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The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt
in stock'How could such a book speak so powerfully to our present moment? The short answer is that we, too, live in dark times' Washington PostHannah Arend...
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The Posthumous Papers of the Manuscripts Club by Christopher de Hamel
Only 9 left!The acclaimed author of Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts introduces us to the extraordinary keepers and companions of medieval manuscripts over...
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Chernobyl Prayer: Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich
Only 19 left!Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature'Absolutely essential and heartbreaking reading. There's a reason Ms. Alexievich won a Nobel Prize' - Craig ...
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The Poetic Edda by Carolyne Larrington
in stock'She sees, coming up a second time,Earth from the ocean, eternally green;the waterfalls plunge, an eagle soars above them,over the mountain hunting...
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Sayings and Anecdotes: with Other Popular Moralists by Diogenes the Cynic
in stock'many men compete in digging and kicking but no one at all in the pursuit of human excellence.'Diogenes the Cynic is best remembered today for havi...
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The Masnavi, Book One by Jalal al-Din Rumi
in stock'The pen would smoothly write the things it knewBut when it came to love it split in two,A donkey stuck in mud is logic's fate -Love's nature only ...
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Oxford AQA History for A Level: The Tudors England 1485-1603 by Michael Tillbrook
in stockPlease note this title is suitable for any student studying:Exam Board: AQA Level: A Level Subject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2015 First exa...
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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
Only 8 left!'A landmark piece of non-fiction' Janet Maslin, The New York TimesFrom the winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this is one of the great untold stories of...
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The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber
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The Light Ages: A Medieval Journey of Discovery by Seb Falk
Only 7 left!Chosen as a Book of the Year by The Times, Daily Telegraph, TLS, BBC History Magazine and Tablet'Compulsive, brilliantly clear and superbly well-wr...
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Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World by Niall Ferguson
in stockNiall Ferguson's acclaimed bestseller on the highs and lows of Britain's empireOnce vast swathes of the globe were coloured imperial red and Britan...
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The Scottish Clearances: A History of the Dispossessed, 1600-1900 by T. M. Devine
in stock'A superb book ... Anybody interested in Scottish history needs to read it' Andrew Marr, Sunday TimesEighteenth-century Scotland is famed for gene...
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Devil-Land: England Under Siege, 1588-1688 by Clare Jackson
Only 11 left!*WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2022*A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021, AS CHOSEN BY THE TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, TELEGRAPH AND TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT '...
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The Unwomanly Face of War by Svetlana Alexievich
in stock'A must read' - Margaret Atwood'It would be hard to find a book that feels more important or original' - Viv Groskop, ObserverExtraordinary stories...
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Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany by Norman Ohler
in stockTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'The most brilliant and fascinating book I have read in my entire life' Dan Snow'A huge contribution... remarkable' Ant...
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Lost Kingdom: A History of Russian Nationalism from Ivan the Great to Vladimir Putin by Serhii Plokhy
Only 15 left!'Brisk and thoughtful, this book could hardly be more timely' Dominic Sandbrook, BBC History Magazine, Books of the YearFrom a preeminent scholar o...
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Upheaval: How Nations Cope with Crisis and Change by Jared Diamond
Only 6 left!'A riveting and illuminating tour of how nations deal with crises - which might hopefully help humanity as a whole deal with our present global cri...
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A Fistful of Shells by Toby Green
Only 5 left!Shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize, Cundill History Prize, Fage and Oliver Prize, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Pius Adesanmi Mem...
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The Rise and Fall of the British Nation: A Twentieth-Century History by David Edgerton
Only 8 left!'Forget almost everything you thought you knew about Britain ... You will not find a better informed history' David Goodhart, Evening Standard'A s...
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Hiroshima by John Hersey
Only 6 left!The explosion over Hiroshima of the first nuclear bomb reduced, in an instant, an entire city to rubble and killed over 100,000 men, women and chil...
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Eastern Approaches by Fitzroy MaClean
Only 13 left!70th Anniversary Edition with a New Foreword by Sunday Times Bestselling Author Simon Sebag Montefiore'A classic' Observer | 'A legend' Washington ...
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Stalingrad by Antony Beevor
Only 17 left!The international million copy bestseller recounting the epic turning point of the second world war. It's a harrowing look at one of history's dark...
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Napoleon the Great by Andrew Roberts
in stock'A Napoleonic triumph of a book, irresistibly galloping with the momentum of a cavalry charge' Simon Sebag Montefiore'Simply dynamite' Bernard C...
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Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 11 and the Final Solution in Poland by Christopher R Browning
in stockOrdinary Men has been admired all over the world and is now published in the UK for the first time. It takes as its basis the detailed records of o...
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Barbarians At The Gate by Bryan Burrough
in stockThe battle for the control of RJR Nabisco in the Autumn of 1988, which became the largest and most dramatic corporate takeover in American history,...
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Guns, Germs and Steel: The history of everybody (20th Anniversary Edition) by Jared Diamond
in stock**WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE** 'A book of big questions, and big answers' Yuval Noah Harari, bestselling author of Sapiens Why has human history ...
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The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe by Angela Kelly
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Soldiers: Great Stories of War and Peace by Max Hastings
Only 3 left!'A gripping new collection from Max Hastings that puts you at the heart of the battle ... Compelling' Daily Mail 'An unmissable read' Sund...
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Meet the Georgians: Epic Tales from Britain's Wildest Century by Robert Peal
in stock'The way Robert Peal describes Georgian England, you'd be mad not to want to live there yourself' GUARDIAN Anne Bonny and Mary...
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The Royal Game by Anne O'Brien
Only 5 left!'I was completely captivated' Barbara Erskine The spellbinding new historical novel from the Sunday Times bestseller Anne O'Br...
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The Night Portrait by Laura Morelli
Only 11 left!'Historical fiction at its best' Reader review The Tattooist of Auschwitz meets Girl with a Pearl Earring in this gripping, du...
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The Boy Who Drew Auschwitz: A Powerful True Story of Hope and Survival by Thomas Geve
in stock'We felt an urge to document what we had witnessed. If we who had experienced it, I reasoned, did not reveal the bitter truth, people simply would ...
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A Double Life by Charlotte Philby
Only 3 left!The Times Thrillers of the Year 2020 'Superbly crafted with heart-stopping twists and chills galore. A new star has arrived in...
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Abyss: The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 by Max Hastings
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Operation Pedestal: The Fleet That Battled to Malta 1942 by Max Hastings
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A History of Water: Being an Account of a Murder, an Epic and Two Visions of Global History by Edward Wilson-Lee
Only 2 left!'Exhilarating and whip-smart' THE SUNDAY TIMES From award-winning writer Edward Wilson-Lee, this is a thrilling true historica...
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I Used to Live Here Once: The Haunted Life of Jean Rhys by Miranda Seymour
Only 2 left!'Brilliantly written, compulsively readable and insightful' Pat Barker 'A first-class life and a rollicking read ... Close to a masterpiec...
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The Curse of the School Rabbit by Judith Kerr
Only 7 left!The final masterpiece from one of the greatest storytellers and illustrators of all time - David Walliams The hilarious story of...
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Arrowood and The Meeting House Murders by Mick Finlay
Only 3 left!London Society takes their problems to Sherlock Holmes. Everyone else goes to Arrowood. 'Finlay depicts a seedy, ...
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Albert & the Whale by Philip Hoare
Only 5 left!A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR AN OBSERVER BEST ART BOOK OF 2021 SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLI...
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Albert & the Whale by Philip Hoare
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The Wood Age: How Wood Shaped the Whole of Human History by Roland Ennos
Only 6 left!When our ancestors came down from the trees, they brought the trees with them and remade the world. 'A stunning book on the...
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Extraordinary Insects: Weird. Wonderful. Indispensable. the Ones Who Run Our World. by Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson
Only 2 left!*The Sunday Times Bestseller* 'Extraordinary Insects is a joy' The Times A Sunday Tim...
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Chastise: The Dambusters by Max Hastings
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The Last Daughter by Nicola Cornick
Only 4 left!Nicola Corick's latest spellbinding historical mystery, The Winter Garden, is available to pre-order now! A secret hidden in the...
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The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human, and How to Tell Them Better by Will Storr
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The Queen's Rival by Anne O'Brien
Only 6 left!The forgotten story of Cecily Neville, Duchess of York. A strong woman who claimed the throne for her family in a time of war... ...
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The Frayed Atlantic Edge: A Historian's Journey from Shetland to the Channel by David Gange
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History is not just another subject in school. History is for those intrigued by the evolution of the human race. Think of history this way—all the iconic events and defining moments in time that have led us to today as a civilisation make history. Events that have been significant in human evolution are what make history. If it wasn’t for history, we wouldn’t know where we came from. It is through history books that we learn how our forefathers lived and how we got to where we did. Bet you are already interested, when you think of history like that.
Here are some of our favourite history books to read with your child. It is important that you stir a curiosity in their young minds about the stories of the past so they don’t dismiss history and reduce it to boring dates and names. To help you do just that, we at Books2Door have curated a very special history books collection that packs a punch of saucy tales from the various historic periods in time, across many civilisations. Here are some of the best history books that you must add to your child’s home library if you want to raise them up to love history.
DK Eyewitness Children’s Collection 8 Books Set for children aged 9-14 is a lesson in history that combines fun and learning. The books allow you and your kid to take a trip back in time to the eras of the Romans, the Tudors and the Ancient Egyptians in this must-have historical collection of books.
This is not history as your kid has learnt it in school. This history book set is an engaging insight into the world’s richest civilisations. Through these books your child will visit a Roman bath-house, explore the Persian empire, find their way through a Victorian maze and witness the fall of the Berlin Wall. The whole of human history is brought to life for children in this DK Eyewitness Children’s collection of 8 spectacular books on various historic civilisations.
Usborne Beginners History 10 Books Collection Box Set for children aged 9 and up is yet another way to get your child interested in world history. With this collection set your child can fit a world of information into their pockets and brains. Curious minds can explore different ancient civilisations, statistics, cool pictures, and incredible facts about ancient history. Did you know that over 50,000 people could fit into the Colosseum at one time? Or that Romans used public baths and used olive oil instead of soap? Kids can read up about all of this and all the information they ever needed to know about ancient Rome - Vikings, gladiators, baths, battles, and more!
Horrible Histories Blood Curdling 20 Books Collection By Terry Deary This collection would remain incomplete without the Horrible Histories book series that has essentially redefined how history is read and taught to children. Whilst the history taught in school is all about the kings, the kingdoms and the rich and the powerful. In Terry Deary’s Horrible Histories; history is all about overturning the hierarchy and his heroes are always the little people and not those in power. This makes the Horrible Histories books funny and yet your child will learn at the same time. The aim of the books is to educate but also entertain. The books are filled with silly jokes, trivia and humorous stories, which makes the facts much more memorable.