History, Military and Wars
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Churchill – Ashley Jackson
A beautifully written account that runs efficiently and with confidence over the full course of Churchill’s career
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Classical Civilization – Nigel Spivey
A concise and accessible study of the foundations, development and enduring legacy of the cultures of Greece and Rome, centred on ten locations of seminal importance in the development of Classical civilisation
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Empire, War & Cricket in South Africa – Dean Allen
llustrated throughout with photographs and documents, “Empire, War & Cricket in South Africa” is a unique social and political history of the workings of the British Empire in South Africa during the late 19th century
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Literary Russia – Rosamund Bartlett and Anna Benn
Traces the lives and legacies of some of Russia's foremost writers, discussing their role in the spiritual, political, and intellectual lives of their readers while touring some of Russia's most significant literary museums and historical sites
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On The Shoulder Of Marti – Don Burness
A unique book that combines art, poetry, biography, and the tragic. The poems concern political, personal, and social themes and are written with aesthetic simplicity and lyricism
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Outnumbered Outgunned Undeterred – Rob Johnson
This book tells the remarkable true stories of 20 battles or campaigns in which a force overcame the odds to challenge, or triumph over, a stronger opposition
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The Innovators – Walter Isaacson
“The Innovators” is Walter Isaacson's story of the people who created the computer and the Internet
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The Secret Letters of Jan Van Riebeeck – Robert Kirby (editor)
Looking for something great to read? Sensational! Bizarre! Typical!
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The Silk Roads – Peter Frankopan
The sun is setting on the Western world. Slowly but surely, the direction in which the world spins has reversed: where for the last five centuries the globe turned westwards on its axis, it now turns to the east
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Tibetan Pilgrimage – Michel Peissel
With nearly a hundred exceptional watercolour illustrations and a comprehensive text, this book unveils, for the first time, Tibetan architecture in all its splendour
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Vishnu’s Crowded Temple – Maria Misra
This accessible and vividly written book presents a new interpretation of India’s history, focusing particular attention on the impact of British imperialism on Independent India