A Brief History of Henry VIII - King, Reformer and Tyrant
A Brief History of Henry VIII - King, Reformer and Tyra...
Henry VIII changed the course of English life more completel...

A Brief History of Ancient Greece
A Brief History of Ancient Greece
Written by five leading authorities on the classical world; ...

Thomas Cromwell - The Untold Story of Henry VIII's Most Faithful Servant
Thomas Cromwell - The Untold Story of Henry VIII's Most...
Thomas Cromwell has long been reviled as a Machiavellian sch...

Henry Viii DVD
Henry Viii DVD
Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region...

Henry Viii DVD
Henry Viii DVD
Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region...

Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII: Volume 1, Part 1: Preserved in the Public Record Office, the British Museum, and
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign ...
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of He...

Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII: Volume 3, Part 2.1: Preserved in the Public Record Office, the British Museum, a
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign ...
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of He...

Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII: Volume 2, Part 2: Preserved in the Public Record Office, the British Museum, and
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign ...
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of He...

Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII: Volume 3, Part 2.2: Preserved in the Public Record Office, the British Museum, a
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign ...
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of He...

Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII: Volume 1, Part 2: Preserved in the Public Record Office, the British Museum, and
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign ...
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of He...

Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII: Volume 2, Part 1.1: Preserved in the Public Record Office, the British Museum, a
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign ...
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of He...

Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII: Volume 2, Part 1.2: Preserved in the Public Record Office, the British Museum, a
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign ...
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of He...

Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII: Volume 3, Part 1: Preserved in the Public Record Office, the British Museum, and
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign ...
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of He...

Early Tudor Government: Volume 2, Henry VIII
Early Tudor Government: Volume 2, Henry VIII
Early Tudor Government: Volume 2, Henry VIII - University te...

A Brief History Of Henry VIII - King, Reformer And Tyrant

King Flashypants and the Toys of Terror - Book 3

King Flashypants and the Toys of Terror - Book 3

“Brilliantly original and hilarious. It’s nearly as good as one of my books.” DAVID WALLIAMS“Two words – such fun!” MIRANDA HART“Beautiful, inventive and laugh-out-loud funny.” SUE PERKINS Great to read aloud with children of 5+ and perfect for newly independent readers of 7+. FOO HOO HOO! King Flashypants is back for his third rib-tickling adventure. Something weird is happening in Edwi...
King Flashypants and the Boo-Hoo Witches - Book 4

King Flashypants and the Boo-Hoo Witches - Book 4

“Kids everywhere will love this brilliant book!” MATT LUCAS“Brilliantly original and hilarious. It’s nearly as good as one of my books.” DAVID WALLIAMS“Two words – such fun!” MIRANDA HART“Beautiful, inventive and laugh-out-loud funny.” SUE PERKINS Great to read aloud with children of 5+ and perfect for newly independent readers of 7+. King Edwin Flashypants is back for his fourth hilar...
Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: A Brief History of Capi

Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: A Brief History of Capi

Why is there so much inequality?In this short book; world famous economist Yanis Varoufakis sets out to answer his daughter Xenia’s deceptively simple question. Using personal stories and famous myths – from Oedipus and Faust to Frankenstein and The Matrix – he explains what the economy is and why it has the power to shape our lives.Intimate yet universally accessible; Talking ...
King Flashypants and the Evil Emperor - Book 1

King Flashypants and the Evil Emperor - Book 1

The first in a fun new series – ‘Brilliantly original and hilarious …it’s nearly as good as one of my books’ David Walliams. ‘One for fans of Horrid Henry and Tom Gates’ The Guardian Edwin isn’t an ordinary boy. He is a king, with a throne, and his own suit of armour and a castle with secret passages and everything. Every Friday, King Edwin spends all his money on chocolate for the pea...
Kings Of Australia/Alex King/Tony King/Matt King

Kings Of Australia/Alex King/Tony King/Matt King

Alex KingAlex King is the eldest grandson of a powerful and respected family. It’s his duty to expand the King empire – and he must also choose a bride and father a son!Gina Terlizzi already has a baby son – she’s not looking for a husband! No matter how breathless the chemistry between them, she’s simply a guest in Alex’s home to attend a wedding…or is she the intended bride?Tony KingWorki...
Sapiens - A Brief History of Humankind

Sapiens - A Brief History of Humankind

New York Times BestsellerA Summer Reading Pick for President Barack Obama, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity’s creation and evolution—a #1 international bestseller—that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be “human.“One hundred thousand years ago, ...
Tasmanian Aborigines - A History Since 1803

Tasmanian Aborigines - A History Since 1803

‘Lyndall Ryan’s new account of the extraordinary and dramatic story of the Tasmanian Aborigines is told with passion and eloquence. It is a book that will inform and move anyone with an interest in Australian history.’ – Professor Henry Reynolds, University of Tasmania ’A powerful and insightful historical account about a unique island and its First peoples, their dispossession and their str...
A Wife's Heart - The Untold Story of Bertha and Henry Lawson

A Wife's Heart - The Untold Story of Bertha and Henry Lawson

Henry Lawson is a revered cultural icon, but despite his literary success he descended into poverty and an early death. While many blamed his wife for his decline, Bertha Lawson alleged in April 1903 that Henry was habitually drunk and cruel, leading her to demand a judicial separation. In A Wife’s Heart, Kerrie Davies provides a rare account of this tumultuous relationship from Bertha’s perspe...
A Brief History of the End of the World

A Brief History of the End of the World

Most people’s concept of the ‘end of the world’ comes from the book of Revelation. Alternative apocalypses can be found in the Zoroastrianism of ancient Persia, in ancient Hindu scriptures and Norse myths. Today, there are an estimated 25 million Christian fundamentalists in the US who believe it will come with the ‘Rapture’; others point to an ecological catastrophe, the AIDS pandemic or nuc...
A Brief History of Life in the Middle Ages

A Brief History of Life in the Middle Ages

Using wide-ranging evidence, Martyn Whittock shines a light on Britain in the Middle Ages, bringing it vividly to life. Thus we glimpse 11th century rural society through a conversation between a ploughman and his master. The life of Dick Whittington illuminates the rise of the urban elite. The stories of Roger ‘the Raker’ who drowned in his own sewage, a ‘merman’ imprisoned in Orford Castl...
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived - The Stories in Our Genes

A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived - The Stories in Our Genes

‘A brilliant, authoritative, surprising, captivating introduction to human genetics. You’ll be spellbound’ Brian Cox This is a story about you. It is the history of who you are and how you came to be. It is unique to you, as it is to each of the 100 billion modern humans who have ever drawn breath. But it is also our collective story, because in every one of our genomes we each carry the histo...
A Brief History of the Samurai

A Brief History of the Samurai

‘Clements has a knack for writing suspenseful sure-footed conflict scenes: His recounting of the Korean invasion led by samurai and daimyo Toyotomi Hideyoshi reads like a thriller. If you’re looking for a samurai primer, Clements’ guide will keep you on the hook’ Japan Times, reviewed as part of an Essential Reading for Japanophiles series From a leading expert in Japanese history, this is o...
Sapiens - A Brief History of Humankind

Sapiens - A Brief History of Humankind

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Planet Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it. Us. We are the most advanced and most destructive animals ever to have lived. What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens? In this bold and provocative book, Yuval Noah Harari explores who we are, how we got here and wh...
Titans of History - The Giants Who Made Our World

Titans of History - The Giants Who Made Our World

NEW EDITION – FEATURING UPDATED INTRODUCTION AND NEW CHAPTERS The giant characters of history – from Mozart to Michelangelo, Shakespeare to Einstein, Henry VIII to Hitler, Catherine the Great to Margaret Thatcher, Jesus Christ to Genghis Khan — lived lives of astonishing drama and adventure, debauchery and slaughter, but they also formed our world and will shape our future. In this eclectic ...
A Brief History of Medicine - From Hippocrates to Gene Therapy

A Brief History of Medicine - From Hippocrates to Gene Therapy

Paperback original The foundations for the scientific study of the body and modern Western medicine as we know it started with William Harvey’s discovery of the circulatory system in the early 17th century. But its roots stretch back into Ancient Greece, when medicine first departed from the divine and the mystical and moved toward observation and logic. Real progress was a long time coming, held...
A Brief History of the Roman Empire

A Brief History of the Roman Empire

In this lively and very readable history of the Roman Empire from its establishment in 27 BC to the barbarian incursions and the fall of Rome in AD 476, Kershaw draws on a range of evidence, from Juvenal’s Satires to recent archaeological finds. He examines extraordinary personalities such as Caligula and Nero and seismic events such as the conquest of Britain and the establishment of a ‘New Rom...
A Brief History of Walt Disney

A Brief History of Walt Disney

Both a fascinating account of Walt Disney’s own significant artistic creations, from the iconic Mickey Mouse to the groundbreaking Snow White in 1937, and an insightful history of the hugely successful entertainment behemoth he created, from Dumbo to Pixar’s Toy Story, as well as the hugely popular theme parks. But Disney’s dark side is also explored: his disputed parentage; industrial disputes...
A Brief History of Seven Killings

A Brief History of Seven Killings

On December 3, 1976, just before the Jamaican general election and two days before Bob Marley was to play the Smile Jamaica Concert to ease political tensions in Kingston, seven gunmen stormed the singer’s house, machine guns blazing. The attack wounded Marley, his wife, and his manager, and injured several others. Little was officially released about the gunmen, but much has been whispered, goss...
The Nature of Space and Time

The Nature of Space and Time

Einstein said that the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible. But was he right? Can the quantum theory of fields and Einstein’s general theory of relativity, the two most accurate and successful theories in all of physics, be united into a single quantum theory of gravity? Can quantum and cosmos ever be combined? In The Nature of Space and Time, two of the wo...
Big History - Between Nothing and Everything

Big History - Between Nothing and Everything

Big History: Between Nothing and Everything surveys the past not just of humanity, or even of planet Earth, but of the entire universe. In reading this book instructors and students will retrace a voyage that began 13.7 billion years ago with the Big Bang and the appearance of the universe. Big history incorporates findings from cosmology, earth and life sciences, and human history, and assemble...
A Brief History of British Sea Power - How Britain Became Sovereign of the Seas

A Brief History of British Sea Power - How Britain Became Sovereign of the Seas

The British did not take to water like ducks. In this work, David Howarth reveals that for hundreds of years this island nation did little but cling to coastal waters, and had no notion of sailing, or of anything but clinker built ships. The Romans and Vikings were superior seamen, and the English upper classes saw seafearing as mercantile, and beneath their notice. It was not until Elizabeth I’s...