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From the founding of ancient capitals to buzzing modern megacities, this history of ten cities explores how urban centres have led civilisation forward.

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Rising star Simon Hall captures the spirit of the 1960s in ten days that revolutionised the Cold War: Fidel Castro's visit to New York.

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A perfectly charming, sidesplittingly funny, intellectually entertaining illustrated history of the blocks, the buildings, and the guts of New York City, based on Julia Wertz's popular illustrated columns in The New Yorker and Harper's.

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A highly illustrated history of one of the greatest military campaigns of all time--the Spanish conquest of Mexico from 1519 to 1521, an epic clash of civilizations that saw the destruction of the Aztec Empire.

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In Terms & Conditions Ysenda speaks to members of a lost tribe - the Boarding-school Women, grandmothers now and the backbone of the nation, who look back on their experiences with a mixture of horror and humour.

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A history of the twentieth century which covers all the ideas, people, great events, literary and artistic movements, scientific discoveries which have shaped the twentieth century.
'Breathtakingly entertaining, endlessly instructive, irresistibly enjoyable' THE TIMES

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The first comprehensive history of ethnic cleansing in the making of modern Europe, a process that involved the murder and forced migration of tens of millions of people. "An excellent study, vitally necessary for all those who want to understand the horrors of ethnic cleansing."John Weiss.

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Terrorist Attacks on American Soil is a close look at some of the most horrific terrorist attacks in the United States from the Civil War to present day. J. Michael Martinez takes us on a trek through history, providing a context for these dreadful events and a greater understanding of the lessons we can learn from them.

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Not only does it offer us the chance to see the Romans from a non-Roman perspective, it also reveals that most of those written off by the Romans as uncivilized, savage and barbaric were in fact organized, motivated and intelligent groups of people, with no intentions of overthrowing Rome and plundering its Empire.

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Was medieval England full of knights on horseback rescuing fainting damsels in distress

Terry Jones' Medieval Lives reveals Medieval Britain as you have never seen it before - a vibrant society teeming with individuality, intrigue and innovation.

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The ambush and near-total destruction of three Roman legions at the hands of the German chieftain - and ex-Roman auxiliary - Arminius in AD 9 had a profound effect on the Roman consciousness.

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Featuring full-colour artwork, maps and carefully chosen illustrations, this exciting book investigates the Teutonic Knights and their Lithuanian foes during the epic Lithuanian Crusade.

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Originally published in hardcover in 2017 by Alfred A. Knopf.

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How archaeologists and mudlarks have uncovered the history of London through objects dug up from the mud of the River Thames.

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The definitive book about Ireland during the Second World War.

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Their rivalry both on peace and war, for good and ill, has shaped the modern world, from North America to India in the eighteenth century, in Africa, the Middle East and South East Asia during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and it is still shaping Europe today.

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From #1 bestselling author Brad Meltzer, a riveting collection of the 10 greatest historical conspiracies of all time, from around the world and across the eras, including Hitler's interest in capturing the Roman 'Spear of Destiny' to the Kennedy assassination (did Oswald act alone) to Area 51.

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The extraordinary story of Alastair Cram, the British soldier who escaped from prisoner-of-war camps not once but more than twenty times

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The extraordinary - and never before told - story of Alastair Cram, the British soldier who escaped from prisoner-of-war camps not once but more than twenty times

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"Beautiful.... A fascinating tale of science and religion, one that provides further perspective on the plight of Islamic science today."- The New Republic

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