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The Hawk and the Dove: Paul Nitze, George Kennan, and the History of the Cold War
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Caledonia Australis: Scottish Highlanders on the Frontier of Australia
An extraordinary piece of history - the Scottish Highlanders on the frontier of Australia - with introduction from Inga Clendinnen. An extraordinary piece of history - the Scottish Highlanders on...
Sparks: China's Underground Historians and Their Battle for the Future
An inspiring testament to China's dissident historians and activists, from the 1940s to the present A documentary filmmaker who uncovered a Mao-era death camp; an independent journalist who gave voice...
The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the
From one of the world's most prominent thinkers comes an urgent warning of the threat that US power poses to humanity's future The land of the free. The home of...
Out of the Darkness: The Germans, 1942-2022
A groundbreaking history of the people at the centre of Europe, from the Second World War to today In 1945, Germany lay in ruins, morally and materially. The German people...
We Do Not Part
Like a long winter's dream, this haunting and visionary new novel from 2024 Nobel Prize winner Han Kang takes us on a journey from contemporary South Korea into its painful...
A Liveable Future is Possible
A series of interviews with Noam Chomsky, the world's greatest living public intellectual, about the pressing issues of our time In this illuminating collection of interviews, Noam Chomsky shares his...
Picasso's Lovers: A famous artist. An aspiring writer. The lifetime of
'A bold, sumptuous portrait of a great artist and the women who inspired, frustrated, loved, and loathed him... Picasso's Lovers is an epic, sensuous delight' Kate Quinn, New York Times...
Behind the Gloss: Disco, divas and dressing up. Welcome to the wild
Dressing up. Partying all night. This is the world of 1970s fashion, and this book is your backstage pass.Featuring over 25 exclusive interviews with the movers and shakers of the...
The Brightwood Code
In a breathless, haunting, and rich historical mystery, New York Times bestselling author Monica Hesse speaks to the depths of trauma and the power of memory.Seven months ago, Edda was...
Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes: The Story of Women in the 1950s
Turn the page back to the mid-twentieth century and discover a world peopled by women with radiant smiles, clean pinafores and gleaming coiffures. A time before the Pill, when divorce...
Now or Never: A Dunkirk Story (Voices #1)
A gripping adventure in an exciting new series reflecting the authentic, unsung stories of our past! "The superb Voices series takes unsung heroes of the past and imagines them recounting...
Red Menace
**An Irish Times best book of 2024 so far**"A very early candidate for the crime novel of the year" IRISH TIMESLive Aid, July 1985. The great and the good of...
Tell Me How It Ends: Sixties glamour meets film noir in a gripping
'A spellbinding read ... the glamour of early Sixties showbiz' LOUISE CANDLISH'Mesmerising and powerful ... an extraordinary sense of time and place' ELLY GRIFFITHS'A stylish and page-turning mystery' RACHEL HORE'Gripping...
World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the
A leading national security expert, who publicly predicted Vladimir Putin's intention to launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine months before it took place, lays out the case for why China's...
War and Punishment: The Story of Russian Oppression and Ukrainian
'History is made up of myths,' writes the renowned Russian dissident journalist Mikhail Zygar. 'Alas, our myths led us to the fascism of 2022. It is time to expose them.'...
Clare Woods: Strange Meetings
British artist Clare Woods is internationally regarded as one of the most significant painters working today. Her paintings and works on paper are found in important public and private collections...
The Lion and the Dragon: Britain and China: A History of Conflict
'Lawrence James is the doyen of Empire historians' The Spectator'James' writing is always full of energy and animation; he has an excellent eye for revealing detail' William Dalrymple'James has a...
War and Punishment: The Story of Russian Oppression and Ukrainian
'History is made up of myths,' writes the renowned Russian dissident journalist Mikhail Zygar. 'Alas, our myths led us to the fascism of 2022. It is time to expose them.'...
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
From SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING author Bettany Hughes'A wondrous wonderful achievement' Stephen Fry 'Fascinating' Observer 'Thrilling' GuardianTheir names still echo down the ages: The Great Pyramid at Giza. The Hanging Gardens...
P.S. Burn This Letter Please: The fabulous and fraught birth of modern
With an introduction from RuPaul's Drag Race winner Sasha VelourTheir greatest act of resistance was simply existing In 1950s New York, a group of drag pioneers found work in a...
The Pianist
The powerful memoir of a young Jewish pianist who survived the war in Warsaw against all odds.'You can learn more about human nature from this brief account of the survival...
Six Motives for Murder
'Frances Brody has made it to the top rank of crime writers' DAILY MAILA charming historical mystery set in 1960s Yorkshire, starring prisoner governor and amateur sleuth Nell Lewis. This...
Pride: The Unlikely Story of the True Heroes of the Miner's Strike
Pride tells the inspiring true story of how two very different communities found common cause against overwhelming odds.In 1984, a small group of metropolitan gay mean and lesbian women stepped...
Vulcan Boys: From the Cold War to the Falklands: True Tales of the
The Vulcan, the second of the three V bombers built to guard the UK during the Cold War has become an aviation icon like the Spitfire, its delta shape is...
The Trouble with Europe: Why the EU isn't Working, How it Can be
'This is a credible plan for life outside Europe and deserves to be widely read' The Week - Business Books of the Year THE 2016 REFERENDUM EDITIONThe EU hasn't delivered...
Anatomy of a Nation: A History of British Identity in 50 Documents
From an obscure, misty archipelago on the fringes of the Roman world to history's largest empire and originator of the world's mongrel, magpie language - this is Britain's past. But,...
Before the Light Fades: A Family Story of Resistance - 'Fascinating'
'A fascinating story of courage, doubt and defiance across three generations' SARAH WATERS'A fierce and beautiful book' EDMUND DE WAAL'Heartfelt and upfront... A grieving daughter rediscovers her mother's political past'...
Memphis: LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2023
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE'A rhapsodic hymn to Black women' New York Times Book Review'Epic yet intimate' Cosmopolitan'Ferocious and compassionate' Irish TimesFAMILY...
Seventeen and Oh: Miami, 1972, and the NFL's Only Perfect Season
The 1972 Miami Dolphins had something to prove. Losers in the previous Super Bowl, a ragtag bunch of overlooked, underappreciated, or just plain old players, they were led by Don...
Operation Postern: The Battle to Recapture Lae from the Japanese, 1943
Japanese troops seized and brutally occupied New Guinea's capital, Lae, for 18 months - until 16 September 1943. That day Australian soldiers retook the town against fierce resistance. Defeated, and...
Breaking and Entering: The Extraordinary Story of a Hacker Called
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This taut, true thriller dives into a dark world that touches us all, as seen through the brilliant, breakneck career of an extraordinary hacker--a woman known only as Alien. When...
The Promised Party: Kahlo, Basquiat and Me
Growing up in '60s Mexico City, Jennifer Clement lived next door to Frida Kahlo's house. It was an unorthodox and bohemian childhood, living alongside artists, communists, revolutionaries and poets, and...
Megathreats: Our Ten Biggest Threats, and How to Survive Them
A Financial Times Economics Book of the YearA Times Business Book of the YearA Sunday Independent (Ireland) Book of the Year'People who like horror films will love this book' Financial...
One Day I Will Write About This Place
Binyavanga Wainaina tumbled through his middle-class Kenyan childhood out of kilter with the world around him. This world came to him as a chaos of loud and colourful sounds: the...
1950s Fashion Print
A sourcebook of 1950s fashion print, this book covers the heyday of postwar design where an analytical approach to design, with a lightness and freshness, combined with whimsical imagery and...
The Art of Rivalry: Four Friendships, Betrayals, and Breakthroughs in
This is a story about rivalry among artists. Not the kind of rivalry that grows out of hatred and dislike, but rather, rivalry that emerges from admiration, friendship, love. The...
The Eagle in the Mirror: In Search of War Hero, Master Spy and Alleged
Part biography, part forensic jigsaw puzzle, part cold-case detective investigation, The Eagle in the Mirror is the story of Charles Howard 'Dick' Ellis. The longest-serving spy for the British Secret...
The Edge of the Plain: How Borders Make and Break Our World
No matter where you turn, it seems that the taut lines of borders are vibrating to - or even calling - the tune of global events.Today, there are more borders...
Through the Leopard's Gaze
In her captivating memoir Through the Leopard's Gaze, Njambi McGrath details the harrowing circumstances of her life as a young girl in Kenya, who one fateful night was beaten to...
The Edge of the Plain: How Borders Make and Break Our World
No matter where you turn, it seems that the taut lines of borders are vibrating to - or even calling - the tune of global events.Today, there are more borders...
The Final Beat of the Drum
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DCI Monika Paniatowski is forced to think the unthinkable: could a good friend and long-standing colleague be guilty of murder?On the day of her official retirement from the Force, DCI...
The Flame of Resistance: American Beauty. French Hero. British Spy.
'I have always been fascinated by that charismatic hero of the Resistance, Josephine Baker, but it turns out I didn't know the half of it. Lewis' story-telling blew my mind....
The Little Princesses: The extraordinary story of the Queen's
In little more than fifty years the regard with which the Royal Family are held has changed out of all recognition. Their private lives are now the stuff of soap...
Secrets in the Dark: THE glamorous blockbuster and the escapist treat
The ultimate glamorous, escapist blockbuster - perfect for fans of Melanie Blake, Jackie Collins and Shirley Conran's Lace.'Just the kind of glamorous escapism we all desperately need right now. Compelling...
Vulcan Boys: From the Cold War to the Falklands: True Tales of the
The Vulcan, the second of the three V bombers built to guard the UK during the Cold War has become an aviation icon like the Spitfire, its delta shape is...
Queen Elizabeth II
Rod Green explores the personal and political intrigues that have dogged the House of Windsor, including the Queen's fascinating relationships with prime ministers from Winston Churchill and Antony Eden to...