A hung Parliament, terrorist bombs, sex trafficking and tabloid war . . . Welcome to London, 1885.

(, Main)

A fascinating cornucopia of facts about Ireland and the Irish, covering its history, culture, land and people.

(Hardback)

The religious thinkers, political leaders, law-makers, writers and philosophers of the early Muslim world helped to shape the 1,400-year-long development of today's second-largest world religion. But who were these people From Prophet Muhammad to fearsome Tamerlane, this book creates a rich narrative of early Islamic civilization.

Originally published: New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965.

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

A fascinating insight into 16th-century seafaring and exploration, discover Devaulx's sumptuous 1583 manuscript and encyclopedic reference for sailors. This XXL edition reproduces the complete 31 folios in all their brilliant art and science, gathering color illuminations, elaborate notes, observations, measurements, charts, and oceanic maps-a magnificent maritime showpiece.

(Hardback)

Acclaimed journalist, novelist and military historian Mark Dapin tells the personal, often extraordinary stories of Australia's Jewish servicemen and women. Over 7000 Jews from Australia have fought in the nation's military conflicts. Sir John Monash may be the best known, but Dapin also explores the lives of many other remarkable characters from diverse backgrounds.

The biography of Anthony Strahan, a frontier cop who pursued Ned Kelly

Soon after the bombs stopped falling on Kabul, award-winning journalist and women's rights activist Ann Jones set out for the shattered city. This is her report from the city where she spent the next four winters working in humanitarian aid.

(Paperback, Unabridged edition)

Acclaimed biographer Linda Porter on Henry VIII's last queen, showing her to have been a more human, complex and modern figure than has hitherto been realized.

(Hardback, Main)

A sweeping 5,000-year history of Iraq, from the reign of Gilgamesh in c.2900 BC to the coup that overthrew the monarchy in 1958.

(, New edition)

This text provides an account of the secret aerospace technology which was developed in Nazi Germany and had the potential to drastically affect the outcome of World War II.

(Hardback, Main)

An authoritative and entertaining history of the Edwardian age, told through its politics and popular culture

(, Main)

Following the failure of the 1848 revolution a great many political refugees headed for England - the richly cosmopolitan hub of an Empire, and the commercial-industrial locus of the world.

(Paperback)

(, Main)

A major and definitive history of countercultural London by our pre-eminent chronicler of the cultural underground.

'Passionate, unashamedly personal, frequently ludicrous, often unbelievable, always fascinating... A rollicking good read.' Time Out

A timeless distillation of the city of London and the London experience - a panorama of its history, art, literature and daily life.

100 years after its sinking, Greg King and Penny Wilson tell the story of the Lusitania's glamorous passengers and the torpedo that ended an era and prompted the US entry into World War I.

(Hardback)

A devastating look at how mental health 'care' has been historically used to oppress the Black community in the United States - told through the prism of a segregated asylum, Crownsville Hospital for the Negro Insane in Maryland.

What made a beautiful and intelligent woman go from being in love with Zionist leader Arlosoroff to marrying Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's minister of propaganda and a ferocious anti-Semite How could the devoted mother of six, the poster-child of family values during the Third Reich, turn into Medea and poison these six children

(Paperback)

This murder story, starts as a whodunit then becomes a whydunit. It takes the reader on a journey across the landscape of social and political tensions in the years leading up to the invasion of Parihaka in 1881. It is also, in a sense, a sequel to Over the Mountains of the Sea .

(Hardback)

300 stunning maps from all periods and from all around the world, exploring and revealing what maps tell us about history and ourselves

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

An explosive and revelatory account of the 1984 Miners' strike.

(Paperback)

An unconventional view of the First World War from inside the glittering social salon of Downing Street: a story of unrequited love, loss, sacrifice, scandal and the Prime Minister's wife, Margot Asquith.