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Double Cross: The True Story of The D-Day Spies
Ben MacintyreCurrent price €16.65Original price €18.50'Addictive and deeply moving' Independent 'Utterly gripping' Anthony Beevor, Daily Telegraph 'Enthralling . . . A reminder that heroism can be foun...
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Martin Luther: A Very Short Introduction: A Very Short Introduction
Professor Scott H. HendrixCurrent price €12.59Original price €13.99This introduction presents Martin Luther as historians now see him. Instead of singling him out as a modern hero, the book emphasizes the context i...
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A History of Ghosts, Spirits and the Supernatural
DKCurrent price €27.63Original price €32.50Discover the spine-chilling history of ghosts and the supernatural across the world in this illustrated guide.A History of Ghosts, Spirits and the ...
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Vikings: A History of the Northmen
W. B. BartlettCurrent price €16.65Original price €18.50The year 1066: a battlefield in England, a mighty king lies prone on the ground, his lifeblood ebbing out of him. As he draws his last breath, the ...
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The Battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau Vol. II
Mariusz MotykaCurrent price €55.35Original price €61.50The Kriegsmarine battleships, were in fact only four vessels, introduced during 19351941. The first two, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, were ready befo...
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Before and After: the heartbreaking true stories of a notorious adoption scandal
Judy ChristieCurrent price €13.05Original price €14.50The incredible and heart-breaking true stories of victims of a notorious adoption scandal - inspired by No.1 bestselling novel Before We Were Yours...
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The Mitford Girls'' Guide to Life
Lyndsy SpenceCurrent price €15.73Original price €18.50The six Mitford girls were blessed with beauty, wit and talent, yet they led very distinct, cultural lives and not one sister, except for Diana and...
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Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb
James M. ScottCurrent price €19.79Original price €21.99Seven minutes past midnight on March 10, 1945, nearly 300 American B-29s thundered into the skies over Tokyo. Their payloads of incendiaries ignite...
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The Rise of Our East African Empire, Vol. 1: Early Efforts in Nyasaland and Uganda (Large Text Classic Reprint)
Frederick John Dealtry LugardCurrent price €38.69Original price €42.99Current price €38.69Original price €42.99Save 10% -
Fall of Civilizations: Stories of Greatness and Decline
Paul CooperCurrent price €29.25Original price €32.50Based on the hit podcast with over 100 million downloads, Fall of Civilizations brilliantly explores how a range of ancient societies rose to power...
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The Wide Wide Sea
Hampton SidesCurrent price €18.69Original price €21.99BARACK OBAMA'S SUMMER READING LIST 2024 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FAR FOR 2024 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWF...
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The Ottoman Empire and the World Around it
Suraiya FaroqhiCurrent price €29.25Original price €32.50The first paperback edition, in line with latest historiography - Ottoman Empire is a major and advanced early modern power, this book is based on ...
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The Red Prince: The Life of John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster
Helen CarrCurrent price €14.88Original price €17.50War, revolution, treason and love the thrilling tale of Sir John of Gaunt brought to life by medieval history's rising star. The Red Prince annou...
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Breathe: A Life in Flow
Rickson GracieCurrent price €18.69Original price €21.99From legendary Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and MMA master Rickson Gracie comes a riveting, insightful memoir that weaves together the story of Gracies stun...
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The McCartney Legacy: Volume 1: 1969 73
Adrian SinclairCurrent price €33.99Original price €39.99In this first of a groundbreaking multivolume set, THE MCCARTNEY LEGACY, VOL 1: 1969-73 captures the life of Paul McCartney in the years immediatel...
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The Children''s Train: A Novel
Viola ArdoneCurrent price €14.88Original price €17.50The inspiration behind the forthcoming Netflix filmThe innocence of childhood collides with the stark aftermath of war in this wrenching and ultima...
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On War
Carl Von ClausewitzCurrent price €32.85Original price €36.50On War (1832) is a treatise on the philosophical aspects of warfare by Prussian general, scholar, and strategist Carl von Clausewitz. Published pos...
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Belonging and Betrayal How Jews Made the Art World Modern
Charles DellheimCurrent price €37.79Original price €41.99The story of dealers of Old Masters, champions of modern art, and victims of Nazi plunder. Since the late-1990s, the fate of Nazi stolen art has ...
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The Cambridge History of the Second World War 3 Volume Paperback Set
Cambridge University PressCurrent price €88.19Original price €97.99The Cambridge History of the Second World War is an authoritative new account of the conflict that unfolded between 1939 and 1945. With contributio...
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The Devils Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of Americas Secret Government
David TalbotCurrent price €16.99Original price €19.99Based on explosive new evidence, bestselling author David Talbot tells Americas greatest untold story: the United States rise to world dominance un...
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Household Tips: Over 300 Useful and Valuable Home Hints
A L FowlerCurrent price €9.34Original price €10.99First published in 1916, A.L. Fowlers book of household tips is an indispensable guide to effortlessly becoming a domestic goddess. With long-forgo...
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The Voyage Out (Collins Classics)
Virginia WoolfCurrent price €4.46Original price €5.25HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. The young Rachel Vinrance leaves England on her...
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The Great British Christmas
Maria HubertCurrent price €15.29Original price €16.99What does Christmas mean to you? From cake to crackers, trees to turkey and stockings to Santa Claus, The Great British Christmas explores Christma...
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Hope In The Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities
Rebecca SolnitCurrent price €15.75Original price €17.50At a time when political, environmental and social gloom can seem overpowering, this remarkable book offers a lucid, affirmative and well-argued ca...
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Old Wives'' Tales: The History of Remedies, Charms and Spells
Mary ChamberlainCurrent price €15.73Original price €18.50We may all know that dandelions make us wet the bed, and that stewed prunes are a cure for constipation, but how many of us were aware that a poult...
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Sharpes Fury: The Battle of Barrosa, March 1811 (The Sharpe Series, Book 11)
Bernard CornwellCurrent price €14.44Original price €16.99*SHARPES COMMAND, the brand new novel in the global bestselling series, is available to pre-order now* Spain, Mar...
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Collins Classics)
Ben BrooksCurrent price €11.89Original price €13.99HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Written in 1876, this is a novel about a young ...
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The Unexpected President: The Life and Times of Chester A. Arthur
Scott S. GreenbergerCurrent price €16.99Original price €19.99Despite his promising start as a young man, by his early fifties Chester A. Arthur was known as the crooked crony of New York machine boss Roscoe C...
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Complete Musashi: The Book of Five Rings and Other Works: Definitive New Translations of the Writings of Miyamoto Musashi - Japan''s Greatest Samurai!
Alexander BennettCurrent price €15.29Original price €17.99The culmination of 25 years of research, Alex Bennett's groundbreaking English translation of Miyamoto Musashi's The Book of Five Rings reveals the...
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Sea Change: An Atlas of Islands in a Rising Ocean
Christina GerhardtCurrent price €35.99Original price €39.99A stunning atlas of the present and future.Rebecca Solnit, author of several books including Infinite Cities: A Trilogy of AtlasesSan Francisco, Ne...
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An Autobiography: 150th Anniversary Edition with an Introduction by Pankaj Mishra
M. K. GandhiCurrent price €15.73Original price €18.50The life of Gandhi, in his own words150th Anniversary Edition with a New Introduction by Pankaj Mishra'Generations to come will scarce believe that...
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Battleground Ukraine: From Independence to the War with Russia
Adrian KaratnyckyCurrent price €23.85Original price €26.50The first major English-language history of Ukraine from its emergence after the demise of the Soviet Union through the current Russian invasion A ...
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Broken Threads: My Family From Empire to Independence
Mishal HusainCurrent price €20.39Original price €23.99A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER 'One of the best memoirs I've read in years SATHNAM SANGHERA ...
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Death in the Air: The True Story of a Serial Killer, the Great London Smog, and the Strangling of a City
Kate Winkler DawsonCurrent price €16.99Original price €19.99London in 1952 was a still recovering from the devastation wrought by World War II: rationing was still in effect, rates of crime and unemployment ...
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Hard Times (Collins Classics)
Charles DickensCurrent price €4.46Original price €5.25HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. It was a town of red brick, or of brick that wo...
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The Story of Ireland
Neil HegartyCurrent price €17.99Original price €19.99Neil Hegarty's bestselling history of Ireland is a story crowded with the drama of complex characters, shifting allegiances and changing identities...
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Nicholas Roscarrock''s ''Lives of the Saints'': Cornwall and Devon
Nicholas OrmeCurrent price €25.49Original price €29.99Nicholas Roscarrock (c.1548-1634) was a Cornish Catholic who suffered torture and imprisonment in the Tower of London, and afterwards wrote a great...
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Hero Of Rosclogher
James Vella-BardonCurrent price €15.75Original price €17.50"sizzles with all the potency of lit gunpowder" - The Yorkshire Evening PostA LAST STAND AGAINST INSANE ODDS.Charismatic Spanish sea captain and Ar...
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Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgicas Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night
Julian SanctonCurrent price €17.99Original price €19.99'An epic of survival' -- MICHAEL PALIN'A grade-A classic' -- SUNDAY TIMES'Utterly enthralling' -- GEOFF DYER, GUARDIAN'Deeply engrossing' -- NEW YO...
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Every Rising Sun: A spellbinding reimagining of The Thousand and One Nights
Jamila AhmedCurrent price €14.44Original price €16.99'Lyrically imaginative . . . enthralling' GUARDIANBefore she was the legendary Persian queen who spun a thousand tales, Shaherazade was a girl who ...
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Democracy: A Life
Paul CartledgeCurrent price €17.99Original price €19.99Democracy is either aspired to as a goal or cherished as a birthright by billions of people throughout the world today -- and has been been for ove...
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The Medici
Mary HollingsworthCurrent price €16.99Original price €19.99'This forensic study of the Renaissance banking dynasty conjures up a world of art, literature, philosophy and brutality' Telegraph 'Likely to be...
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Victory in Europe 1944-1945: A Ladybird Expert Book: (WW2 #11)
James HollandCurrent price €15.75Original price €17.50BOOK 11 OF THE LADYBIRD EXPERT HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, FROM AWARD-WINNING HISTORIAN JAMES HOLLANDFeaturing stunning illustrations from Kei...
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The Only Thing Worth Dying For: How Eleven Green Berets Fought for a New Afghanistan
Eric BlehmCurrent price €15.29Original price €16.99Eric Blehm, author of the award-winning The Last Season, is back with another true adventure story, The Only Thing Worth Dying For. Set in the imme...
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Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan
William DalrympleCurrent price €16.65Original price €18.50SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2013'As taut and richly embroidered as a great novel . . . a masterpiece' Sunday Telegraph'Dazzling' Sunda...
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The Invention of Charlotte Brontë: Her Last Years and the Scandal That Made Her
Graham WatsonCurrent price €24.23Original price €28.50Doomed survivor of a family of geniuses, Charlotte Brontë had a life as dramatic as Jane Eyre. Turning her back on her tragic past, she reinvented ...
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