General & world history books

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Tripped: Nazi Germany, the CIA, and the Dawn of the Psychedelic Age

Tripped: Nazi Germany, the CIA, and the Dawn of the...

Author: Norman Ohler
ISBN: 9781838953584
Format: Hardback
$45.00

A brilliant and original investigation into the medical origins of LSD and how the Nazis and the CIA turned it into...  Read More >>

The Causes of the First World War: The Long Blame Game

The Causes of the First World War: The Long Blame Game...

Author: Annika Mombauer
ISBN: 9780815347934
Format: Hardback
$273.00

More than a hundred years after it began, the question of the origins of World War I remains contested. Based on...  Read More >>

Small Gardens, and How to Make the Most of Them

Small Gardens, and How to Make the Most of Them

Author: Violet Purton Biddle
ISBN: 9789357952712
Format: Paperback
$44.19

Small Gardens, and How to Make the Most of Them, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the...  Read More >>

Sketch of the History of the Knights Templars

Sketch of the History of the Knights Templars

Author: James Burnes
ISBN: 9789357953078
Format: Paperback
$41.90

Sketch of the History of the Knights Templars, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human...  Read More >>

Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music

Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music

Author: Ferruccio Busoni
ISBN: 9789357956277
Format: Paperback
$39.60

Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music By Ferruccio Busoni  Read More >>

The Small House at Allington

The Small House at Allington

Author: Anthony Trollope
ISBN: 9789357955119
Format: Paperback
$90.05

"Lily is the niece of Squire Dale, an embittered old bachelor entrenched in the ""great house"" at Allington. His...  Read More >>

Slavery and the slave trade in Africa

Slavery and the slave trade in Africa

Author: Henry M Stanley
ISBN: 9789357955195
Format: Paperback
$39.78

Slavery and the slave trade in Africa, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history,...  Read More >>

Three Things

Three Things

Author: Elinor Glyn
ISBN: 9789357937993
Format: Paperback
$41.71

The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books...  Read More >>

Slavery in History

Slavery in History

Author: Adam Gurowski
ISBN: 9789357953276
Format: Paperback
$49.84

Slavery in History, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this...  Read More >>

Slipstream: the autobiography of an air craftsman

Slipstream: the autobiography of an air craftsman

Author: Eugene E Wilson
ISBN: 9789357954419
Format: Paperback
$60.59

Slipstream: the autobiography of an air craftsman, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the...  Read More >>

The Slave Trade, Domestic and Foreign; Why It Exists, and How It May Be Extinguished

The Slave Trade, Domestic and Foreign; Why It Exists,...

Author: Henry Charles Carey
ISBN: 9789357959223
Format: Paperback
$69.59

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1872 Original Publisher: H. C. Baird Subjects: Slave...  Read More >>

Through Magic Glasses and Other Lectures A Sequel to The Fairyland of Science

Through Magic Glasses and Other Lectures A Sequel to...

Author: Arabella B Buckley
ISBN: 9789357933919
Format: Paperback
$50.71

Through Magic Glasses and Other Lectures A Sequel to The Fairyland of Science, a classical book, has been considered...  Read More >>

A Sketch of the Life of the late Henry Cooper;Barrister-at-Law, of the Norfolk Circuit; as also, of his Father

A Sketch of the Life of the late Henry Cooper;Barrister-at-Law,...

Author: William Cooperq
ISBN: 9789357958233
Format: Paperback
$44.72

A Sketch of the Life of the late Henry Cooper;Barrister-at-Law, of the Norfolk Circuit; as also, of his Father,...  Read More >>

The Ultimate History Buff Challenge: Over 600 Quiz Questions for Curious History Lovers

The Ultimate History Buff Challenge: Over 600 Quiz Questions...

Author: Bill O'Neill
ISBN: 9781648451218
Format: Paperback
$36.41

Think you know everything there is to know about history? Think again! The Ultimate History Buff Challenge will...  Read More >>

The Nomad: Diaries of Isabelle Eberhardt

The Nomad: Diaries of Isabelle Eberhardt

Author: Isabelle Eberhardt ,  Nina De Voogd
ISBN: 9781623717100
Format: Paperback
$42.24

In her short life Isabelle Eberhardt (1877-1904) came to be known as the ultimate enigma and representative of everything...  Read More >>

Lost Fatherland: Europeans between Empire and Nation-States, 1867-1939

Lost Fatherland: Europeans between Empire and Nation-States,...

Author: Iryna Vushko
ISBN: 9780300267556
Format: Hardback
$51.95

How the demise of the Habsburg Empire, postwar sovereignty, and new diplomatic frontiers shaped the nature of citizenship,...  Read More >>

Italy in a Wineglass: The Taste of History

Italy in a Wineglass: The Taste of History

Author: Marc Millon
ISBN: 9781911723462
Format: Paperback
$34.99

A lively, page-turning history of Italy and its wines, from the Roman Empire to climate change.  Read More >>

Henrietta Szold: Hadassah and the Zionist Dream

Henrietta Szold: Hadassah and the Zionist Dream

Author: Francine Klagsbrun
ISBN: 9780300247787
Format: Hardback
$34.95

Award-winning author Francine Klagsbrun reveals the complex life and work of Henrietta Szold, founder of Hadassah...  Read More >>

100 Books that Changed the World

100 Books that Changed the World

Author: Scott Christianson ,  Colin Salter
ISBN: 9781849948678
Format: Hardback
$51.75

A thought-provoking chronological timeline of the world’s most influential books.   Read More >>

100 Letters that Changed the World

100 Letters that Changed the World

Author: Colin Salter
ISBN: 9781849948685
Format: Hardback
$51.75

A fascinating collection of some of the most significant, interesting and groundbreaking letters ever written.  Read More >>

Epic Fails in Ancient History: Uncovering Hilarious Mistakes and Baffling Blunders That Shaped Civilizations

Epic Fails in Ancient History: Uncovering Hilarious...

Author: Ahoy Publications
ISBN: 9798892960564
Format: Hardback
$71.25

Take an epic journey through the hilarious mistakes and baffling blunders that shaped civilizations.  Read More >>

British West Indian Newspapers and the Abolition of Slavery

British West Indian Newspapers and the Abolition of...

Author: Andrew Lewis
ISBN: 9781032479262
Format: Hardback
$273.00

This book is the first overall survey of the British West Indian press in the early nineteenth century—a critical...  Read More >>

X Marks the Spot: An Adventurous History of Archaeology

X Marks the Spot: An Adventurous History of Archaeology...

Author: Michael Scott
ISBN: 9781529367850
Format: Paperback
$24.99

An adventurous history of archaeology that digs up traps, curses and buried treasure...  Read More >>

Worthy of Freedom: Indenture and Free Labor in the Era of Emancipation

Worthy of Freedom: Indenture and Free Labor in the Era...

Author: Jonathan Connolly
ISBN: 9780226833644
Format: Paperback
$53.95

"A study of Indian indentured labor in Mauritius, British Guiana, and Trinidad that explores the history of indenture's...  Read More >>

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