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Vespasiano da Bisticci and the Manuscripts that Illuminated the Renaissance. 'A marvel of storytelling and a masterclass in the history of the book' WALL STREET JOURNAL

Miller's Antiques Handbook & Price Guide remains the essential and trusted guide to the antiques market. 

 In the early hours of June 17, 1972, a security guard named Frank Wills entered six words into the log book of the Watergate office complex that would change the course of history: 1:47 AM Found tape on doors; call police.

As a passenger on the first two legs of Titanic's ill fated voyage, Father Francis Browne SJ's photographs are an immensely important record. 3RD EDITION

War Hotels is an engrossing exploration of hotels in wartime, told through the prism of the now iconic hotels that were frequented by foreign correspondents, politicians, paramilitaries and spies in conflicts in Northern Ireland, Vietnam, Cambodia, Lebanon, Iraq, and Bosnia & Herzegovina. 

Following the American Declaration of Independence, communities from Boston to Savannah were forced to make a choice: to strike out for an independent republic, or remain true to the British Crown.

'An utterly dazzling book, the best piece of history I have read for a long time' Jerry Brotton, author of A History of the World in Twelve Maps

The Science of Marking Time, from Stonehenge to Atomic Clocks.  Press the snooze button on your alarm once too often and you soon remember the importance of good timekeeping.

The Irish struck out across America’s frontiers, built its railroads, fought on both sides of the civil war, captured its major historic moments in print, paint and bronze, led many of its religious denominations, policed its streets, set up its banks, educated its masses, entertained America on its stages and screens and in its sporting arenas, and made ground-breaking contributions in science and engineering.

The First 200 Years of British Women in the Sky