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The eighth book in the 500 Reflections on the RCP series, looking at the beautiful art owned and curated by the Royal College of Physicians.

(Hardback)

A history of Piccadilly: London's bustling meeting place for over a century.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

With invasion a very real threat, in 1940 Great Britain began a huge military construction programme designed to stop an invading army in its tracks. This book guides the inquiring reader in identifying these remaining defensive structures and explains their seemingly 'random' placement across the British landscape.

(Hardback)

This collection reveals the life and work of pioneer Chinese Christian women, who have until now been largely invisible. The essays illustrate how gender affected their understanding of Christianity and career choices.

(Paperback)

Drawing on material, from furious royal proclamations to the private letters of pirates and their victims, as well as Islamic accounts, this title provides perspectives of the corsairs and an insight into what it meant to sacrifice all you have for a life so violent, so uncertain and so alien that it sets you apart from the rest of mankind.

(Paperback, Facsimile edition)

(Paperback)

Classic oral history of the British Empire combining PLAIN TALES FROM THE RAJ, TALES FROM THE DARK CONTINENT and TALES FROM THE SOUTH CHINA SEAS.

(Paperback)

A history of Britons' experiences of India in the last days of the Raj.

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Aviation has revolutionised warfare over the last 100 years. This pocket guide gives the reader the essential details of 70 iconic aircraft, including the Sopwith Camel, the Spitfire, the Messerschmitt Bf 109, the P-51 Mustang and the F-4 Phantom. It uses detailed profile artwork to illustrate and aid recognition.

(Hardback)

"A critical investigation of a massive commercial phenomenon, the so-called "Euro" or "German"-style tabletop board games whose basic goal is explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate"--

(Hardback)

From the award-winning author of Five Points and City of Dreams, a breathtaking new history of the Irish immigrants who arrived in the United States during the Great Potato Famine, showing how their strivings in and beyond New York exemplify the astonishing tenacity and improbable triumph of Irish America.

(Paperback)

A new study of one of the most famous, costly, and strategically vital air operations of World War II, the United States' great airstrike against Nazi Germany's oil refineries.

(Hardback)

Policing Black Bodies walks readers through critical issues facing African Americans in the criminal justice systemfrom police brutality to exoneration and re-entry. Synthesizing the latest research with their own data, Hattery and Smith review the history of policing African Americans, explore current issues, and offer recommendations for change.

(Paperback)

A fully-illustrated history of the Polish forces that fought for both sides during World War I, which then came together to win their independence against Bolshevik Russia during the Russian Civil War.

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(Paperback)

A collection of entertaining and cautionary tales of political missteps in American history, from the birth of the nation through the present day.

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The rediscovery of the Roman cities overwhelmed by the rage of Vesuvius is one of history's most extraordinary adventure stories. Pompeii Awakened revels in that adventure, and tells of the re-emergence of a long-vanished cosmopolis which profoundly inspired a later age - from its arts and architecture to its science, sex and religion.

(Hardback)

"Poor Richard's women describes Deborah's common-law marriage to Ben Franklin and his romances with other women"--

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"Poor Richard's women describes Deborah's common-law marriage to Ben Franklin and his romances with other women"--

(Hardback)

A Time Travellers Guide to Ancient Rome - by one of the best historians of the ancient world

(Paperback)

A gripping, illustrated narrative of the longest and most brutal land battle of the 1904-05 Russo-Japanese War.

(Paperback)

A compelling and evocative history of Britain through the stories of its lost or abandoned buildings; a companion to Channel 5s series of the same name.

(Hardback, Billingual French and English ed.)

A visual celebration of the Parliament Building on the occasion of its more than decade-long closure for restoration and refurbishment.