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By: Michela Wrong
ISBN: 9781841154220
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2001
UK Publication Date: 2nd July 2001
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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A story of comedy amid the apocalypse and a celebration of the sheer indestructibility of the human spirit in a nation run riot: Michela Wrong's vision of Congo/Zaire during the Mobutu years is incisive, ironic and revelatory.
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By: Erik Larson
ISBN: 9781921844799
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2012
Publisher: Scribe Publications
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Erik Larson has been widely acclaimed as a master of narrative non-fiction, and in his new book, the bestselling author of The Devil in the White City turns his hand to a remarkable story set during Hitler's rise to power.
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By: Max Adams
ISBN: 9781784080334
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2016
UK Publication Date: 14th July 2016
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A bestselling historian tells the story of the landscapes, peoples and culture of early medieval Britain through ten walks and an epic sea voyage.
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By: Jeffrey Veidlinger
ISBN: 9781509867462
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2022
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
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In the Midst of Civilized Europe is an extensively researched account of a forgotten history.
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By: Adrian Goldsworthy
ISBN: 9780753817896
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2004
UK Publication Date: 19th August 2004
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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The complete and definitive history of how Roman generals carved out the greatest and longest-lasting empire the world has ever seen.
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By: Nancy Goldstone
ISBN: 9781474609906
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2022
UK Publication Date: 15th September 2022
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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A vivid and sprawling family saga following Maria Theresa of Austria and her daughters, including the infamous Marie Antoinette.
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By: Dominic Lieven
ISBN: 9780141984452
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2023
UK Publication Date: 4th May 2023
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Hardback)
By: Dominic Lieven
ISBN: 9780241284421
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2022
UK Publication Date: 5th May 2022
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: Tom Holland
ISBN: 9780349122359
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2013
UK Publication Date: 4th April 2013
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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From the bestselling author of Rubicon and Persian Fire comes this thrilling panoramic account of the rise of Islam
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By: LOUIS ROMANO
ISBN: 9781667863252
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2023
Publisher: BookBaby
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By: Harriet Jacobs
ISBN: 9781800315396
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2022
UK Publication Date: 1st June 2021
Publisher: Legend Press Ltd
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First published in 1861 under a pseudonym, this is the autobiography of Harriet Jacobs, a mother, fugitive and slave.
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By: Jeremy Robbins
ISBN: 9781789145373
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2022
UK Publication Date: 13th June 2022
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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A vision of Spanish culture and society during the Golden Age, 15001700.
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By: Louisa Lim
ISBN: 9781922458513
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2022
Publisher: Text Publishing
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An award-winning journalist takes to the protest-riven streets of Hong Kong to write this startling landmark account of the island citys complex past and precarious future.
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By: Dennis Duncan
ISBN: 9780141989662
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Dec 2022
UK Publication Date: 6th October 2022
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: Shivshankar Menon
ISBN: 9781761349003
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2025
UK Publication Date: 1st September 2025
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia
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By: Richard M. Eaton
ISBN: 9780141985398
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2020
UK Publication Date: 16th July 2020
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Shashi Tharoor
ISBN: 9781925713527
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2018
Publisher: Scribe Publications
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(Hardback)
By: Leo Hollis
ISBN: 9781786079954
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2021
UK Publication Date: 6th May 2021
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
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The reclaimed history of a woman whose tragic life tells a story of madness, forced marriages and how the super-rich came to own London
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By: Leo Hollis
ISBN: 9780861543045
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2022
UK Publication Date: 5th May 2022
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
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The reclaimed history of a woman whose tragic life tells a story of madness, forced marriages and how the super-rich came to own London
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By: Daniel Maudlin
ISBN: 9781526142665
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2024
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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This book presents for the first time a coherent analysis of the British Isles as an imperial setting understood through its buildings, spaces, and infrastructure. It considers internal colonisation and its infrastructures of order and suppression, alongside wider relationships between architecture, imperialism, and cultural identity.
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By: Violet Moller
ISBN: 9780861547524
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2024
UK Publication Date: 6th June 2024
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
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Step inside the dazzling world of the sixteenth-century scientist.
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By: Catherine Curzon
ISBN: 9781789294996
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2023
UK Publication Date: 2nd March 2023
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
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A fascinating dive into the real history behind Bridgerton, revealing how class, culture, fashion, sex and more truly functioned in the world of Regency high society.
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By: Chris Elder
ISBN: 9781776921416
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2024
Publisher: Te Herenga Waka University Press
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Based on a series of interviews carried out in 198586, and supplemented by wide reading and archival research, Interesting Times is a fascinating introduction to a group of extraordinary New Zealanders.
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By: Rebe Taylor
ISBN: 9780522867961
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Jan 2017
Publisher: Melbourne University Press
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Tells a story of discovery and realisation. One man's ambition to rewrite the history of human culture inspires an exploration of the controversy stirred by Tasmanian Aboriginal history. It brings to life how Australian and British national identities have been fashioned by shame and triumph over the supposed destruction of an entire race.
