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A STUNNINGLY ILLUSTRATED BOOK REVEALING THE GREATEST MYTHS, LIES AND BLUNDERS ON MAPS
'Highly recommended' - Andrew Marr
'A spectacular, enjoyable and eye-opening read' - Jonathan Ross ...
Graham Hancock's multi-million bestseller FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS remains an astonishing, deeply controversial, wide-ranging investigation of the mysteries of our past and the evidence ...
As remarkable as Columbus and the conquistador expeditions, the history of Portuguese exploration is now almost forgotten. But Portugal's navigators cracked the code of ...
From one of our greatest historians, the epic story of how 20th-century Europe went to hell and back
In the summer of 1914 most of ...
The major biography of Stalin - and the story of how a petty gangster from the Caucasus became one of the most powerful and feared figures ...
Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of the World's Largest Archipelago Indonesia is by far the largest nation in Southeast Asia and one ...
Alexander Watson's compelling history of the Great War shows all the major events of the war from the perspective of Berlin and Vienna - and ...
The untold story of the world's greatest empire and the creation of modern China
Genghis Khan is one of history's immortals- a leader ...
One of the greatest military feats during the Second World War was the transformation of the German force's activities in the weeks following the ...
Arabs and Jews describe the first Arab-Israeli war of 1948 in completely different ways. Among Arabs, and especially Palestinians, the events of that year are ...
An engaging and informative first-hand account of the last 'grain race' of maritime history, from respected travel writer Eric Newby.
In 1939, a young Eric ...
How to account for decades of worldwide war, revolution, and human suffering in the seventeenth century? A master historian uncovers the disturbing answer.
Revolutions, droughts ...
A Pelican introduction to the century of Russia's revolutionary experience
What caused the Russian Revolution?
Did it succeed or fail?
Why are we still ...
What is a homeland? When does it become a national territory? Why have so many people been willing to die for such places throughout the ...
Mao Zedong's Little Red Book (Quotations from Chairman Mao) - a compilation of the Chinese leader's speeches and writings - is one of the most ...