History
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Return to Romance
Ogden Whitney & Dan Nadel
Read more ▸ Order ▸The Strange Love Stories of Ogden Whitney
By turns amusing and disturbing, this collection of 1960s...
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The A-Z History of London
Geographers' A-Z Map Co Ltd & Philip Parker
Read more ▸ Order ▸For the last century A-Z maps have been the trusted and reliable source of mapping...
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The Colour of Time
Dan Jones & Marina Amaral
Read more ▸ Order ▸A New History of the World, 1850-1960
‘The Colour of Time’ spans more than a hundred...
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A Short History of London
Simon Jenkins
Read more ▸ Order ▸London: a settlement founded by the Romans, occupied by the Saxons, conquered by the Danes...
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The London Review of Books: An Incomplete History
London Review of Books
Read more ▸ Order ▸The most literary gift of the year: a beautiful hardback collection of archive gems from...
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How the World Thinks
Julian Baggini
Read more ▸ Order ▸In this groundbreaking global overview of philosophy, Julian Baggini travels the world to provide a...
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The Brothers York
Thomas Penn
Read more ▸ Order ▸The gripping new history by the author of the acclaimed bestseller Winter King It is...
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The Ingenious Language
Andrea Marcolongo
Read more ▸ Order ▸For word nerds, language loons, and grammar geeks, an impassioned and informative literary leap into...
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Anatomy: Exploring the Human Body
Phaidon Editors
Read more ▸ Order ▸A stunning tribute to our eternal fascination with the human body – and the latest...
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India: A Short History
Andrew Robinson
Read more ▸ Order ▸India has had many histories. To pilgrims from ancient China, India was the birthplace of...
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Scotland: A Concise History
Fitzroy Maclean
Read more ▸ Order ▸‘The Scots’, said a censorious English member of Parliament in 1607, `have not suffered above...
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Turkey: A Short History
Norman Stone
Read more ▸ Order ▸From the eminent historian Norman Stone, who has lived and worked in the country since...