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1.		A Short History of Financial Euphoria (Penguin business) from Penguin Books Ltd Price: £6.99 Customer Review: this small book shows in a logical way how speculation can make intelligent people do stupid things.galbraith shows in detail how money can in a practical sense buys up the intelligence of those involved in it.the recent dot.com mania demonstrates galbraiths analysis at work,as people were swept... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

2.		Exploring History 1400-1900: An Anthology of Primary Sources from Manchester University Press Price: £14.24	Click here for more information

3.		The Vulcan Story from The History Press Ltd Price: £6.99 Customer Review: Not only for aviation enthusiasts (although they will be truly captivated!) - for all men who are still boys glimpsing the sheer power and grace of this great British plane. The combination of photos and info is probably not technical enough for die-hard anoraks, but is more than enough to inspire... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

4.		The American Civil War (Essential Histories) from Osprey Publishing Price: £11.89 Customer Review: If you want to know about the civil war,how it came about? where,when and what happened? who the key player's were?Then this is the book for you!I wanted a book that was informative, yet written in an easily absorbing way.It is vivid without being boring,the only downside is that you find it very... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

5.		The Cash Nexus: Money and Politics in Modern History, 1700-2000 from Penguin Price: £10.49 Customer Review: I purchased this book on the basis of the on-line reviews anticipating a study of financial history. Whilst it is reasonable on the history of currency, banking, and international finance it drifts off badly into loose discussions of UK politics, democracy and development, and the rise of the US... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

6.		Wellington: The Iron Duke from HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Price: £6.99 Customer Review: Although I finished this book with more knowledge on Wellington than I had at the start, I felt the book dwelt too much on detailed descriptions of military encounters, rather than giving me an insight into the man himself. Whilst I accept that his battle field encounters did much to shape his... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

7.		Storm and Conquest: The Battle for the Indian Ocean, 1808-10 from Faber and Faber Price: £4.99	Click here for more information

8.		Towards the Light: The Story of the Struggles for Liberty and Rights That Made the Modern West from Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Price: £6.99 Customer Review: I quite enjoyed this outing from Prof. Grayling. It is a brief overwiew of the struggles for freedom and liberty over the past 500 years, for a non-specialist, it is an easy read. Not dry at all in my opinion. I have to agree with his conclusions about the state of British and US... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

9.		The Age of Capital, 1848-75 from Abacus Price: £9.09 Customer Review: Ignore the other ignorant review. You simply can't not pay attention to Eric Hobsbawm - he puts paid to the notion that Marxism, idealism and the desire for a better society are simply the follies of youth. Anyone who can't understand how in a world of plenty, the tiny minority control the majority... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

10.		RAF: An Illustrated History from 1918 from Sutton Publishing Ltd Price: £11.89	Click here for more information

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