History
Imagining Palestine
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Winner of the Counter Current Award at the 2023 Palestine Book Awards All national identities are somewhat fluid, held together by collective beliefs and practices as much as official territory and borders. In the context of the Palestinians, whose national status in so many instances remains unreso..
In The Reign Of King John: A Year In The Life Of P...
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1215 is chiefly remembered for King John attaching his seal to Magna Carta in a quiet Thames-side water-meadow – a milestone in the history of liberty. But it was also a year of crusading and church reform, of foreign wars and dramatic sieges – a year in which London was stormed by angry barons and ..
In The Shadow Of The Sword
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In the 6th century AD, the Near East was divided between two great empires: the Persian and the Roman. A hundred years on, and one had vanished for ever, while the other was a dismembered, bleeding trunk. In their place, a new superpower had arisen: the empire of the Arabs. So profound was this uphe..
Indianapolis
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Extraordinary...serious naval history and a detective story, told with passion.' The Times 'Vividly detailed...compelling yet comprehensive.' Los Angeles Times 'Simply outstanding.' Booklist (starred review) 'Gripping... This yarn has it all.' USA Today The sinking of the USS Indianapolis is still t..
Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equia...
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In 1789, Olaudah Equiano published his remarkable autobiography of his journey from enslavement to freedom. Kidnapped from his home in West Africa and sold into slavery as a child, Equiano – renamed Gustavus Vassa – travelled the world as an enslaved man, before he eventually purchased his freedom a..
Invasion
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2024, and China is massing troops on its coast across the Strait from Taiwan. This time it looks like they're serious about invading an act that would result in a full scale war between the People's Republic and the US and its allies, including the UK.But Britain's Secret Intelligence Service has an..
Iran – A Modern History
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This history of modern Iran is not a survey in the conventional sense but an ambitious exploration of the story of a nation. It offers a revealing look at how events, people, and institutions are shaped by currents that sometimes reach back hundreds of years. The book covers the complex history of t..
Islamic Empires
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Islamic civilization was once the envy of the world. From a succession of glittering, cosmopolitan capitals, Islamic empires lorded it over the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia and swathes of the Indian subcontinent, while Europe cowered feebly at the margins. For centuries the caliphate was ..
Istanbul
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Life-filled and life-affirming history, steeped in romance and written with verve' GUARDIAN'Richly entertaining and impeccably researched' Peter FrankopanIstanbul has always been a place where stories and histories collide and crackle, where the idea i...s as potent as th..
It's All Greek – Borrowed Words and their Histor...
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Did you know that marmalade, pirate, sketch, and purse trace their linguistic origins back to Athens in 500 BCE? This book offers a word-by-word look at the influence of Greek on everyday words in English, telling the stories behind their etymological developments. Most of us are aware that words su..
Jerusalem
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The history of Jerusalem is the story of the world: Jerusalem is the universal city, the capital of two peoples, the shrine of three faiths. The Holy City and Holy Land are the battlefields for today's multifaceted conflicts and, for believers, the setting for Judgement Day and the Apocalypse. How ..
Jerusalem: The Biography
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The epic history of three thousand years of faith, fanaticism, bloodshed, and coexistence, from King David to the 21st century, from the birth of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam to the Israel-Palestine conflict, from thebestselling author of The Romanovs • "Impossible to put down…. Vastly enjoyable..