North Carolina The Regulators Movement in colonial...  Read More >>

Free Chicago: 50 Years of the Reader is an oversized coffee table book that tells the incredible story of the nation's...  Read More >>

Winner of the 2006 Booker Worthen Literary Prize and the 2004 Ragsdale Award A dominating spirit of public service...  Read More >>

Ghosts of My Old Dominion: Memory and History from the New South stares down the long shadow of the Civil War to...  Read More >>

This groundbreaking book tells the story of American propaganda campaigns in the Middle East after 9/11, drawing...  Read More >>

Ian Bradley has been fascinated by spas since regularly taking the waters at Tunbridge Wells as a boy. He has visited,...  Read More >>

Royal laundresses, corset-makers and professional feather curlers- the hidden story of the people who designed,...  Read More >>

This book uses the medium of film to explore poetic history as a subtle form of psychology expressed within Islamic...  Read More >>

Historical writing is important in order to understand past societies, by giving us their own views of their past,...  Read More >>

Paints a vivid portrait of a Bohemian legend  Read More >>

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Discover the incredible trivia and hidden stories of one of Britain's best loved destinations, Devon and Cornwall...  Read More >>

The first book to trace the development of Iran’s nuclear program in the broader context of its relationship with...  Read More >>

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Traces China's transformations with a focus on China's incorporation process in the nineteenth century, which help...  Read More >>

Offers a groundbreaking approach to a key text in Zen Buddhism.  Read More >>

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