History & Historical Biography

Henry Stanley Bennett / The Pastons and their England - Studies in an Age of Transition(Large Paperback)

  The Paston letters have long exercised a tremendous fascination for their capacity to recreate in vivid detail the lives of an ordinary well-to-do fifteenth-century family. H. S. Bennett's classic...

David Riggs / The World of Christopher Marlowe

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T.B. James / The Story of England

In this new history of England, Tom Beaum

Helga Weiss / Helga's Diary (Large Paperback)

A Young Girl's Account of Life in a Concentration Camp In 1939, Helga Weiss was an eleven-year-old Jewish schoolgirl in Prague, enduring the first wave of the Nazi invasion. As Helga witnessed Nazi...

Howard Brenton / The Romans in Britain

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Stephanie Newell / The Forger's Tale (Large Paperback)

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George Charles Williamson / Curious Survivals (Large Paperback)

Originally published in the 1920s, this is a comprehensive study of the customs, habits and ceremonies that have survived through the ages of English history. Accompanied by photographs, this is an...

Jan Morris / Sydney

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Yogesh Chadha / Rediscovering Gandhi

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Jonathan D. Spence / Mao Zedong: A Life

From humble origins in the provinces, Mao Zedong rose to absolute power, unifying with an iron fist a vast country torn apart by years of weak leadership, colonialism, and war. This sharply drawn and...

Conor O'Clery / The Greening of the White House (Large Paperback)

    This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing stickers from a...

Peter Hitchens / Abolition of Britain (Large Paperback)

This book offers a powerful polemic on the decline of modern day Britain. Hitchens identifies everything that he feels has gone wrong with Britain since the Second World War. Writing with brilliance...

Michael Sanderson / Education and Economic Decline in Britain, 1870 to the 1990s (Large Paperback)

For many years, British scientific and technical education has been regarded as inadequate and poor in comparison to competing countries. The deficiencies of the British education system and its...

Edmund Burke - Selected Works - HB ( Thoughts on the Present Discontents & The Two Speeches on America) - HB

Hardcover, published by Oxford Clarendon Press 1904, a standalone volume 1 of a multi volume set.  With the full text of Thoughts on the ( cause of) Present Discontents - Originally 1770.  Edmund...

Manning Clark / The Puzzles Of Childhood

As a voyage of self-discovery it is a poignant fragment of Australian history' - Jill Kitson, Australian Bookseller and Publisher 'A Brave Book, remorselessly turning over the stones of childhood' -...

Edward Heath / The Course of My Life

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John Moffat / I Sank the Bismarck

May 1941, the pilots of fifteen canvas-covered biplanes struggled to hold their Swordfish aircraft steady as they aimed towards the German battleship Bismarck. They flew low over a wind-cracked...

Simon Gunn / Middle Classes : Their Rise and Sprawl

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Kenneth O. Morgan / The Oxford History of Britain

The highly-acclaimed Oxford Illustrated History of Britain tells the story of Britain and her peoples over two thousand years, from the coming of the Roman legions to the present day. Now available...

David Kynaston / Austerity Britain, 1945-48: A World to Build

David Kynaston's Austerity Britain 1945-51, the first book in his series Tales of a New Jerusalem, was a major Sunday Times bestseller in 2007.David Kynaston's Austerity Britain 1945-51, the first...

David Bodanis / Passionate Minds (Large Paperback)

David Bodanis presents this history of the turbulent love affair that fired the Enlightenment's intellectual revolution.   This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same...

A.J.P Taylor - English History 1914-1945 - HB ( Oxford History of England ) 1986 ( Originally 1965)

Hardcover, a standalone volume as part of the wider 15 volme series of teh Oxford History of England , this edition initially 1966, here in a reprint ( with revisions and expanded bibliography)  AJP...

Betsy Israel / Bachelor Girl (Large Paperback)

The Secret History of Single Women in the 20th Century   This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same...

Hans Poley / Return to the Hiding Place (Large Paperback)

Corrie ten Boom's family sheltered many from the Nazis. Now, their first "guest" tells the inside story.   This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same...

Sean Boru / A History of London & Londoners (Large Paperback)

A Romp Through the Capital An entertaining romp through the history of England's capital city traces its origins as a simple marketplace in AD 50 to the sprawling metropolis of today. An invaluable...

Barbara Olson / The Final Days (Hardback)

Raisa Gorbachev / I Hope: Reminiscences and Reflections (Hardback)

The First Lady of the USSR recalls her ch

Kenneth C. Davis / Strongman - The Rise of Five Dictators and the Fall of Democracy (Hardback)

From the bestselling author of the Don’t Know Much About® books comes a dramatic account of the origins of democracy, the history of authoritarianism, and the reigns of five of history's deadliest...

Stanley I. Kutler / Abuse of Power - The New Nixon Tapes (Hardback)

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George P. Shultz / Turmoil and Triumph (Hardback)

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Lou Cannon / President Reagan : The Role of a Lifetime (Hardback)

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Francoise Frenkel / A Bookshop in Berlin (Hardback)

The memoir of a Jewish bookseller on a harrowing fight for survival across Nazi-occupied Europe.In 1921, Françoise Frenkel--a Jewish woman from Poland--fulfills a dream. She opens La Maison du Livre,...

Edward M. Kennedy / True Compass (Large Paperback)

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Trevor West - The Bold Collegians - The Development of Sport in Trinity College Dublin - HB

  Hardcover, Lilliput Press. A history of sport in TCD, issued as part of the Trinity 400 events in 1991. 

David Halberstam / Firehouse (Large Paperback)

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Bryan Cleary / Bamburgh Castle (Coffee Table Book)

    This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing stickers from a...

Thomas A Bailey & David M Kennedy / The American Pageant - Volume 2 (Coffee Table Book)

A History of the Republic - Volume 2 , revised edition   This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same...

Alison Maloney / The Forties: Good Times Just Around the Corner (Coffee Table Book)

The 1940s had a tremendous impact on the course of history and was filled with wide-ranging revolutions that changed the face of British society. This nostalgic look at the most crucial decade of the...

Edmund Swinglehurst / Country Life Book of Britain Then and Now: A Unique Visual Record of Britain over the Last 100 Years (Coffee Table Book)

    This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing stickers from a...

Jacques Legrand / Chronicle of the 20th Century (Coffee Table Book)

Traces the first eighty-six years of the twentieth century and describes important events in politics, industry, art, music, literature, religion, and sports   This book is second hand, and while you...

Jerome Burne / Chronicle of the World (Coffee Table Book)

The classic Chronicle format was never more effective than in this stunning precis of the history of the world. From cave painting right up to the Bosnian war, firsthand reportage is backed up by...

Mitchell Zuckoff / Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11 (Hardback)

Years in the making, this spellbinding, heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting narrative is an unforgettable portrait of 9/11.This is a 9/11 book like no other. Masterfully weaving together multiple...

Anne MacDona - From Newman to New Woman - UCD Women Remember - PB 2001

Paperback, published by New Island Books, 2001, erratum slip laid in loosely.  Creasing to back covers and corners.  An account of female graduates from UCD ( mostly when based at Earlsfort Terrace) 

Robin Cross / World War II in Photographs (Coffee Table Book)

World War II was the single most destructive conflict in world history, fought from the icy seas of the North Atlantic to the deserts of North Africa and the jungles of the Far East. It saw German...

Andrew Morton / The Queen (Large Paperback)

In this entertaining and insightful biography, award-winning writer Andrew Morton, author of Diana, Her True Story and Elizabeth & The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters, takes you behind the...

Jim Volkert / National Museum of the American Indian (Large Paperback)

The National Museum of the American Indian, an addition to the Smithsonian Institution's most celebrated Mall of Museums in Washington, D.C., is one of the world's largest and finest assemblages of...

Stephanie Marie Thornton / And They Called It Camelot (Large Paperback)

And They Called It Camelot: A Novel of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis  

Esther Kaplan / With God on Their Side - George W. Bush and the Christian Right (Large Paperback)

When asked which single issue most affected their vote in the 2004 US presidential election, more than one in five Americans said "moral values"―and 78 percent of these voters chose to reelect...

Simon Morrison / Bolshoi Confidential (Large Paperback)

Secrets of the Russian Ballet from the Rule of the Tsars to Today

Ronald Hutton / The Making of Oliver Cromwell

The first volume in a pioneering account of Oliver Cromwell—providing a major new interpretation of one of the greatest figures in history“Hutton’s book is intelligent, well documented, and stylish...

Reuel Golden - New York 365 Day By Day - TASCHEN - HB New & Sealed

Have your inspiration soar sky-high with TASCHEN’s 365 Day-By-Day New York Each day you’ll discover a beautiful city portrait and a related quote, bringing the essence of New York’s spirit and charm...

Christiane Eluere / The Celts: First Masters of Europe

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