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A landmark work giving a global panorama of Mao's ideology filled with historic events and enlivened by striking characters Jonathan Fenby, author of The Penguin History of China

Since the 1980s, China seems to have abandoned the utopian turmoil of Maos revolution in favour of authoritarian capitalism.

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The fascinating story of the creation of the Ordnance Survey map, told for the first time by a brilliant young historian.

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This book is a comparative study of the production and role of maps, charts, and atlases in early modern England and France with a particular focus on Paris and London.

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A visually stunning account of how naval conflict was recorded and planned, using contemporary mapping.

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Since its establishment more than half a century ago by Prince Alfonso von Hohenlohe, Hotel Marbella Club has accumulated a wealth of history, full of extraordinary and unforgettable moments. The beach resort in Spain has been a meeting place for the international jet-set.

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The sea and its relation to human life has always been a subject of fascination for historians. For the first time, this book looks at the field of Maritime History through the prism of identity - imperial, national, regional, gender and religious - from maritime great powers such as Britain, Germany and Japan, to smaller players.

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An account of aerial combat in World War I, revealing the terrible risks run by the men who fought and died in the world's first air war.

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On the night of 10 February 1567 an explosion devastated the Edinburgh residence of Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. For this reason Elizabeth I had opposed his family's longstanding wish to marry him to Mary Stuart, who herself claimed to be the rightful queen of England.

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A groundbreaking new history of the first woman to rule England in her own right.

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A history of the Third Crusade, when the Catholic Church waged war against heretics in its own ranks.

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Between Wounded Knee and My Lai another American atrocity occurred- bigger than either of them, yet today largely forgotten. But for the existence of a single photograph, it would have been entirely lost in time.

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"A perceptive and provocative history of Henry Kissinger's diplomatic negotiations in the Middle East that illuminates the unique challenges and barriers Kissinger and his successors have faced in their attempts to broker peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors"--

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During the Second World War the master strategy of the West was shaped by four titanic figures: Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt, and their respective military commanders - General Sir Alan Brooke and General George C Marshall. This title tells the story of how four great leaders fought each other over how best to fight Hitler.

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A journalist with unique access tells the gripping, never-before-told, inside story of America's elite troops in action--from the nadir of their reputation after Vietnam to their preeminence today as the frontline against terrorism around the world

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Focusing on a key period in aviation, "Mavericks of the Sky" tells the long-forgotten story of the crucial first three years of the air mail service through the eyes of the pilots and the hard-boiled, cigar-smoking Texan who risked it all to make it work.

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In her first book, popular TikTok historian J Draper uses her characteristic wit and intellect to introduce us to extraordinary figures marginalized by history, and the lessons we can learn from them.

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As a young female public defender led a thrilling legal battle to free the detainees, Nixon and his men took their first steps down the road to the Watergate scandal and the implosion of the presidency.

Mayday 1971 is the ultimately inspiring story of a season when our democracy faced grave danger, and survived.

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A fresh and revealing history of one of the most seminal events in American history as seen through fourteen diverse and dynamic figures.

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The McIlhenny Co run by a family of matchless characters who believe in a rigid code of family loyalty, clings to tradition and the old ways of doing business. This book tells how, from a simple idea - the outgrowth of a handful of peppers planted on an isolated island on the Gulf of Mexico - a secretive family business emerged.

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An engrossing history of the desperate battles for the Rzhev Salient, a forgotten story brought to life by the harrowing memoirs of German and Russian soldiers.