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  • By the Sword: Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai Warriors, Swashbucklers and Olympians

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    The art and science of sword fighting goes back almost to the dawn of civilization and has been an obsession for much of mankind throughout recorde...

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  • A Short History of Nearly Everything

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  • All Against All: The long Winter of 1933 and the Origins of the Second World War

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    During a single winter, between November 1932 and April 1933, so much went wrong: Hitler came to power; Japan invaded Jehol and left the league of ...

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  • Cleopatra the Great: The woman behind the legend

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    Cleopatra is a truly iconic figure: the last Egyptian Pharaoh and arguably the greatest. But she is also a mythical figure, mainly known through Sh...

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  • Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive

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    From the author of Guns, Germs and Steel, Jared Diamond's Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive is a visionary study of the mysterious ...

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  • Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire

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    Is America the new world empire? Presidents from Lincoln to Bush may have denied it but, as Niall Ferguson's brilliant and provocative book shows, ...

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    The Craft: How the Freemasons Made the Modern World (Paperback)

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    'Convincingly researched and thoroughly entertaining' - Wall Street JournalTHE TIMES BEST BOOKS OF 2020'This book shows that, despite rumours of de...

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  • Crucible

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    'Gripping . . . An amazingly audacious and completely innovative way of writing history' WILLIAM BOYDAn enthralling narrative history with an inter...

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  • Crucible: The Long End of the Great War and the Birth of a New World, 1917-1924

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    In Petrograd a fire is lit. The Tsar is packed off to the Urals. A rancorous Russian exile crosses war-torn Europe to make his triumphal entry into...

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  • CULT OF PROGRESS BPB

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    Companion to the major new BBC documentary series CIVILISATIONS, presented by Mary Beard, David Olusoga and Simon Schama Oscar Wilde said 'Life im...

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  • Dictators: The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century

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    A New Statesman, Financial Times and Economist Book of the Year 'Brilliant' NEW STATESMAN, BOOKS OF THE YEAR 'Enlightening and a good read' SPEC...

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  • Die Buiteposte

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  • Disputed Land: The Historical Development of the South African Land Issue, 1652-2011

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  • Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind

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    'If great books encourage you to look at the world in an entirely new way, then Dominion is a very great book indeed . . . Written with terrific le...

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  • Enemy of All Mankind TPB

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  • Fake History: Ten Great Lies and How They Shaped the World

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    An alternative history of the world that exposes some of the biggest lies ever told and how they've been used over time.Lincoln did not believe all...

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  • GRAVEDIGGERS BPB

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    November 1932. With the German economy in ruins and street battles raging between political factions, the Weimar Republic is in its death throes....

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  • Great Speeches: Words that Shaped the World

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  • Guns, Germs and Steel: 20th Anniversary Edition

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    'A book of big questions, and big answers' Yuval Noah Harari, bestselling author of Sapiens Why has human history unfolded so differently across t...

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  • Here En Boere: Die Kolonie Aan Die Kaap Onder Die Van Der Stels, 1679-1712: Boek 5

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  • History matters: Selected writings, 1970-2016

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    History Matters is an eloquent selection of writings over four decades by Bill Nasson, one of South Africa's most popular and highly respected hist...

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  • Images of the Past: A Century of Man-Made Disasters

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    This book is a catalogue of disaster - literally. Within its pages are the major man-made calamities that shocked the world throughout the twentiet...

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  • Last Duel (Paperback)

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    Soon to be a major motion picture directed by Ridley Scott. In 1386, a few days after Christmas, a massive crowd gathered at a Paris monastery t...

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  • Letters to Change the World

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    'We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed' Martin Luther K...

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  • Letters to Change the World: From Pankhurst to Orwell

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    'We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed' Martin Luther ...

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  • Living the Love: Emily Hobhouse Post-War (1918-1926)

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  • MAGNA CARTA PB

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    A beautifully produced account of the signing, impact and legacy of Magna Carta, a document that became one of the most influential statements in t...

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  • Maoism: A Global History

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    'A landmark work giving a global panorama of Mao's ideology filled with historic events and enlivened by striking characters' Jonathan Fenby, autho...

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    Mankind: The Story of All Of Us

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    It takes more than 10 billion years to create just the right conditions on one planet for life to begin. It takes another three billion years of ev...

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  • NEW SILK ROADS PB

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    A brand new book from the Sunday Times and internationally bestselling author of The Silk Roads 'Masterly mapping out of a new world order' - Eveni...

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  • Spoilt Ballots: The Elections that Shaped South Africa, from Shaka to Cyril (Paperback)

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    ‘All those who want to understand the country’s trajectory over the long run of history will enjoy this lively and well-written text.’ – Roger Sout...

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  • Nuwe geskiedenis van Suid-Afrika

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  • On This Day in History

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    On which day was history's shortest war waged and won (in roughly 40 minutes)? How was Napoleon bested by a group of rabbits in 1807? Why did a dis...

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  • ORGAN THIEVES BPB

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    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks meets Get Out in this landmark investigation of racial inequality at the core of the heart transplant race. ...

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  • Past Mistakes: How We Misinterpret History and Why it Matters

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    'A welcome ally in the fight against fake history' Eleanor Janega, author of The Middle Ages From the fall of Rome to the rise of the Wild West, ...

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  • PILGRIMAGE

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    Pilgrimage, a global ritual embraced by all faiths, is one of the most enduring traits in our human story. In this compelling history Peter Stanfor...

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  • Places of Destiny: 50 Places Where History Was Made

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    In Places of Destiny, Ben Dupre offers a rich selection of dramatic historical events and locations: the resistance of Leonidas' Spartans, an endur...

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  • Prime Movers: The real stories of twelve great thinkers from Pericles to Gandhi

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    Ferdinand Mount has been fascinated by the great thinkers and politicians who have shaped human history over the past two millennia In this fascin...

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  • REBEL WOMEN BPB

    MILES, ROSALIND
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    'They will have to choose between giving us freedom or giving us death'So said,in 1913 ,the brilliant orator and suffragette ,Emmeline Pankhurst, j...

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  • RELICS TPB

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    Start your personal museum at home with Relics: A Bizarre History of the World Told in 201 Rare Fragments - from Ancient Rome to Dracula's Home. St...

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  • Rise And Fall (Paperback)

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    Rise and Fall opens with the Akkadian Empire, which ruled over a vast expanse of the region of ancient Mesopotamia, then turns to the immense Roman...

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  • Rogues' Gallery: An Irreverent History Of Corruption In South Africa, From The VOC To The ANC (Paperback)

    Matthew Blackman; Nick Dall
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    If you reckon corruption in South Africa began with Zuma or even with apartheid, it’s time to catch a wake-up call. Rogues’ Gallery tells the story...

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  • Short History of Humanity (Trade Paperback)

    Johannes Krause, Thomas Trappe
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    Humanity has often found itself on the precipice. We've survived and thrived because we've never stopped moving...In this eye-opening book, Johanne...

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  • Steinheist: Markus Jooste, Steinhoff & SA's biggest corporate fraud

    Rob Pose
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  • The 10 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time: Decoding History's Unsolved Mysteries

    Brad Meltzer
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    Previously collected in the interactive book History Decoded, these stories are now collected in a reading book for any history buff.

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  • The Best of Times, The Worst of Times: A History of Now

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    In the decades since the end of the Second World War, it has been widely assumed that the western model of liberal democracy and free trade is the ...

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  • The Colour of Time: A New History of the World, 1850-1960

    Dan Jones; Marina Amaral
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    The Colour of Time spans more than a hundred years of world history from the reign of Queen Victoria and the US Civil War to the Cuban Missile Cris...

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