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A Thousand Miles From Care: A hunt for a brother's killer - a new compelling Australian true crime story about murder & corruption for readers of The Boy in the Dress and Getting Away With Murder

A Thousand Miles From Care: A hunt for a brother's killer - a new compelling Australian true crime story about murder & corruption for readers of The Boy in the Dress and Getting Away With Murder

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A gripping and heartbreaking story, A Thousand Miles From Care tells the 30 year quest Steve Johnson undertook to uncover the truth about his brilliant brother's brutal murder in Manly....
The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science

The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science

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Dava Sobel, acclaimed and bestselling author of Longitude, chronicles the life and work of the most famous woman in the history of science - and the untold story of the...
The Radio Hour: the charming and funny new novel of 2024 from bestselling author of The Nurses War, for readers of LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY and HIDDEN FIGURES

The Radio Hour: the charming and funny new novel of 2024 from bestselling author of The Nurses War, for readers of LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY and HIDDEN FIGURES

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From the bestselling author of The Nurses' War comes this charming, funny, pointed look at the golden years of radio broadcasting in post-war Australia, celebrating the extraordinary unseen women who...
Night of Power: The Betrayal of the Middle East

Night of Power: The Betrayal of the Middle East

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'ROBERT FISK HAS BEEN REPORTING FROM THE MIDDLE EAST WITH INCOMPARABLE DEPTH AND UNDERSTANDING...AND EXTRAORDINARY COURAGE' NOAM CHOMSKYIn this final work from renowned journalist Robert Fisk, he picks up reporting...
Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, A Life in Balance

Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, A Life in Balance

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In Courage to Soar, the official autobiography from four-time Olympic gold-winning and record-setting American gymnast Simone Biles, Simone shares how her faith, family, passion, and perseverance has made her one...
Teddy

Teddy

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'Darkly glamorous. Your summer read is sorted' Sunday Times Style'Glamorous, exuberant and propulsive' Daisy Buchanan'Mad Men meets White Lotus' Red'Stylish and twisting' The Times'A wild ride and a heck of...
The Austrian Revolution

The Austrian Revolution

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The definitive work on Eastern Europe's revolutionary period and the unique working-class experiment of Red Vienna.This is the story of the decline and fall of an empire, a region devastated...
The Hidden Perspective: The Military Conversations 1906-1914

The Hidden Perspective: The Military Conversations 1906-1914

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In 1905, British Foreign Secretary Edward Grey agreed to speak secretly with his French counterparts about sending a British expeditionary force to France in the event of a German attack....
Operation Damocles: Israel's Secret War Against Hitler's Scientists, 1951-1967

Operation Damocles: Israel's Secret War Against Hitler's Scientists, 1951-1967

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From 1951 to 1967, Egypt pursued a secret program to build military rockets that could have conceivably posed a threat to neighboring Israel. Because such an ambitious project required Western...
Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover In The Civil War

Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover In The Civil War

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Breaking History: A White House Memoir

Breaking History: A White House Memoir

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Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life

Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life

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The Hard Road Out: One Woman's Escape From North Korea

The Hard Road Out: One Woman's Escape From North Korea

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The United States Navy in the Pacific, 1897-1909

The United States Navy in the Pacific, 1897-1909

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Author: William R. BraistedFormat: Paperback, 156mm x 234mm, 295 pagesPublished: Naval Institute Press, United States, 2008Professor William R. Braisted tells the story of the twelve important years during which the...
The Trump Indictments: The 91 Criminal Counts Against the Former President of the United States

The Trump Indictments: The 91 Criminal Counts Against the Former President of the United States

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Author: Ali VelshiFormat: Paperback, 135mm x 203mm, 263g, 320 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, United States, 2023 Edited and introduced by MSNBC's Ali Velshi, The Trump Indictments collects the complete charging...
At the Center of the Storm: The CIA During America's Time of Crisis

At the Center of the Storm: The CIA During America's Time of Crisis

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East and West

East and West

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Throwback: Out of Time

Throwback: Out of Time

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Author: Peter LerangisFormat: Paperback, 130mm x 194mm, 177g, 272 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, United States, 2021 Peter Lerangis, the New York Times bestselling author of the Seven Wonders and Max...
Operation Swallow: American Soldiers' Remarkable Escape From Berga Concentration Camp

Operation Swallow: American Soldiers' Remarkable Escape From Berga Concentration Camp

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Author: Mark FeltonFormat: Paperback, 153mm x 234mm, 386g, 320 pagesPublished: Icon Books, United Kingdom, 2019Operation Swallow is the true story of how a small group of American soldiers, inspired by...
The Spies of Winter: The GCHQ codebreakers who fought the Cold War

The Spies of Winter: The GCHQ codebreakers who fought the Cold War

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Author: Sinclair McKayFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 352 pagesPublished: Quarto Publishing PLC, United Kingdom, 2017Once victory was declared, many of the individuals who had achieved the seemingly impossible at Bletchley...
Small Fry

Small Fry

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Author: Lisa Brennan-JobsFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 357g, 416 pagesPublished: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press, United States, 2019'A remarkable book, much more than the lurid celebrity tell-all it might...
The Magic Lantern: The Revolution of '89 Witnessed in Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin and Prague

The Magic Lantern: The Revolution of '89 Witnessed in Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin and Prague

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Author: Timothy Garton AshFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 183g, 208 pagesPublished: Atlantic Books, United Kingdom, 2019The Magic Lantern is one of those rare books that capture history in the making,...
The Terminal Spy

The Terminal Spy

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America in the World: A History of U.S. Diplomacy and Foreign Policy

America in the World: A History of U.S. Diplomacy and Foreign Policy

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Fallout: the Hiroshima cover-up and the reporter who revealed it to the world

Fallout: the Hiroshima cover-up and the reporter who revealed it to the world

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Author: Lesley BlumeFormat: Paperback, 153mm x 234mm, 288 pagesPublished: Scribe Publications, United Kingdom, 2020A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES AND VANITY FAIR New York Times bestselling...
The Briar Club

The Briar Club

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Author: Kate QuinnFormat: Paperback, 153mm x 234mm, 540g, 432 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2024The New York Times bestselling author of The Diamond Eye and The Rose Code returns with...
My People: Five Decades of Writing About Black Lives

My People: Five Decades of Writing About Black Lives

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Author: Charlayne Hunter-GaultFormat: Paperback, 135mm x 203mm, 270g, 368 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, United States, 2023 "Charlayne Hunter-Gault is an eminent Dean of American journalism, a vital voice whose work...
Hundertwasser (German edition): Furdie Zukunft

Hundertwasser (German edition): Furdie Zukunft

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Author: Pierre RestanyFormat: Paperback, 200gPublished: Hatje Cantz, Germany, 2020The paintings and architecture by the artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser are nothing less than revolutionary with respect to nature and individual creativity. His...
The House of Fever

The House of Fever

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Author: Polly CrosbyFormat: Paperback, 153mm x 234mm, 270g, 336 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2024'Shimmering with menace, this is a deliciously Gothic treat' Heat'What a book! So intriguing, with a...
The New York Subway Map Debate: At Cooper Union April 20, 7:30 pm

The New York Subway Map Debate: At Cooper Union April 20, 7:30 pm

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Author: Gary HustwitFormat: Paperback, 127mm x 229mm, 300g, 140 pagesPublished: Plexi Productions, United States, 2022The New York Subway Map Debate documents a pivotal event in design history: the 1978 debate...
The Magazine

The Magazine

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Author: Gwen AllenFormat: Paperback, 148mm x 210mm, 560g, 240 pagesPublished: Whitechapel Gallery, United Kingdom, 2016 Part of the acclaimed 'Documents of Contemporary Art' series of anthologies . Intrinsically collaborative, the...
Peace by Ordeal: The Negotiation of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, 1921

Peace by Ordeal: The Negotiation of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, 1921

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The Paris Gown: A Novel

The Paris Gown: A Novel

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Author: Christine WellsFormat: Paperback, 152mm x 229mm, 406g, 384 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, United States, 2024 "A glorious showstopper of a novel! With its glittering characters, intricately woven plot and...
Home Futures: Living in Yesterday's Tomorrow

Home Futures: Living in Yesterday's Tomorrow

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Author: Justin McGuirkFormat: Paperback, 170mm x 240mm, 250g, 320 pagesPublished: Design Museum, United Kingdom, 2018The twentieth century offered up countless visions of domestic life, from the aspirational to the radical....
Do Let's Have Another Drink: The Singular Wit and Double Measures of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

Do Let's Have Another Drink: The Singular Wit and Double Measures of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

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Author: Gareth RussellFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 230g, 240 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2023A Times Best Book on the Royal Family of the Year 2022This is a biography of...
New Bauhaus Chicago: Experiment Photography

New Bauhaus Chicago: Experiment Photography

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Author: Bauhaus-ArchivFormat: Paperback, 230mm x 250mm, 1060g, 208 pagesPublished: Hirmer Verlag, Germany, 2018This lavishly illustrated volume, which comes in four different colours and with an open Japanese binding, looks from...
Donald Judd: Complete Writings 1959-1975: Gallery Reviews * Book Reviews * Articles * Letters to the Editor * Reports * Statements * Complaints

Donald Judd: Complete Writings 1959-1975: Gallery Reviews * Book Reviews * Articles * Letters to the Editor * Reports * Statements * Complaints

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Author: Donald JuddFormat: Paperback, 216mm x 279mm, 890g, 240 pagesPublished: Distributed Art Publishers, United States, 2016Originally published in 1975, reprinted in 2005 and out of print for many years, this...
Tarsila do Amaral: The Moon

Tarsila do Amaral: The Moon

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Author: Beverly AdamsFormat: Paperback, 185mm x 230mm, 200g, 48 pagesPublished: Museum of Modern Art, United States, 2022Tarsila do Amaral's painting The Moon (1928), a highly stylized, desolate nocturne, grew from...
The Cold War: And the Making of the Modern World

The Cold War: And the Making of the Modern World

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Artrage!: The Story of the BritArt Revolution

Artrage!: The Story of the BritArt Revolution

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Author: Elizabeth FullertonFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 240g, 224 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2021The Young British Artists (YBAs) stormed on to the contemporary art scene in 1988...
The Paris Gown: A Novel

The Paris Gown: A Novel

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Author: Christine WellsFormat: Paperback, 152mm x 229mm, 406g, 384 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, United States, 2024 "A glorious showstopper of a novel! With its glittering characters, intricately woven plot and...
Russia of the Tsars

Russia of the Tsars

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Author: Peter WaldronFormat: Paperback, 170mm x 210mm, 480g, 144 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2011Between the 17th century and the 1917 revolution, the Russian Tsars became absolute rulers...
The Common Reader: Second Series (Collins Classics)

The Common Reader: Second Series (Collins Classics)

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Author: Virginia WoolfFormat: Paperback, 111mm x 178mm, 160g, 320 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2024HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. The only advice, indeed,...
Odd People: Hunting Spies in the First World War

Odd People: Hunting Spies in the First World War

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The Unknown Courier: The True Story of Operation Mincemeat

The Unknown Courier: The True Story of Operation Mincemeat

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Divided We Stand: Britain, the United States and the Suez Crisis

Divided We Stand: Britain, the United States and the Suez Crisis

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The Common Reader: Second Series (Collins Classics)

The Common Reader: Second Series (Collins Classics)

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Author: Virginia WoolfFormat: Paperback, 111mm x 178mm, 160g, 320 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2024HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. The only advice, indeed,...
A Secret Garden Affair

A Secret Garden Affair

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Author: Erica JamesFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 260g, 416 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2023Recapture the summer sunshine this autumn with the Sunday Times bestseller that readers are calling 'captivating'...