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		Empire's Children
		Trace Your Family History Across the World		History
		Anton Gill
		HarperPress 2007  282 pages
		Hardback  Illustrated  0007247141  246x187mm		Qty
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	Anton Gill tells the story of the British Empire at a personal and uniquely engaging level through the lives of six very different celebrities: Chris Bisson, Diana Rigg, David Steel, Jenny Eclair, Adrian Lester and Shobna Gulati, whose families lived in Trinidad, India, Kenya, Malaysia and Jamaica. As each one researches their own family roots, they discover a heritage which illuminates the lives and journeys of countless others who lived in the 40 million square kilometres of Britain's former domains. Accompanied the Channel 4 TV series.

		Life and Death in the Age of Sail
		The Passage to Australia		History
		Robin Haines
		National Maritime 2006  365 pages
		Paperback  Illustrated  0948065702		Qty
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	Focusing on the working-class emigrants who travelled to Australia during the 19th century, and particularly those on government-assisted passage after 1831, Haines's study examines conditions on board ship and the health and death experienced during those journeys. Through their applications for government-assisted passages, these people in search of a new life were meticulously documented before they left Britain, and the study draws on those sources to supplement the vivid picture of the voyage painted by the emigrants' own letters and diaries.

		Dancing in the Streets
		A History of Collective Joy		History
		Barbara Ehrenreich
		Granta 2007  320 pages
		Hardback    1862079544		Qty
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	In an original approach to an important and neglected subject, Barbara Ehrenreich combines the skills of investigative journalist and historian of human behaviour to analyse the fundamental human desire for collective expressions of joy. Presenting a wide range of examples, from carnivals and ecstatic religions to football crowds and pop concerts, she examines how these needs have been expressed, and how they have been suppressed by ruling elites and repressive religions.

		A Countryman's Year
				History
		Alan C Jenkins
		Selectabook 1980  208 pages
		Hardback  Illustrated  1844060101		Qty
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	Alan Jenkins presents an engrossing 'personal pastiche' of things encountered, seen or heard in the English countryside over the course of a year. From cattle cavorting around the trailer bringing bales of summer-scented hay in January, to birds feasting on a dead sheep in December, Jenkins keeps a naturalist's eye on flora and fauna and describes the farmer's changing work through the seasons and country activities such as hedging, hunting and falconry. Illustrated with archive and modern photographs and paintings by Peter Barrett.

		The Reign of Chivalry
				History
		Richard Barber
		Boydell 2005  184 pages
		Hardback  Illustrated  1843831821		Qty
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	Richard Barber's classic account of the medieval world shows how chivalry affected or was affected by great social movements, great writers and great events, and analyses its legacy for later ages. Beginning with the knight, Barber discusses what sets this central figure of chivalry apart from other fighting men; he then examines chivalry in relation to literature, particularly the Arthurian cycle, and to religion; and ends with the transition from medieval knight to Renaissance gentleman.

		Stonehenge
		The Biography of Landscape		History
		Timothy Darvill
		Tempus 2007  320 pages
		Paperback  Illustrated  0752443429		Qty
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	Taking 'a more holistic view of the landscape' than most studies, Timothy Darvill's book looks at Stonehenge within the context of the surrounding area - a landscape that contains one of the most dense concentrations of prehistoric remains in the world. The study covers the human occupation of that landscape from before the construction of Stonehenge (pre-4000 BCE), studying the archaeology of its prehistoric sites, and following its history up to the Neo-Druids and conservation debates of the 20th century.

		Classical World
				History
		Dr Ian Barnes
		Eagle 2007  160 pages
		Hardback  Illustrated  1845733576  354x284mm		Qty
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	This comprehensive exploration of the civilizations of antiquity begins with the earliest human settlements and topics such as the origins of writing, numerical systems and religion before dealing in turn with Egypt and the Near East, Greece, Rome, India, China, Japan, the Americas and Africa.

		The Master Plan
		Himmler's Scholars and the Holocaust		History
		Heather Pringle
		Fourth Estate 2006  463 pages
		Hardback  Illustrated  0007148127		Qty
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	In 1935 Himmler founded the Ahnenerbe, an institute of scholars and mystics whose task was to discover new evidence about Germany's ancient ancestors and present it to the public. But this facade of scientific method concealed the distortion of facts and the creation of myths supporting Hitler's notions about prehistory. The Ahnenerbe's half-baked theories take on a chilling and sinister character in the light of Heather Pringle's researches, which reveal their connection with Himmler's masterplan for the elimination of Jews and establishment of Aryan colonies.

		The Hitler Book
		The Secret Dossier Prepared for Stalin		History
		Henrik Eberle; Matthias Uhl (Edited by)
		John Murray 2005  370 pages
		Hardback  Illustrated  0719554985		Qty
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	In 1945, on direct orders from Stalin, Russian secret police began interviewing eyewitnesses and documenting the exact circumstances of Hitler's final days in the bunker. The investigation ('Operation Myth') provided a remarkable, in-depth assessment of the dictator's life and psychological profile. Recently discovered in Stalin's archives, the Hitler Book is now recognized as one of the best primary sources on Hitler's downfall. The complete dossier is presented here, with commentary by Eberle and Uhl and a foreword by Richard Overy. Translated by Giles MacDonogh.

		The Savage Border
		The Story of the North-West Frontier		History
		Jules Stewart
		Sutton 2007  240 pages
		Hardback  Illustrated  0750944528		Qty
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		Roman Britain
				History
		Martin Millett
		Batsford 2005  144 pages
		Paperback  Illustrated  9780713489  247x189mm		Qty
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	What was the impact of the Roman conquest on native Britons? Archaeologist Martin Millett moves away from the accounts of Roman authors to assess the evidence provided by artefacts dating from the time of the occupation and before. He offers new insights into the cultural diversity of the population, the evolution of Celtic art and the Romans' influence on civil administration and religious practice.

		Kristallnacht
		Prelude to Destruction		History
		Martin Gilbert
		HarperPress 2006  314 pages
		Hardback  Illustrated  0007192401		Qty
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	On 10 November 1938, the infamous 'night of broken glass', an orgy of violence against Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues broke out across Germany. With meticulous research based on 50 eyewitness accounts, Sir Martin Gilbert shows that this was no spontaneous combustion, but a well-planned, skilfully orchestrated campaign of violence and intimidation. He identifies this night as the moment when the Nazis lost any semblance of civilized respectability and revealed to the world the true brutality of their regime.

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