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History and Transport Reviews
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"This superb hardback capsures some truly remarkable sights from the country. A perfect gift for country lovers!"... (read full reviews)
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"As a reporter covering the wars in the fiormer Yugoslavia, Adam LeBor saw genocide taking place around him while the world stood by and allowed it to happen. This passionate, cleverly argued book is"... (read full reviews)
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"A core text for students of history at degree level.A very handy and compact reference for students new to academic history, or for those wanting a quick resource to check things in. 'Very Short"... (read full reviews)
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"A Core text for students of history at degree level, particularly in the first year.Hughes-Warrington's summaries of Historians and their impact on historiography proved to be an incredibly useful"... (read full reviews)
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"This book tells the extraordinary story of the Christmas Eve truce of 1914, during the First World War, when soldiers on the opposing sides laid down their arms, ate and drank together and exchanged"... (read full reviews)
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"THERMOPYLAE BY PAUL CARTLEDGEThe story behind the original "Clash of civilizations". Brilliantly told by Paul Cartledge, this book details the prelude and aftermath of one of the most famous battles"... (read full reviews)
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"A great book dedicated to Manga! Covering over sixty years of Japanimation, it contains articles, rare manga strips and pictures detailing themes, emotions and characters of Manga and its effect on"... (read full reviews)
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"You know how it is. You wait all year for the publishers to start printing interesting books, and then September comes and there are so many you don't know which one to read first. When this one"... (read full reviews)
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"In 1905, with disaster looming in an ill-conceived war against Japan, the Russian Admiralty took the amazing gamble of sending their entire Baltic Fleet on the 18,000 mile journey to the Far East. If"... (read full reviews)
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"A gem of a book written by the Victorian equivalent of today's celebrity chef! Written with the impoverished and sickly in mind, Charles Elme Francatelli's collection of over 200 recipes includes such"... (read full reviews)
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"Life in Nazi Germany witnessed by a little girl whose family lived in the shadow of a mountain on which Hitler built his villa. An honest account of things as they were without an attempt to whitewash"... (read full reviews)
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"This is a revised and updated edition of the Oxford Book of Sea Songs. It covers sea songs from the reign of Elizabeth I to the present day. It contains material from a variety of sources including"... (read full reviews)
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"A lot has been written about the role of infantry in ancient warfare whereas cavalry is often neglected. Philip Sidnell redresses the balance demonstrating the importance of cavalry from Classical"... (read full reviews)
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"For many years the history of the British Isles has often been seen as synonymous with the history of England. This viewpoint has been challenged in the past but in this book it is comprehensively"... (read full reviews)
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"As gripping and powerful a narrative as it's fictional movie counterparts, this is a book everyone should read if you have the faintest interest in this shadowy organisation. The CIA come across as"... (read full reviews)
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"At a time when journalism is under attack as never before 'Tell Me No Lies' could not be more timely. It is a celebration of the very best inivestigative journalism and some of the greatest"... (read full reviews)
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"Many of us have visited the modern Spain of sunny beaches, frenetic nightlife and hip cities, but how many of us know about the trauma of Spain's relatively recent past? For many years, the events of"... (read full reviews)
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"Think you know everything there is to know about Jane Austen and her world? If you do, then you've possibly already discovered this wonderful book providing an insight into many aspects of Regency"... (read full reviews)
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"The opprobrium that rightly descended on Churchill's doctor for writing this book - as clear a breach of the Hippocratic Oath as it is possible to imagine - should not distract us from its"... (read full reviews)
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"This book examines the extraordinary evolution of Napoleons character and the means by which at the age of thirty he becoame head of the most powerful country in Europe.Philip Dwyers expansive study"... (read full reviews)