Quick view The Journey to the Mayflower by Stephen Tomkins Now: €5.99 MSRP: €16.25 Was: 2020 sees the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower - the ship that took the Pilgrim Fathers to the New World. It's a foundational event in American history, but it began as an English story, which pioneered the idea o… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Secrets of the Universe in 100 Symbols by Sarah Bartlett Now: €9.99 MSRP: Was: Explore The Secrets of the Universe in 100 Symbols with this beautifully illustrated compendium of 100 diverse arcane tools and writings said to hold the key to the mysteries of the universe.Symbols carry weight and significance. … Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Great Naval Battles by Dr Helen Doe Now: €9.99 MSRP: €16.25 Was: This fascinating and accessible account steers a course through the most epic engagements on the high seas over the last 800 years, written by the renowned naval historian Dr Helen Doe.Charting a course from medieval to modern tim… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Hunt for Mount Everest by Craig Storti Now: €9.99 MSRP: €25.00 Was: This book would be enjoyed by those seeking knowledge of Everest beyond theclimbing narratives, as well as those who appreciate the details of navigation and exploration.The height of Mt. Everest was first measured in 1850, but th… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Life in the Third Reich by Paul Roland Now: €5.00 MSRP: €11.25 Was: For Germans in the late 1920s and early 1930s, the allure of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party's promises for a better, brighter future promised so much. The reality was vastly different...Germany was a deeply divided nation when Ad… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The St Patrick's Treasury by John Killen Now: €5.99 MSRP: €16.25 Was: St Patrick is one of the best-known and best-loved saints in the world. His life and legacy is deeply ingrained in Irish history and society, as the annual 17 March celebrations in Ireland and across the globe show. Northern Irela… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The World: A Family History by Simon Sebag Montefiore Now: €18.99 MSRP: Was: From the master storyteller and internationally bestselling author - the story of humanity from prehistory to the present day, told through the one thing all humans have in common: family. We begin with the footsteps of a family w… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Story of Russia by Orlando Figes Now: €13.75 MSRP: Was: From the great storyteller of Russia, a spellbinding account of the stories that have shaped the country's past - and how they can inform its present. No other country has been so divided over its own past as Russia. None has chan… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Dead Famous by Greg Jenner Now: €5.99 MSRP: €13.75 Was: Celebrity, with its neon glow and selfie pout, strikes us as hypermodern. But the famous and infamous have been thrilling, titillating, and outraging us for much longer than we might realise. Whether it was the scandalous Lord Byr… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Dead Doubles by Trevor Barnes Now: €7.99 MSRP: €37.50 Was: The dramatic arrest in London on January 7, 1961 of five Soviet spies made headlines worldwide and had repercussions around the globe. Alerted by the CIA, Britain's security service, MI5, had discovered two British spies stealing … Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age by Tom Holland Now: €21.25 MSRP: Was: The definitive history of Rome's golden age - antiquity's ultimate superpower at the pinnacle of its greatnessThe Pax Romana has long been revered as a golden age. At its peak, the Roman Empire stretched from Scotland to Arabia, a… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Last Colony by Philippe QC Sands Now: €12.50 MSRP: Was: Through one woman's fight for justice, the award-winning author of East West Street exposes the shocking events that marked the 1965 establishment of the British Indian Ocean Territory. Written with Sands' characteristic expertise… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Invasion by Luke Harding Now: €13.75 MSRP: Was: For months, the omens had pointed in one scarcely believable direction: Russia was about to invade Ukraine.And yet, the world was stunned by the epochal scale of the assault that began in February 2022. It was an attempt by one na… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view An Immense World by Ed Yong Now: €13.75 MSRP: Was: This is our world, as you've never seen it before. The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view In Praise of Disobedience by Oscar Wilde , Neil Bartlett Now: €9.99 MSRP: €19.99 Was: In Praise of Disobedience draws on works from a single miraculous year in which Oscar Wilde published the larger part of his greatest works in prose - the year he came into maturity as an artist. Before the end of 1891, he had wri… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view My Fourth Time, We Drowned by Sally Hayden HB Now: €6.99 MSRP: €24.99 Was: The Western world has turned its back on refugees, fuelling one of the most devastating human rights disasters in history. In August 2018, Sally Hayden received a Facebook message. 'Hi sister Sally, we need your help,' it read. '… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view River Kings by Cat Jarman Now: €9.99 MSRP: €21.25 Was: Follow bioarchaeologist Cat Jarman - and the cutting-edge forensic techniques central to her research - as she uncovers epic stories of the Viking age and follows a small 'Carnelian' bead found in a Viking grave in Derbyshire to i… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Freedom by Sebastian Junger Now: €5.00 MSRP: €11.25 Was: A profound rumination on the concept of freedom from the bestselling author of The Perfect Storm. 'Sebastian Junger bears witness to a hard-won and an uncertain new world, framed in vital and brilliant prose: a true and honest acc… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Beyond Measure : The Hidden History of Measurement James Vincent Now: €16.25 MSRP: Was: We measure rainfall and radiation, the depths of space and the emptiness of atoms, calories and steps, happiness and pain. But how did measurement become ubiquitous in modern life? When did humanity first take up scales and rulers… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Greatest Invention: A History of the World in Nine Mysterious Scripts by Silvia Ferrara Now: €12.50 MSRP: Was: This book tells the story of our greatest invention. Or, it almost does. Almost, because while the story has a beginning - in fact, it has many beginnings, not only in Mesopotamia, 3,100 years before the birth of Christ, but also … Add to Cart The item has been added