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Spice: The 16th-Century Contest that Shaped the Modern World

Spice: The 16th-Century Contest that Shaped the Modern...

Author: Roger Crowley
ISBN: 9780300267471
Format: Hardback
$41.95

The story of the sixteenth-century’s epic contest for the spice trade, which propelled European maritime exploration...  Read More >>

The White Bonus: Five Families and the Cash Value of Racism in America

The White Bonus: Five Families and the Cash Value of...

Author: Tracie McMillan
ISBN: 9781250619426
Format: Hardback
$54.99

Award-winning journalist Tracie McMillan combines gripping memoir, top-notch original reporting, and rigorous research...  Read More >>

Libertine London: Sex in the Eighteenth-Century Metropolis

Libertine London: Sex in the Eighteenth-Century Metropolis...

Author: Julie Peakman
ISBN: 9781789148473
Format: Hardback
$49.99

Unveils the complex sex lives of libertine women in eighteenth-century London.  Read More >>

The English Convict Hulks 1600s - 1868: Transporting Criminals to Australia

The English Convict Hulks 1600s - 1868: Transporting...

Author: Mick Davis
ISBN: 9781399054492
Format: Hardback
$66.00

In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Britain had eased its problem of crowded jails and surplus criminals...  Read More >>

Empire Javelin, D-Day Assault Ship: The Royal Navy vessel that landed the US 116th Infantry on Omaha Beach

Empire Javelin, D-Day Assault Ship: The Royal Navy vessel...

Author: Philip Kay-Bujak
ISBN: 9781399035811
Format: Hardback
$75.00

Empire Javelin an American-built LSI (Landing Ship, Infantry) in Royal Navy service, played an important role on...  Read More >>

Introduction to the Carolingian Age

Introduction to the Carolingian Age

Author: Cullen J. Chandler
ISBN: 9781032121222
Format: Hardback
$273.00

Introduction to the Carolingian Age provides an accessible history of western Europe in the eighth and ninth centuries,...  Read More >>

Well of Souls: Uncovering the Banjo's Hidden History

Well of Souls: Uncovering the Banjo's Hidden History...

Author: Kristina R. Gaddy ,  Rhiannon Giddens
ISBN: 9781324074489
Format: Paperback
$31.95

An illuminating history of the banjo, revealing its origins at the crossroads of slavery, religion and music  Read More >>

The Neapolitan Creative Economy: The Growth of the Music Market and Creative Sector in Naples, 17th–19th Centuries

The Neapolitan Creative Economy: The Growth of the Music...

Author: Rossella Del Prete
ISBN: 9783031559020
Format: Hardback
$343.17

This book is a valuable resource to a broad range of readers, including those working in economic history, tourism...  Read More >>

Abolish the Monarchy: Why we should and how we will

Abolish the Monarchy: Why we should and how we will...

Author: Graham Smith
ISBN: 9781804992272
Format: Paperback
$27.99

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Strong Like Her: A Celebration of Rule Breakers, History Makers, and Unstoppable Athletes

Strong Like Her: A Celebration of Rule Breakers, History...

Author: Haley Shapley ,  Sophy Holland
ISBN: 9781982120863
Format: Paperback
$45.00

Beautiful and powerful, Strong Like Her presents the awe-inspiring account of women’s athleticism throughout history--from...  Read More >>

The Full English: A Journey in Search of a Country and its People

The Full English: A Journey in Search of a Country and...

Author: Stuart Maconie
ISBN: 9780008498290
Format: Paperback
$24.99

A Sunday Times Book of the Week and Top 10 Bestseller A Waterstones Travel Book of the Year A...  Read More >>

Rivets, Trivets and Galvanised Buckets: Life in the village hardware shop

Rivets, Trivets and Galvanised Buckets: Life in the...

Author: Tom Fort
ISBN: 9781472291950
Format: Paperback
$26.99

Rivets, Trivets and Galvanised Buckets is The Repair Shop meets The Diary of a Bookseller all conveyed in Tom Fort's...  Read More >>

Bernard Shaw’s and Virginia Woolf’s Interior Authors: Censored and Modern

Bernard Shaw’s and Virginia Woolf’s Interior Authors:...

Author: Lagretta Tallent Lenker
ISBN: 9783031496035
Format: Hardback
$316.77

Despite their difference in age (Shaw was twenty-six years older than Woolf), and public demeanor - Shaw sought...  Read More >>

The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of History at Hampton Court

The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years...

Author: Gareth Russell
ISBN: 9780008437015
Format: Paperback
$26.99

'If a house could gossip, this is the book that Hampton Court would whisper. An enjoyable and readable stroll through...  Read More >>

Private Revolutions: Coming of Age in a New China

Private Revolutions: Coming of Age in a New China

Author: Yuan Yang
ISBN: 9781526655905
Format: Paperback
$34.99

'As powerfully intimate as it is politically incendiary' VOGUE 'Private Revolutions could be a Netflix series, for...  Read More >>

Ethnographic Discourses on Women and Islam in Turkey: A Critical Reading

Ethnographic Discourses on Women and Islam in Turkey:...

Author: Petek Onur
ISBN: 9783031508745
Format: Hardback
$343.17

Countless aspects of Muslim women’s lives appear as symbols and indicators in this society like in many other Muslim...  Read More >>

Cypria: A Journey to the Heart of the Mediterranean

Cypria: A Journey to the Heart of the Mediterranean...

Author: Alex Christofi
ISBN: 9781399401890
Format: Paperback
$36.99

An evocative and lyrical history of Cyprus and the Mediterranean.  Read More >>

Moneta: A History of Ancient Rome in Twelve Coins

Moneta: A History of Ancient Rome in Twelve Coins

Author: Gareth Harney
ISBN: 9781847927514
Format: Paperback
$36.99

The extraordinary story of Rome told through one of the world's once most ubiquitous objects- coins. The extraordinary...  Read More >>

The Stalin Affair: The Impossible Alliance that Won the War

The Stalin Affair: The Impossible Alliance that Won...

Author: Giles Milton
ISBN: 9781529398526
Format: Paperback
$34.99

From internationally bestselling historian Giles Milton comes the remarkable true story of the Allies' secret mission...  Read More >>

Warship 2024

Warship 2024

Author: John Jordan
ISBN: 9781472863300
Format: Hardback
$89.99

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