History & Historical Biography

Harold Macmillan / The Macmillan Diaries II, 1959-66

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Philip Ziegler / Edward Heath: The Authorised Biography

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Jonathan Freedland / The Escape Artist (Large Paperback)

April 1944. Nineteen-year-old Rudolf Vrba and fellow inmate Fred Wetzler became two of the very first Jews to successfully escape Auschwitz. Evading the thousands of SS men hunting them, Vrba and...

Emily Benedek / The Wind Won't Know Me (Large Paperback)

A History of the Navajo-Hopi Dispute For twenty-five years, the USA's last Indian war has been raging in the Joint Use Area around Big Mountain and Coal Mine Mesa, Arizona. There Navajos are pitted...

Chronicle of the Year ( 1988 & 1990) (2 Book Collection)

Chronicle of the Year (2 Book Collection)   1988 1990

Reader's Digest / Illustrated History of the World (4 Book Collection)

Reader's Digest Illustrated History of the World (4 Book Collection)   discovery and religious crisis 1942 to 1648 the ancient world 900 bc to ad 430 countdown to crisis 1905 to 1914 europe's golden...

Ian Westwell / World War I Day by Day (Coffee Table Book)

Organized by year, this easy-to-use reference collection gives students side-by-side comparable facts on battles, war plans, and important key leaders in military history. This book is second hand,...

David Ross / History of a Nation : Scotland | England (2 Book Collection)

David Ross / History of a Nation (2 Book Collection)   Scotland England

Illustrated Lives of the Great Composers (3 Book Collection)

The Illustrated Lives of the Great Composers (3 Book Collection)   Mozart Elgar Mahler

John Elliott - Fall of Eagles : The End of the Great European Dynasties - PB - 1974

Paperback, published by BBC Books, 1974, moderate to heavy age tanning to pages, tied in to a BBC TV series of the same name. The book examines the fall of three lareg European Empires as a direct...

Piers Brendon / Winston Churchill

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Tom Heneghan / Faith, Hope and Paris : English Speaking Catholics in Turbulent France(Large Paperback)

When in 1869 Fr. Bernard O'Loughlin, C.P. founded St. Joseph's Church, he wrote it would be a Catholic parish "for all those at Paris who speak the English language." Over the next century and a...

Gordon Smith / Politics in Western Europe - 4th Edition (Large Paperback)

Comparative analysis of political power and political parties in Western Europe from the end of WW2 to the 1980's.  4th Edition 1984.    This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same...

Joe P. Plant - The Adventures of a Soldier's Wife - Ireland | India | England - 1915-1974 - PB

IRELAND  INDIA  ENGLAND 1915 - 1974 A story based on the memoirs of Pte. Sarah Kathleen Cunningham A memoir entrusted to and written by Joe P. Plant 1915. The true story of a young Irish Colleen...

John Barnes - Eva Peron - PB - 1978

A 1978 biography of the Argentinian 'First Lady' - exploring the paradoxes in her life.  Fontana Books, there is repair to the inside pages with (yellowing tape) 

Airey Neave - They Have Their Exits - PB 1970 (Originally 1953)

Airey Neave had the most distinguished of war records. Wounded and taken prisoner in the desperate fighting at Calais in 1940, he became a compulsive escaper and the first one of the very few to make...

A.A. Hoehling / Last Train From Atlanta (Large Paperback)

“The last train for the north leaves here tomorrow morning, Our soldiers are scattered along the railroad as hundred miles north, and as soon as that train passes, the work of destruction will...

Nicholas Owen / Diana: People's Princess (Coffee Table Book)

This updated edition includes new material on the aftermath of Diana's death, including controversy over the Memorial Fountain, the enquiry into her death, the achievements of the Memorial Fund, and...

Ali A. Mazrui / The Africans: A Triple Heritage (Coffee Table Book)

7 3/4 By 10 1/2`` Three civilizations shaped Africa, rich inheritance, Islamic culture and the impact of Western Traditions, book examines the interplay of these. 1986   This book is second hand, and...

Neil Thomson / 1930s (Coffee Table Book)

Glyn Davies was born in 1924 in the Rhondda Valley in South Wales. He tells the story of growing up in a small mining town in the 1930s.   This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same...

Lois E. Anderson / John F.Kennedy (Coffee Table Book)

Traces the life of the U.S. president, and shows photographs from his childhood, military service, and political career   This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same...

Caxton / The Millennium Chronicles (Coffee Table Book)

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Emma Beare / Speeches That Changed the World (Coffee Table Book)

OVER 100 OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL SPEECHES EVER MADE. IT IS THE CHOICE OF WORDS, THE FEELINGS THEY EXPRESS, THE PASSION WITH WHICH THE SPEAKER DELIVERS THEM, THE CIRCUMSTANCES OR THE LASTING EFFECT...

The 20th Century Year by Year: The Family Guide to the People and Events That Shaped the Last Hundred Years (Coffee Table Book)

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Charlee J. Brodsky / Pittsburgh Revealed: Photographs Since 1850 (Coffee Table Book)

From Pittsburgh's spectacular mills to its labor disputes to its natural disasters, 111 photographs of the city include fifty of the early city never seen before and the work of contemporary...

Martin Fido / William Shakespeare (Coffee Table Book)

A non-traditional presentation of Shakespeare's life and times, this pictorial biography analyzes the diverse influences Elizabethan England exerted on the playwright, presenting an in-depth study of...

Simon Maier / The 100 with 10 Extra Speeches (Large Paperback)

The 100 with 10 Extra Speeches: Insights and Lessons from 110 of the Greatest Speakers and Speeche

Jack Fairweather / The Volunteer (Large Paperback)

Claudia Converso / Herculaneum: Civilisation and Art: Treasures of Italy (Coffee Table Book)

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James L. Swanson / Lincoln's Assassins : Their Trial and Execution (Coffee Table Book)

This definitive illustrated history of Abraham Lincoln's assassination follows the shocking events from the tragic scene at Ford's Theatre to the trial and execution of John Wilkes Booth's...

Terry Hardick / Bath Boating Station - An Illustrated History(Coffee Table Book)

A well written narrative history on the Bath Boating Station, a historic landmark on the River Avon. This book looks at the people involved with life at the boating club as well as the history of the...

Peter L. Gillman / Duty Men - The Inside Story of the Customs & Excise (Coffee Table Book)

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Peter Jennings / In Search of America (Coffee Table Book)

Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster conceived of this fascinating book long before the events of September 11th. But watching America respond to one of the worst attacks in its history deepened the...

Tim Graham / Diana, Princess of Wales: A Tribute (Coffee Table Book)

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Sandra Forty / Disasters - Defining Moments (Coffee Table Book)

Like rubber-neckers at an accident, people can't help but be fascinated by disasters. Is it the massive destruction and gruesome body counts? Or is it the unthinkable terror of the people caught in...

Ken Kimberley / Oi Jimmy Knacker : A Memoir of an East Ender's Childhood (Coffee Table Book)

Presents over 40 incidents that are illustrated by detailed watercolours that draw the reader into the childhood world. Accompanying each picture is a pen portrait recounting the story behind it...

Jeroen Koolbergen / Mozart (Coffee Table Book)

In the Great Composers Series, the lives of the world's greatest musical minds are examined in engrossing narrative and a variety of period illustrations, along with lively discussions of the...

Janice Anderson / The Complete War Years: Life in Britain During 1939 to 1945 (Coffee Table Book)

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Speeches that Changed the World (Coffee Table Book)

For many thousands of years, people have used oratory to influence others, but what exactly makes a speech great? Is it the choice of words, the feelings they express, the passion with which the...

Gifford Lewis / Somerville and Ross: The World of the Irish R. M. (Coffee Table Book)

Somerville and Ross were two extraordinary Irish writers. Cousins and products of the Anglo-Irish ascendancy world, they reacted both with and against their environment to present in their books a...

Women Who Changed the World (Coffee Table Book)

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Mark Girouard / Town and Country (Coffee Table Book)

In this collection of essays and articles best selling author Mark Girouard writes of places he has visited in town and country. Mixing erudition with anecdote, he offers fascinating insights into...

Nathaniel Harris / Heritage of Ireland: A History of Ireland & Its People (Coffee Table Book)

This book chronicles the major events that have shaped Irish history, from the arrival of the Celts and Christianity to the Tudor conquest and the social and political events of the 20th century. The...

Charlotte Montague / John F. Kennedy: The Life and Death of a US President (Coffee Table Book)

Despite Kennedy’s presidency lasting only 1000 days, his life and violent death forever marked American history. John F. Kennedy details one of the US's most intriguing figures.John Kennedy and his...

Parragon Books - The Illustrated Guide to the 20th Century (Coffee Table Book)

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Oxford Publishing / Encyclopedia of World History (Coffee Table Book)

With over 4,000 entries, arranged in a clear A-Z format, Encyclopedia of World History provides an unparalleled breadth and depth of information on events, figures, and concepts from prehistory right...

Alan Keegan / More Irish Manchester (Britain in Old Photographs) (Coffee Table Book)

The Irish have always been proud of their contribution to Manchester. Working with Danny Claffey, photographer on the Irish Post, the author has combined photographs with his researched captions to...

William R. Keylor / The Twentieth-Century World and Beyond: An International History since 1900 (Coffee Table Book)

The Twentieth-Century World and An International History Since 1900 , Fifth Edition, explores the history of modern relations between the U.S., Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle...

Jeremy Paxman / The English : A Portrait of a People

In The English Jeremy Paxman sets out to find about the English. Not the British overall, not the Scots, not the Irish or Welsh, but the English. Why do they seem so unsure of who they are?Jeremy...

John Simpson / A Mad World, My Masters (Hardback)

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Sam Donaldson / Hold On, Mr. President! (Hardback)

1987 memoir by ABC News journalist Sam Donaldson that discusses his career, particularly his experience as a White House correspondent who often provoked presidents like Carter and Reagan. The book...

Malka Levine / A Mother's Courage (Large Paperback)

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