History Books

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...

Back in 2002, Simon "Woody" Wood was dreaming up schemes to get free sneakers. Two weeks later, he was the proud owner of Sneaker Freaker and his l...

Clothes define people. A person's attire, whether it's a sari, kimono, or business suit, is an essential code to his or her culture, class, persona...

A brand-new edition of the vintage travel classic by Robert Louis Stevenson. First published in 1878 and now re-issued by Manderley Press, with an ...

Find Queen Elizabeth II: A Glorious 70 Years by Alison James from publishers Danann Media Publishing Limited at Books2Door! ; 144 pages; Publishe...

A deadly secret. A horrifying discovery. A daughter tells the devastating true story her mother tried to hide... Growing up in a chaotic home o...

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

Find Focke-Wulf Ta 154: Luftwaffe Reich Defence Day and Night Interceptor by Dietmar Hermann from publishers Crecy Publishing at Books2Door! ; 22...

Find American Secret Projects 4: Bombers, Attack and Anti-Submarine Aircraft 1945-1974 by Tony Buttler from publishers Crecy Publishing at Books2Do...

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

Find The Shortest History of England by James Hawes from publishers Old Street Publishing at Books2Door! ; 240 pages; Published: 03/11/2020

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

When Princess Elizabeth became Queen on 6 February 1952, few could have anticipated that she would go on to become Britain's longest-reigning monar...

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...

Celebrating the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, the incredible history of HM Queen Elizabeth II's 70-year reign, told through the enthralling life storie...

Travel across the world and back in time to meet the incredible creatures that once stalked our planet, including dinosaurs, flying reptiles and ma...

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

The Queen was Britain's longest-reigning monarch and one of the most famous women in the world. But what was she really like? This enthralling stor...

'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...

Dinosaur fans will quickly become dinosaur experts with this informative, inventive and entertaining take on a dinosaur book! Do you know all there...

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...

___________'Fascinating... You'll learn more about the psychological workings of Nazism by reading this superbly researched chronicle... than you w...

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...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERShortlisted for the 2020 Cundill History Prize'Riveting and original ... a work enriched by solid scholarship, vivid ...

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...

A colourful and comical tour through history from cartoonists Mike Barfield and Jess Bradley. The hilarious minds behind A Day in the Life of a P...

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...

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN ORDINARY ANIMAL. EVERY ONE HAS A HEROIC STORY TO TELL. Discover how . . . Able Seacat Simon rescued the crew o...

'Christie lovers should read this biography for the same reason they read her novels.' - The Times'A model of how to combine biographical informati...