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The Weimar Years by Frank McDonough - 9781803284798
$24.99
The Weimar Years
Frank McDonough
The prequel to Frank McDonough's bestselling Hitler Years series, covering the dramatic period of German...
The Sydney Wars by Dr Stephen Gapps - 9781742232140
$34.99
The Sydney Wars
Dr Stephen Gapps
*Winner of theLes Carlyon Literary Prize* *Longlisted for the 2019 CHASS Australia Book Prize* The...
The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective by Sara Lodge - 9780300277883
$41.95
The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective
Sara Lodge
A revelatory history of the women who brought Victorian criminals to account-and how they became...
The Soviet Century by Karl Schloegel - 9780691237299
$49.99
The Soviet Century
Karl Schloegel
The Soviet Union is gone, but its ghostly traces remain, not least in the material...
Culture and Imperialism by Edward W Said - 9781529942125
$29.99
Culture and Imperialism
Edward W Said
From the author of Orientalism, a searching examination of western culture and the roots of...
Captain de Havilland's Moth by Alexander Norman - 9780349146454
$34.99
Captain de Havilland's Moth
Alexander Norman
A nostalgic celebration of the golden age of aviation The world's most iconic light aircraft,...
Thomas Jefferson by Thomas S. Kidd - 9780300271058
$34.95
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas S. Kidd
A revelatory new biography of Thomas Jefferson, focusing on his ethical and spiritual life "Kidd's...
Empress Dowager Cixi by Jung Chang - 9780099532392
$22.99
Empress Dowager Cixi
Jung Chang
From the bestselling author of Wild Swans and Mao- The Unknown Story, the extraordinary story...
The Battle of Midway by Craig L. Symonds (Professor of History, Professor of History, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, United States) - 9780199315987
$39.95
The Battle of Midway
Craig L. Symonds (Professor of History, Professor of History, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, United States)
There are few moments in American history in which the course of events tipped so...
The Power and the Glory by Adrian Tinniswood - 9781787334168
$55.00
The Power and the Glory
Adrian Tinniswood
Adrian Tinniswood opens the doors on the excess, intrigue and absurdities of life in the...
Sparks by Ian Johnson - 9780141997957
$28.99
Sparks
Ian Johnson
An inspiring testament to China's dissident historians and activists, from the 1940s to the present...
A Traitor in Whitehall by Julia Kelly - 9781250865496
$34.99
A Traitor in Whitehall
Julia Kelly
From Julia Kelly, internationally bestselling author of The Last Dance of the Debutante, comes the...
A Suspicion of Spies by Tim Spicer - 9781999589141
$45.00
A Suspicion of Spies
Tim Spicer
A Suspicion of Spies is the first biography of 'Biffy' Dunderdale and tells the intriguing...
Love in a Time of Hate by Florian Illies - 9781800811164
$24.99
Love in a Time of Hate
Florian Illies
'Strikingly original, utterly absorbing' Julia Boyd, author of Travellers in the Third ReichA Financial Times...
The White Ladder by Daniel Light - 9780861548163
$49.99
The White Ladder
Daniel Light
The true story of the thrill-seekers, map-makers, soldiers, occultists, artists and porters who paved the...
Reagan by Max Boot - 9780871409447
$74.95
Reagan
Max Boot
In this "monumental and impressive" biography, Max Boot, the distinguished political columnist, illuminates the untold...
Eileen by Sylvia Topp - 9781800180260
$27.99
Eileen
Sylvia Topp
Zelda, Nora, Vera, and now Eileen this is the story of George Orwell's first wife,...
Genius and Anxiety by Norman Lebrecht - 9781786078292
$22.99
Genius and Anxiety
Norman Lebrecht
Marx, Freud, Proust, Einstein, Bernhardt and Kafka. Between the middle of the nineteenth and twentieth...
Sanananda: a Bastard of a Place by David W. Cameron - 9781923144750
$36.99
Sanananda: a Bastard of a Place
David W. Cameron
With the Australian troops crossing of the Kumusi River in mid-November 1942, after pushing the...
Master Slave Husband Wife by Ilyon Woo - 9781804184851
$24.99
Master Slave Husband Wife
Ilyon Woo
A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR, WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY...
Izabela the Valiant by Adam Zamoyski - 9780008521684
$45.00
Izabela the Valiant
Adam Zamoyski
A Spectator Best Book of the Year Trawling through a vast family archive and arcane...
Kitty's Salon by Nigel Jones - 9781789466157
$24.99
Kitty's Salon
Nigel Jones
There is no book in English about the wartime Berlin 'salon' run by Kitty Schmidt...
Henry 'Chips' Channon: The Diaries (Volume 3): 1943-57 by Chips Channon - 9781529158885
$36.99
Henry 'Chips' Channon: The Diaries (Volume 3): 1943-57
Chips Channon
The third and final volume of the remarkable Sunday Times bestselling diaries of Sir Henry...
C. Y. O'Connor by Anthony Evans - 9781876268770
$29.95
C. Y. O'Connor
Anthony Evans
O'Connor's life was both a triumph and a tragedy. He pulled himself up from disadvantaged...
Cassino '44 by James Holland - 9780857505545
$36.99
Cassino '44
James Holland
The astonishing story of one of the most brutal and hard-fought battles of the Second...
I Seek a Kind Person by Julian Borger - 9781399803311
$24.99
I Seek a Kind Person
Julian Borger
'A powerful, eloquent and deeply affecting book. I loved it' EDMUND DE WAAL 'Tender, evocative...
Kosciuszko by Anthony Sharwood - 9780733650970
$34.99
Kosciuszko
Anthony Sharwood
Heroes are hard to come by - but there's one man whose legend has stood...
Ghosts of Honolulu by Mark Harmon - 9781400337019
$44.99
Ghosts of Honolulu
Mark Harmon
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A fast-paced debut...Espionage buffs will savor this vibrant account." - Publishers...