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This is the extraordinary story untold until now, of how unlikely combatants like waiters, cooks, nurses and cleaners who never in their dreams imagined they could be caught up in a war, found themselves on the front line at the very end of the world.

(Hardback)

A remarkable insight into the real story of the seven Queen Cleopatras of Ancient Egypt

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Charting the rise and fall of almost fifty years of global confrontation, this book highlights the impact of the Cold War on the culture of the times, bringing home the reality of life in the shadow of the Bomb. It also contains 10 facsimile documents, including a membership card of the Communist Party of USSR.

(Paperback, 2nd edition)

Brand new edition of David King's lauded visual history. A unique and brilliant study into the doctoring and propogandising of Soviet photographs by Stalin's regime. From the creator of the award-winning Red Star Over Russia.

(Hardback)

Presents discoveries in the different fields of Ice Age Research. This book reveals how the epoch was discovered, the profound climatic fluctuations it generated as ice sheets waxed and waned, and the myriad ways in which humans and animals coped with the changing world they lived in.

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Illuminates the lives of the kings, queens, princes and princesses of ancient Egypt, unravelling family relationships and exploring the parts they played in politics, cultural life and religion. This book is suitable for students and Egyptophiles.

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Snapshots of Britain during the momentous events which brought the Second World War to a close.

(Hardback)

What - and who - is a demagogue How did America's Founders envision the presidency What should a constitutional democracy look like and how can it be fixed when it appears to be broken

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The powerful and inspiring diary of a doctor who survived the atomic bomb and treated the people of Hiroshima only 1500m from the centre of the blast.

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The powerful chronicle of the women who used their sewing skills to survive the Holocaust, stitching beautiful clothes at an extraordinary fashion workshop created within one of the most notorious WWII death camps.

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A riveting account of how the Cold War came to an end by one of our leading historians.

(Hardback)

From a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a new and eye-opening interpretation of the meaning of the frontier, from early westward expansion to Trump's border wall

(Hardback)

The story of the first 25 years of Australia's national signals intelligence organisation, told for the first time.

(Paperback)

James Miller tells the dramatic and sometimes surprisingly humorous story of travel and transport in the Highlands. This thought-provoking book will appeal to all who like stories of travel and transport, and are interested in how changing modes of transport have affected the ways of life in the Highlands.

(Hardback)

A groundbreaking and highly entertaining account of the role women played at the birth of Australia's democracy.

(Hardback, Main)

A groundbreaking book that explains how the world's history of empires still shapes our lives and politics today.

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This book tells the story of this unique undertaking - one of the biggest community arts projects ever to take place in Scotland - and reproduces in full colour a selection of the panels from the completed tapestry, together with descriptive and explanatory material

(Hardback)

The incredible story of the largest POW escape in the Second World War organized by ordinary men who ultimately did something extraordinary.

(Hardback, Main)

The epic, fascinating history of one of the world's great cultures.

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Offering a survey of Greek vases, this book sketches their stylistic history. It explores the process of identifying artists; the methods of making and decorating the vases and the problems in doing so; the life of the potter; the pots' dissemination beyond Greece; and their functions in life, cult and as messengers of style and subject.

(Hardback, Main)

The eagerly anticipated final volume in Jonathan Sumption's prize-winning history of the Hundred Years War,'one of the great historical undertakings of our age' (Dan Jones, Sunday Times).

(Hardback, Main)

The secret history of England's most notorious county

(Hardback, Main)

A brilliant work of historical true crime charting a pivotal event in the l9th century that gripped the world and forever altered the course of Irish history.

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Telling the story of the landmark international judgement that brought an end to Britain's colonial rule in Africa, THE LAST COLONY is a riveting, enraging and beautifully rendered history of international law by the bestselling author of EAST WEST STREET and THE RATLINE