Rag and Bone - A Family History of What We've Thrown Away by Lisa Woollett
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From relics of Georgian empire-building and slave-trading, through Victorian London's barged-out refuse to 1980s fly-tipping and the pervasiveness of present-day plastics, Rag and Bone traces the story of our rubbish, and, through it, our history of consumption. In a series of beachcombing and mudlarki ...Show more
Vox Populi - Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the Classical World but Were Afraid to Ask by Peter Jones
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A witty and engaging beginner's guide to the Classics, by the author of Veni, Vidi, Vici and Eureka!
The Duchess Countess Elizabeth Chudleigh by Catherine Ostler
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'Outrageously scandalous, soaked in sex and money, aristocracy, adventure and grandeur... Catherine Ostler, accomplished storyteller, is the perfect writer to restore the Duchess Countess to life.' Simon Sebag Montefiore 'Fascinating. Magnificient. Sensitively told.' Hallie Rubenfold When the glamorous ...Show more
Men Without Country: The True Story of Exploration and Rebellion in the South Seas by Harrison Christian
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A mission to collect breadfruit from Tahiti becomes the most famous mutiny in history when the crew rise up against Captain William Bligh, with accusations of food restrictions and unfair punishments. Bligh's remarkable journey back to safety is well documented, but the fates of the mutinous men remain ...Show more
Lawbreaking Ladies by Erika Owen; Alexander Wright (Illustrator)
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Discover 50 fascinating tales of female pirates, fraudsters, gamblers, bootleggers, serial killers, madams, and outlaws in this illustrated book of lawbreaking and legendary women throughout the ages. Many of us are familiar with the popular slogan "Well-behaved women seldom make history." But that ...Show more
Queens of Jerusalem - The Women Who Dared to Rule by Katherine Pangonis
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Category: History SPECIALS | Reading Level: near fine
Debut by an exciting young narrative historian - a revisionist history of Medieval Palestine In 1187 Saladin's armies besieged the holy city of Jerusalem. He had previously annihilated Jerusalem's army at the battle of Hattin, and behind the city's high walls a last-ditch defence was being led by an unl ...Show more
The Florentines from Dante to Galileo by Paul Strathern
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Category: History SPECIALS | Reading Level: near fine
A sweeping 400-year history of the Florentines who gave birth to the Renaissance, by the author of The Medici and The Borgias. Between the birth of Dante in 1265 and the death of Galileo in 1642 something happened which transformed the entire culture of western civilisation. Painting, sculpture and arch ...Show more
Churchill: a Pictorial History of His Life and Times by Wood Ian
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Sir Winston Churchill, voted the greatest Briton of all time, died 50 years ago on January 24th 1965. Born on November 30th 1874, he entered Parliament in 1900 and dom-inated political life for over half a century until his retirement in 1955. His leadership of the British people in the Second World War ...Show more
Icebound by Andrea Pitzer
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'An epic tale of exploration, daring and tragedy told by a fine historian - and a wonderful writer' Peter Frankopan, author of the bestselling The Silk Roads. A dramatic and compelling account of survival against the odds from the golden Age of Exploration. Since its beginning, the human story has been ...Show more
Napoleonic Wars In Cartoons (History) by BRYANT MARK
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Cities: The First 6,000 Years by Monica L. Smith
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A sweeping history of cities through the millennia--from Mesopotamia to Manhattan--and how they have propelled Homo sapiens to dominance.Six thousand years ago, there were no cities on the planet. Today, more than half of the world's population lives in urban areas, and that number is growing. Weaving t ...Show more
Bullets and Opium: Real-Life Stories of China After the Tiananmen Square Massacre by Liao Yiwu
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Category: History SPECIALS
A "memorable series of portraits of the working class people who defended Tiananmen Square" (The New York Review of Books) during the protests from the award-winning poet, dissident, and "one of the most original and remarkable Chinese writers of our time" (Philip Gourevitch). Much has been written ...Show more