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By: David Stuttard
ISBN: 9780714122724
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2011
Publisher: British Museum Press
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Power; the power of the gods; the power of Greek cities; the power of the human body: all these were celebrated at the ancient Olympic Games. This title revolves around the Games of 416 BC a turning point in Greek politics when a cold war between Athens and other major cities was about to erupt into bloody fighting.
(Hardback)
By: Jennifer L. Lieberman
ISBN: 9780262036375
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Jul 2017
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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How electricity became a metaphor for modernity in the United States, inspiring authors from Mark Twain to Ralph Ellison.
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By: Peter Demetz
ISBN: 9780374531560
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2009
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc
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(Paperback)
By: Madeleine Albright
ISBN: 9780062128423
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2012
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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(Paperback)
By: Professor Lord Colin Renfrew
ISBN: 9780753824276
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2008
UK Publication Date: 18th September 2008
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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A brief and original prehistory of the world
(Hardback)
By: Rachel Maddow
ISBN: 9781911709763
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2024
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
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(Hardback)
By: Harold Holzer
ISBN: 9781598533736
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2015
Publisher: The Library of America
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(Paperback)
By: Daina Ramey Berry
ISBN: 9780807067147
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2018
UK Publication Date: 20th January 2018
Publisher: Beacon Press
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(Paperback)
By: Ferdinand Mount
ISBN: 9781471156014
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2020
UK Publication Date: 3rd October 2019
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
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The story behind the great thinkers and politicians who have shaped human history over the past two millennia
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By: Mary Hollingsworth
ISBN: 9781803281261
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2023
UK Publication Date: 5th January 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Prisoners of History: What Monuments to the Second World War Tell Us About Our History and Ourselves
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By: Keith Lowe
ISBN: 9780008339586
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2021
UK Publication Date: 13th May 2021
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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Prisoners of History: What Monuments to the Second World War Tell Us About Our History and Ourselves
(Hardback)
By: Keith Lowe
ISBN: 9780008339548
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2020
UK Publication Date: 9th July 2020
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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(Paperback)
By: Douglas Carswell
ISBN: 9781786691569
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2019
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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From Ancient Athens the modern day, a radical look at how world history has been shaped by the constant struggle between the productive and the parasitic.
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By: Ivan Franceschini
ISBN: 9781839766336
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2022
Publisher: Verso Books
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A century of complex relations between Communists and workers in China
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By: Andy Beckett
ISBN: 9780241956885
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2016
UK Publication Date: 2nd June 2016
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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The early 1980s in Britain were a time of hope, and of dread: of Cold War tension and imminent conflict, when crowds in the street could mean an ecstatic national celebration or an inner-city riot. The author recreates this moment of transition, with all its potential and uncertainty: the first precarious years of Margaret Thatcher's government.
(Hardback)
By: Lisa Rogak
ISBN: 9781804441671
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2025
Publisher: Footnote Press Ltd
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The incredible untold story of four women who helped win the second world war by generating a wave of black propaganda.
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By: Steve Crawshaw
ISBN: 9780349128931
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2025
UK Publication Date: 6th February 2025
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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Could Putin or other war criminals ever be put on trial Steve Crawshaw's compelling new history of prosecuting war crimes shows how it is more likely than you might think.
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By: Alec Ryrie
ISBN: 9780008210007
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2018
UK Publication Date: 22nd March 2018
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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On the 500th anniversary of Luthers rebellion, this spectacular global history traces the revolutionary faith that shaped the modern world.
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By: Paul Lay
ISBN: 9781781853368
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2021
UK Publication Date: 1st April 2021
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The story of the rise and fall of Oliver Cromwell's Protectorate (1653-9), England's sole experiment in republican government and one of the most extraordinary but neglected periods in British history.
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By: Michael Stuermer
ISBN: 9780753823378
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2009
UK Publication Date: 25th June 2009
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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A brilliant analysis of Putin and the key role a resurgent Russia plays in world affairs
'An excellent and important work' Literary Review
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By: Anna Politkovskaya
ISBN: 9781843430506
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2004
UK Publication Date: 14th October 2004
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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A former KGB spy, Vladimir Putin was named President of Russia in 2000. From the moment he entered the public arena he marketed himself as an open, enlightened leader eager to engage with the West. This book tells the story of Putin's iron grip on Russian life from the individual citizens whose situations have been shaped by his brand of tyranny.
(Hardback)
By: Dr. Anna Borshchevskaya
ISBN: 9781350379770
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Mar 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Hardback)
By: Angela Stent
ISBN: 9781455533022
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Oct 2019
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
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We all now live in a paranoid and polarized world of Putin's making, and the Russian leader, through guile and disruption, has resurrected Russia's status as a force to be reckoned with. From renowned foreign policy expert Angela Stent comes a must-read dissection of present-day Russian motives on the global stage.
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By: Sophie Shorland
ISBN: 9781838956417
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2025
UK Publication Date: 5th June 2025
Publisher: Atlantic Books
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An enthralling portrait of Queen Catherine of Braganza, wife of Charles II, which brings her struggles vividly to life and reveals her forgotten place in British history.
