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By: Karen Armstrong
ISBN: 9781843540564
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2007
UK Publication Date: 8th March 2007
Publisher: Atlantic Books
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'Remarkable . Armstrong has written not just a fascinating and highly readable history, but one which makes ancient philosophies profoundly relevant.' - Independent
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By: Garrett Peck
ISBN: 9781643134819
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2020
Publisher: Pegasus Books
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A chronicle of the American experience during World War I and the unexpected changes that rocked the country in its immediate aftermath.
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By: Neil Churches
ISBN: 9781529060355
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2023
UK Publication Date: 18th May 2023
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
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The incredible story of the largest POW prisoner of war escape in of the Second World War organized by ordinary men who did something extraordinary.
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By: Mark Mazower
ISBN: 9780141978741
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2023
UK Publication Date: 26th January 2023
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: John Boardman
ISBN: 9780500252130
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2015
UK Publication Date: 25th May 2015
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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Recounting the influence of Greek communities and their culture through Central Asia, India and Western China, from the Bronze Age through to the rise of Islam, this book examines a wealth of art and artifacts as well as literary sources to reveal the remarkable influence of Greek culture.
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By: Rick Atkinson
ISBN: 9780349140483
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2015
UK Publication Date: 4th June 2015
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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The magnificent conclusion to Atkinson's monumental and highly acclaimed trilogy about the Liberation of Europe in the Second World War.
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By: Thant Myint-U
ISBN: 9781786497901
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2021
UK Publication Date: 4th March 2021
Publisher: Atlantic Books
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A compelling and timely inside account of the recent crisis in Burma and its troubled journey from dictatorship to democracy.
(Hardback)
By: Lamar Waldron
ISBN: 9781619022263
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2013
Publisher: Counterpoint
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By: Lamar Waldron
ISBN: 9781619024397
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2014
Publisher: Counterpoint
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(Paperback)
By: Adam Rankin
ISBN: 9781922265036
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2019
Publisher: Big Sky Publishing
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(Hardback)
By: DK
ISBN: 9780241225929
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2016
UK Publication Date: 1st July 2016
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
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Charts world history from the dawn of civilisation to the modern culture we live in today. From the origins of homo-sapiens to the release of Nelson Mandela, from the French Revolution to the Space Race, this book presents an exploration of the human timeline up to and including modern Islam, the world wide web, and the global financial crisis.
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By: Frank McDonough
ISBN: 9781789544695
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2021
UK Publication Date: 12th November 2020
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A new narrative of the rise and catastrophic fall of the Nazi regime: a twelve-year descent into barbarism, genocide and aggressive war that cost over 50 million lives.
(Hardback)
By: Dan Stone
ISBN: 9780241388709
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2023
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: Eric Enno Tamm
ISBN: 9781582437347
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2011
Publisher: Counterpoint
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Chronicling his retracing of the route taken through China in 1906 by Baron Gustaf Mannerhein, who was charged by Czar Nicholas II to secretly collect intelligence on China's Qing Dynasty, Tamm delivers a tale of espionage, the Silk Road, and the rise of modern China.
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By: Barnaby Rogerson
ISBN: 9781781257265
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2025
UK Publication Date: 27th February 2025
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
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A fresh look at the past, present and future of a conflict that lies at the heart of the Middle East
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By: Sir Simon Mayall
ISBN: 9781472864338
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2025
UK Publication Date: 12th September 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A powerful new history detailing the most significant military clashes between Islam and Christendom over the 1,300 years of the Muslim caliphate.
(Paperback, Fourth edition)
By: Chris Scarre
ISBN: 9780500294208
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Feb 2018
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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A new, radically updated edition of the immensely successful introductory textbook on world prehistory.
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By: Jonathan Sumption
ISBN: 9780571274598
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2025
UK Publication Date: 16th January 2025
Publisher: Faber & Faber
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the captains populating the pages of Shakespeare - Fastolf, Montagu, Talbot, Dunois and, above all, the extraordinary figure of Joan of Arc who changed the course of the war in a few weeks at the age of seventeen.
'The Hundred Years War ends in England's agonising defeat - but triumph for Jonathan Sumption .
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By: Andy McNab
ISBN: 9781802793529
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2024
UK Publication Date: 25th May 2023
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
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The first book in a new series telling, for the first time ever, the true stories of Special Forces missions. The Hunt is the story of the secret mission to catch the military commander of the Taliban, Mullah Dadullah.
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By: Markus Wissen
ISBN: 9781788739122
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2021
Publisher: Verso Books
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Our Unsustainable Life: Why We Can't Have Everything We Want
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By: Carmen Bernand
ISBN: 9780500300404
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 1994
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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When Pizarro arrived in Peru in 1532 he found a vast empire rich in gold and silver. Ruled by monarchs claiming descent from the sun, its people built roads, bridges and fields through the Andes. But within months the empire had been conquered and its subjects killed or enslaved.
By: Craig Morris
ISBN: 9780500289440
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2017
UK Publication Date: 6th July 2017
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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In less than a century the Incas rose from obscure origins to build one of the largest empires of the ancient world.
(Hardback)
By: Valentina d Efilippo
ISBN: 9780007506156
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2013
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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The book is a delight The Economist
The History of the World, but not as you know it.
(Hardback)
By: Sebastien Lifshitz
ISBN: 9780847843060
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2014
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
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A charming collection of vintage pre-Stonewall photos of gay couples celebrating their relationships
