The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World by Peter Frankopan
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Category: History | Reading Level: very good
From the bestselling author of The Silk Roads comes an updated, timely, and visionary book about the dramatic and profound changes our world is undergoing right now--as seen from the perspective of the rising powers of the East. "All roads used to lead to Rome. Today they lead to Beijing." So argues P ...Show more
The Mad Emperor: Heliogabalus and the Decadence of Rome by Harry Sidebottom
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Category: Ancient History & Mythology
What happens when you put the Roman Empire in the hands of a teenage boy? The life and times of the worst Roman emperor of all. 'Buy the book; it's very entertaining.' David Aaronovitch, The Times A Financial Times, BBC History and Spectator Book of the Year On 8 June 218 AD, a fourteen-yea ...Show more
The 1970s Scrapbook by Robert Opie
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Category: History
Full of pop, punk and personalities, The 1970s Scrapbook sways through this energetic era on platform shoes to the beat of glam rock and disco mania. Teenyboppers screamed for their idols, whether David Cassidy, David Essex, The Osmonds, Bay City Rollers or Abba. Colour television brought it all to life ...Show more
Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold by Stephen Fry
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Category: History | Series: Stephen Fry's Greek Myths | Reading Level: very good
No one loves and quarrels, desires and deceives as boldly or brilliantly as Greek gods and goddesses. In Stephen Fry's vivid retelling we gaze in wonder as wise Athena is born from the cracking open of the great head of Zeus and follow doomed Persephone into the dark and lonely realm of the Underworld. ...Show more
Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes (75th Anniversary Edition) by Edith Hamilton
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Category: History
Since its original publication by Little, Brown and Company in 1942, Edith Hamilton's Mythology has sold millions of copies throughout the word and established itself as a perennial bestseller. For 75 years readers have chosen this book above all others to discover the thrilling, enchanting, and fascin ...Show more
The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz: The Number One Sunday Times Bestseller by Jeremy Dronfield
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Category: History | Reading Level: very good
The boy is my greatest joy. We strengthen each other. We are one. Inseparable . . . If only we were free; but daily, hourly, death is before our eyes. In 1939, Gustav Kleinmann, a Jewish upholsterer in Vienna, was seized by the Nazis. Along with his teenage son, Fritz, he was sent to Buchenwald in Germa ...Show more
Seven Against Thebes The Quest of the Original Magnificent Seven by Stephen Dando-Collins
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Category: Ancient History & Mythology | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
Oedipus, who famously killed his father and married his mother, solving the riddle of the Sphinx to become king of Thebes. His devastated wife Jocasta. Their sons, the power-hungry Eteocles and the betrayed Polynices. Their loyal sisters Antigone and Ismene. And the Seven, most famous warrior band in Gr ...Show more
The 1960s Scrapbook by Robert Opie
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Category: History
The Sixties will be remembered for mini skirts and mini cars, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, boutiques and discotheques, and England winning the World Cup. But The 1960s Scrapbook also covers much more with its 1400 colourful items. Television gripped the nation with Coronation Street and The Likel ...Show more
Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World by Simon Winchester
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Category: History
From the bestselling author Simon Winchester, a human history of land around the world: who mapped it, owned it, stole it, cared for it, fought for it and gave it back. In 1889, thousands of hopeful people raced southward from the Kansas state line and westward from the Arkansas boundary to stake claims ...Show more
The World War I Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by DK
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Category: History
An accessible guide to the major events and turning points of the First World War, and the nations and individuals involved Discover the key battles, tactics, technologies and turning points of the First World War - the epic conflict that was supposed to be "the war to end all wars". Combining authori ...Show more
An Illustrated Guide to Samurai History and Culture: From the Age of Musashi to Contemporary Pop Culture by Gavin Blair
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Category: History
The ultimate visual guide to Samurai history and culture!The Samurai are continuously celebrated as the greatest warriors the world has ever seen. They ruled Japan for centuries, finally uniting the nation after a prolonged period of brutal war and bloodshed. Though famed for their loyalty, honor, and c ...Show more
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard
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Category: History | Reading Level: very good
New York Times Bestseller - National Book Critics Circle Finalist - Wall Street Journal Best Books of 2015 - Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2015 - Economist Books of the Year 2015 - New York Times Book Review 100 Notable Books of 2015 A sweeping, "magisterial" history of the Roman Empire from one of our f ...Show more