The Shortest History of England
By: James Hawes
3.73
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
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1. British Politics: A Very Short Introduction
By: Tony Wright
3.72
Format: None pages, Paperback
Tony Wright's Very Short Introduction to British Politics is an interpretative essay on the British… read more
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2. Worth Dying For: The Power and Politics of Flags
By: Tim Marshall
4.03
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
When you see your nation's flag fluttering in the breeze, what do you feel? For thousands of years … read more
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4. A Short History of England
By: Simon Jenkins
3.79
Format: None pages, Paperback
England's history is the most exciting of any nation on Earth. Its triumphs and disasters are insta… read more
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5. Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
By: Tim Marshall
4.20
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In the bestselling tradition of Why Nations Fail and The Revenge of Geography, an award-winning jou… read more
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"All great nations spend peacetime preparing for the day war breaks out."-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
"India and Pakistan can agree on one thing: neither wants the other one around."-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
"What is now the EU was set up so that France and Germany could hug each other so tightly in a loving embrace that neither would be able to get an arm free with which to punch the other."-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
"THE MIDDLE OF WHAT? EAST OF WHERE? THE REGION’S VERY name is based on a European view of the world, and it is a European view of the region that shaped it. The Europeans used ink to draw lines on map…"-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
6. A Short History of Russia: How the World's Largest Country Invented Itself, from the Pagans to Putin
By: Mark Galeotti
3.88
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Russia’s epic and dramatic story told in an accessible, lively and short form, using the country's … read more
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"History always wins."-Mark Galeotti, A Short History of Russia: How the World's Largest Country Invented Itself, from the Pagans to Putin
"As ever, though, facts take second place when it comes to building narratives of power and authority"-Mark Galeotti, A Short History of Russia: How the World's Largest Country Invented Itself, from the Pagans to Putin
7. Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within
By: Rory Stewart
4.36
Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition
A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabi… read more
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"Proper searching could stop drugs being carried through the gates. In the US and Sweden, where there was proper searching, I had discovered, the drug rates were far lower. But when I shared these sug…"-Rory Stewart, Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within
8. How They Broke Britain
By: James O'Brien
4.29
Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition
The revealing, defining account of the dark network that broke out country. Something has gone r… read more
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9. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
By: David Mitchell
4.16
Format: 433 pages, ebook
A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more
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"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
10. The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World
By: Tim Marshall
4.20
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
In this revelatory new book, Marshall explores ten regions that are set to shape global politics in… read more
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"Vietnam is an irritation for China. For centuries the two have squabbled over territory, and unfortunately for both this is the one area to the south which has a border an army can get across without…"-Tim Marshall, The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World
11. Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain
By: Sathnam Sanghera
4.10
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
In his brilliantly illuminating new book Sathnam Sanghera demonstrates how so much of what we consi… read more
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"It is puerile to reduce imperial history to a matter of 'good' and 'bad'; trying to weigh up the positive and negative in this way is like defending the morality of kicking a random old man in the sh…"-Sathnam Sanghera, Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain
"After the First World War, the man in charge of recruitment at the Colonial Office was Major Ralph Dolignon Furse, a decorated war hero, a keen rugby and cricket player and, crucially, holder of a po…"-Sathnam Sanghera, Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain
12. The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World
By: Tim Marshall
3.94
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Spy satellites orbiting the moon. Space metals worth more than most countries’ GDP. People on Mars … read more
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13. A Short History of Europe: From Pericles to Putin
By: Simon Jenkins
3.91
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
Discover the history of Europe - from the Dark Ages to present day - by the author of the bestselli… read more
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14. France: A History: from Gaul to de Gaulle
By: John Julius Norwich
3.97
Format: 456 pages, Kindle Edition
'For his final book, the late Norwich tackled the dauntingly vast subject of two millennia of Frenc… read more
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"With the Roman Empire effectively gone (...) Gaul disintegrated into a mass of small barbarian states under so-called kings, dukes, and counts. As we know however, nature abhors a vacuum, sooner or l…"-John Julius Norwich, France: A History: from Gaul to de Gaulle
"In 1870, the throne was offered to Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. Had the Prince rejected the offer at once, there might have been no Franco-Prussian war, and Napoleon III might have end…"-John Julius Norwich, France: A History: from Gaul to de Gaulle
"Martyrs were innumerable, among them, Saint Denis, 3rd century bishop of Paris, who, when beheaded, calmly picked up his severed head and walked several miles to the site of the abbey that bears his …"-John Julius Norwich, France: A History: from Gaul to de Gaulle
"[The Gauls] were carnivores through and through and they loved fighting. Their horsemanship probably outclassed even that of the Romans and, though they lacked the more sophisticated Roman weaponry, …"-John Julius Norwich, France: A History: from Gaul to de Gaulle
15. The Shortest History of England
By: James Hawes
3.73
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
As James Hawes moves through time, from Caesar to Brexit, through conquests, empires and wars, he w… read more
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16. The First Kingdom: Britain in the Age of Arthur
By: Max Adams
3.77
Format: 545 pages, Kindle Edition
The bestselling author of The King in the North turns his attention to the obscure era of British h… read more
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17. The Shortest History of the Soviet Union
By: Sheila Fitzpatrick
3.85
Format: None pages, ebook
In 1917, Bolshevik revolutionaries came to power in the war-torn Russian Empire in a way that defie… read more
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"Huge amounts of blood were shed to make and maintain the Soviet Union. Some of it was the blood of idealists, some of thugs and careerists, but most of it was the blood of ordinary people whose main …"-Sheila Fitzpatrick, The Shortest History of the Soviet Union
"The Marxist prediction that capitalism would ultimately collapse and be replaced by socialism (Khrushchev’s tactless ‘We will bury you!’) had been a comfort to Soviet Communists as they struggled aga…"-Sheila Fitzpatrick, The Shortest History of the Soviet Union
18. A Mais Breve História da Rússia - Dos Eslavos a Putin
By: José Milhazes
3.92
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
Nação de proporções colossais ou continente? Luz do mundo ou terra condenada? Aliado da Europa e do… read more
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19. Fake History: Ten Great Lies and How They Shaped the World
By: Otto English
3.76
Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition
A fun, authoritative and alternative history of the world that exposes some of the biggest lies eve… read more
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20. The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective
By: Steven Johnson
4.08
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A riveting account of the anarchists who terrorized the streets of New York—and the detective duo w… read more
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21. The Shortest History of China
By: Linda Jaivin
4.01
Format: 263 pages, Kindle Edition
From kung-fu to tofu, tea to trade routes, sages to silk, China has influenced cuisine, commerce, m… read more
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22. The Shortest History of Greece
By: James Heneage
3.98
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Philosophy, art, democracy, language, even computers -- our world has been shaped by the products o… read more
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23. The Shortest History of War
By: Gwynne Dyer
4.01
Format: None pages, None
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24. The Shortest History of India: From the World’s Oldest Civilization to Its Largest Democracy―A Retelling for Our Times (The Shortest History Series)
By: John Zubrzycki
3.86
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
5,000 years of history—from the Bhagavad Git ā to Bollywood—fill this masterful portrait of the wo… read more
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25. The Shortest History of Economics
By: Andrew Leigh
4.00
Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition
Explore the human story of economics … 'The secret of economics is that the most powerful insights… read more
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26. No Way Out: Brexit: From the Backstop to Boris
By: Tim Shipman
4.03
Format: 711 pages, Kindle Edition
The unmissable next instalment of Tim Shipman’s #1 bestselling Brexit quartet. To follow his bestse… read more
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27. The Shortest History of The Crown
By: Stephen Bates
4.00
Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition
'There have been scores of books about the monarchy but few, if any, as fearless and perceptive as … read more
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28. The Shortest History of Italy: 3,000 Years from the Romans to the Renaissance to a Modern Republic―A Retelling for Our Times
By: Ross King
3.98
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
A concise, star-studded retelling of Italy’s past, from Caesar and Augustus to da Vinci and Michela… read more
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29. The Wrong Stuff: How the Soviet Space Program Crashed and Burned
By: John Strausbaugh
4.17
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A witty, deeply researched history of the surprisingly ramshackle Soviet space program, and how its… read more
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30. Ten Cities that Led the World: From Ancient Metropolis to Modern Megacity
By: Paul Strathern
3.40
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Great cities are complex, chaotic and colossal. These are cities that dominate the world stage and … read more
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"Динамиката на един велик град рядко се намира в равновесие. Функциониращите институции и установените нрави винаги ще са юзда за свободомислещите, визионерите и изобретателните."-Paul Strathern, Ten Cities that Led the World: From Ancient Metropolis to Modern Megacity
31. Heretic: The Many Lives and Deaths of Jesus Christ
By: Catherine Nixey
4.11
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From a celebrated classicist and author of The Darkening Age (“[a] ballista-bolt of a book”— New Yo… read more
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