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Blackbirding: A reckoning with the Australian slave trade
An important reckoning with Australia's unspoken history of slave trade. From the author of the bestselling books The Ballad of Abdul Wade and The Bravest Scout at Gallipoli As Australia...
An Airman's Wife: A True Story of Lovers Seperated by War
Aimee McHardy and William Bond enjoyed a racy and passionate life together long before they were married in January 1917. In her book she speaks of their pre-war vagabond existence,...
Japanned Papier Mache and Tinware c.1740-1940
As one of the few decorative arts about which little has been written, japanning is today fraught with misunderstandings. And yet, in its heyday, the japanning industry attracted important commissions...
At the Edge of Empire: A Family's Reckoning with China: FINALIST FOR
FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2025 'A brilliant personal account of China's borderlands and peoples' Francis Fukuyama 'Edward Wong is about as knowledgeable a guide to China as a reader...
The China Matrix: The Epic Story of How Donald Trump Shattered a
The U.S. ruling class sold out America to China. Can Donald Trump destroy the alliance before it's too late? For half a century, America's establishment has forged an alliance with...
The Illusionist: The True Story of the Man Who Fooled Hitler
Cairo, 1942: If you had asked a British officer who Colonel Clarke was, they would have been able to point him out: always ready with a drink and a story,...
HOT WAX: An electric, rock and roll fuelled story of one band's rise
'Sensory and visceral from page one . . . M. L. Rio is a force to be reckoned with' JENNIFER EGAN 'The sleaze of the Stooges, the energy of the...
The Mosques of Colonial South Asia: A Social and Legal History of
In a series of legal battles starting in 1882, South Asian Muslims made up of modernists, traditionalists, reformists, Shias and Sunnis attempted to modify the laws relating to their places...
The Great Believers
WINNER OF THE CARNEGIE MEDAL FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS WINNER OF THE STONEWALL BOOK AWARD - BARBARA GITTINGS LITERATURE AWARD FINALIST FOR THE LA TIMES FICTION AWARD 'Stirring,...
Thank You For Calling the Lesbian Line: A Hidden History of Queer
*Shortlisted for the 2026 GORDON BURN PRIZE** 'Compelling, funny, intelligent . . . Thank You for Calling the Lesbian Line is a remarkable piece of work.' Kerry Hudson, Observer 'Utterly...
Life Moves Pretty Fast: The lessons we learned from eighties movies
Hadley Freeman brings us her personalised guide to American movies from the 1980s - why they are brilliant, what they meant to her, and how they influenced movie-making forever. For...