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  • A History of Ancient Egypt

    From the First Farmers to the Great Pyramid

    by John Romer ...
    From the renowned Egyptologist, the first volume in a two-book series on the history of Egypt that brings the ancient world to life.Famed archaeologist John Romer draws on a lifetime of research to tell one history's greatest stories; how, over more than a thousand years, a society of farmers created a rich, vivid world where one of the most astounding of all human-made landmarks, the Great ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A History of Ancient Egypt, Volume 3

    From the Shepherd Kings to the End of the Theban Monarchy

    by John Romer ...
    The final chapter in the definitive, three-volume history of the world's first known stateArchaeologist John Romer has spent a lifetime chronicling the history of Ancient Egypt, and here he tells the epic story of an era dominated by titans of the popular imagination: the radical iconoclast Akhenaten, the boy-king Tutankhamun and the all-conquering Ramesses II. But 'heroes' do not forge history by ... Read more

    $21.29 USD

  • A History of Ancient Egypt, Volume 2

    From the Great Pyramid to the Fall of the Middle Kingdom

    by John Romer ...
    The second volume of a "stimulating account of the birth of what may turn out to be the world's oldest civilization" ( Nature, UK).Drawing on a lifetime of research, John Romer chronicles the history of Ancient Egypt from the building of the Great Pyramid through the rise and fall of the Middle Kingdom: a peak of Pharaonic culture and the period when writing first flourished. Through extensive ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Egyptian Book of the Dead

    by John Romer ...
    Translated by E.A. Wallis Budge ...
    The Book of the Dead is a unique collection of funerary texts from a wide variety of sources, dating from the fifteenth to the fourth century BC. Consisting of spells, prayers and incantations, each section contains the words of power to overcome obstacles in the afterlife. The papyruses were often left in sarcophagi for the dead to use as passports on their journey from burial, and were full of ... Read more

    $22.39 USD

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  • The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt

    by Ian Shaw ...
    The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt uniquely covers 700,000 years of ancient Egypt from the stone age to the Roman conquest. The story of the ancient Egyptians, from their prehistoric origins to their conquest by the Persians, Greeks, and Romans makes for fascinating reading, with subjects ranging from the changing nature of life and death in the Nile valley to some of the earliest masterpieces of ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • A Bookshop of One's Own

    How a Group of Women Set Out to Change the World

    by Jane Cholmeley ...
    What was it like to start a feminist bookshop, in an industry dominated by men? How could a lesbian thrive in Thatcher's time, with the government legislating to restrict her rights? How do you run a business when your real aim is to change the world?Silver Moon was the dream of three women – a bookshop with the mission to promote the work of female writers and create a much-needed safe space for ... Read more

    $27.59 USD

  • The Seaweed Revolution: How Seaweed Has Shaped Our Past and Can Save Our Future

    by Vincent Doumeizel ...
    The seaweed revolution is a fresh hope for tomorrow.Seaweed develops in water everywhere, from the eternal glaciers to lagoons heated by the sun, from seas saturated with salt to the fresh water of our rivers. Yet we only know how to cultivate a few dozen varieties, at most. Incredibly diverse, seaweed could help to bring back balance in our ecosystems through a wide range of applications. It ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Blue Murder

    The Rise and Fall of the Conservative Government, 2010–2024

    by Ben Riley-Smith ...
    UPDATED WITH A NEW CHAPTER ON THE 2024 ELECTIONA GUARDIAN AND DAILY TELEGRAPH POLITICS BOOK OF THE YEAR'BRILLIANT' ANDREW MARR'MAJESTIC' GUARDIAN'ESSENTIAL' JON SOPEL'A CRACKING READ' FINANCIAL TIMES'A SHARP INSIDER ACCOUNT' NEW STATESMANThe full inside story of fourtee... ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

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  • The Owl

    The perfect gift for bird lovers

    by Stephen Moss ...
    Series Book 5 - The Bird Biography Series
    'BEAUTIFULLY, A BOOK ABOUT BIRDS' The Sunday Times | 'ENGAGING AND EYE-OPENING' The CountrymanUncover the life of owls through this beautiful guide to these secretive and charismatic birds from the bestselling author of The Robin, The Wren, and The Swan.Owls are among the most mysterious birds in the world. Their hauntingly beautiful calls and mostly nocturnal habits have long ca... ... Read more

    $16.79 USD

  • The Bells of Nagasaki

    A first-hand account of the catastrophic atomic bombing

    by Takashi Nagai ...
    Translated by William Johnston ...
    ‘A book that everyone should read’ The TimesA harrowing, heart-rending first-hand account of the bombing of Nagasaki – and the acts of human kindness left in its wake.On 9th August 1945, the Japanese city of Nagasaki is hit by an atomic bomb. Forty thousand people are killed instantly. Doctor Takashi Nagai is not one of them.Pulling himself, broken and bloodied, from the wreckage that was once the ... Read more

    $19.09 USD

  • Black England

    by Gretchen Gerzina ...
    **'This book brings history alive' BERNADINE EVARISTOWITH A FOREWORD FROM ZADIE SMITH'Black England is a book that will be relevant for ever' BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH**----------------The idea that Britain became a mixed-race country after 1945 is a common mistake. Georgian England had a large and distinctive Black community. Whether prosperous citizens or newly freed slaves, they all ran the risk of ... Read more

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  • Patria

    A spellbinding history of South America, as heard on hit podcast The Rest Is History

    by Laurence Blair ...
    An extraordinary adventure into South America’s epic history'Absolutely wonderful' DOMINIC SANDBROOK'A luscious, erudite romp ... a tour de force of literary mezcla' ALICE ALBINIA'A magnificent contribution to the Latin American canon' MARIE ARANAIn this sweeping exploration of the continent's forgotten past, Laurence Blair takes as his waymarks nine countries that can’t be found on a map: van... ... Read more

    $14.59 USD