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River East, River West: Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2024

River East, River West: Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2024

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024 A mesmerising reversal of the east-west immigrant narrative set against China's economic boom, River East, River West is a deeply moving exploration...
Holding the Line: A true story of female-led resilience from the bestselling author of Demon Copperhead

Holding the Line: A true story of female-led resilience from the bestselling author of Demon Copperhead

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From the multi-million copy bestselling author of Demon Copperhead : a true story of female-led resilience during the Great Arizona Mine Strike of 1983 - now available for the first...
Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire

Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire

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As remarkable as Columbus and the conquistador expeditions, the history of Portuguese exploration is now almost forgotten. But Portugal's navigators cracked the code of the Atlantic winds, launched the expedition...
Democratizing Global Governance

Democratizing Global Governance

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Six Motives for Murder

Six Motives for Murder

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'Frances Brody has made it to the top rank of crime writers' DAILY MAIL     A charming historical mystery set in 1960s Yorkshire, starring prisoner governor and amateur sleuth...
Secrets in the Dark: THE glamorous blockbuster and the escapist treat you NEED!

Secrets in the Dark: THE glamorous blockbuster and the escapist treat

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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...
Robin Wood's CORES Recycled

Robin Wood's CORES Recycled

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Initially, they were the waste product of wooden bowls turned in an ancient technique by Robin Wood of the United Kingdom, an expert pole-lathe turner and author. Known for his...
Not Far From Brideshead: Oxford Between the Wars

Not Far From Brideshead: Oxford Between the Wars

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Oxford thought it was at war. And then it was. After the horrors of the First World War, Oxford looked like an Arcadia - a dream world - from which...
A Woman I Know: female spies, double identities, and a new story of the Kennedy assassination

A Woman I Know: female spies, double identities, and a new story of the Kennedy assassination

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The Last Governor: Chris Patten and the Handover of Hong Kong

The Last Governor: Chris Patten and the Handover of Hong Kong

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Pines

Pines

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The first book of the smash-hit Wayward Pines trilogy, from the New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter, Recursion, and Upgrade Secret Service agent Ethan Burke arrives in Wayward...
Young Elizabeth: One Extraordinary African Summer in the Life of the Princess

Young Elizabeth: One Extraordinary African Summer in the Life of the

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Young Elizabeth captures in vivid detail perhaps the single-most important formative experience in Queen Elizabeth's life, the 1947 royal tour of southern Africa with her parents King George VI, Queen...
Understand the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Teach Yourself

Understand the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Teach Yourself

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Understand the Israeli Palestinian Conflict is the essential guide to one of the world s most distressing confrontations. Putting the present situation into its broader context and examining all perspectives,...
When the Apricots Bloom: The evocative and emotionally powerful story of secrets, family and betrayal . . .

When the Apricots Bloom: The evocative and emotionally powerful story

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  At night, in Huda's fragrant garden of apricot trees, a breeze sweeps in from the desert, carrying warning of visitors at her gate . . . Huda, a secretary...
P.S. Burn This Letter Please: The fabulous and fraught birth of modern drag, in the queens' own words

P.S. Burn This Letter Please: The fabulous and fraught birth of modern

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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...
P.S. Burn This Letter Please: The fabulous and fraught birth of modern drag, in the queens' own words

P.S. Burn This Letter Please: The fabulous and fraught birth of modern

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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...
Creating a World without Poverty

Creating a World without Poverty

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The Illusionist: The True Story of the Man Who Fooled Hitler

The Illusionist: The True Story of the Man Who Fooled Hitler

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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,...
The Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal 1940: France and Flanders Campaign

The Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal 1940: France and Flanders

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Known in some accounts as the Battle of Wijtschaete, the confrontation along the Ypres-Comines Canal in 1940 is still hardly remembered in this country and, apart from the battle honours...
Mary Poppins Comes Back

Mary Poppins Comes Back

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Discover the joy and wonder of Mary Poppins in the classic adventures!The original and classic stories available now in all-new luxurious livery. Just when Jane and Michael Banks thought she...
I Catch Killers: The Life and Many Deaths of a Homicide Detective

I Catch Killers: The Life and Many Deaths of a Homicide Detective

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THE #1 TRUE CRIME BESTSELLER. Serial killings, child abductions, organised crime hits and domestic murders. This is the memoir of a homicide detective. WINNER OF 2021 DANGER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONHere...
Soldiers: Great Stories of War and Peace

Soldiers: Great Stories of War and Peace

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'A gripping new collection from Max Hastings that puts you at the heart of the battle ... Compelling' Daily Mail'An unmissable read' Sunday Times Soldiers is a very personal gathering...
Decoy

Decoy

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The shocking true story of one of Britain's most secretive, groundbreaking and successful police covert operations Bristol, 1979.An attacker roams the streets...Young women are warned not to go out alone...Enter...
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

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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...
Punishing Putin: Inside the Global Economic War to Bring Down Russia

Punishing Putin: Inside the Global Economic War to Bring Down Russia

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'A brilliant book' Alastair Campbell, The Rest is Politics'The essential, must-read insider account of the West's cat and mouse economic warfare against Russia and how it is changing the face...
Mary Poppins Opens the Door

Mary Poppins Opens the Door

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Discover the joy and wonder of Mary Poppins in the classic adventures!The original and classic stories available now in all-new luxurious livery. On a dark November night, Mary Poppins returns...
The Namesake

The Namesake

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The incredible bestselling first novel from Pulitzer Prize- winning author, Jhumpa Lahiri.'The kind of writer who makes you want to grab the next person and say "Read this!"' Amy Tan...
By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept

By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept

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Elizabeth Smart's passionate fictional account of her intense love-affair with the poet George Barker, described by Angela Carter as 'Like Madame Bovary blasted by lightening ... A masterpiece'. One day,...
After Fellini: National Cinema in the Postmodern Age

After Fellini: National Cinema in the Postmodern Age

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During the last two decades of the 20th century, the perception of Italian cinema's prominence within the film industry waned. This decline, in part due to the loss of its...
Mahler: His Life, Work and World

Mahler: His Life, Work and World

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Gustav Mahler was born on 7 July 1860 in an insignificant outpost of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He grew to become one of the greatest conductors and composers of his time,...
The 1989 Coup d'Etat in Paraguay: The End of a Long Dictatorship, 1954-1989

The 1989 Coup d'Etat in Paraguay: The End of a Long Dictatorship,

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The year 1989 was crucial for Paraguay. After a long period of 35 years of dictatorship, General Alfredo Stroessner was finally overthrown by a violent coup d'etat. In a sort...
I Spy: My Life in MI5

I Spy: My Life in MI5

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The Only One Left: the chilling, gripping novel from the master of the genre-bending thriller

The Only One Left: the chilling, gripping novel from the master of the

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PRE-ORDER NOW! THE BRAND NEW HEART-POUNDING GOTHIC THRILLER FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHORAt seventeen, Lenora HopeHung her sister with a ropeNow reduced to a schoolyard chant, the Hope family murders...
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

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Genteel society ladies who compare notes on their husbands' suicides. A hilariously foul-mouthed black drag queen. A voodoo priestess who works her roots in the graveyard at midnight. A morose...
The Silent Stars Go By

The Silent Stars Go By

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'Bittersweet perfection' Guardian, Best Books of the Year 'An engulfing historical novel' The Times, Best Books of the Year 'A festive classic in the making' Observer, Best Books of the...
Century of Change 1900 - 2000

Century of Change 1900 - 2000

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These outstanding books bring to life the people, places and events of the past in these islands, from the earliest settlers to the present day. They explore the everyday lives...
Picasso's Lovers: A famous artist. An aspiring writer. The lifetime of secrets between them

Picasso's Lovers: A famous artist. An aspiring writer. The lifetime of

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'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...
Now or Never: A Dunkirk Story (Voices #1)

Now or Never: A Dunkirk Story (Voices #1)

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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...
Tell Me How It Ends: Sixties glamour meets film noir in a gripping drama of long-buried secrets and dark revenge

Tell Me How It Ends: Sixties glamour meets film noir in a gripping

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'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...
Once a King: The Lost Memoir of Edward VIII

Once a King: The Lost Memoir of Edward VIII

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'ASTONISHING' THE DAILY MAIL 'STRIKING' THE SUNDAY TIMES 'RADICAL' TATLER Described by The Telegraph as 'Edward's truth' Once a King is the never before seen and unfiltered story of King...
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.'...
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...
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.'...
P.S. Burn This Letter Please: The fabulous and fraught birth of modern drag, in the queens' own words

P.S. Burn This Letter Please: The fabulous and fraught birth of modern

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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 Pianist

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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...
The Trouble with Europe: Why the EU isn't Working, How it Can be Reformed, How Brexit Could Change Europe

The Trouble with Europe: Why the EU isn't Working, How it Can be

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'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

Anatomy of a Nation: A History of British Identity in 50 Documents

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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,...
Memphis: LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2023

Memphis: LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2023

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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...