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Here in the book review section you will find not only all our latest book reviews but we will also be doing a round up of the history titles that are reviewed and recommended in the press and the wider media each week to bring you as comprehensive book guide as possible.

Behind the scenes each month we are busy reviewing our pick of the latest History and Non Fiction releases for you, but as we said in another section of the site on with thousands of new releases every month we would welcome your contribution. So if you would like to get invovled and become a Historytimes book reviewer, please feel free to contact us and each month we will provide you a list of titles that we have available for you to review.

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Latest Book Reviews

Dark Summit: The Extraordinary True Story Of Everest's Most Controversial Season by Nick Heil

In May 2006 climbers hoping to summit Mount Everest were yet again visited by disaster that by the end of the month would see another eleven names added to the deadly toll of lives claimed trying to climb the 29,000 feet to conquer the highest mountain in the world and making 2006 the worst season on record.

The May 2006 disaster drew eerie parallels to the events of a decade earlier when ten climbers and guides perished in storms that lashed the summit. After the 1996 Everest disaster many firsthand accounts were released looking at the events and reasons behind the tragic loss of life with the most notable being the bestselling book Into Thin Air.
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Fleeced!: How We've Been Betrayed By The Politicians, Bureaucrats And Bankers - And How Much They've Cost Us - David Graig and Matthew Elliot

Once you read Fleeced! it will be of little surprise that as we approach the next general election the majority of the electorate are now, more than at any time in our past, so disillusioned and heartily disaffected with the state of British politics and that there is so little appetite for any of the major parties. Recent scandals have exposed our so called “representatives” in Parliament as inept and lacking in any sort of moral fibre, and because this is not a problem limited to a single party, how do you choose who you want to speak on your behalf in Westminster?
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Out Of Arabia : Phoenicians Arabs And The Discovery Of Europe By Warwick Ball

In Out of Arabia, Warwick Ball offers an original and thought-provoking approach to Arab history. His theme is the impact of the Arabs on Europe, from ancient times to the end of the Middle Ages. The book opens with a startling juxtaposition: a ‘Roman’ Emperor and an ‘Arab’ Caliph. It is startling because the Roman, the Emperor Philip, was the son of an Arab sheik, whereas the Caliph, ‘Abd al-Rahman III, the ruler of al-Andalus (Muslim Spain), was blond and blue-eyed. The reader is therefore immediately challenged to reassess a wide range of preconceptions. Whether the word ‘Arab’ is defined ethnologically or culturally (in the sense of a culture being ‘Arab-derived’), it can be argued that in many important senses ‘Europeans’ and ‘Arabs’ share a common heritage.
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