The Rising - Ireland : Easter 1916 by Fearghal McGarry
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Based on a recently released trove of over 1,700 eye-witness statements, this gripping volume tells the story of the Easter Rising as seen through the eyes of the rebels themselves, capturing in crisp, unflinching detail what the nascent Irish revolution actually felt like. As it chronicles the activiti ...Show more
The City of Heavenly Tranquillity : Beijing in the History of China by Jasper Becker
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The great city of Beijing, capital of China from the ninth century, and given its form for five hundred years by the Ming Dynasty, was for a millennium one of the most extraordinary places on earth. At a time when London, Paris, or Rome had only several hundred thousand residents, Beijing held over a mi ...Show more
PROCEEDINGS OF THE PREHISTORIC SOCIETY FOR 1936 by GRAHAME CLARK (ed)
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WOLVERCOTE MILL : A STUDY IN PAPER-MAKING AT OXFORD by HARRY CARTER
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Wild Women by Pamela Robson
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"Wild Women" details the lives and deeds of some of the most extraordinary women in history. Trailblazers, hell-raisers and firebrands, these women showed a level of daring and disregard for traditional gender roles completely atypical of their time and culture. This collection features women like Njing ...Show more
This Sceptred Isle by Christopher Lee
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What is Britishness? What allowed one small island group to rule a quarter of the world and, even today, to have the most spoken language after Chinese? What makes Americans admire the guts, traditions and loyalties of these island Anglo-Saxon and Celtic people? What is it that makes cynical Europeans a ...Show more
Bluestockings : The Remarkable Story of the First Women to Fight for an Education by Jane Robinson
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In 1869, when five women enrolled at university for the first time in British history, the average female brain was thought to be 150 grams lighter than a man's. Doctors warned that if women studied too hard their wombs would wither and die. When the Cambridge Senate held a vote on whether women student ...Show more
A Brief History of Stonehenge - A Complete History and Archaeology of the World's Most Enigmatic Stone Circle by Aubrey Burl
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Britain's leading expert on stone circles brings new insights to this accessible exploration if the greatest stone circle of them all.
Kingdom of the Ark by Lorraine Evans
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Endgame 1945 by David Stafford
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In this remarkable account of the end of the Second World War, David Stafford looks behind the headlines of history and uncovers the stories of those, soldier and civilian alike, who had lived through the war and now must endure the daily horrors and hardships of its aftermath. Endgame 1945 is an unforg ...Show more
The Sisters Who Would be Queen : The Tragedy of Mary, Katherine and Lady Jane Grey by Leanda de Lisle
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The dramatic untold story of the Grey sisters, heirs to the Tudor throne. Lady Jane Grey is an iconic figure in English history. Misremembered as the 'Nine Days Queen', she has been mythologized as a child-woman destroyed on the altar of political expediency. Behind the legend, however, was an opinionat ...Show more
The Age Of Extremes: 1914-1991 by Eric Hobsbawm
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A reassessment of the 20th century exploring topics such as the breakdown of the Old World, the lack of international accord, the failure of the Arts in recent years and the influence of the Third World.