History & Historical Biography

Ian Crofton / World History: 50 Events You Really Need to Know (Coffee Table Book)

People often complain that in history lessons at school they were taught just a few topics - the Romans, the Tudors, the Nazis - and how they have no idea at all about what happened in between. To...

Pamela Reeves / Ellis Island: Gateway to the American dream (Coffee Table Book)

Original pictures and text showing how ou

Dean Smith / Tempe: Arizona Crossroads, An Illustrated History (Coffee Table Book)

A VG copy or a little better due to cover

Nill / Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt (Coffee Table Book)

-- Dynamic and comprehensive history intr

Margaret Bunson / Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt (Coffee Table Book)

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ANCIENT EGYPT is the first single-volume reference guide to the remarkable culture that flourished on the banks of the Nile from the predynastic period, 3200 B.C., to the fall of...

Tim Newark / In Heroes' Footsteps: A Walker's Guide to the Battlefields of the World (Coffee Table Book)

It's the

Paul Fitzgerald / Speechless: World History Without Words (Coffee Table Book)

Speechle

Donald Somervill / The Ultimate Illustrated History Of World War II: An Authoritative Account Of One Of The Deadliest Conflicts In Human History With Analysis Of Decisive Encounters And Landmark Engagements (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...

Dale Brown / Ancient India : Land of Mystery (Coffee Table Book)

Discusses the archaeology and civilizatio

E.E. O'Donnell / Father Browne's Titanic Album: A Passenger's Photographs and Personal Memoir (Coffee Table Book)

Thanks t

Frances Bernstein / Classical Living: Reconnecting with the Rituals of Ancient Rome (Coffee Table Book)

Enhance your life using the riches of the Roman tradition. An authority on ancient Roman culture, Frances Bernstein shows you how to draw on the wisdom, history, myths and ancient prayers that were a...

R. Hamilton / Ancient Egypt Kingdom of the Pharaohs (Coffee Table Book)

Although they were created thousands of years ago, the great monuments of Ancient Egypt continue to absorb and astonish us today. These imposing constructions the Sphinx, the Pyramids, the tombs in...

Rosemary Lord / Los Angeles Then & Now (Coffee Table Book)

"I'm ready for my close-up, Mr. DeMille!" Los Angeles, the City of Angels, is the capital of show business, where to be young and beautiful is to have it all. This all-new edition of Los Angeles Then...

D.K. Publishing / World War II (Coffee Table Book)

Engaging

Douglas Boin / Alaric the Goth (Hardback)

Stigmati

Antun Travirka / Dubrovnik - History Culture Art Heritage (Coffee Table Book)

   

Iain Zaczek / Clans and Tartans of Scotland (Coffee Table Book)

Scotland

Mary Blume / Cote d'Azur - Inventing the French Riviera (Coffee Table Book)

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Melvyn Bragg / The Book of Books - The Radical Impact of the King James Bible (Hardback)

NB -this is about the history and impact of the KJV Bible, not the actual bible itself.  The King James Bible is both the standard scriptural text and, for centuries, the bestselling book in the...

Steven Moore - Behind the Garden Wall : A History of Capital Punishment in Belfast - PB

Very interesting and informative book in relation to the history of historic executions at  Crumlin Road Gaol in Belfast - tells of capital punishment, the crimes, and info on the prisoners. The...

Rory Sweetnam & Lisa Marr - New Zealand’s Irish Revolution - BRAND NEW

Offering original New Zealand perspectives on the Irish Revolution from the third Home Rule crisis to the establishment of the Irish Free State, this collection explores the political, social, and...

Maurice J. Casey - Hotel Lux : An Intimate History of Communism's Forgotten Radicals - PB - BRAND NEW

Shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards 2024: History Book of the Year 'Hotel Lux is an unforgettable book, bringing to life not only its protagonists but an entire world, and offering a new glimpse of...

Maria E. Brower / Gold Rush Towns of Nevada County (Large Paperback)

Images of Americ

Colin Quigley - Music From the Heart : Compositions if a Folk Fiddler - HB

Music from the Heart follows Emile Benoit, a fiddler from French Newfoundland, through a rapidly changing musical milieu as he moves from a small rural community to international musical and folk...

Ronald William Clark / Lenin, the man behind the mask (Hardback)

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Robert Hughes / The Fatal Shore (Hardback)

A history of the transportation of convicts to Australia, 1787-1868   This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition sho

Deane Heller / Jaqueline Kennedy (Vintage Paperback)

      All of our Vintage books are Pre barcode the picture shown is the actual book you will receive. Please be aware that there will be a sticker with an identifying number on the spine of this book.

Desmond Forristal - The Second Burial of Bishop Shanahan - PB - 1990

Published by Veritas Books, 1990, a biography of Tipperay born Joseph Shanahan, who founded religious orders and worked on what were termed 'The Missions' in Southern Nigeria  as priest and bishop ,...

David Brown / 501 Most Devastating Disasters (Coffee Table Book)

This fantastic book will take you through

Bonechi / Holland: A Splendid Journey Through History, Traditions and Art (Coffee Table Book)

Discover Holland with the New Millenium c

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

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Robin Cross / World War 2 in Photographs (Coffee Table Book)

World Wa

George Rude / Revolutionary Europe 1783-1815 (Vintage Paperback)

      All of our Vintage books are Pre barcode the picture shown is the actual book you will receive. Please be aware that there will be a sticker with an identifying number on the spine of this book.

Simon Hornblower / The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization (Coffee Table Book)

Unrivaled in scope and scholarship, The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization is an indispensable guide to the richly textured history of ancient Greece and Rome. From military history to...

Hywel Williams / Days That Changed the World: The 50 Defining Events of World History (Coffee Table Book)

Sometimes the events of a single day shed

Daniel Smith / 100 Things You Will Never Find (Coffee Table Book)

What happened to Amelia Earhart's aeroplane, Van Gogh's painting of Dr Gachet and the crew of the Mary Celeste? This fascinating book unlocks the world's lost property cupboard and sifts through...

Dušan I. Bjelić / Balkan as Metaphor: Between Globalization and Fragmentation (Coffee Table Book)

Balkan.

Dennis P. Hupchick / The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of Eastern Europe (Coffee Table Book)

Eastern European history i

Dennis P. Hupchick / The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of the Balkans (Coffee Table Book)

The dram

Dennis P. Hupchick / A Concise Historical Atlas of Eastern Europe (Coffee Table Book)

Eastern European history is a difficult s

Alison Pressley / The 50s & 60s: The Best of Times: Growing Up and Being Young in Britain (Coffee Table Book)

For the baby-boomer ge

Nigel Cawthorne / 100 Disasters That Shook the World (Coffee Table Book)

100 Catastrophic Disasters is an astounding compendium of natural and man-made disasters. The range of entries is extraordinary, from the bizarre to the horrific, and from the heartbreaking to the...

Penelope Hughes-Hallett / Home at Grasmere: The Wordsworths and the Lakes (Coffee Table Book)

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Stephen Allen / Lords of Battle: The World of the Celtic Warrior (Coffee Table Book)

To the classical civilizations of Greece and Rome, the Celtic warrior of the late Iron Age was the archetypal barbarian: savage, undisciplined, and bloodthirsty. In a clash of cultures that lasted...

John B. Teeple / Timelines of World History (Coffee Table Book)

A lavishly illustrated, chronological rec

Broughton Coburn / Triumph on Everest : A Photobiography of Sir Edmund Hillary (Coffee Table Book)

This exc

Pamela Horn / Victorian and Edwardian Schoolchild (Coffee Table Book)

'What is our purpose in this Bill? Briefly this, to bring elementary education within the reach of every English home, aye, and within the reach of those children who have no homes.' So said W. E...

Lesley Newson / Devastation! The World's Worst Natural Disasters (Coffee Table Book)

A fascinating journey into the destructiv

Stephen Kennedy Smith / JFK: A Vision for America (Coffee Table Book)

Poetry and Power brings together in one volume John F. Kennedy’s greatest speeches alongside essays by America’s top historians, analysis from leading political thinkers, and personal insights from...

Guy Arnold / Book of Dates: A Chronology of World History (Coffee Table Book)

A chronology of world history from the St

Maureen Hill / Britain at War (Coffee Table Book)

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Anna Ritchie / Picts (Coffee Table Book)

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