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Sylvia
Price: $27.00 Author: Philip Eade

The death of Sylvia Brooke aka Ranee Sylvia, of the White Rajahs of Sarawak, opened the way for a detailed and damning account of her part in the eventual decline of the Brooke Raj. Variously described as a despot and a female Iago, hers is the story of a woman determined to be in control over her world at all times.

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Prince Rupert
Price: $32.99 Author: Charles Spencer

England in the 1640s is the backdrop to this story of a remarkable man, whose legend seems to be as large and complex as the man himself. Variously thought to be inspirational and frightening, the portrait painted here is of an uncompromising individual who led a diverse and fascinating life, and who left an indelible mark on the history of his country.

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The Book Of Contemplations
Price: $26.95 Author: Usama Ibn Munqidh

This is a collection of the writings of a twelfth century Arab aristocrat, illuminating the period of Islam and the Crusades.

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A Voyage Long And Strange
Price: $35.00 Author: Tony Horwitz

Who visited and what happened in North America between Columbus's arrival in 1492 and the Pilgrims' landing in 1620? The author finds that neither he nor most of his American compatriots has any idea. He sets out to redress this gap in their knowledge and presents a fascinating account of travel, exploration, and American history.

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Singled Out
Price: $26.95 Author: Virginia Nicholson

One of the legacies of the world wars was the so-called "surplus women" - the single women who would never have the chance to marry because there simply were not enough men left. The author explores how this changed forever the societal reality of the role of women and redefined the place of unmarried women in the community.

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Bomb, Book, And Compass
Price: $32.95 Author: Simon Winchester

Joseph Needham, biochemist, was sent by the British government on a diplomatic mission to China in 1943. Already thought of as a self-taught if obsessive scholar of Chinese culture, his journey would seal his reputation as an expert on China as it would lead to his writing a twenty-four volume account entitled Science and Civilization in China. The title of Winchester's account of the influence of Needham on our understanding of China is derived from the declaration by Francis Bacon who believed there were three great discoveries - printing, gunpowder, and the compass. What he didn't know but what Needham taught the West, was that all three, and many more, had their origins in Chinese history.

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1967
Price: $39.99 Author: Tom Segev

The six-day war of 1967 has been much discussed and reported on but this author believes that a fundamental understanding of Israelis must be gleaned for any discourse on the subject to be meaningful. He provides such a portrayal of a people and places this time in their history in its broader world context.

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The Penguin Book Of Classical Myths
Price: $49.95 Author: Jenny March

This comprehensive guide presents the reader with the classic myths, explaining them and their influence on our understanding of the world today. The complexity of the human emotional landscape is laid out through these myths - love, betrayal, heroism, and familial loyalty.

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1848 Year Of Revolution
Price: $39.99 Author: Mike Rapport

Working from the premise that the revolutions of 1848-9 resonate in today's world, a major theme is the question of whether the Europe of the period was, at a fundamental level, trying to work out its identity. Is it merely the sum of the various national parts or is there a commonality to be found that makes it an entity in its own right?

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The Secret History Of The World
Price: $29.95 Author: Jonathan Black

Western esoteric tradition is unveiled here in all its dark and secretive glory. In an age, the author asserts, where science is the new religion and dictator of socially acceptable thought, this book looks at beliefs embedded in secret societies over the centuries.

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How The Barbarian Invasions Shaped The Modern World
Price: $35.00 Author: Thomas Craughwell

Vikings, Mongols, Goths, and Vandals are all here. Their exploits are placed in the light, not of the atrociousness of their actions, but of the role they played in creating our modern world. The author places these violent people at the heart of events which he then traces through to the present day, making the argument that were it not for their actions we would not live as we do today.

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The Discovery of France
Price: $24.99 Author: Graham Robb

Here is an image to conjure. Mr. Eiffel is building his tower in a land where witches and explorers are gainfully employed. Graham Robb offers us a fabulous explanation of France and suggests it is a country where diversity has always submerged any effort at uniformity. He uses France's mapmakers as his guide into this particular cultural landscape.

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Worlds At War: The 2500 Year struggle Between East and West
Price: $65.00 Author: Anthony Pagden

Whilst the West may feel independent, free, secular, and democratic, there is rarely pause to consider how this came to be, and that the West was born of the East. Going back to the fifth century BC, Pagden charts the progression of the world's people int

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God's Fury, England's Fire
Price: $69.95 Author: Michael Braddick

The civil wars in the seventeenth century still resonate in today's England and can be identified as an historical marker of enormous social change and political upheaval.

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Paradise Lost: Smyrna 1922
Price: $35.00 Author: Giles Milton

It is four days after the beginning of the Turkish campaign, and the richest city of the Ottoman Empire barely stands, its non-Turkish citizens either dead or homeless. This is the survivors' account as distilled by Milton.

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London's Dead
Price: $29.99 Author: Ed Glinert

What a fabulous book for anyone curious about how people from all walks of life came to meet their deaths. And for readers sentimental for all things London, this series of tales takes us around the City, the West End, along the Thames and into the Underg

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1001 Historic Sites You Must See Before You Die
Price: $39.95 Author: Richard Cavendish

Kakadu sits alongside Rembrandt's House and the Sistine Chapel in this latest offering in the 'must see' series of books.

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The Bone Man of Kokoda
Price: $32.95 Author: Charles Happell

Kokichi Nishimura went back to Japan after serving in the Imperial Army. It would be twenty-five years before he would return to New Guinea to fulfil his promise to himself to search for the bones of his comrades and repatriate them.

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Going Dutch: How England Plundered Holland's Glory
Price: $59.99 Author: Lisa Jardine

Rather than view the rise of England to have been at the expense of the Dutch, Jardine purports it is far more accurate to view it as a passing on of the baton. The period is the 17th century during which, Jardine argues, there was an interconnection betw

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The Great Upheaval: America and The Birth of The Modern World 1788-1800
Price: $59.95 Author: Jay Winik

Remarkable men and women such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Louis XVI, Robespierre, Catherine the Great, and Napoleon Bonaparte were around together in a period in human history that changed the world forever. Winik belies the tendency to see th

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Propitious Esculent: The Potato In World History
Price: $35.00 Author: John Reader

Humble it might be, but the potato has a rich and fascinating history. Originally poisonous to human beings, the potato evolved into a nutritious and easily grown food. These attributes were, of course, responsible for the over-reliance on potatoes which

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The Suspicions of Mr Whicher
Price: $29.95 Author: Kate Summerscale

Inspector John Whicher was one of only eight detectives in England when he was called out to the scene of the murder of three year old Saville Kent. Although unsuccessful, Whicher effectively gave the role of detective its place in fiction.

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Other People's Daughters: The Life and Times of the Governess
Price: $59.99 Author: Ruth Brandon

This is an interesting expose on the lives of these 'invisible' women. Due to their social status, or lack thereof, information in the first person is hard to find. However the author does draw on some papers and journals preserved from the nineteenth cen

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A History of Histories: Epics, Chronicles, Romances and Inquiries from Herodotus and Thucydides to the Twentieth Century
Price: $59.95 Author: John Burrow

Grand in scale and fascinating in its detail, Burrow opens our eyes to history in its entirety. He examines each subject in great detail and suggests that the very study and understanding of history is itself an essential part of the cultural history of Europe and America. The life work of historians throughout the centuries is explored and celebrated as pivotal to how humans have developed.

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Blood of the Caesars
Price: $35.95 Author: Stephen Dando Collins

Australian-born editor, researcher and author, Dando-Collins delves into the ancient murder mystery of who assassinated Germanicus Caesar in A.D. 19. The murder trial which followed his death left few people satisied and many Romans certain that the murderers had escaped justice. Dando-Collins explores the evidence and examines the case for each murder suspect as well as uncovering new suspects. His conclusion offers a surprising solution to this historic mystery.

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Warsaw 1920: Lenin's Failed Conquest of Europe
Price: $27.99 Author: Adam Zamoyski

The impact of events as they unfolded in Poland in 1920 cannot be underestimated. The survival of the Versailles Peace settlement was but one outcome of the decisions taken and the work of the 'Miracle of the Vistula'.

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India Remembered: A Personal Account of the Mountbattens during the Transfer of Power
Price: $70.00 Author: Pamela Mountbatten and India Hicks

Drawing on family photographs and the diaries kept by Pamela, we are taken into the world of Lord Louis Mountbatten as he held the post of the last Viceroy of India and the interim Governor-Generalship.

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Mapping London: Making Sense of the City
Price: $120.00 Author: Simon Foxell

Even if the closest you have got to the real thing is the Monopoly Board, you will still recognise the London represented in these maps, and then you will become enthralled by the way the city has developed over the centuries.

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Blood & Rage: A Cultural History of Terrorism
Price: $59.99 Author: Michael Burleigh

In an age when we feel under seige and when our governments grapple with terrorism as a fact of life, this book investigates the history of terrorism and offers opinion on what the West's response to it should or could be; a response quite different to the reality thus far. It is an all encompassing look at terrorist groups and the societies in which they were born. Illuminating the forces at work that created the Irish Republican Brotherhood, ETA in Spain, and on to the current Islamist terrorist groups, Burleigh draws on people who were in the thick of conlicts arising from the actions of these groups. Beyond the historical study there are suggestions of how terrorism can be combatted, ideologically and militarily.

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