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$28WARRIORS IN SCARLETAn acclaimed military historian, Knight reveals the brutal reality of colonial conflict from both sides as the rapid expansion of the empire saw the British army fighting in small wars across the world. Drawing on first-hand accounts he shows us the reality of life for the British soldier in this er...Buy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0 -
$28THE GREATEST ESCAPEIn August 1944 the most successful POW escape of the Second World War took place - 106 Allied prisoners were freed from a camp in Maribor, in present-day Slovenia. The escape was organized not by officers, but by two ordinary soldiers: Australian Ralph Churches (a bank clerk before the war) and Lond...Buy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0 -
$18RUNIC INSCRIPTIONS IN GREAT BRITAINWhat is the real story of the runic rings found in Britain?No self-respecting wizard should be unschooled in runelore, and in this little book runemaster Paul Johnson introduces the magic of this archaic script trough ancient runes found on stones, bones and other artifacts from around these mysteri...Buy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0 -
$18ORKNEY: MEGALITHIC MARVEL OF THE NORTHERN ISLESWere the Stones of Stenness the world's first henge and stone circle? Why has Orkney preserved so many Neolithic farmhouses and villages? What was the purpose of the huge buildings on the Ness of Brodgar?In this small book, painter Hector McDonnell introduces the history and the mystery of Orkney. C...Buy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0 -
$45SHEEPLANDS: HOW SHEEP SHAPED WALES & THE WORLDHuman civilisation was not just created by humans: we had the help of many creatures, and foremost among these were sheep.From Argentina to Australia and from Mesopotamia to Mongolia, just about every country with hills and meadows has adopted and then developed sheep farming as a way of living. And...Buy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0 -
$45OVERLORDOn 6 June 1944 – D-Day – British, Canadian and American troops staged the greatest amphibious landing in history. It was the start of Operation Overlord, the battle to take Normandy from the Third Reich. Over ten gruelling weeks, the Allies fought the entrenched German army, some infantry units ...Buy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0 -
$28ATLAS OF VANISHING PLACESWith beautiful maps and stunning photography, Atlas of Vanishing Places takes you on a voyage to all corners of the world in search of the lost, disappearing and vanished places.Maps offer us the chance to see not just how our world appears today, but how it once looked. Travis Elborough takes us on...Buy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0 -
$40THE WORLDFrom the master storyteller and internationally bestselling author - the story of humanity from prehistory to the present day, told through the one thing all humans have in common: family.We begin with the footsteps of a family walking along a beach 950,000 years ago. From here, Montefiore takes us ...Buy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0 -
$30SAS GREAT ESCAPESIn SAS Great Escapes , bestselling author Damien Lewis tells the story of seven of the most dramatic and daring escapes executed during WWII by what is arguably the world's most famous military fighting force - the SAS.With each story comes a nail-biting, rollercoaster ride in classic Damien Lewis s...Buy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0 -
$30GOLDEN THREADAll textiles begin with a twist. From colourful 30,000-year old threads found on the floor of a Georgian cave to what the linen wrappings of Tutankhamun's mummy actually meant; from the Silk Roads to the woollen sails that helped the Vikings reach America 700 years before Columbus; from the lace ruf...Buy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0 -
$30STALINThis thrilling biography of Stalin and his entourage during the terrifying decades of his supreme power transforms our understanding of Stalin as Soviet dictator, Marxist leader and Russian tsar.Based on groundbreaking research, Simon Sebag Montefiore reveals in captivating detail the fear and betra...Buy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0 -
$30PERSIANSTHE a definitive new history of the Persian Empire, the world's first superpower.The Great Kings of Persia ruled over the largest Empire of antiquity, stretching from Libya to the Steppes of Asia, and from Ethiopia to Pakistan. At the heart of the Empire was the fabled palace-city of Persepolis wher...Buy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0 -
$35ZEUS IS A DICKIn the beginning, everything was fine (more or less). And then along came Zeus.Ahh, Greek myths. Those glorious tales of heroism, honour and. petty squabbles, soap-opera drama and more weird sex than Fifty Shades of Grey could shake a stick at!It's about time we stopped respecting myths and started ...Buy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0 -
$26EMPIRES OF THE STEPPESThe barbarian nomads of the Eurasian steppes played a decisive role in world history, but their achievements have gone largely unnoticed. These tribes produced some of the world's greatest conquerors: Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan and Tamerlane, among others. And their deeds still resonate today.Inde...Buy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0 -
$28DOUBLE CROSSD-Day, 6 June 1944, the turning point of the Second World War, was a victory of arms. But it was also a triumph for a different kind of operation: one of deceit.At the heart of the deception was the 'Double Cross System', a team of double agents whose bravery, treachery, greed and inspiration succee...Buy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0 -
$28AGENT ZIGZAGOne December night in 1942, a Nazi parachutist landed in a Cambridgeshire field. His mission: to sabotage the British war effort.His name was Eddie Chapman, but he would shortly become MI5's Agent Zigzag. Dashing and suave, courageous and unpredictable, Chapman was by turns a traitor, a hero, a vill...Buy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0 -
$28A SPY AMONG FRIENDSKim Philby was the most notorious British defector and Soviet mole in history. Agent, double agent, traitor and enigma, he betrayed every secret of Allied operations to the Russians in the early years of the Cold War.In the aftermath of the Second World War, Philby, Nicholas Elliott and James Jesus ...Buy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0 -
$28OPERATION MINCEMEATApril, 1943: a sardine fisherman spots the corpse of a British soldier floating in the sea off the coast of Spain and sets off a train of events that would change the course of the Second World War.Operation Mincemeat was the most successful wartime deception ever attempted. It hoodwinked the Nazi e...Buy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0 -
$30THE PALACEFor centuries, Hampton Court has been a place of power, scandal and intrigue: a stage for events that shaped the nation. The Palace raises the curtain on 500 years of British history with royals, politicians, criminals, and geniuses all playing their parts.Hampton Court has been an arc of monarchy, ...Buy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0 -
$38SKY WARRIORSThe legendary ‘Red Devils’ were among the finest combat troops of the Second World War. Created at Churchill’s instigation in June 1940, they began as a single parachute battalion of 500 men and grew into three 10,000-strong airborne divisions: the 1st, 6th and 44th Indian, each composed of pa...Buy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0 -
$32STORIES OF PEOPLE AND CIVILIZATION CELTIC ANCIENT ORIGINSTo most of us, Celtic culture is at once distinctive and enigmatic. Though we may acknowledge the Celtic heritage of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Spain (Galicia) and France (Brittany), and be familiar with the mythology and literature that has given us Arthurian legend and all manner of boastful gods, ...Buy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0 -
$32STORIES OF PEOPLE AND CIVILIZATION THE ANCIENT NEAR EASTA gorgeous Collector's Edition. Exploring the ancient origins of Sumer we find the beginnings of civilization as we know it now, with language, cities, religious conviction, organised society and a wealth of culture revealed in clay tablets collected in ancient libraries. Between the rivers of the T...Buy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0 -
$33DAS REICHWithin days of the D-Day landings in June 1944, the elite 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich marched north through France to reinforce the front-line defenders of Hitler’s Fortress Europe. Veterans of the bloodiest fighting of the Russian Front, 15,000 men with their tanks and artillery, they were h...Buy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0 -
$40D-DAY: THE UNHEARD TAPESD-Day was a critical turning point in the Second World War, and a master stroke in planning and logistics, but for the tens of thousands of young men who took part in the amphibious assault, D-Day was bloody, chaotic, and frequently terrifying. For those who survived the beaches, months of bitter fi...Buy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0
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