History & Transport

Looking for the best history books? Or perhaps some travel-related tales? Our brilliant range of best-selling history and travel books feature globetrotting guides, and interesting accounts of yesteryear and beyond.
Atoms and Ashes
Serhii Plokhy

'Absolutely stunning. . . a formidable achievement. A six-part historical thriller that is...

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Loot
Barnaby Phillips

A Prospect Best Book of 2021'A fascinating and timely book.' William Boyd'Gripping...a must read.'...

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The Ground Breaking
Scott Ellsworth

** Chosen by Oprah Daily as one of the Best Books to Pick Up in May 2021 **'Fast-paced but nuanced...

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The Siege of Loyalty House
Jessie Childs

'Extraordinary, thrilling, immersive... at times almost Tolstoyan in its emotional intelligence and...

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1945: Victory in the West
Prof. Peter, TD, VR, BA (Hons), PhD, FRHistS, FRGS, KJ Caddick-Adams

March 1945. Allied troops are poised to cross the Rhine and sweep on into Germany.

Victory is...

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Assembly

Assembly

Natasha Brown

£8.99

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Brothers in Arms : One Legendary Tank Regiment's Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day

Brothers in Arms

James Holland

£9.99

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Venice : A Sketchbook Guide

Venice

Matthew Rice

£18.99

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London Parks

London Parks

Hunter Davies

£9.99

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No Escape : The True Story of China's Genocide of the Uyghurs

No Escape

Nury Turkel

£20.00

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The Premonitions Bureau : A Sunday Times bestseller

The Premonitions Bureau

Sam Knight

£14.99

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Operation Pedestal : The Fleet That Battled to Malta 1942

Operation Pedestal

Max Hastings

£9.99

£9.73

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Barbarossa : How Hitler Lost the War

Barbarossa

Jonathan Dimbleby

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£9.67

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Black Gold : The History of How Coal Made Britain

Black Gold

Jeremy Paxman

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Geography Is Destiny : Britain and the World, a 10,000 Year History

Geography Is Destiny

Ian Morris

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Blood Legacy : Reckoning With a Family's Story of Slavery

Blood Legacy

Alex Renton

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The Map of Leaves

The Map of Leaves

Yarrow Townsend

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Things I Have Withheld

Things I Have Withheld

Kei Miller

£9.99

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Atoms and Ashes : From Bikini Atoll to Fukushima

Atoms and Ashes

Serhii Plokhy

£25.00

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Exiles : Three Island Journeys

Exiles

William Atkins

£20.00

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Sea Fever : A Seaside Companion: from buoys and bowlines to selkies and setting sail

Sea Fever

Meg Clothier

£9.99

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Women in the War

Women in the War

Lucy Fisher

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Platypus Matters : The Extraordinary Story of Australian Mammals

Platypus Matters

Jack Ashby

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A Spectre, Haunting : On the Communist Manifesto

A Spectre, Haunting

China Mieville

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Battles of Conscience : British Pacifists and the Second World War

Battles of Conscience

Tobias Kelly

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The Greeks : A Global History

The Greeks

Professor Prof Roderick Beaton

£12.99

£11.49

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Innovation : The History of England Volume VI

Innovation

Peter Ackroyd

£12.99

£11.42

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Burning Man : The Ascent of DH Lawrence

Burning Man

Frances Wilson

£12.99

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The Yoga Manifesto : How yoga helped me and why it needs to save itself

The Yoga Manifesto

Nadia Gilani

£16.99

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The Greatest Escape : A gripping story of wartime courage and adventure

The Greatest Escape

Neil Churches

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£16.02

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