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By: Barnaby Phillips
ISBN: 9780861543137
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2022
UK Publication Date: 19th May 2022
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
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A tragic story of the British empire run amok and the plunder of great works of art
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By: Jules Marchal
ISBN: 9781784786311
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2017
Publisher: Verso Books
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The definitive account of exploitation in the Congo, introduced by Adam Hochschild
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By: James Barr
ISBN: 9781471139802
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2019
UK Publication Date: 1st July 2019
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
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Between 1945 and 1970, America replaced Britain as the dominant power in the Middle East in an extraordinary role reversal. Lords of the Deserttells this story.
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By: Jason Goodwin
ISBN: 9780099994008
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 1999
UK Publication Date: 4th March 1999
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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Perhaps the most readable history ever written Time Out
Lords of the Horizons charts the Ottoman Empire's swirling epic history; dramatic detailed and alive a journey, and a world all in one.
The Ottoman Empire has long exerted a strong pull on Western minds and hearts.
(Paperback, Main)
By: Saidiya Hartman
ISBN: 9781788168144
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2021
UK Publication Date: 22nd July 2021
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
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A profound and harrowing meditation by a descendant of slaves who journeyed to Africa to understand her past.
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By: John Wukovits
ISBN: 9780593184844
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2023
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
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"The forgotten story of American war hero Eddie Rickenbacker's crash landing in the Pacific during World War II, and his incredible 23-day crusade to keep his crew alive"--
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By: Douglas Preston
ISBN: 9781426221989
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2021
UK Publication Date: 21st March 2023
Publisher: National Geographic Society
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Blends high adventure with history to chronicle of 100 astonishing discoveries from the Dead Sea Scrolls to the fabulous "Lost City of the Monkey God"
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By: Hiram Bingham
ISBN: 9781842125854
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2003
UK Publication Date: 3rd April 2003
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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First published in the 1950s, this is a classic account of the discovery in 1911 of the lost city of Machu Picchu, now beautifully illustrated with contemporary modern photographs.
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By: Mitchell Zuckoff
ISBN: 9780062065049
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2011
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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(Hardback)
By: Jim Motavalli
ISBN: 9781423652601
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2019
Publisher: Gibbs M. Smith Inc
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(Hardback)
By: Orla Fitzpatrick
ISBN: 9781911641414
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2021
UK Publication Date: 17th March 2021
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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Pavilions 20-titleLost series crosses the Atlantic to chronicle some of the precious losses from across the island of Ireland.
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By: Elizabeth Drayson
ISBN: 9781788547437
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2022
UK Publication Date: 7th July 2022
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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An illustrated account of the historical city of Granada for the Anglophone world.
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By: Laurence Gardner
ISBN: 9780007142965
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2004
UK Publication Date: 2nd February 2004
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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An account of gravity defiance and teleportation in the ancient world, and revelations about the past power and future significance of the sacred Ark.
(Hardback)
By: Alan Titchmarsh
ISBN: 9781785947018
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Oct 2021
UK Publication Date: 19th August 2021
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
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(Hardback)
By: Michael J. Trinklein
ISBN: 9781594744105
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2010
Publisher: Quirk Books
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Offers tribute to great unrealized states like West Florida, Forgotonia, Texlahoma, and Chicago (yes, Chicago wanted to be its own state). This title is suitable for fans of US history.
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By: Tim Rayborn
ISBN: 9781646433667
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2023
Publisher: HarperCollins Focus
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Go behind the crime scene tape and investigate the mysterious missing persons cases that have left experts baffled with Lost.
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By: Simon Winder
ISBN: 9781509803262
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2020
UK Publication Date: 20th February 2020
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
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Following on from Danubia and the bestselling Germania, Lotharingia is the final instalment in Simon Winder's hilarious and informative personal exploration of European history.
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By: James Hanning
ISBN: 9781472155955
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2021
UK Publication Date: 30th September 2021
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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Including new evidence from key figures, Love and Deception is the result of 20 years of research into one of the Cold War's most mysterious episodes.
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By: James Hanning
ISBN: 9781472155962
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2021
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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Including new evidence from key figures, Love and Deception is the result of 20 years of research into one of the Cold War's most mysterious episodes.
(Paperback)
By: James Hanning
ISBN: 9781472155948
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2022
UK Publication Date: 7th April 2022
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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Including new evidence from key figures, Love and Deception is the result of 20 years of research into one of the Cold War's most mysterious episodes.
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By: Lady Antonia Fraser
ISBN: 9780753822937
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2007
UK Publication Date: 8th August 2007
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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The new bestseller from Antonia Fraser
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By: Signe Waller
ISBN: 9780742513655
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2002
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This is the memoir of Signe Waller, whose husband, James, was killed in the Greensboro Massacre in November 1979. The author documents an important period in the Southern struggle against racism and economic injustice and explores its meaning for the survival of American democracy.
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By: Gulmadova G Klaits
ISBN: 9781583227275
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2011
Publisher: Seven Stories Press,U.S.
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In a quarter-century of uninterrupted war, the people of Afghanistan have endured foreign invasions, ethnic strife, a fundamentalist Islamic totalitarian regime, and the unending crossfire of rival warlord factions. This work presents fifteen true dramatic stories of ordinary men and women living in Northern Afghanistan.
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By: Rosemary Bailey
ISBN: 9780753825914
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2009
UK Publication Date: 23rd July 2009
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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A vivid blend of history and travel and a sweeping story of collaboration and resistance, fear and heroism, pacifism and sacrifice all set against the backdrop of the Pyrenees.
