Great British Family Names and Their History - What's in a Name? by John Moss
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Category: History
For better or worse, what we are is often determined by our family; the events that occurred many years before we were born and the choices that were made by our forebears are our inheritance - we are the inexorable product of family history. So it is with nations. The history of Great Britain has been ...Show more
Great State: China and the World by Timothy Brook
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Category: History | Reading Level: very good
China is one of the oldest states in the world. It achieved its approximate current borders with the Ascendancy of the Yuan dynasty in the 13th century, and despite the passing of one Imperial dynasty to the next, it has maintained them for the eight centuries since. Even the European colonial powers at ...Show more
Heroines of Olympus: The Forgotten Women of Greek Mythology by Ellie Mackin Roberts
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Category: Ancient History/Mythology
Heroines of Olympus retells the tales of 50 classic characters, plucking the threads of their lives from the myriad narratives in which they have appeared and weaving them together to create the full stories of these legendary women. Each story is accompanied by a captivating illustration and followed b ...Show more
History and Natural History of Spices: The 5000-Year Search for Flavour by IAN ANDERSON
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Category: History
An illustrated study into the dramatic search for spices through history, and how the pursuit of rare flavours changed and opened up our world. Spices have been highly valued since at least the Bronze Age, with the so-called Spice Trade, spanning Asia to the Mediterranean, developing from the late centu ...Show more
How Powerful We Are: Behind the scenes with one of Australia's leading activists by Sally Rugg
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Category: Social Issues
Even if you're not an activist (yet), at a time when the news is written for clicks and elections are foight with three-word slogans, it's crucial to preserve some record of events that isn't 'fake news' or political spin. In part, this book is my attempt to counter the re-writing of how Australia achie ...Show more
How to Teach Classics to Your Dog - A Quirky Introduction to the Ancient Greeks and Romans by Philip Womack
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Category: Ancient History/Mythology
'Immensely informative, wrapped in an engagingly casual tone, complemented by more than a dash of the bizarre. You'd be barking to miss it.' Professor Michael Scott Can you tell your Odysseus from your Oedipus? In this unique introduction, Philip Womack leads his beloved lurcher Una (and us) on a flee ...Show more
Hungary - A Short History by Norman Stone
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Category: History
The victors of the First World War created Hungary from the ruins of the Austro-Hungarian empire, but, in the centuries before, many called for its creation. Norman Stone traces the country's roots from the traditional representative councils of land-owning nobles to the Magyar nationalists of the ninet ...Show more
Inglorious Empire - What the British did to India by Shashi Tharoor
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Category: History | Reading Level: very good
In the eighteenth century, India's share of the world economy was as large as Europe's. By 1947, after two centuries of British rule, it had decreased six-fold. Beyond conquest and deception, the Empire blew rebels from cannon, massacred unarmed protesters, entrenched institutionalised racism, and cause ...Show more
Instant History by Sandra Lawrence
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Category: History
Key thinkers, theories, discoveries, and concepts each explained on a single page Instant History pulls together pivotal moments from history into one concise volume. Each page contains a distinct "cheat sheet," which tells you the most important facts in bite-size chunks, so you can feel like an expe ...Show more
Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth by Noa Tishby
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Category: History | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
A "fascinating and very moving" (Aaron Sorkin, award-winning screenwriter of The West Wing and The Social Network) chronological timeline spanning from Biblical times to today that explores one of the most interesting countries in the world--Israel.Israel. The small strip of arid land is 5,700 miles awa ...Show more
Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities by Bettany Hughes
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Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Istanbul has long been a place where stories and histories collide, where perception is as potent as fact. From the Koran to Shakespeare, this city with three names--Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul--resonates as an idea and a place, real and imagined. Standing as the gateway between East and West, ...Show more
Japanese Ancient Origins: Stories of People and Civilization by J. K. JACKSON
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Category: History | Series: Flame Tree Collector's Editions Ser.
Beautiful edition, and companion to Japanese Myths and Legends, exploring the ancient origins of Japanese society and culture. A gorgeous Collector's Edition covering the history of Japan from the early Jomon period to the Edo. Japan has gripped the imagination of readers of their spiritual and delicate ...Show more