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1	Mein Kampf more books like this by Adolf Hitler Hitler outlines a program of blood and terror in this self-revealing classic. see all copies from £6.61! new only from £9.38! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story more books like this by Diane Ackerman A true story--as powerful as "Schindler's List"--in which the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £7.97! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Year in Provence more books like this by Peter Mayle A funny--and often hilarious--month-by-month account of the charms and frustrations of moving into an old French farmhouse in Provence and adapting to a very different way of life. see all copies from £1.20! new only from £1.20! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II more books like this by Robert Kurson The perilous, obsessive world of the deep-sea diver is revealed in this true account of a six-year quest begun in 1991 to recover items from and discover the identity of a World War II U-boat sunk off the coast of New Jersey, a place where the history books said no such ship should be. As a team of divers explores the twisted wreck underwater and ... see all copies from £3.10! new only from £4.10! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century more books like this by Barbara Wertheim Tuchman "Wise, witty, and wonderful . . . A great book, in a great historical tradition." Commentary The 14th century gives us back two contradictory images: a glittering time of crusades and castles, cathedrals and chivalry, and a dark time of ferocity and spiritual agony, a world plunged into a chaos of war, fear and the Plague. Barbara Tuchman ... see all copies from £3.19! new only from £9.78! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Thunderstruck more books like this by Erik Larson The bestselling author of "The Devil in the White City" tells the amazing, interwoven stories of two men--Hawley Crippen, a doctor and an unlikely murderer, and Gugliemo Marconi, the obsessive genius who invented the wireless--whose stories converge during the greatest criminal chase of all time. see all copies from £4.82! new only from £4.82! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from more books like this by Thomas Cahill The author's graceful mastery of both prose and history combine to express both the voice and content of Irish culture. Cahill traces Ireland's pivotal role in the preservation and transmission of the intellectual legacy of the West, from the fall of Rome under the barbarian invasions that brought the Dark Ages to the rise of Medieval Europe which ... see all copies from £2.21! new only from £4.60! \| first editions
8	Angela's Ashes: A Memoir more books like this by Frank McCourt After years of teaching creative writing, Frank McCourt published his first book, thus obliging his many friends who had been urging him to write about his childhood--a subject they knew from the many uproarious and affecting stories he told about it. ANGELA'S ASHES traces the tortuous path of his life from his days in abysmal poverty in Limerick ... see all copies from £1.20! new only from £4.82! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Ordinary Men more books like this by Christopher R Browning Widely reviewed and read in hardcover, this is the shocking account of how a unit of average middle-aged Germans became the cold-blooded murderers of tens of thousands of Jews. "Browning tells us about such Germans and helps us understand . . . how they were transformed psychologically . . . into active participants in the most monstrous crime in ... see all copies from £4.79! new only from £7.84! \| first editions
10	The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 more books like this by Rick Atkinson In the second volume of his epic trilogy about the liberation of Europe in World War II, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Atkinson tells the harrowing story of the campaigns in Sicily and Italy. see all copies from £8.38! new only from £9.17! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	Homage to Catalonia more books like this by George Orwell In 1936 George Orwell went to Spain to report on the Civil War. Instead he joined the militia of the P.O.U.M. - Party of Marxist Unification - to fight against the Fascists. In this now justly famous account of his experience, Orwell describes the bleak and comic aspects of trench warfare on the Aragon front, the Barcelona uprising in May 1937, ... see all copies from £3.32! new only from £5.42! \| first editions
12 view cover	Cider with Rosie more books like this by Laurie Lee Laurie Lee's lyrical, funny, classic memoir of growing up in the English countryside in the early 20th century. see all copies from £1.20! new only from £6.45! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Children of Henry VIII more books like this by B Alison Weir, Alison Weir At his death in 1547, King Henry VIII left four heirs to the English throne: his only son, Prince Edward; his two daughters, Mary and Elizabeth; and his great-niece, Lady Jane Grey. In this riveting account, Alison Weir paints a unique portrait of these extraordinary rulers, examining their intricate relationships to each other and to history. of ... see all copies from £6.59! new only from £8.44! \| first editions
14 view cover	Decline and fall of the Roman Empire more books like this by Edward Gibbon A three-volume Modern Library edition. see all copies from £1.20! new only from £3.39! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance Portrait of an Age more books like this by William Manchester From tales of chivalrous knights to the barbarity of trial by ordeal, no era has been a greater source of awe, horror, and wonder than the Middle Ages. In handsomely crafted prose, and with the grace and authority of his extraordinary gift for narrative history, William Manchester leads us from a civilization tottering on the brink of collapse to ... see all copies from £4.82! new only from £7.49! \| first editions
16 view cover	Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia more books like this by Chris Stewart With senses of humor and humility, Steward talks about his experiences finding, restoring, and living in a rural home in Southern Spain. see all copies from £1.20! new only from £2.12! \| first editions
17 view cover	The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation more books like this by Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn Solzhenitsyn's gripping epic masterpiece, the searing record of four decades of Soviet terror and oppression, in one abridged volume, authorized by the author see all copies from £1.67! new only from £9.63! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Europe: A History more books like this by Norman Davies A political and social history of Europe, from its origins in antiquity to the present day, written by a professor of history at Oxford University. see all copies from £7.39! new only from £12.75! \| first editions
19 view cover	Notes from a Small Island more books like this by Bill Bryson Before returning to the United States after 20 years in England, Bryson embarks on a farewell circuit of the country. He integrates history and reflections of his own debut tour of England in this valediction. see all copies from £1.20! new only from £4.04! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Rick Steves' London more books like this by Rick Steves, Gene Openshaw Who but Rick Steves can tell you the best way to see the British Museum, Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral, and the Tower of London? With "Rick Steves' London 2007," you can experience the best of everything this city has to offer-economically and hassle-free. Completely revised and updated, "Rick Steves' London 2007" includes: - ... see all copies from £2.12! new only from £4.82! \| first editions
21 view cover	The Vicious Vikings more books like this by Terry Deary, Martin C Brown (Illustrator) Horrible Histories: "The Vicious Vikings" is packed with frightening facts about the vile invaders from the North and their savage enemies, including such legendary warriors as Fat-thighs, Oaf, and Stinking. see all copies from £1.20! new only from £2.21! \| first editions
22 view cover	The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington more books like this by Jennet Conant Following her bestselling accounts of the most guarded secrets of the Second World War, Conant offers a rollicking true story of spies, politicians, journalists, and intrigue in the highest circles of Washington during the tumultuous days of World War II. 16 pages of b&w photographs. see all copies from £13.84! new only from £13.84! \| signed copies \| first editions
23	History of the English-Speaking Peoples more books like this by Sir Winston Churchill see all copies from £1.20! new only from £10.66! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	The Russian Revolution more books like this by Sheila Fitzpatrick Now in a new edition, this provocative, highly readable work presents a fascinating look at events that culminated in the Russian Revolution. Focusing on the Revolution in its widest sense, Sheila Fitzpatrick covers not only the events of 1917 and what preceded them, but the social transformations brought about by the Bolsheviks. see all copies from £1.20! new only from £7.76! \| first editions
25 view cover	The Road to Wigan Pier more books like this by George Orwell George Orwell eloquently evokes the lives of poor miners and laborers in the north of England during the 1930s. As always, Orwell is violently critical of the English class structure, and dedicated to the concept of socialism as a cure for that country's ills. see all copies from £2.11! new only from £7.63! \| first editions

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