History
The Diamond Dakota Mystery
Juliet Wills
Format: Paperback
An extraordinary but true war-time tale of daring, mystery, luck and in excess of twenty million dollars worth of diamonds, and how they were lost, found and lost again.
Wall Street
Steve Fraser
Format: Paperback
'Every so often a breathtakingly brilliant book comes along; Steve Fraser's Wall Street is one such work.' - Frank McLynn
Medici Money
Tim Parks
Format: Paperback
Their name is a byword for wealth and power but before their renown as art patrons and princes, the Medici built their fortune on banking. Tim Parks tells the fascinating, frequently bloody, story of the family and the dramatic development and collapse of their bank
Rattlesnake
Jordon Goodman
Format: Paperback
The epic, beautifully-told story of a great voyage of exploration
Dogs of God
James Reston
From historian James Reston, comes a riveting account of the pivotal events of 1492, a year that catapulted the Western World out of the Middle Ages into the Modern era
Ghosts of Spain
Giles Tremlett
Guardian journalist Giles Tremlett travels through Spain trying to penetrate the wall of silence obscuring the darker sides of its past
A Short History of Cambodia
John Tully
Format: Paperback
New in the Short History of Asia series, edited by Milton Osborne, this is a concise and readable history of Cambodia, from its rich and powerful past, through the era of French protection, the Vietnamese conflict, the Pol Pot regime and to its present day incarnation as a constitutional monarchy and popular tourist destination.
Ivan's War: The Red Army 1941-45
Catherine Merridale
A powerful, groundbreaking new book on the ordinary Russian soldier's experience of the worst war in history.
The Transformation Of Ireland 1900-2000
Diarmaid Ferriter
Format: Paperback
A ground-breaking history of the twentieth century in Ireland, written on the most ambitious scale by a brilliant young historian.
Songs on Bronze
Nigel Spivey
The most accessible version of the Greek myths available, both a great introduction and an invaluable companion.
