Robert Winder John Wisden, at his peak known as 'The Little Wonder', was a key member of the England cricket team who in 1859 sailed across the Atlantic on the world's first... | Simon Elmes 14 November 2012 marks the ninetieth anniversary of the BBC's first ever broadcast and the beginning of the British love affair with radio. This book takes as its starting point... |
Diane Atkinson Westminster, London, 22 June 1836. It is a fine, fresh morning that will become hot as the day progresses. Crowds are gathering at the Court of Common Pleas. On trial... | David Priestland Proposes a radical approach to how we see our world, and who runs it, in the vein of Francis Fukuyama's "The End of History". This title argues for the predominance... |
Tariq Ramadan The author is one of the most acclaimed figures in the analysis of Islam and its political dimensions today. In this book, he explores the opportunities and challenges across North... | Oliver Bullough The Caucasus mountains are a land of jagged peaks and rugged people, who for over 200 years have rebelled against Russia's attempts to add them to its empire. Travelling from... |
Eric Berkowitz The 'raging frenzy' of the sex drive has always defied control, yet thousands of years of civilization have tried to do so, wielding their most formidable weapon: the law. Sex... | Erich S. Gruen Collects essays that explore the idea of cultural identity in the ancient Mediterranean, examine the subject from a variety of angles, and encompass a range of cultures: Greek, Persian, Jewish... |
John James Audubon A complete edition of John James Audubon's world famous The Birds of America, bound in linen and beautifully presented in a special slipcase. To create this edition of Audubon's masterpiece... | Dominic Sandbrook Recreates the period of the late 1970s in all its chaos and contradiction, revealing it as a decisive point in our recent history. In this title, across the country, a... Delivery: To home, business or free to our stores. Click for more info. | £30.00 | £21.00 | 30% |  Despatched in 1 business day. |   Add to Basket | Click & Collect:Order now to collect from 2pm today. In stock items only. Click for more info. | £30.00 | £25.50 | 15% |  Currently out of stock in all stores. | Stores - out of stock | New & Used:Our marketplace sellers will deliver to your chosen address. Click for more info. | | | | Currently unavailable | Currently unavailable |
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David Hall In the early 1950s Britain was the urbanized and industrialized nation in the world, a global power in shipbuilding and the leading European producer of coal, steel and textiles. This... | Matthew Sweet The story of the spies, con-artists, deposed royals and exiled politicians who filled London's grand hotels during World War II. |
Belinda Elizabeth Jack Tells the complete history of women readers and the controversies their reading has inspired since the beginning of the written word. This volume travels from the Cro-Magnon cave to the... | Juliet Gardiner From the author of 'Wartime' and 'The Thirties'comes an outstanding history of the most prolonged and devastating attack ever endured by Britain's civilian population -- the Blitz. |
Steven Pinker Reveals how, contrary to popular belief, humankind has become progressively less violent, over millenia and decades. This title argues that modernity and its cultural institutions are actually making us better... Delivery:To home, business or free to our stores. Click for more info. | £30.00 | £21.90 | 27% | Despatched in 1 business day. | Add to Basket | Click & Collect:Order now to collect from 2pm today. In stock items only. Click for more info. | £30.00 | £25.50 | 15% | Currently out of stock in all stores. | Stores - out of stock | New & Used:Our marketplace sellers will deliver to your chosen address. Click for more info. | | | | Currently unavailable | Currently unavailable |
| Simon Winchester The epic life story of the Atlantic Ocean from the bestselling author, Simon Winchester |