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Books
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Heroic Animals : Amazing Creatures that Changed Our World€11.99
Clare Balding's stories of daring, courageous, remarkable creatures who changed our world for the better: from the dog that inspired Lassie to the bear that fought the Nazis.
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Republic of Lies : American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power€11.99
From UFOs to the New World Order, the inside story of how conspiracy theories won over America.
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The Spy and the Traitor : The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War€12.99
A thrilling Cold War story about a KGB double agent, by one of Britain's greatest historians - now with a new afterword.
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King Leopold's Ghost : A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa€12.35
In the late nineteenth century, when the great powers in Europe were tearing Africa apart and seizing ownership of land for themselves, King Leopold of Belgium took hold of the vast and mostly unexplored territory surrounding the Congo River.
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Miami€11.00
This is a surprising portrait of the pastel city, a masterly study of Cuban immigration and exile, and a sly account of vile moments in the Cold War.
History of the Americas, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Migration, immigration & emigration, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies
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Chernobyl : History of a Tragedy€12.99
On 26 April 1986 at 1.23am a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Soviet Ukraine exploded. While the authorities scrambled to understand what was occurring, workers, engineers, firefighters and those living in the area were abandoned to their fate.
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Hell or Some Worse Place: Kinsale 1601€12.99
A fascinating new insight into the epic conflicts between Spain’s Philip III and Elizabeth I of England, culminating in the Spanish invasion of Ireland, the fateful Battle of Kinsale and the downfall of the Gaelic insurgent chieftains O’Neill and O’Donnell.
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Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race€13.99
Exploring everything from eradicated black history to the inextricable link between class and race, Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race is the essential handbook for anyone who wants to understand race relations.
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Prohibition: A Concise History€14.99
Although Americans have always been a hard-drinking people, voters used the democratic process to ban alcohol from 1920 to 1933.
c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), History of the Americas, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000
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Indian Summer : The Secret History of the End of an Empire€10.63
`This is history bursting at the seams with English eccentrics and Indian gentry...the charm of Tunzelmann's approach is to restore her cast to full and vital life' Observer`A compelling narrative, sometimes controversial, occasionally perverse, never boring or unintelligent' Spectator