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  • A Traveller&Amp;Apos;S History Of Japan

    by Richard Tames ...
    <I>A Traveller’s History of Japan</I> not only offers the reader a chronological outline of the nation’s development but also provides an invaluable introduction to its language, literature and arts, from kabuki to karaoke. This clearly written history explains how a country embedded in the traditions of Shinto, Shoguns and Samurai has achieved stupendous economic growth ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • A Short History of Cambridge

    by Richard Tames ...
    Series series Armchair Traveller's History
    A digestible and comprehensive tour of the fascinating history of one of England’s most famous towns.A Short History of Cambridge provides a narrative of the city and university, from the Middle Ages to the present day. Going beyond the world-renowned research attractions of Cambridge University, this revised paperback edition explores the vast cultural output of the town, from art and literature ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • A Traveller&Amp;Apos;S History Of London

    by Richard Tames ...
    A Traveller’s History of London aims to bring London’s past alive to the resident, traveller and student, to reveal the city’s hidden treasures and forgotten places and guide the reader to the sights and sites that can still be seen and enjoyed. This Traveller’s History gives the discerning visitor a full and comprehensive historical background to the capital’s past ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Economy and Society in 19th Century Britain

    by Richard Tames ...
    Series series Economic History
    In 1801 the population of Great Britain was 10.6 million; by 1901 it was 37.1 million. The national product in 1801 has been valued at £138,000,000; by 1901 it was £1,948,000,000. The rise per head was from £12.9 to £52.5 and, as these figures represent constant prices, the rise in material standards is evident, even allowing for the unequal distribution of socially created wealth. This book is a ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

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  • The Martian

    A Novel

    by Andy Weir ...
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  • The Great Irish Potato Famine

    by James S Donnelly ...
    In the century before the great famine of the late 1840s, the Irish people, and the poor especially, became increasingly dependent on the potato for their food. So when potato blight struck, causing the tubers to rot in the ground, they suffered a grievous loss. Thus began a catastrophe in which approximately one million people lost their lives and many more left Ireland for North America, ... Read more

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  • The English

    A Portrait of a People

    by Jeremy Paxman ...
    The acclaimed author of On Royalty explores the mysteries of English identity in this "witty, argumentative book bursting with good things" ( The Daily Telegraph).A Sunday Times Top Ten BestsellerBeing English used to be easy. As the dominant culture in a country that dominated an empire that dominated the world, they had little need to examine themselves and ask who they were. But something has ... Read more

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  • This Great Calamity: The Great Irish Famine

    The Irish Famine 1845-52

    by Christime Kinealy ...
    The Great Famine of 1845-52 was the most decisive event in the history of modern Ireland. In a country of eight million people, the Famine caused the death of approximately one million, while a similar number were forced to emigrate. The Irish population fell to just over four million by the beginning of the twentieth century.Christine Kinealy's survey is long established as the most complete, ... Read more

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  • Law in a Time of Crisis

    by Jonathan Sumption ...
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  • Modern Britain, 1750 to the Present

    by James Vernon ...
    Series Book 4 - Cambridge History of Britain
    This wide-ranging introduction to the history of modern Britain extends from the eighteenth century to the present day. James Vernon's distinctive history is weaved around an account of the rise, fall and reinvention of liberal ideas of how markets, governments and empires should work. The history takes seriously the different experiences within the British Isles and the British Empire, and offers ... Read more

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  • London

    A History

    by A.N. Wilson ...
    Series Book 18 - Modern Library Chronicles
    In its two thousand years of history, London has ruled a rainy island and a globe-spanning empire, it has endured plague and fire and bombing, it has nurtured and destroyed poets and kings, revolutionaries and financiers, geniuses and visionaries of every stripe. To distill the magic and the majesty of this infinitely enthralling city into a single brief volume would seem an impossible task–yet ... Read more

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