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(Hardback)
By: Clare Mulley
ISBN: 9781399601061
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2024
UK Publication Date: 16th May 2024
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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The very first book to tell the incredible story of Elzbieta Zawacka, or Agent Zo, a WW2 Polish resistance fighter who was secretly trained by the special forces in the British countryside and then became the only woman to be parachuted back behind enemy lines. There she was hunted by the Gestapo, and played a vital role in the liberation of Poland
(Paperback)
By: Ranulph Fiennes
ISBN: 9781444792096
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2014
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
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(Paperback)
By: Ranulph Fiennes
ISBN: 9781444792119
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2015
UK Publication Date: 4th June 2015
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
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Sir Ranulph Fiennes' unique view on one of the most significant turning points in English history.
(Hardback)
By: Jake Johnston
ISBN: 9781250284679
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2024
UK Publication Date: 4th March 2024
Publisher: St Martin's Press
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A dramatic inside account of how capitalism and politics drove the disastrous collapse of Haiti, from the 2010 earthquake to the nations chaos today.
(Paperback)
By: PATRICK BISHOP
ISBN: 9780007433155
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2018
UK Publication Date: 8th March 2018
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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In 2018 the RAF is one hundred years old. In his new book, destined to be a classic, Patrick Bishop examines the high point of its existence the Second World War, when the Air Force saved the nation from defeat then led the advance to victory.
A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER(Paperback)
By: Ian Gardner
ISBN: 9781472819383
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2017
UK Publication Date: 20th April 2017
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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An engrossing account of a World War II legend. This is the explosive retelling of the career of Captain Ed Shames with appeal to enthusiasts of World War II and Band of Brothers fans.
(Paperback)
By: Mark Ovenden
ISBN: 9780241434123
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2019
UK Publication Date: 29th October 2019
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Lord Alanbrooke
ISBN: 9781399601955
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2023
UK Publication Date: 17th November 2022
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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The first complete and unexpurgated war diaries of Field Marshall Lord Alanbrooke - the most important and the most controversial military diaries of the modern era. 'Superb' SPECTATOR 'Marvellous' IRISH TIMES
(Paperback)
By: Peter Ackroyd
ISBN: 9780099438076
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2004
UK Publication Date: 5th August 2004
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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Highly original and magnificent in scope, Albion: The Origins of the English Imagination discovers the roots of English cultural history in the Anglo-Saxon period, and traces it through the centuries.
(Paperback)
By: Nic Fields
ISBN: 9781782009221
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2014
UK Publication Date: 20th June 2014
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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In 52 BC Caesar's continued strategy of annihilation had engendered a spirit of desperation, which detonated into a revolt of Gallic tribes under the leadership of the charismatic young Arvernian noble Vercingetorix. This book deals with this topic.
(Hardback)
By: Alexander Hamilton
ISBN: 9781931082044
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2001
Publisher: The Library of America
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An extensive selection of private letters illuminates Alexander Hamilton's complex relationship with George Washington, his deep affection for his family, his mounting fears during the 1790s regarding Jeffersonian opposition and the French Revolution, and his profound distrust of Aaron Burr.
(Paperback)
By: Prof Peter Green
ISBN: 9780753824139
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2008
UK Publication Date: 7th August 2008
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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A masterly narrative survey of three centuries, from Alexander's conquest and empire to the triumph of Rome
(Paperback)
By: E.M. Forster
ISBN: 9781838605896
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2019
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)
By: Joseph Epstein
ISBN: 9780061768880
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2010
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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A distinguished literary historian and author of the bestseller "Snobbery: The American Version" examines the legacy of the celebrated 19th century social observer, Alexis de Tocqueville.
(Paperback)
By: Assia Djebar
ISBN: 9781583225165
Readership/Audience: Adult Education
Publication Date: Aug 2011
Publisher: Seven Stories Press,U.S.
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By: Alwyn Turner
ISBN: 9781788166737
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2022
UK Publication Date: 9th June 2022
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
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A biting and original history which places culture front and centre to explain how our country went to pieces.
(Hardback)
By: Laura Kumin
ISBN: 9781643134529
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2020
Publisher: Pegasus Books
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In honor of the centenary of the 19th amendment, a delectable new book that reveals a new side to the history of the suffrage movement.
(Paperback, Main)
By: Tiya Miles
ISBN: 9781800818217
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2024
UK Publication Date: 1st February 2024
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
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A renowned historian traces the life of a single object handed down through three generations of Black women to craft a deeply layered and insightful testament to people who are left out of the archives
(Paperback)
By: Simon Garfield
ISBN: 9781474610797
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2023
UK Publication Date: 7th September 2023
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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A gloriously illuminating history of the encyclopaedia (and how and why we have captured knowledge over the years) by the bestselling author of JUST MY TYPE and ON THE MAP
(Hardback)
By: Virginia Nicholson
ISBN: 9780349014319
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2024
UK Publication Date: 11th April 2024
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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From the popular historian and author of Among the Bohemians and How Was It For You comes a new offering, unbuttoning the multi-layered, hundred-year-history of women's lives through fashion and beauty from 1860 to 1960
(Paperback)
By: Virginia Nicholson
ISBN: 9780349014326
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2025
UK Publication Date: 3rd April 2025
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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From the popular historian and author of Among the Bohemians and How Was It For You comes a new offering, unbuttoning the multi-layered, hundred-year-history of women's lives through fashion and beauty from 1860 to 1960
(Paperback)
By: Matt Bai
ISBN: 9780307474681
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2016
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
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By: James W. Ermatinger
ISBN: 9781440874536
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Oct 2022
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: Michael Lovano
ISBN: 9781440804205
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Dec 2014
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Julius Caesar's life and example have fascinated and motivated generations of people for nearly 2,000 years. This book explores the people, places, events, and institutions that helped define arguably the most famous individual in the history of Rome.
