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This is a neglected history. Not a sweeping, definitive, exhaustive history of the world but something quieter, more intimate and particular. A sin...

From the premise that gathering information is ‘part of mankind’s basic survival instinct’, John Hughes-Wilson surveys the way in which spying has ...

The definitive book on this important battle of the Wars of the Roses For many years the first battle of St Albans was regarded as a ‘short scuffle...

In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land,...

Witness our incredible human story unfold - from the very first people in Africa to the collapse of Communism and beyond - exquisitely charted map ...

This brilliantly concise history of the Pacific Ocean nevertheless succeeds in examining both the indigenous presence on ocean's islands and Wester...

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From the moment the first machine gun rang out over the Western Front, one thing was clear: mankind’s military technology had wildly surpassed its ...

What is the nature of things? Must I think my own way through the world? What is justice? How can I be me? How should we treat each other?Before th...

Though it has been some six centuries since explorer Zheng He visited Africa, scholar Li Xinfeng finds connections between Zheng's voyages and Chin...

Die verhaal van die 1820-Setlaars – Britse emigrante na die onstuimige grens van ‘n afgelee kolonie in die 19de-eeuse Suider-Afrika. Hulle invloed ...

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A landmark study of ancient Greek and Roman cults, from the nocturnal mysteries at Eleusis to the cults of Dionysus and Mithras.Mystery cults are o...

From 1913 to 1920, the Molteno-Murray family published a private journal called "Chronicle of the Family". It appeared three times a year, providin...

Updated with the latest archaeological research new chapters on the most influential yet widely unrecognised people of the British isles, In Search...

Challenging Western depictions, this consideration of Moscow’s post-Cold War Africa policy takes into account both African and Russian decisionmake...

Kwa Mai Mai is the embodiment of everything Johannesburg is meant to be – the City of Gold, a place where dreams deferred come true. It is a conste...

The astonishing year when German democracy faced crisis and near destruction. 1923 was one of the most remarkable years of modern European histo...

'Liebe Mitstreiter', he says. Dear comrades in arms. Today we are going to learn about the sonnet. Berlin, 1962. Morale is at rock bottom in Eas...

The thing that looms largest in South Africa’s future is South Africa’s past – most especially the nearly five decades of division and conflict at ...

The Atlantic has borne witness to major historic events that have drastically shaped humanity with each crossing of its path. In this broad and rea...

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An engaging, accessible introduction to war, from ancient times to the present and into the future "Forty short chapters . . . describe war from t...

For hundreds of years, Britannia ruled the waves and an empire on which the sun never set - but for thousands of years before that, Britain had bee...

Manners, order and respect... these are all ideals we subscribe to. In opposed positions, we ought to be able to 'agree to disagree'. Today's world...

In some settings, such as Ireland, contiguous Catholic and Protestant states are often not conducive to good relations or neighbourliness. In colon...

The superb, bestselling diaries of Victor Klemperer, a Jew in Dresden who survived the war - hailed as one of the 20th century's most important chr...

WITH A FOREWORD FROM BERNARDINE EVARISTO Conversations with some of the most extraordinary Black minds of our age, discussing race, decolonisation...

THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY OF THE MOST INFAMOUS PRISON IN HISTORY -- FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SAS: ROGUE HEROES AND THE SPY AND THE TRAITOR ...

The book has a unique status as an emblem of human culture and civilization. It is a vessel for sharing stories, dispersing knowledge, examining th...

For nearly two hundred years the Society has been awarding gold medals to those individuals who have contributed most to our geographical knowledge...