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In a mist-shrouded valley on China's invisible border with Tibet is a place known as the Kingdom of Women, where a small tribe called the Mosuo lives in a cluster of villages that have changed little in centuries.

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Spanning ten great dynastys, this exquisitely designed book presents portraits & potted biographies of England's monarchs. From William I to Elizabeth II.

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In this fully illustrated introduction, Dr Carter Malkasian provides a concise overview of the so-called "Forgotten War" in Korea.

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A fully illustrated study of the defensive struggle for the Kuban bridgehead on the Eastern Front of World War II, where the Red Army repulsed a series of ferocious German offensives in the Caucasus.

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Originally published: New York: Viking, 2010.

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A unique history of the Phoenix Park with stories and memories from the Flanagan family who have been lighting the gas lamps that line the Park since the 1800s.

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Part of the bestselling Conway pocket-book series, The Lancaster Bomber Pocket Manual collates authentic period sources, including pilot's notes and other Air Ministry publications, to provide a unique guide to this awe-inspiring aircraft.

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The story of the secret language of Central Europe and its legacy on the author's hidden Nazi family history, from the author of The Written World.

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A fascinating and hilarious gallop through twentieth-century British history, by comedian Al Murray.

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The definitive account of the final offensive against Hitler's Third Reich.

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"Bestselling historian and Pulitzer-prize finalist H. W. Brands follows the lives and battles of General William Tecumseh Sherman and Apache warrior Geronimo to tell the story of the Indian Wars and the final fight for control of the American continent."--

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The first accessible, authoritative and complete account of Vasco da Gama's historic and audacious attempt to seize the spice routes and re-conquer the Holy Land.

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The Last Crusaders is about the titanic contest between Hadsburg-led Christendom and the Ottoman Empire in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the last great conflict between East and West - the battles that were fought and the men who led the armies that fought them. It was, in its way, the first world war.

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An absorbing account of a turning-point in British history

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The classic account of Hitler's fall from power, first published in 1947, reissued with a striking cover.

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A tragic fire at the Stardust nightclub on Valentine's Day, 1981 in a working-class suburb of Dublin caused the deaths of 48 young people, with an average age of just 19 years. After years of families and survivors fighting to find out what really happened, new inquests held in 2024 finally revealed the full story.

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Soon to be a major motion picture directed by Ridley Scott starring Matt Damon, Adam Driver and Jodie Comer.

In 1386, a few days after Christmas, a massive crowd gathered at a Paris monastery to watch two men fight a duel to the death.

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The bizarre and little known story of how a hubristic Archduke became the puppet Emperor of Mexico - with tragic results and pivotal historical consequences for Europe and America.

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From the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Strange Trip and the publicist of the Grateful Dead, Dennis McNally, a riveting social history of everything that led up to the 1960s counterculture movement.

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In the late summer of 1864, Confederate General Sterling Price led a last ditch attempt to liberate Missouri from Union occupation and brutal guerrilla warfare. Prices invading army was like few others seen during the Civil War. This is the story of his invasion from its politically charged planning to its starving retreat.

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A view of the south of Ireland political, social, geographical through the eyes of a liberal northern protestant being asked to rejoin it.