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Myths of Geography

Eight Ways We Get the World Wrong

2024 || Paperback || Paul Richardson || Little, Brown

Is geography really destiny?



Our maps may no longer be stalked by dragons and monsters, but our perceptions of the world are still shaped by geographic myths. Myths like Europe being the centre of the world. Or that border walls are the solution to migration. Or that Russia is predestined to threaten its neighbours.



In his punchy and authoritative new book, Paul Richardson challenges recent popular accounts of geographical determinism and shows that how we see the world repr...

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The Last Emperor of Mexico

A Disaster in the New World

2024 || Paperback || Edward Shawcross || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.

The bizarre and little known story of how a hubristicArchduke became the puppet Emperor of Mexico -with tragic results and pivotal historical consequencesfor Europe and America.

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A History of Western Society, Volume 2

2024 || Paperback || Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks e.a. || Macmillan Learning

Bring the history of Western society to life

Praised for its easy-to-read narrative and attention to the lives of ordinary people, A History of Western Society, Fourteenth Edition, includes even more tools to engage students and save instructors time. A signature focus on social and cultural history helps students engage with and think critically about the past. Achieve, a powerful course platform, combines the full e-textbook with a wealth of additional primary sources, tutorials, activities...

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England Under the Tudors

2024 || Paperback || G.R. Elton || Taylor & Francis Group Limited

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Spain in Our Hearts

Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939

2024 || Paperback || Adam Hochschild || Pan Macmillan

The remarkable story of the American volunteers who fought in the Spanish Civil War.

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Courting India

England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire

2024 || Paperback || Nandini Das || Bloomsbury Publishing

A profound and ground-breaking new history of one of the most important encounters in the history of colonialism: the British arrival in India in the early seventeenth century.

'A triumph of writing and scholarship. It is hard to imagine anyone ever bettering Das's account of this part of the story' - William Dalrymple, Financial Times

'A fascinating glimpse of the origins of the British Empire . . . drawn in dazzling technicolour' - Spectator

'Beautifully written and masterfully researched,...

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Empires of the Normans

Makers of Europe, Conquerors of Asia

2024 || Paperback || Levi Roach || John Murray Press

The first global history of the Normans, who came to dominate Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle East.

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The Nutmeg's Curse

Parables for a Planet in Crisis

2024 || Paperback || Amitav Ghosh || John Murray Press

From the bestselling author of the Ibis trilogy and The Great Derangement, The Nutmeg's Curse is an enthralling, panoramic history of the influence of colonialism on the world today, told through the surprising story of the nutmeg.

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Blood on the Snow

The Russian Revolution 1914-1924

2024 || Paperback || Robert Service || Pan Macmillan

The great historian of twentieth- and twenty-first-century Russia returns with an enthralling revisionist history of the Russian Revolution.

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Geography Is Destiny

Britain and the World, a 10,000 Year History

2024 || Paperback || Ian Morris || Profile Books Ltd

The story of Britain, from its first moments as an island to its possible future