History Books

This beautiful and engaging volume charts the evolution of manga from its roots in late 19th-century Japan through the many and varied forms of co...

; Pagination: 320 pages; Date of Publication: 18/09/1994

Magnificent! The best how-to manual ever published. - Kevin Kelly, Cool Tools Scott McCloud tore down the wall between high and low culture in 199...

Aimed to fashion students and designers, Palette Perfect is both a practical guide and an inspirational book that proposes a reflection on the univ...

Find The Shortest History of China by Linda Jaivin from publishers Old Street Publishing at Books2Door! ; over 50 black and white illustrations; ...

Find The Shortest History of Greece by James Heneage from publishers Old Street Publishing at Books2Door! ; 72 black and white illustrations, ma...

Find Putin's Russia: The Rise of a Dictator by Darryl Cunningham from publishers Myriad Editions at Books2Door! ; 144 pages, Colour illustration...

Find The Shortest History of Europe by John Hirst from publishers Old Street Publishing at Books2Door! ; ; Published: 01/04/2018

Collective Winner of the 2019 Highland Book PrizeUnder the ravishing light of an Alaskan sky, objects are spilling from the thawing tundra linking ...

Why did the 1917 American Red Cross Mission to Russia include more financiers than medical doctors? Rather than caring for the victims of war and r...

'The contribution made by American capitalism to German war preparations can only be described as phenomenal. It was certainly crucial to German mi...

With an Introduction by Angus Calder. As Angus Calder states in his introduction to this edition, 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom is one of the major st...

In the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, a stunningly vivid historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and whit...

Evil and hope clash and burn in the epic and shocking conclusion to the Shadow of the Fox trilogy. 'One of my all-time favour...

'One of my all time favourite fantasy novels!' Ellen Oh, author of the Prophecy and Spirit Hunters series ...

For two and a half thousand years The Art of War has been the core text of military strategy and planning, providing leaders with enduring insights...

John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) is perhaps the foremost economic thinker of the twentieth century. On economic theory, he ranks with Adam Smith and...

'Oliver is an evocative storyteller, vividly bringing his tales to life' BBC HistoryFrom Genghis Khan's domination on earth to Armstrong's first st...

'Richly entertaining... impressively well-researched' Daily Mail, Biography of the YearThe Sunday Times bestselling biography of the glamorous coup...

Probing, jargon-free and written with the pace of a detective story... [Procter] dissects western museum culture with such forensic fury that it mi...

Based on the Gigantosaurus animated TV series. Four young dinosaurs navigate the Cretaceous world in this ROAR-some prehistoric adventure!After d...

'An ingenious marriage of comedy and crime.' Olga Tokarczuk, 2018 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature'The sprightly narrative and vivid evocati...

Shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2018A Book of the Year for the Evening Standard and the Observer A black porter publicly whips a white En...

Yuval Noah Harari's bestselling phenomenon now in a beautifully packaged new special edition. Planet Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a ...

From the author of international bestseller On Tyranny, this prescient analysis of Russia's ongoing interference in the West is now more relevant t...

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA NON-FICTION CROWN 2020*Meet the three women who helped shape the course of modern Chinese history; a gripping story of sis...

In At Home, Bill Bryson applies the same irrepressible curiosity, irresistible wit, stylish prose and masterful storytelling that made A Short Hist...

___________A Waterstones Paperback of the Year 2022'Fascinating... You'll learn more about the psychological workings of Nazism by reading this sup...

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP THREE BESTSELLER; Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History 2018; One of the Daily Telegraph's Best Books of 2017...

Find This Golden Fleece: A Journey Through Britain's Knitted History by Esther Rutter from publishers Granta Books at Books2Door! ; 352 pages; Pu...

Winner of the Tir na n-Og AwardShortlisted for the Young Quills Historical Fiction AwardLonglisted for the Carnegie MedalIt is the year 454AD. The ...

***'An indispensable volume'Vogue'As rabid admirers and collectors of contemporary art and photography we wholeheartedly recommend this passionate...

How is The Colour Code different to other books on colour? Well, the short answer is that it is a whole lot more fun - not least because it is exte...

Find Debt: The First 5000 Years by David Graeber from publishers Melville House Publishing at Books2Door! ; 548 pages; Published: 28/10/2014

'Brilliantly entertaining and original' C.L. Taylor'A standout book' Rosie WalshFrom the Sunday Times-bestselling author Rowan Coleman, comes a spe...

'Compelling' Sunday Times'A triumph' Daily Mirror'Gripping' Jonathan Dimbleby1941. The Battle of the Atlantic is a disaster. Thousands of supply sh...

'Fascinating... One of the most astute political commentators on Putin and modern Russia' Financial Times'An amazing achievement' Peter FrankopanCa...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS AN OBAMA'S BOOK OF THE YEAR'Gorgeous, sensual, addictive' SARA COLLINS 'Brig...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'[A] clever, lively ... splendid new book'DAN JONES, SUNDAY TIMES'A big gold bar of delight'SPECTATORSixteen hundred yea...

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BOOK AWARDS 2020*'A bravura performance, highly entertaining' Evening StandardThe Booker Prize-winning author of The Sen...

Discover how the campaign to end slavery divided Britain and was almost thwarted by some of the most powerful and famous figures of the era. **SH...

Meet Katherine Johnson, the mathematical genius who helped make the historic Apollo 11 moon landings possible and made sure that Apollo 13 returned...

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

'Spellbinding ... a pitch-perfect treasure' LoveReading4KidsSet your sails east with this stunningly original new history of the world. Peter Fra...

Exam Board: Pearson EdexcelLevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2018Endorsed for EdexcelTarget success in E...

The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world's surface. How did one family turn a war-ruined principa...

** WINNER OF THE PEN HESSELL-TILTMAN PRIZE 2021 **'Beautiful, evocative, authoritative.' Professor Brian Cox'Important reading not just for anyone ...

Former Tornado Navigator John Nichol tells the incredible story of the RAF Tornado force during the First Gulf War in 1991; the excitement and the ...