Auckland: Penguin Books, 2003. Paperback. This bestselling book, the triumphant fruit of careful research, wide reading and judicious assessment, is the unchallenged contemporary reference on the history of New Zealand. New Zealand was the last country in the world to be discovered and settled by humankind. It was also..... More
New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2008. Paperback. With a thrilling narrative that sheds much light on recent events, this national bestseller brings to life the 1953 CIA coup in Iran that ousted the country’s elected prime minister, ushered in a quarter-century of brutal rule under the Shah, and..... More
New York: M E Sharpe Inc, 2006. Sixth Edition. Paperback. The Soviet Colossus revisits the turning points in Russia’s modern history, from the fall of the tsarist regime to the establishment of the Bolshevik dictatorship and Stalinist totalitarianism; the reforms and counter-reforms of Khrushchev and Brezhnev to the reform program..... More
Oxford: Blackwell Publishers Ltd, 1998. Paperback. This volume, comprising Part I of the author's classic work Revolutionary France 1770-1880, offers a vivid narrative and radical reinterpretation of the years surrounding the momentous events of 1789 and their aftermath. During this period there were not one, but two revolutions: by intent..... More
London: Granta Books, 1999. Paperback. A highly readable combination of history and biography, Other Powers interviews the stories of some of the most colorful social, political, and religious figures of America's Victorian era with the courageous and notorious life of Victoria Woodhull--psychic, suffragette, publisher, presidential candidate, and self-confessed practitioner of..... More
London: Penguin Books, 2017. Paperback. The Third Battle of Ypres was a 'lost victory' for the British Army in 1917. Between July and November 1917, in a small corner of Belgium, more than 500,000 men were killed or maimed, gassed or drowned - and many of the bodies were never..... More
London: Orion Books Ltd, 2007. Paperback. A definitive history of the great commanders of ancient Rome, from bestselling author Adrian Goldsworthy. In his elegantly accessible style, Goldsworthy offers gripping and swiftly erudite accounts of Roman wars and the great captains who fought them. His heroes are never flavorless and..... More
Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 1999. Paperback. Immense in scope, ferocious in nature, and epic in consequence, the Battle of Kursk witnessed (at Prokhorovka) one of the largest tank engagements in world history and led to staggering losses—including nearly 200,000 Soviet and 50,000 German casualties—within the first ten days of..... More
London: Picador, 2003. Paperback. Whilst defining the very meaning of forgery, Nick Groom ranges from the economic forgery of the 18th century, where the forgery of a $100 banknote could mean death by hanging, to the formation of literary copyright which was established not in order to protect the nation's..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Presss, 1981. Paperback. The nineteenth century was transformed by two revolutions : the growing industrial technology of the West and Europe's domination of Africa and Asia. This unique study - based on archival research and recent scholarship - traces the connection between the two, not just through..... More
London: Abacus Books, 2004. Paperback. In the first volume of his monumental trilogy about the liberation of Europe in WW II, Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson tells the riveting story of the war in North Africa The liberation of Europe and the destruction of the Third Reich is a...... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016. Paperback. Fancy a tipple? Then pull up a stool, raise a glass, and dip into this delightful paean to the grand old saloon days of yore. Written by Chicago-based journalist, playwright, and all-round wit George Ade in the waning years of Prohibition, The Old-Time..... More
London: Pan Macmillan Ltd, 2008. Paperback. In Absolute War, acclaimed historian and journalist Chris Bellamy crafts the first full account since the fall of the Soviet Union of World War II’s battle on the Eastern Front, one of the deadliest conflicts in history. The conflict on the Eastern Front..... More
London: Overlook Duckworth, 2011. Paperback. In this comprehensive and engrossing treatment, published to coincide with the 2,500th anniversary of the historic Battle of Marathon, Billows captures the drama of the day and the ramifications it has had throughout Western history. More
New York: Harper Perennial Books, 2017. Paperback. The true story of Reserve Police Battalion 101 of the German Order Police, which was responsible for mass shootings as well as round-ups of Jewish people for deportation to Nazi death camps in Poland in 1942. More
New York: Sterling Publishing Co Inc, 2007. Paperback. An unforgettable autobiographical tale of survival during World War II. DeMaillie, pilot of a B-17, describes in riveting detail his successful bombing run from England to the industrial center of Germany. But things go very wrong on the return flight when his..... More
New York: Smithsonian Books, 2010. Paperback. A fascinating close-up view of the Abraham Lincoln White House through the eyes of Lincoln’s three personal secretaries: John Nicolay, William Stoddard, and John Hay. Like Doris Kearns Goodwin’s monumental New York Times bestseller, Team of Rivals, Epstein’s Lincoln’s Men sheds a new light..... More
London: Hamish Hamilton, 2019. Ali Campbell (cover artwork). First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by author. Very rare. Teeming with energy, humour and heart, a love song to black Britain told by twelve very different people Grace is a Victorian orphan dreaming of the mysterious African father she..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 2019. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by the author. ** Winner of the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year 2020 ** Longlisted for the 2020 Women's Prize for Fiction Shortlisted for the 2020 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction A Times, Evening Standard and..... More
London: Harvill Secker, 2019. First U.K. Limited Edition. Hardcover. This is a limited edition. Only 100 copies printed. Each individually numbered. This is copy number 89. Finalist for the International Booker Prize and the National Book Award A haunting Orwellian novel about the terrors of state surveillance, from the..... More
London: Abacus, 1996. Paperback. Ernest Shackleton was the quintessential Edwardian hero. A contemporary - and adversary - of Scott, he sailed on the 'Discovery' expedition of 1900, and went on to mount three expeditions of his own. Like Scott, he was a social adventurer; snow and ice held no particular..... More
New York: Tyndale, 2006. Paperback. Everyone wants a marriage that will last a lifetime, and now Dr. Gary and Barbara Rosberg, have disclosed six secrets that will not only help you create the marriage you've always dreamed of, but will create a marriage that will last a lifetime. This revised..... More
New York: Faith Words, 2007. Paperback. Every couple plants seeds of success or failure in the first five years of their marriage. If they lack basic communication skills and the ability to solve conflicts in areas like sex, finances, and emotional intimacy, they won’t make it past the five-year-mark. Authors..... More
New York: Delacorte Press, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. Lee Child returns with a gripping new powerhouse thriller featuring Jack Reacher, “one of this century’s most original, tantalizing pop-fiction heroes” (The Washington Post). Reacher takes a stroll through a small Wisconsin town and sees a class ring in a pawn..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Stonewood Heights is the perfect place to raise kids. It's got the proverbial good schools, solid values and a healthy real estate market. It's the kind of place where parents are involved in their children's lives, where no opportunity for enrichment..... More
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