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The Bookshop

An affectionate and engaging history of the American bookstore and its central place in American cultural life, from department stores to indies, from highbrow dealers trading in first editions to sidewalk vendors, and from chains to special-interest community destinations Bookstores have always been unlike any other kind of store, shaping readers and writers, and influencing our tastes, thoughts
€15.60 excl tax

Horten flying wing in world war ii - the history and development of the ho

Pre-cursor to modern Stealth technology, a jet powered version flew in February 1945.
€6.30 excl tax

The Great Defiance: How the world took on the British Empire

The British Empire is often seen as triumphant, but it was shaped by resistance from Indigenous and non-European peoples. David Veevers, in The Great Defiance, highlights figures like West African kings and American Paramount Chiefs, showing how they challenged British imperial dominance.
€10.20 excl tax

Being Human: How our biology shaped world history

'Illuminating' TIM MARSHALL 'Refreshing' THOMAS HALLIDAY A revolutionary journey through time, showing how biology has shaped human history. This book will change your perspective. We are evolutionary wonders, yet flawed. Our bodies and minds fail, and to be human is to live with this contradiction. Being Human reveals how our nature shaped history, and still impacts progress today.
€8.90 excl tax

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

'One of the most extraordinary stories of World War II - a howitzer of a tale that more people should know about' Daily Mail
€7.50 excl tax

LEGO® Minifigure A Visual History New Edition: With exclusive LEGO spaceman minifigure!

Celebrate the epic journey of the LEGO® minifigure. Features an orange spaceman minifigure! Enter the world of minifigures with this fully updated edition. The first minifigure was created in 1978, and today the entire minifigure population could circle the globe more than five times! Starring more than 2,000 of the most popular and rarest minifigures from the LEGO® Minifigure Series and theme
€20.40 excl tax

Star Wars Year by Year

Discover everything you've ever wanted to know about Star Wars in this complete history of the most famous franchise in movie history. Painstakingly researched and superbly illustrated, Star Wars™ Year By Year: A Visual History, New Edition presents a unique Star Wars timeline-the full history of the amazing Star Wars phenomenon as you've never seen it before. This stunning visual journey feat
€23.90 excl tax

History of the World Map by Map

Witness our incredible human story unfold - from the very first people in Africa to the collapse of Communism and beyond - exquisitely charted map by map. Come on a journey through global history, told in more than 130 specially made maps that each offer a window on a key event. Step into the action and follow Ghengis Khan sweeping through China, Napoleon conquering Europe, or two world wars r
€20.40 excl tax

A Room of One's Own

Virginia Woolf´s classic plea for a world in which women are free to use their gifts is as powerful and resonant as ever. In this influential extended essay, Virginia Woolf outlined what women need in order to fully make use of their abilities. Using powerful images and memorable thought experiments--such as a fictional sister of William Shakespeare, who is as talented as her brother but limited
€6.30 excl tax

Anubis—Ancient Egypt’s Lord of Death and Protection

A practical guide to working with Anubis, ancient Egypt´s god of death and the afterlife.   Anubis is among the most recognizable gods of ancient Egypt. His image has become a symbol of ancient Egypt, but who is he? Is Anubis a relic of the past, or is he actively venerated now? Author Charlie Larson, a longtime priest and devotee of Anubis, answers these questions and more. Portrayed as
€11.60 excl tax

Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me

A college professor debunks the myths that have infiltrated America's school curricula. In 1995, James W. Loewen penned the classic work of criticism Lies My Teacher Told Me, a left-leaning corrective that addressed much of what was sanitized and omitted from American history books. But in the decades that followed, false leftist narratives—as wrong as those they supplanted—have co
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Underground

In this haunting work of journalistic investigation, Haruki Murakami tells the story of the horrific terrorist attack on Japanese soil that shook the entire world.   On a clear spring day in 1995, five members of a religious cult unleashed poison gas on the Tokyo subway system. In attempt to discover why, Haruki Murakmi talks to the people who lived through the catastrophe, and in so doing
€7.50 excl tax

Neurotribes

This New York Times–bestselling book upends conventional thinking about autism and suggests a broader model for acceptance, understanding, and full participation in society for people who think differently. “Beautifully told, humanizing, important.”—The New York Times Book Review “Breathtaking.”—The Boston Globe “Epic and often shocking.”—Chicago Tribune   WIN
€11.90 excl tax

How Civil Wars Start

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Eyeliner

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Pick “Cosmetic, tool of rebellion, status signifier: Eyeliner has been all these and more. Moving through millenniums and across civilizations, Hankir gives the makeup its eye-opening due.” —The New York Times Book Review “An impressive, rigorously researched, winding path through centuries and over continents.” —NPR.org “I loved Eye
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Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill

From the bestselling author of Destiny of the Republic, this thrilling biographical account of the life and legacy of Wintson Churchill is a "nail-biter and top-notch character study rolled into one" (The New York Times). At the age of twenty-four, Winston Churchill was utterly convinced it was his destiny to become prime minister of England. He arrived in South Africa in 1899, valet and cr
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Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right

NATIONAL BESTSELLER ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR Who are the immensely wealthy right-wing ideologues shaping the fate of America today? From the bestselling author of The Dark Side, an electrifying work of investigative journalism that uncovers the agenda of this powerful group. In her new preface, Jane Mayer discusses the results of the most recent electio
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The Journey of Humanity

A landmark, radically uplifting account of our species´ progress, from one of the world's preeminent thinkers. “Unparalleled in its scope and ambition…All readers will learn something, and many will find the book fascinating.´—The Washington Post “Breathtaking. A new Sapiens!” —L'Express “Completely brilliant and utterly original ... a book for our epoch.”—Jon Snow,
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The 1619 Project

In late August 1619, a ship arrived in the British colony of Virginia bearing a cargo of twenty to thirty enslaved people from Africa. Their arrival led to the barbaric and unprecedented system of American chattel slavery that would last for the next 250 years. This is sometimes referred to as the country's original sin, but it is more than that: It is the source of so much that still defi

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On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A groundbreaking exploration of the ancient rules women unwittingly follow in order to be considered “good,” revealing how the Seven Deadly Sins still control and distort our lives and illuminating a path toward a more balanced, spiritually complete way to live Why do women equate self-denial with being good? We congratulate ourselves when we resist the donut in
€10.80 excl tax