The Art of War & Other Classics of Eastern Philosophy (Leatherbound Classics) by Sun Tzu, Lao-Tzu, Confucius, Mencius
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Category: MILITARY/HISTORY | Series: Leather-Bound Classics Ser.
The words of the ancient Chinese sages are as timeless as they are wise. The words of ancient Chinese philosophers have influenced other thinkers across the world for more than 2,000 years, and continue to shape our ideas today. The Art of War & Other Classics of Eastern Philosophy includes tran ...Show more
The Secret History of the Five Eyes: The untold story of the shadowy international spy network, through its targets, traitors and spies by Richard Kerbaj
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Category: MILITARY/HISTORY
The first published account of the Five Eyes, the elite spy network created by Britain and the United States that industrialised espionage operations. The Times best political books of 2022 'This thought-provoking and informative book suggests that the era of globetrotting lone agents such as James Bond ...Show more
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre
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Category: MILITARY/HISTORY | Reading Level: good
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"The best true spy story I have ever read."--JOHN LE CARR The celebrated author of Double Cross and Rogue Heroes returns with his greatest spy story yet, a thrilling Americans-era tale of Oleg Gordievsky, the Russian whose secret work helped hasten the end of the Cold War. I ...Show more
Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age by Tom Holland
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Category: MILITARY/HISTORY
The third in the epic trilogy narrating the history of the Roman Empire from renowned historian Tom Holland. Pax is the third in a trilogy of books narrating the history of the Roman Empire. The series that began with Rubicon, and continued with Dynasty, now arrives at the period which marks the apogee ...Show more
The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England by Marc Morris
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Category: MILITARY/HISTORY
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'[A] clever, lively ... splendid new book'DAN JONES, SUNDAY TIMES'A big gold bar of delight'SPECTATORSixteen hundred years ago Britain left the Roman Empire and swiftly fell into ruin. Into this violent and unstable world came foreign invaders from across the sea, and establis ...Show more
Ancient Greek Philosophers
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Category: MILITARY/HISTORY | Series: Leather-Bound Classics Ser.
"Philosophy begins in wonder."--Plato Have you ever wondered about the development of civilization? What topics were discussed in the days of Ancient Greece? This collection of thoughts from Plato, Aristotle, and other masters of philosophy will lead your mind on a journey of enlightened exploration ...Show more
Unruly: A History of England's Kings and Queens by David Mitchell
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Category: MILITARY/HISTORY
A seriously FUNNY, seriously CLEVER history of our early kings and queens by one of our favourite comedians and cultural commentators This will be the most refreshing, entertaining history of England you'll have ever read. Certainly, the funniest. Because David Mitchell will explain how it is not all n ...Show more
The English and their History by Robert Tombs
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Category: MILITARY/HISTORY
The first full-length history of England in one volume for many decades - now in paperback The English first came into existence as an idea, before they had a common ruler and before the country they lived in even had a name. They have lasted as a recognizable entity ever since, and their defining natio ...Show more
Dark Brilliance: The Age of Reason from Descartes to Peter the Great by Paul Strathern
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Category: MILITARY/HISTORY
Between the end of the Renaissance and the start of the Enlightenment, Europe lived through an era known as the Age of Reason. This was a period which saw advances in areas such as art, science, philosophy, political theory and economics. However, all this was achieved against a background of extreme ...Show more
Guts Glory and Blunder: Noreuil, 1917 – The Forgotten Fight by Andrew Faulkner
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Category: MILITARY/HISTORY
This is a story of a forgotten battle. Other than in the haunted memories of those who fought there, and the families of those who died there, this battle is a footnote in the history books: a backwater off a side road at the end of a cul-de-sac on the battlefield tour trail. Guts Glory and Blunder reac ...Show more
The Rest is History (The Official Book from the Makers of the Hit Podcast) by Tom Holland; Dominic Sandbrook
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Category: MILITARY/HISTORY
Make room Herodotus, stand down Bede, pipe down Pepys . . . There's a new history book in town. From the chart-topping podcast The Rest is History, a whistle-stop tour through the past from Alexander the Great to Tolkein, the Wars of the Roses to Watergate. The nation's favourite historians Tom Holland ...Show more
A Village in the Third Reich: How ordinary lives were transformed by the rise of Fascism by Julia Boyd, Angelika Patel
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Category: MILITARY/HISTORY
Oberstdorf is a beautiful village high up in the Bavarian Alps, a place where for hundreds of years people lived simple lives while history was made elsewhere. Yet even here, in the southernmost corner of Germany, National Socialism sought to control not only people’s lives but also their minds. Drawing ...Show more