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(Hardback)

By: Stephen G. Hyslop

ISBN: 9781426203473
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2009
Publisher: National Geographic Society
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In this one-of-a-kind atlas, scores of archival maps and dozens of newly created maps trace the battles, political turmoil, and great themes of Americas most violent and pivotal clash of arms.


(Hardback)

By: Robert Kirchubel

ISBN: 9781472807748
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2016
UK Publication Date: 20th January 2016
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The Eastern Front was the most significant theatre of World War II. Here the bulk of the Wehrmacht was committed and eventually shattered by the Red Army in a campaign of unmatched intensity. With detailed pieces of cartography, this book explains the fighting and physical challenges faced by Axis and Soviet forces alike.


(Hardback)

By: NEIL KAGAN

ISBN: 9781426219719
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2018
UK Publication Date: 21st March 2023
Publisher: National Geographic Society
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This atlas delves into the cartographic history of WWII: From the invasion of Poland to Pearl Harbor and the Battle of the Bulge.


(Hardback)

By: The Rt Hon Frank Field

ISBN: 9780826432247
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Mar 2009
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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In 1946, Clement Attlee came to power as Labour Prime Minister with a huge landslide majority. Under his leadership some of the greatest reforms were initiated, not least the founding of the National Health Service. Attlee had a firm vision of a more just and equitable society, which the nation wanted. This book collects Attlee's writings.


(Paperback)

By: William Philpott

ISBN: 9780349000077
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2015
UK Publication Date: 13th August 2015
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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The magnum opus of the First World War, from the outstanding historian at the King's College Department of War Studies.


(Paperback)

By: Edward Stourton

ISBN: 9781784160791
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2018
UK Publication Date: 18th October 2018
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
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The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British institution unlike any other, and its story during the Second World War is also our story. Aunties War is an incomparable insight into why we have the broadcast culture we do today.

A BBC RADIO 4: BOOK OF THE WEEK


(Paperback)

By: Phillip Knightley

ISBN: 9780099772910
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2001
UK Publication Date: 6th September 2001
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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Part history, part travelogue, part memoir, this book tells the inspiring story of how a one time British colony of convicts turned itself into a prosperous and confident country. This book describes Australia's journey through the eyes of ordinary people, from the trauma of the WW-I to the decline of the relationship with Britain, and more.


(Paperback)

By: Inga Muscio

ISBN: 9781609805203
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2014
Publisher: Seven Stories Press,U.S.
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(Hardback)

By: Paul M. Sparrow

ISBN: 9781639366675
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2024
UK Publication Date: 18th July 2024
Publisher: Pegasus Books
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A dramatic narrative that brings President Roosevelt, his allies, and his adversaries to life during his fight to transform America from an isolationist bystander into the worlds first superpower.


(Paperback)

By: Dee Peyok

ISBN: 9781783787111
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2023
UK Publication Date: 5th January 2023
Publisher: Granta Books
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A journey through Cambodia to the soundtrack of its lost rock'n'roll.


(Paperback)

By: Jim Laurier

ISBN: 9781472823625
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2018
UK Publication Date: 18th October 2018
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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From Vietnam to Desert Storm, this book tells the story of the United States' seemingly indestructible heavy bombers, and the Soviet-designed missile system that attempted to bring them down.


(Paperback)

By: Peter E. Davies

ISBN: 9781472845078
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2021
UK Publication Date: 18th February 2021
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)

By: Chaasakawan

ISBN: 9781098336271
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2021
Publisher: BookBaby
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The book is a big question asked to the leaders of the so called Black African American people. Someone needs to resolve the issue of the BAAM.


(Paperback, Main)

By: Maurice Gorham

ISBN: 9780571386987
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2024
UK Publication Date: 6th June 2024
Publisher: Faber & Faber
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A delightful, nostalgic ramble around the hostelries of London from a bygone age.


(Paperback)

By: Edward Smithies

ISBN: 9781407244488
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2013
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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(Paperback)

By: Glenn Patterson

ISBN: 9781800240452
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2020
UK Publication Date: 3rd September 2020
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A witty and impassioned book on Ulster, which has been thrust into the centre of British and European politics and which is likely to become Britain's frontier with the wider world.


(Paperback)

By: Elaine Farrell

ISBN: 9780241994320
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2024
UK Publication Date: 11th January 2024
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Paperback)

By: Michael Farquhar

ISBN: 9781426218071
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2017
Publisher: National Geographic Society
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Best-selling author of A Treasury of Royal ScandalsMichael Farquhar uncovers an instance of bad luck, epic misfortune, andunadulterated mayhem tied to every day of the year in this engrossing
compendium of history's worst moments.


(Paperback, New edition)

By: Tom White

ISBN: 9781915672926
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2025
UK Publication Date: 9th September 2025
Publisher: Watkins Media Limited
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Though it was banned in the UK in 1999, asbestos still kills more than 5,000 people every year. How did this happen And what can we do about it


(Paperback, Main)

By: Ian Buruma

ISBN: 9781843549635
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2009
Publisher: Atlantic Books
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Ian Buruma approaches China through the stories of its dissidents: ordinary, brave people who oppose a regime that uses repression in the name of social order. What does dissidence mean in an authoritarian society And what chance do they have of succeeding in the face of the largest remaining dictatorship on earth


(Paperback)

By: Caitlin Davies

ISBN: 9781473647763
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2019
UK Publication Date: 21st February 2019
Publisher: John Murray Press
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A history of a century of women, punishment and crime in HM Prison Holloway.


(Paperback)

By: Ben Thompson

ISBN: 9780061749445
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2010
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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Chronicles the asskicking age of antiquity to the fearless modern era in chapters that include the stories of: Ramses II - the greatest of the Egyptian Pharaohs; Alexander the Great - Macedonian King who conquered the entire known world before his 33rd birthday; and, Blackbeard - the most feared cutthroat to ever sail the Caribbean.


(Paperback)

By: Ben Thompson

ISBN: 9780062001351
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2011
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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Since the beginning of human history people have created myths, tall tales, and super- and anti-heroes. This title compiles tales from the beginning of time and tells them in the completely over-the-top manner in which they were intended.


(Paperback)

By: Justin Marozzi

ISBN: 9780141047102
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2015
UK Publication Date: 28th May 2015
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Over thirteen centuries, Baghdad has enjoyed both cultural and commercial pre-eminence, boasting artistic and intellectual sophistication and an economy once the envy of the world. This new history of Baghdad brings to life the story of what was once the greatest capital on earth.

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