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Design Monograph: Foster

Design Monograph: Foster

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A design monograph series on the most remarkable architects, designers, brands and design movements of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, each book contains a historical-critical essay discussing the life and...
Michael Tippett: The Biography

Michael Tippett: The Biography

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'A delight to read' Philip Pullman'Essential reading ... a genuine landmark publication' Tom ServiceA BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week'The music of the British composer Michael Tippett - including...
The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music

The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of

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When Tom Breihan launched his Stereogum column in early 2018, "The Number Ones"-a space in which he has been writing about every #1 hit in the history of the Billboard...
War and Punishment: The Story of Russian Oppression and Ukrainian Resistance

War and Punishment: The Story of Russian Oppression and Ukrainian

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'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.'...
What the Focaccia: Escape to Italy this summer with this laugh out loud sizzling read

What the Focaccia: Escape to Italy this summer with this laugh out

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Escape to Italy with the brand-new romcom from the author of You Had Me at HalloumiRamona Matthews has a dream: to launch a size inclusive fashion line. She even had...
Orwell: The New Life

Orwell: The New Life

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Over seventy years since his premature death, George Orwell (1903-50) has become one of the most significant figures in western literature. His two dystopian masterpieces, Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen...
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: strange days in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: strange days in Afghanistan and Pakistan

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Kim Barker is not your typical foreign correspondent. Raised in Montana, at thirty she had barely been overseas, spoke only English, and knew little about Islam and even less about...
Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Definitive History of Secret CIA Assassins, Armies and Operators

Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Definitive History of Secret CIA

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THE USA TODAY BESTSELLER'As fast paced as a thriller' Fred Burton, Stratfor Talks' Pen and Sword Podcast'Jacobsen here presents a tour de force exploring the CIA's paramilitary activities...this excellent work...
The Ophelia Girls: An Immersive, Intoxicating Read

The Ophelia Girls: An Immersive, Intoxicating Read

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'An immersive, intoxicating summer read with the long-lasting feel of a classic' - Molly Aitken, author of The Island Child 'A potent blend of art, beauty, awakening desire and mortality...
Voices of the Windrush Generation: The real story told by the people themselves

Voices of the Windrush Generation: The real story told by the people

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'Evocative, authentic and brilliantly told - a wonderful read.' David LammyForeword by West Indies Cricketer Sir Clive LloydVoices of the Windrush Generation is a powerful collection of stories from the...
A Small, Stubborn Town: Life, death and defiance in Ukraine

A Small, Stubborn Town: Life, death and defiance in Ukraine

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'Extraordinary.' Philippe Sands'We are touched by the courage and dignity of Andrew Harding's characters - qualities that the author must surely possess in equal measure.' - Andrey Kurkov'A story of...
The War Below: AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 'TODAY': Lithium, copper, and the global battle to power our lives

The War Below: AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 'TODAY': Lithium, copper, and

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A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST SUMMER BOOK OF 2024AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FAR FOR 2024LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION, AND THE FT BUSINESS BOOK...
A Small, Stubborn Town: Life, death and defiance in Ukraine - As heard on BBC Radio 4

A Small, Stubborn Town: Life, death and defiance in Ukraine - As heard

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It's March 2022 and Russian tanks are roaring across the vast, snow-dusted fields of Ukraine. Their destination: Voznesensk, a town with a small bridge that could change the course of...
Connection is a Song: Coming Up and Coming Out Through the Music of the '90s

Connection is a Song: Coming Up and Coming Out Through the Music of

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'I love this book!' SARAH CRACKNELL, SAINT ETIENNE'Poignant and wonderfully warm' CATHY NEWMAN, CHANNEL 4 NEWS'Shows us how music has the power to change everything' JUDE ROGERSIt is 1994. In...
Time After Time: The must-read novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Louise Pentland

Time After Time: The must-read novel from Sunday Times bestselling

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'A warm, witty novel about love and friendship with a fun time-travel twist' -HELLO Magazine Number one bestselling author Louise Pentland is back with her brand new novel that will...
War in the Shadows: Resistance, Deception and Betrayal in Occupied France

War in the Shadows: Resistance, Deception and Betrayal in Occupied

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In 1962 the young Patrick Marnham set off by car for a small village in central France. There he was taught French by an imperious countess, who he later discovered...
Churchill & Son

Churchill & Son

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The intimate, untold story of Winston Churchill's enduring yet volatile bond with his only son, Randolph"Ireland draws unforgettable sketches of life in the Churchill circle, much like Erik Larson did...
Raoul Wallenberg: The Man Who Saved Thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust

Raoul Wallenberg: The Man Who Saved Thousands of Hungarian Jews from

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An Honorary Citizen of the U.S.A., and designated as one of the Righteous among the Nations by Israel, Raoul Wallenberg's heroism in Budapest at the height of the Holocaust saved...
God's Smuggler

God's Smuggler

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With over ten million copies sold, God's Smuggler has thrilled and inspired readers for more than forty years. It tells the true story of how a young Dutchman risked his...
Oasis: What's The Story?: Life on tour with Liam and Noel Gallagher

Oasis: What's The Story?: Life on tour with Liam and Noel Gallagher

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*Twnety-five years on from the legendary Knebworth concert, read the true story of the birth of Oasis and life on the road with Liam and Noel*Oasis were a band like...
Goodbye, Mersey View: The heartwarming wartime saga from the bestselling author

Goodbye, Mersey View: The heartwarming wartime saga from the

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In her nostalgic and heart-warming new saga, Sunday Times bestselling author Lyn Andrews evokes the ups and downs of life in the back streets of 1930s LiverpoolLiverpool, World War II....
Time After Time: The must-read novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Louise Pentland

Time After Time: The must-read novel from Sunday Times bestselling

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'A warm, witty novel about love and friendship with a fun time-travel twist' -HELLO Magazine Number one bestselling author Louise Pentland is back with her brand new novel that will...
A Small, Stubborn Town: Life, death and defiance in Ukraine

A Small, Stubborn Town: Life, death and defiance in Ukraine

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'Extraordinary.' Philippe Sands'We are touched by the courage and dignity of Andrew Harding's characters - qualities that the author must surely possess in equal measure.' - Andrey Kurkov'A story of...
Spyfail

Spyfail

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James Bamford, the bestselling author of The Puzzle Palace and Body of Secrets, unveils a hidden cabal of foreign powers that have spied against America to reveal the incredible spygames,...
Icons of Style - Diana: The story of a fashion icon

Icons of Style - Diana: The story of a fashion icon

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A style icon, a trendsetter, a princess: Lady Diana epitomised 80s and 90s style.With a well-earned place in the fashion hall of fame, Diana's style choices have influenced decades of...
Slum Boy: One of the most moving accounts of non-fiction ever written

Slum Boy: One of the most moving accounts of non-fiction ever written

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'ONE OF THE MOST MOVING ACCOUNTS OF NON-FICTION EVER WRITTEN' GUARDIAN 'If you like Shuggie Bain, then Slum Boy is for you' LEMN SISSAY'A heart-breaking, inspiring read' ALAN CUMMING'The best...
All Us Sinners: A beautifully written crime debut set in the shadow of the Yorkshire Ripper

All Us Sinners: A beautifully written crime debut set in the shadow of

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'Powerful, provocative, beautiful and unforgettable. All Us Sinners is a chilling, moving, majestic debut' --- CHRIS WHITAKERLeeds, 1977. A chill lies over the city: sex workers are being murdered by...
SAS Bravo Three Zero: The Gripping True Story

SAS Bravo Three Zero: The Gripping True Story

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'An incredible story, and so well told' Bear Grylls'A must read. Honesty, integrity and real experience that puts you in the thick of the action.' Billy BillinghamThere were three patrols...
The Butterfly Club: The Trip to the Moon: Book 4 - A time-travelling adventure

The Butterfly Club: The Trip to the Moon: Book 4 - A time-travelling

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The adventures of the time-travelling Butterfly Club continue . . .Film is set to become the new craze. Butterfly Club member and filmmaker Georges Mlis pleads to be allowed to...
Suburbia: A Far from Ordinary Place

Suburbia: A Far from Ordinary Place

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You don't get to choose where you grow up, and for more than 80 per cent of the population, the boring, unadventurous and thoroughly unfashionable suburbs serve as their childhood...
Agatha Christie: The Sunday Times Bestseller

Agatha Christie: The Sunday Times Bestseller

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'A smart and highly entertaining portrait of a literary powerhouse'- THE TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR'A riveting portrait'- GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR***'Worsley's sparkling biography brings a fresh eye to...
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev: Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2022

The Final Revival of Opal & Nev: Longlisted for the Women's Prize for

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ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVOURITE BOOKS OF 2021 | LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2022'A thrilling work' TA-NEHISI COATES'Lovely and lyrical . . . warm and wonderful' KILEY REIDA queen...
SAS Nazi Hunters

SAS Nazi Hunters

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'A humbling, inspiring account of some of the real founders of modern day Special Forces soldiering' Bear GryllsSAS NAZI HUNTERS is the incredible, hitherto untold story of the most secret...
The Last Colony: A Tale of Exile, Justice and Britain's Colonial Legacy

The Last Colony: A Tale of Exile, Justice and Britain's Colonial

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FROM THE WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE and author of EAST WEST STREETTHE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Should be read by anyone who cares about justice, humanity and human...
The Lion and the Dragon: Britain and China: A History of Conflict

The Lion and the Dragon: Britain and China: A History of Conflict

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'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...
Once a Giant: A Story of Victory, Tragedy, and Life After Football

Once a Giant: A Story of Victory, Tragedy, and Life After Football

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The inside story of the Super Bowl champion 1986 Giants, the extraordinary friendships that resulted--and stunning revelations about the hardships they faced, based on new interviews with Bill Parcells, Phil...
Float Up, Sing Down

Float Up, Sing Down

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From National Book Award Finalist Laird Hunt, a masterful collection of interwoven stories capturing one summer's day in Reagan-era Indiana.Candy Wilson has forgotten to buy the paprika. Turner Davis needs...
The Mushroom Tree Mystery

The Mushroom Tree Mystery

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'One of Singapore's finest living authors' South China Morning Post'Simply glorious. Every nook and cranny of 1930s Singapore is brought richly to life' CATRIONA MCPHERSON'Charming' RHYS BOWEN'One of the most...
Black Box Canberras: British Test and Trials Canberras 1951-1994

Black Box Canberras: British Test and Trials Canberras 1951-1994

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English Electric's Canberra saw an unbroken 46 years of service in the UK as a test and trials aircraft from 1951 until final retirement in 1994. Flown by Government research...
Glass

Glass

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A writer in self-imposed exile in London receives a call from the Prime Minister of his former country, inviting him to return to write the Prime Minister's biography. As he...
The Art of Rivalry: Four Friendships, Betrayals, and Breakthroughs in Modern Art

The Art of Rivalry: Four Friendships, Betrayals, and Breakthroughs in

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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 Francis Bacon Collection

The Francis Bacon Collection

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From a private collection in Italy, these previously unpublished works by Francis Bacon are presented here in thematic sections, each of which is preceded by a short introductory text. Nearly...
The Violence of Empire: The Tragedy of the Congo-Ocean Railroad

The Violence of Empire: The Tragedy of the Congo-Ocean Railroad

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The gruesome history of the Congo-Ocean Railway, a forgotten chapter in the story of colonial Africa. In September 1927, a 30-year-old man was taken from his village in the French...
Modern Art in Egypt: Identity and Independence, 1850-1936

Modern Art in Egypt: Identity and Independence, 1850-1936

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Following a spectacular surge in interest for Egyptian masters, Modern Art in Egypt fills the void in Egyptian art history, chronicling the lives and legacies of six pioneering artists working...
Persia Reframed: Iranian Visions of Modern and Contemporary Art

Persia Reframed: Iranian Visions of Modern and Contemporary Art

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The modern and contemporary art of Iran has often been understood, and positioned by commercial institutions, as decorative or ethnic - hence the focus on calligraphy and veiled women. At...
Little Englanders: Britain in the Edwardian Era

Little Englanders: Britain in the Edwardian Era

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'The very best sort of panoramic portrait' David Kynaston'The Edwardians have long been the lost decade of British history, yet they are that history at its climax. Alwyn Turner sets...
The Shoulders We Stand On: How Black and Brown people fought for change in the United Kingdom

The Shoulders We Stand On: How Black and Brown people fought for

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** Eastern Eye's Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2023 **The UK is grappling with big questions about belonging, equality and the legacies of Empire and Colonialism. We've been here before....
Introduction to Sally

Introduction to Sally

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A Pygmalion-style story told with von Arnim's characteristic wit and charm, this novel introduces us to Salvatia (known as Sally), a much longed-for child to humble shopkeepers. Sally grows up...