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By: Jonathan Fenby
ISBN: 9781471155031
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2019
UK Publication Date: 11th July 2019
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
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One year shaped the world we know today. This is the page-turning story of the pivotal changes which were forged in 1948.
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By: Edward Stourton
ISBN: 9780552777896
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Mar 2014
UK Publication Date: 27th February 2014
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
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Drawing on interviews with the few remaining survivors and the families of those who were there, Edward Stourtons vivid history of this little-known aspect of the Second World War is shocking, dramatic and intensely moving.
(Hardback, Main)
By: Natalie Whittle
ISBN: 9780571384105
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2025
UK Publication Date: 10th October 2024
Publisher: Faber & Faber
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A cultural history of the nation's favourite snack
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By: Andrew Lambert
ISBN: 9780571330249
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2017
Publisher: Faber & Faber
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The fascinating history of an island that has haunted our imagination and culture.
(Hardback)
By: Dr. Ada Ferrer
ISBN: 9781501154553
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2021
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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(Paperback)
By: Tony Perrottet
ISBN: 9781418597818
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2020
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers
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Este libro describe cmo un grupo de revolucionarios, muchos de ellos jvenes privilegiados recin egresados de la universidad, especializados en literatura y jvenes abogados, se transformaron en guerrilleros de la selva y derrotaron a 50.000 soldados profesionalmente entrenados y equipados para derrocar al dictador Fulgencio Batista, apoyado por Estados Unidos.
(Paperback)
By: Sergio Guerra Vilaboy
ISBN: 9781644212110
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2025
Publisher: Seven Stories Press,U.S.
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(Paperback)
By: Sergio Guerra Vilaboy
ISBN: 9781644212097
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2025
UK Publication Date: 2nd December 2025
Publisher: Seven Stories Press,U.S.
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(Paperback)
By: Hugh Thomas
ISBN: 9780141034508
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2011
UK Publication Date: 25th November 2010
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Explores the whole sweep of Cuban history from the British capture of Havana in 1762 through the years of Spanish and United States domination, down to the twentieth century and the extraordinary revolution of Fidel Castro. This book analyses the political, economic and social events that have shaped Cuban history with insight and panache.
(Paperback)
By: John Prebble
ISBN: 9780712668200
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2002
UK Publication Date: 2nd May 2002
Publisher: Vintage
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The detail for the story told in Culloden has come from regimental Order Books and manuals, from contemporary newspapers and magazines, from the letters and memoirs of soldiers and officers, eye-witness accounts of atrocity and persecution, and the personal stories of the victims themselves.
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By: Paul O'Keeffe
ISBN: 9781784704452
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2023
UK Publication Date: 12th January 2023
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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(Hardback)
By: Trevor Royle
ISBN: 9781408704011
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2016
UK Publication Date: 4th February 2016
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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Trevor Royle does for Culloden what Juliet Barker did for Agincourt, bringing us the definitive account of the battle and its wider role in the creation of the British Empire.
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By: David Olusoga
ISBN: 9781781259986
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2021
UK Publication Date: 1st April 2021
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
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Oscar Wilde said 'Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life.' Was he right In Civilisations, David Olusoga travels the world to piece together the shared histories that link nations.
(Hardback)
By: Jane Borden
ISBN: 9781668007808
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2025
Publisher: Atria Books
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(Paperback)
By: Jane Borden
ISBN: 9781668007822
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2026
Publisher: Atria Books
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For readers of MINDHUNTER, CULTISH, and THE ROAD TO JONESTOWN, a cultural history of cults, that proposes we, Americans, are the largest cult of all
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By: Dr David Andress
ISBN: 9781788540056
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2019
UK Publication Date: 7th March 2019
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A blistering assessment of the West's abandonment of history as it succumbs to an attack of social and cultural dementia, by leading historian David Andress.
(Hardback)
By: DK
ISBN: 9780241508923
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2022
UK Publication Date: 1st September 2022
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Raymond Williams
ISBN: 9781784870812
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2017
UK Publication Date: 3rd August 2017
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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Acknowledged as a masterpiece of materialist criticism, this book delves into the complex ways economic reality shapes the imagination. Surveying two hundred years of history and English literature from George Eliot to George Orwell Williams provides insights into the social and economic forces that have shaped British culture and society.
(Hardback)
By: Sarah Hegenbart
ISBN: 9781350227729
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Mar 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)
By: George Rosie
ISBN: 9781862077881
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2005
Publisher: Granta Books
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An intriguing collection of little-known stories from Scottish history
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By: Sahotra Sarkar
ISBN: 9781786614384
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Hardback)
By: Barton C. Hacker
ISBN: 9781944466350
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2020
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
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(Paperback, 2nd edition)
By: Eric Kentley
ISBN: 9781472959539
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2019
UK Publication Date: 10th January 2019
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Updated and expanded edition to celebrate the 150th anniversary of one of the world's most iconic ships, the Cutty Sark.
(Paperback)
By: Si Sheppard
ISBN: 9781472843807
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2022
UK Publication Date: 23rd December 2021
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A highly illustrated and detailed study of one of the most important campaigns in the colonization of the Americas, the Spanish conquest of the vast Inca Empire.
