History & Archaeology

Bushido: The Samurai Code of Japan is one of the most influential books ever written on "the way of the warrior." A classic study of Japanese cultu...

This is a unique collection of strange laws, heroic deeds, surprising revelations and other quirky stories that have shaped the unique history of S...

A History of Dangerous Assumptions features over two hundred illuminating and intriguing case-studies of this fascinating subject, including some o...

At the heart of the Floating World and the system it supported was an extensive network of talented courtesans and entertainers, typified by the st...

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Summary Specs Open this book to visit Asia's amazing...

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Part of a new series created for the modern reader, introducing the heroes, cultures, myths and religions of the world, this is the epic story of J...

A new title in the series created for the modern reader, introducing the heroes, cultures, myths and religions of the world. The tale of the legend...

Operation Overlord, the codename given to the Allied invasion of German-occupied Western Europe in 1944, was arguably the most challenging, complic...

This classic interpretation of Miyamoto Musashi's famous Book of Five Rings is explicitly intended for the martial artist-as Miyamoto Musashi origi...

Focusing on military strategy, psychology and tactics, The Art of War has been a source of great strategic inspiration throughout the ages and its ...

'Welcome to our story, this history. Wherever in the world the bones of your ancestors lie, wherever their ashes may have been dispersed, here you ...

Trying to understand the wonders and mysteries of the natural world has been a human preoccupation since the earliest times. It is therefore hardly...

With the approach of WW2 the de Havilland Aerodrome at Hatfield went through a major expansion, concentrating on Mosquito production and developmen...

The New Zealand Wars were a series of conflicts that profoundly shaped the course and direction of our nation's history. Fought between the Crown a...

Pirates: Fact and Fiction

For the first time ever, discover the story behind the Stebbing recording legacy. From pioneering violins and 78 records, to the singers, songwrite...

The Edges of Empires is a captivating and intimate account of New Zealand in the 1850s. Paul Moon has shone a powerful light on this previously obs...

Samurai Castles features hundreds of stunning color photographs and little-known details about the most important and well-preserved Samurai castle...

Rua Kenana was an extraordinary prophetic leader from the Urewera. Resisting threats to expel the Tuhoe people from their ancestral lands, he estab...

"Amazing & Extraordinary Facts about Kings and Queens" unearths a wealth of fascinating truths about British monarchs from pre-Roman times to t...