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World history
Surgeon at Arms
By Lipmann Kessel
Paperback
Published 17-Nov-2011
| RRP: | £12.99 |
| Our price: | £10.39 |
| You save: | £2.60 |
Usually despatched within 7-10 days.
History of the World in Twelve Maps
By Jerry Brotton
Hardback
Published 06-Sep-2012
| RRP: | £30.00 |
| Our price: | £24.00 |
| You save: | £6.00 |
Throughout history, maps have been fundamental in shaping our view of the world, and our place in it. This title tells the story of our world through maps. It examines the significance of 12 maps - from the mystical representations of ancient history to the satellite-derived imagery of today.
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Giants of Steam
By Jonathan Glancey
Hardback
Published 01-Sep-2012
| RRP: | £20.00 |
| Our price: | £16.00 |
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From Jonathan Glancey, the critically acclaimed and bestselling author of Spitfire: The Biography, comes his new bestseller telling the incredible story of the last days of the great steam locomotives.
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If This is a Man/The Truce
By Primo Levi
Paperback
Published 01-Jan-1988
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Primo Levi's classic memoir of The Camps.
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Soldaten: On Fighting, Killing and Dying
By Sonke Neitzel
Hardback
Published 25-Sep-2012
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A landmark book based on secretly recorded conversations between German soldiers in the Second World War
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History of the World in 100 Objects
By Neil MacGregor
Paperback
Published 28-Jun-2012
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Encompassing a sweep of human history, this title begins with one of the earliest surviving objects made by human hands, a chopping tool from the Olduvai gorge in Africa, and ends with objects which characterise the world we live in today.
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History of the World
By Andrew Marr
Hardback
Published 27-Sep-2012
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From the earliest civilizations to the twenty-first century: a global journey through human history, published alongside a landmark BBC One television series.
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And Man Created God
By Selina O'Grady
Hardback
Published 01-Sep-2012
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And Man Created God is a sweeping exploration of the changing religions of the empires and peoples of the world at the time of Jesus: a work of extraordinary richness and ambition, this is popular history at its best.
This item is currently re-printing. You may still order this book and we will despatch it as soon as it becomes available.
Life Between the Lines
By John Izbicki
Paperback
Published 05-Jul-2012
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John Izbicki has an exciting story to tell. Berlin-born, he lived through the horrors of Nazi persecution. As a refugee he changed his name, learned english, and became the education correspondent for the Daily Telegraph. He held this responsible position for 18 years.
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Thinking the Twentieth Century
By Tony Judt
Paperback
Published 07-Feb-2013
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Two explorers set out on a journey from which only one of them will return. Their unknown land is that often fearsome continent we call the 20th Century. Their route is through their own minds and memories. Both travellers are professional historians still tormented by their own unanswered questions.
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