Pandemic 1918 - The Story of the Deadliest Influenza in History (Arnold Catharine)(Paperback / softback)

Pandemic 1918 - The Story of the Deadliest Influenza in History (Arnold Catharine)(Paperback / softback)

The influenza epidemic of 1918 was the greatest human disaster of the 20th century and most likely in all recorded history. This is a moving, unique and highly prescient history, filled with eye-witness

Monsieur X - The incredible story of the most audacious gambler in history (Reid Jamie)(Paperback / softback)

Royal Duty (Burrell Paul)(Paperback / softback)

Presents the story behind one of the most sensational chapters in the history of the House of Windsor. This title intends to reveal fresh truths about Princess Diana - and presents for an account of her thoughts. It takes us closer to the complex heart of the Royal

Catalpa Rescue - The gripping story of the most dramatic and successful prison story in Australian and Irish history (FitzSimons Peter)(Paperback / softback)

The Catalpa Rescue is the gripping story of the most dramatic and successful prison break in Australian history by the much-loved Peter

Antony and Cleopatra (Goldsworthy Adrian)(Paperback / softback)

The epic story of one of the most famous love affairs in history, by the bestselling author of

Bright Young People - The Rise and Fall of a Generation 1918-1940 (Taylor D J)(Paperback / softback)

The Bright Young People were one of the most extraordinary youth cults in British history. A pleasure-seeking band of bohemian party-givers and blue-blooded socialites, they romped through the 1920s gossip columns. This book chronicles England's 'lost generation' of the Jazz

Borgias - Power and Fortune (Strathern Paul)(Paperback / softback)

The sensational story of the rise and fall of one of the most notorious families in history, by the author of The

Sons of Caesar - Imperial Rome's First Dynasty (Matyszak Philip)(Paperback / softback)

The story of one of the most colourful dynasties in history, from Caesar's rise to power in the first century BC to Nero's death in AD

Untold History of the Potato (Reader John)(Paperback / softback)

The story of one of the world's most important crops From the gold potatoes at the Sun Temple in Cuzco, Peru, the muddy ones in Ireland and those grown in China for McDonald's chips, the story of the spud is both satisfying and

Empire of the Moghul: The Tainted Throne (Rutherford Alex)(Paperback / softback)

The greatest story you never knew - how one of the most powerful empires in the history of the world rose to greatness, and destroyed

Pandemic Century - A History of Global Contagion from the Spanish Flu to Covid-19 (Honigsbaum Mark)(Paperback / softback)

A Financial Times Best Book of the Year The most timely and informative history book you will read this year, tracing a century of pandemics, with a new chapter on COVID-19. Ever since the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic, scientists have dreamed of preventing catastrophic outbreaks of infectious

The Death of Caesar: The Story of History's Most Famous Assassination (Strauss Barry)(Paperback)

In this story of the most famous assassination in history, 'the last bloody day of the [Roman] Republic has never been painted so brilliantly' (The Wall Street Journal).Julius Caesar was stabbed to death in the Roman Senate on March 15, 44 BC--the Ides of March according to the Roman calendar. He

The Death of the USS Thresher: The Story Behind History's Deadliest Submarine Disaster (Polmar Norman)(Paperback)

When she first went to sea in April of 1961, the nuclear submarine U.S.S. Thresher was the most advanced submarine at sea, built specifically to hunt and kill Soviet subs. In The Death of the USS Thresher, renowned naval and intelligence consultant Norman Polmar recounts the dramatic circumstances

Barbarossa: And the Bloodiest War in History - Stewart Binns

Drawing on remarkable and never-before-seen material, the extraordinary story of one of the most horrific and devastating encounters of the Second World War.On June 22nd, 1941 the largest military invasion in human history was launched - an attack on the Soviet Union by almost four million men of

Nasty Nature (Arnold Nick)(Paperback / softback)

NASTY NATURE is packed with the deadliest, most disgusting and nastiest things that nature has to offer. Only read on if you're ready to find out: how vampire bats slurp blood, how to dodge a man-eating tiger and which Japanese fish dish can kill

Agincourt - Great Battles Series (Curry Anne (Professor of Medieval History and the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities Professor of Medieval History and the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities University of Southampton))(Paperback / softback)

Anne Curry tells the story of Agincourt, one of the most iconic battles in English history - how it was fought, how it has been remembered, and what it has come to

History of England in 100 Places - From Stonehenge to the Gherkin (Norwich John Julius)(Paperback / softback)

Our nation's story told through 100 of the most important sites - from Stonehenge to the

Irishman - Originally published as I Heard You Paint Houses (Brandt Charles)(Paperback / softback)

The incredible true story of the death of Jimmy Hoffa, the most famous hit in Mafia history. Now a major motion

Iron Ambition - Lessons I've Learned from the Man Who Made Me a Champion (Tyson Mike)(Paperback / softback)

The story of the relationship between the most devastating heavyweight boxer in history and the mentor who made

Love Without End - A Story of Heloise and Abelard (Bragg Melvyn)(Paperback / softback)

Melvyn Bragg gives new life to one of the most remarkable love stories in history: the passionate, enduring romance between Heloise and

Dreyfus Affair - The Story of the Most Infamous Miscarriage of Justice in French History (Read Piers Paul)(Paperback / softback)

A compelling, new and highly accessible account of one of the most high-profile and influential miscarriages of justice in French history: The Dreyfus

Build Your Own Aliens Sticker Book (Tudhope Simon)(Paperback / softback)

Build 11 of the strangest, deadliest, most awesome aliens in the galaxy with the inspiring stickers in this book. The scenes to complete include a giant alien with trailing tentacles that crackle with lightning and a mysterious warrior from another dimension. With statistics for each alien's size,

Spartacus - The Story of the Rebellious Thracian Gladiator (Bradman Tony)(Paperback / softback)

Spartacus was one of the most iconic and unusual figures of the history of the Roman empire. He fought back against the Roman system of slavery, and inspired thousands of other slaves to join him and rebel. This narrative biography gets deep into the gripping and dramatic chain of

Brief History of the Knights Templar (Nicholson Professor in Medieval History Helen)(Paperback / softback)

This fully updated edition is recognised as the most comprehensive history of the Knights