Naomi Noviks stunning series of novels follow the adventures of Captain William Laurence & his fighting dragon Temeraire as ...

The Oxford History of the United States is by far the most respected multi-volume history of the USA. The series

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Sidorio fuelled by grief & revenge is intent on becoming King of the Vampirates & building a new empire to bring terror to the oceans. He faces growing opposition from both the Pirate Federation including Vampirate Assassin Cheng Li & the Nocturnals
- the more benign vampirate realm
- led by Mosh Zu & Lorcan Furey. Both the pirates & the Nocturnals are forced to raise their game in response to the new & urgent threat from Sidorio & the renegade Vampirates. Twins Grace & Connor Tempest still ricocheting from the recent discovery of their true parenthood & its explosive implications are thrust deep into the heart of the conflict. Old foes & allies are thrown together in unexpected ways & as the stakes rise higher than ever before Grace & Connor find their alliances shifting in ways no-one could ever have possibly foreseen...

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The gripping & largely untold story of the role of the intelligence services in Britain's retreat from empire. Against the background of the Cold War & the looming spectre of Soviet-sponsored subversion in Britain's dwindling colonial possessions the imperial intelligence service MI5 played a crucial but top secret role in passing power to newly independent national states across the globe. Mining recently declassified intelligence records Calder Walton reveals this 'missing link' in Britain's post-war history. He sheds new light on everything from violent counter-insurgencies fought by British forces in the jungles of Malaya & Kenya to urban warfare campaigns conducted in Palestine & the Arabian Peninsula. Drawing on a wealth of previously classified documents as well as hitherto overlooked personal papers this is also the first book to draw on records from the Foreign Office's secret archive at Hanslope Park which contains some of the darkest & most shameful secrets from the last days of Britain's empire. Packed with incidents straight out of a John le Carre novel Empire of Secrets is an exhilarating read by an exciting new voice in intelligence history. ...

The 4th novel in the bestselling Conqueror series continuing the life & adventures of the mighty Khan dynasty. Genghis Khan is dead but his legend & his legacy live on. His son Ogedai has built a white city on a great plain & made a capital for the new nation. Now the armies have gathered to see which of Genghis sons has the strength to be khan. The Mongol empire has been at peace for two years but whoever survives will face the formidable might of their great enemy Chinas Song dynasty. The great leader Tsubodai sweeps into the west: through Russia over the Carpathian mountains & into Hungary. The Templar knights have been broken & there is no king or army to stop him reaching France. But at the moment of Tsubodais greatest triumph as his furthest scouts reach the northern mountains of Italy Tsubodai must make a decision that will change the course of history forever. ...

Ants came to this planet long before man. Since then they have developed one of the most intricate civilizations imaginable
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In 1945 Britain was the worlds leading designer & builder of aircraft
- a world-class achievement that was not mere rhetoric. &
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In 1945 Britain was the worlds leading designer & builder of aircraft
- a world-class achievement that was not mere rhetoric. &
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In 1945 Britain was the world's leading designer & builder of aircraft
- a world-class achievement that was not mere rhetoric.
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The story of our navy is nothing less than the story of Britain our culture & our empire. Much more than a parade of admirals & their battles this is the story of how an insignificant island nation conquered the world's oceans to become its greatest trading empire. Few other nations have fallen so deeply in love with a branch of the armed forces as the British did with its Navy. Yet as Ben Wilson shows there was nothing inevitable about this rise to maritime domination nor was it ever an easy path. For much of our history Britain was a third-rate maritime power on the periphery of Europe. EMPIRE OF THE DEEP also reveals how our naval history has shaped us in more subtle & surprising ways
- our language culture politics & national character all owe a great debt to this conquest of the seas. This is a gripping fresh take on our national story.
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