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Never before have the diaries and letters of young people from all sides of World War Two been woven together to provide an account of what it was like to grow up amidst the daily struggles and horrors of this devastating war.

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How citizens became immigrants: Britain's failure to create a post-imperial nation.

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A prescient book that looks at how we have, over the centuries, inflicted oppression on others for our own advantage over history, right up to the present day.

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A lively and absorbing narrative of China's ascent from imperial doormat to global economic powerhouse.

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An inspiring collection of essays by black women writers, curated by Glory Edim, founder of the popular book club and online community, Well-Read Black Girl, on the importance of recognising ourselves in literature.

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In the spring of 1860 on the eve of a civil war that threatened to tear the country apart, two Americans conceived of an audacious plan for linking the nation's two coasts, thereby joining its present with its future. This book traces the development of the Pony Express and follows it from its start in St. Joseph, Missouri 1,500 miles west to Sacramento.

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Based on the highly acclaimed A History of Western Society, this brief edition presents a succinct overview of the historical development of the West while preserving the hallmark focus on social history and everyday life of the original work.

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Explorations of science, technology, and innovation in Africa not as the product of technology transfer from elsewhere but as the working of African knowledge.

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From the author of Matterhorn comes a vivid, visceral examination of what happens to a young man when he is sent into battle, based on Karl's own experiences as a decorated Marine.

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Fiercely intelligent, always provocative, Joanna Bourke turns to the subject of the human animal

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In this volume, a dozen star historians discuss what might have happened at history's turning points ... if the dice had fallen differently.

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A childhood book is much more than just a storyfor the presidents, it may represent a turn in the course of history. What the Presidents Read catalogs presidents early reading accompanied by commentary from eye-witness reporters, historians, journalists, curators, biographers, literary scholars, U.S. presidents and White House families.

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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, NOW WITH A NEW ESSAY At a moment of crisis over our national identity, venerated journalist Dan Rather has emerged as a voice of reason and integrity, reflecting on - and writing passionately about - what it means to be an American.

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In this book, Gary Donaldson argues that the 1952 presidential election, which exposed deep internal divisions on the left and the right, set the stage for the current U.S. political landscape. This book will prove an invaluable resource to readers, students, and scholars interested in rooting out the origins of our contemporary political landscape, on the right and the left.

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The 1814 invasion of Washington.

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China will replace the United States as the world's dominant power. In so doing, it will not become more western but the world will become more Chinese. This title introduces a set of ideas including China as a civilization-state, the tributary system, the Chinese idea of race, and the principle of contested modernity.

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Compelling and moving real-life accounts of the impact on family life of the return of the troops at the end of the Second World War.

Summer 1945. Six long years of war had profoundly changed family life.

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A compelling work of political and military history, this is a highly original account of the conquest of Mesopotamia in 1914 - Britain's first invasion of Iraq.

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A fascinating, lively account of the making of the King James Bible.