Forgotten Warriors: A History of Women on the Front Line by Sarah Percy
Category: History
From Boudicca to Ukraine, battlefields have always contained a surprising number of women. Tracing the long history of female fighters, Forgotten Warriors puts the record straight, exploring how war became an all-male space, and getting to the bottom of why women were allowed to be astronauts a full thi ...Show more
His Majesty's Airship - The Life and Tragic Death of the World's Largest Flying Machine by S. C. Gwynne
Category: History
The R101 was the largest object ever to take to the air. It was meant to dazzle the world with cutting-edge technology and awesome size. Better than a plane, more luxurious than an ocean liner, the R101 would connect the furthest reaches of the British Empire, tying together far-flung dominions at a tim ...Show more
Explosive History of Volcanoes by Clive Gifford
Category: History
Spewing out fountains of red-hot lava and toxic plumes of smoke, volcanoes are dangerous and deadly. But every volcano is different - in shape and size, location and destructiveness. The Explosive History of Volcanoes explains the Volcanic Explosivity Index giving examples of more than 25 of the ...Show more
A History of the World in 47 Borders: The Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps by Jonn Elledge
Category: History
People have been drawing lines on maps for as long as there have been maps to draw on. Sometimes rooted in physical geography, sometimes entirely arbitrary, these lines might often have looked very different if a war or treaty or the decisions of a handful of tired Europeans had gone a different way. By ...Show more
The Shortest History of the World by David Baker
Category: History
A fascinating journey through life, the universe and everythingHow did time begin? What conditions led to humans evolving on Earth? Will we survive the Anthropocene? And is it really true that we're all made from stars? The Shortest History of the World follows the continuum of historical change in the ...Show more
Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World by Mary Beard
Category: History
Cruel control freaks, diligent workaholics or extravagant teenagers? What were the emperors of Rome really like? In her international best-seller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome. Now, she shines her spotlight on the emperors who ruled the Roman empire, from Julius Caesar ( ...Show more
The Commanders - The Leadership Journeys of George Patton, Bernard Montgomery and Erwin Rommel by Lloyd Clark
Category: History
A fascinating biography of Patton, Montgomery and Rommel which reveals how these three unique personalities rose to the highest ranks.
The Greatest Invention: A History of the World in Nine Mysterious Scripts by Silvia Ferrara
Category: History
'Ferrara's book is an introduction to writing as a process of revelation, but it's also a celebration of these things still undeciphered, and many other tantalising mysteries besides.' - The Spectator This book tells the story of our greatest invention. Or, it almost does. Almost, because while the s ...Show more
Himalaya: Exploring the Roof of the World by John Keay
Category: History
"Excellent ... packed with information and interesting anecdotes."--The Washington Post A groundbreaking new look at Himalaya and how climate change is re-casting one of the world's most unique geophysical, historical, environmental, and social regions. More rugged and elevated than any other zone on ea ...Show more
We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Ireland Since 1958 by Fintan O'Toole
Category: History
The #1 Irish Times bestseller. WINNER of the An Post Irish Book Awards. 'A clear-eyed, myth-dispelling masterpiece' Marian Keyes 'Sweeping, authoritative and profoundly intelligent' Colm Tóibín, Guardian 'With the pace and twists of an enthralling novel and the edge of a fine sword' Diarmaid Ferriter ...Show more
Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921 by Antony Beevor
Category: History
'The book is a masterpiece' The Spectator'A gripping narrative history of one of the most complex episodes in modern Russian history' Sunday Times'Antony Beevor's Russia is a masterpiece of history' Daily TelegraphBetween 1917 and 1921 a devastating struggle took place in Russia following the collapse o ...Show more
The King's Painter: The Life and Times of Hans Holbein by Franny Moyle
Category: History
A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK 'A great, thrusting codpiece of a book. It is big, bombastic and richly brocaded... A jewel in its own right' The Times 'Evokes the painter and his world as vividly as a Holbein masterpiece. Beautifully written and illustrated, this book is a must for lovers of Tudor histo ...Show more