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Beastly: The Epic 40,000-Year History of Animals and Us

Beastly: The Epic 40,000-Year History of Animals and...

Author: Keggie Carew
ISBN: 9781786896933
Format: Paperback
$24.99

Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize for Conservation, Beastly invites us to consider our place in the wider world...  Read More >>

1963: That Was the Year That Was

1963: That Was the Year That Was

Author: Andrew Cook
ISBN: 9781803996899
Format: Paperback
$32.99

A compendium of milestone stories and watershed events in popular culture, national and international politics from...  Read More >>

Early Modern Genres of History

Early Modern Genres of History

Author: Emil Nicklas Johnsen ,  Ina Louise Stovner
ISBN: 9781032364421
Format: Paperback
$73.99

Bringing together an international group of literary scholars, intellectual historians, and cultural historians,...  Read More >>

Scottish Quotations

Scottish Quotations

Author: David Ross
ISBN: 9781780278483
Format: Paperback
$19.99

The Scots have always had a reputation for clarity of thought and also for the vigour with which it is put into...  Read More >>

Scottish Folklore

Scottish Folklore

Author: Raymond Lamont-Brown
ISBN: 9781780278476
Format: Paperback
$19.99

This book traces the roots and traditions of Scottish folklore and introduces all its key parts, combining a huge...  Read More >>

Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic

Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic

Author: Tabitha Stanmore
ISBN: 9781847927323
Format: Paperback
$36.99

A vibrant look at an unsettled and strangely familiar time that overturns our assumptions about the history of magic....  Read More >>

Charles I and Oliver Cromwell: A Study in Contrasts and Comparisons

Charles I and Oliver Cromwell: A Study in Contrasts...

Author: Maurice Ashley
ISBN: 9781032265360
Format: Paperback
$58.99

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Dusty Booze: In Search of Vintage Spirits

Dusty Booze: In Search of Vintage Spirits

Author: Aaron Goldfarb
ISBN: 9781419766794
Format: Hardback
$39.99

"An entertaining journey into the booming world of vintage spirits, the quirky and intensely passionate ""dusty...  Read More >>

The Secret Mind of Bertha Pappenheim: The Woman Who Invented Freud's Talking Cure

The Secret Mind of Bertha Pappenheim: The Woman Who...

Author: Gabriel Brownstein
ISBN: 9781541774643
Format: Hardback
$55.00

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Unapologetic Expression: The Inside Story of the UK Jazz Explosion

Unapologetic Expression: The Inside Story of the UK...

Author: André Marmot
ISBN: 9780571374489
Format: Hardback
$59.99

A lively, subversive history of the new UK jazz wave, encapsulating its revolutionary spirit and tracing its foundations...  Read More >>

England in the Seventeenth Century

England in the Seventeenth Century

Author: Maurice Ashley
ISBN: 9781032264783
Format: Paperback
$58.99

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The Boy Who Promised Me Horses

The Boy Who Promised Me Horses

Author: David Joseph Charpentier ,  He'seota'e Miner
ISBN: 9781496238078
Format: Paperback
$65.87

A teacher and mentor to students at St. Labre Indian School, David Joseph Charpentier details the joys, dangers,...  Read More >>

Who Were The Real Oliver Twists?: Childhood Poverty in Victorian London

Who Were The Real Oliver Twists?: Childhood Poverty...

Author: Lynn Hamilton
ISBN: 9781399054546
Format: Hardback
$65.00

Discover the realities of Victorian England that informed the famous Dickens characters.  Read More >>

Revolutionary Emotions in Cold War Egypt: Islam, Communism, and Anti-Colonial Protest

Revolutionary Emotions in Cold War Egypt: Islam, Communism,...

Author: Christiane-Marie Abu Sarah
ISBN: 9781350383760
Format: Hardback
$170.00

In autumn 1951, a diverse array of Muslim, Christian, and Jewish students from clubs like the Muslim Brotherhood...  Read More >>

Early Modern Genres of History

Early Modern Genres of History

Author: Emil Nicklas Johnsen ,  Ina Louise Stovner
ISBN: 9781032364414
Format: Hardback
$273.00

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A Little History of the Australian Labor Party

A Little History of the Australian Labor Party

Author: Nick Dyrenfurth ,  Frank Bongiorno
ISBN: 9781742238210
Format: Paperback
$27.99

The Australian Labor Party is one of the oldest labour parties in the world and the first to form a government....  Read More >>

The Quality of Love: Twin Sisters at the Heart of the Century

The Quality of Love: Twin Sisters at the Heart of the...

Author: Ariane Bankes
ISBN: 9780715654989
Format: Hardback
$39.99

When her mother Celia Paget died, Ariane Bankes inherited a trunk stuffed with letters and diaries belonging to...  Read More >>

The Uniqueness of Chinese Civilization in World History

The Uniqueness of Chinese Civilization in World History...

Author: Guy S. Alitto
ISBN: 9789819907120
Format: Paperback
$369.57

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The State of Black Progress: Confronting Government and Judicial Obstacles

The State of Black Progress: Confronting Government...

Author: Star Parker ,  Marty Dannenfelser
ISBN: 9781641773416
Format: Hardback
$54.99

"Black Americans have arguably arrived at the height of their cultural prominence. In politics, entertainment, academia,...  Read More >>

The Swans of Harlem: Fifty years of sisterhood, five black ballerinas, one incredible story

The Swans of Harlem: Fifty years of sisterhood, five...

Author: Karen Valby
ISBN: 9781786582508
Format: Paperback
$34.99

The story of the groundbreaking Dance Theatre of Harlem, established by the first Black principal of the NYC Ballet,...  Read More >>

The Bloom's Story, 1920-2010: Noshtalgia

The Bloom's Story, 1920-2010: Noshtalgia

Author: Pam Fox
ISBN: 9781803710570
Format: Paperback
$51.62

Fox tells the ninety-year history of Blooms, both its renowned restaurants and its factory, which supplied kosher...  Read More >>

Work: The Last 1,000 Years

Work: The Last 1,000 Years

Author: Andrea Komlosy ,  Jacob Watson
ISBN: 9781786634139
Format: Paperback
$26.99

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