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Afgantsy: The Russians in Afghanistan, 1979-89

Afgantsy: The Russians in Afghanistan, 1979-89

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As a former ambassador to Moscow, Rodric Braithwaite brings unique insights to the Soviet War in Afghanistan. The story has been distorted not only by Cold War propaganda but also...
Us and Them: The Authorised Story of Hipgnosis: The visionary artists behind Pink Floyd and more...

Us and Them: The Authorised Story of Hipgnosis: The visionary artists

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'Hugely entertaining history' - MojoBetween the late '60s and early '80s, design house Hipgnosis created some of the most iconic and ubiquitous album artwork of all time. Their original lifespan...
The Six Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Wrestlemania

The Six Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Wrestlemania

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They say to never meet your heroes. Brad Balukjian doesn't listen. From the bestselling author of The Wax Pack, comes another eye-opening road trip adventure into a pocket of massively...
The Rare Metals War: the dark side of clean energy and digital technologies

The Rare Metals War: the dark side of clean energy and digital

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A celebrated international bestseller that exposes the ticking time-bomb underneath our new technological order. The resources race is on. Powering our digital lives and green technologies are some of the...
The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath And Ted Hughes

The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath And Ted Hughes

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Is it ever possible to know 'the truth' about Sylvia Plath and her marriage to Ted Hughes, which ended with her suicide? In The Silent Woman, Janet Malcolm (author of...
The Greengage Summer

The Greengage Summer

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A tense, evocative, portrait of love and deceit set during one long hot summer in France, The Greengage Summer is a hauntingly beautiful coming-of-age story by from Rumer Godden, the...
Emily Noble's Disgrace

Emily Noble's Disgrace

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'A brilliant, original read' - Daily Mail 'Totally absorbing, this is a story that will keep you gripped' - Janice Hadlow, author of The Other Bennet Sister The case is...
Twilight Cities: Lost Capitals of the Mediterranean

Twilight Cities: Lost Capitals of the Mediterranean

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WINNER OF THE 2024 SOMERSET MAUGHAM AWARDIts name means 'centre of the world', and since the dawn of history the Mediterranean Sea has formed the shared horizon of innumerable cultures....
Karma: My Autobiography: 'The most entertaining music memoir since Elton John' Observer

Karma: My Autobiography: 'The most entertaining music memoir since

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THE OFFICIAL STORY OF A MUSICAL ICON - TOLD IN FULL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS OWN WORDS'Funny, smart and heartbreaking. Incredible... go listen to it or read it.'...
Minute by Minute: Minute by Minute

Minute by Minute: Minute by Minute

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The acclaimed book by Jonathan Mayo, now available in paperback"Reads like a pacey, page-turning, cold war political thriller." Dermot O'Leary This is the story of JFK's assassination as told from...
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...
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...
The Unravelling: High Hopes and Missed Opportunities in Iraq

The Unravelling: High Hopes and Missed Opportunities in Iraq

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When Emma Sky, an intrepid young British woman, volunteered to help rebuild Iraq after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, she had little idea what she was letting herself in for....
What It Is Like To Go To War

What It Is Like To Go To War

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In 1968, at the age of 22, Karl Marlantes abandoned his Oxford University scholarship to sign up for active service with the US Marine Corps in Vietnam. Pitched into a...
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

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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...
My Family Remembers The 1980s

My Family Remembers The 1980s

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My Family Remembers offers a look at decades in recent history through the memories of members of a selection of families. Employing running text, featured quotations and colour and black...
Melting Point: Family, Memory and the Search for a Promised Land: LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION

Melting Point: Family, Memory and the Search for a Promised Land:

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LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZEA TIMES & SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA NEW STATESMAN'S BOOKS OF THE YEAR A SPECTATOR'S BOOKS OF THE YEARONE OF THE CONVERSATION'S 5...
Covert City: The Cold War and the Making of Miami

Covert City: The Cold War and the Making of Miami

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Secret operations, corruption, crime, and a city teeming with spies: why Miami was as crucial to winning the Cold War as Washington DC or Moscow.The Cuban Missile Crisis was perhaps...
At the Edge of Empire: A Family's Reckoning with China

At the Edge of Empire: A Family's Reckoning with China

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'A brilliant personal account of China's borderlands and peoples' Francis Fukuyama'A splendid journey through eighty years of Chinese history ... Edward Wong is about as knowledgeable a guide to China...
Holocaust Journey: Travelling In Search Of The Past

Holocaust Journey: Travelling In Search Of The Past

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Includes a new foreword by Rob RinderWhat readers are saying about HOLOCAUST JOURNEY:'Brilliant ... A must read for everybody' 'Devastating' 'Fascinating, thought provoking and shocking' 'Everybody should read this' 'Informative...
Before the Light Fades: A Family Story of Resistance - 'Fascinating' Sarah Waters

Before the Light Fades: A Family Story of Resistance - 'Fascinating'

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'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'...
We Play Here

We Play Here

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We Play Here is a collection of four poem-stories, taking place in an underdeveloped area of Protestant North Belfast in the summer of 1988, against a background of political turbulence...
King Richard: Nixon and Watergate: an American tragedy

King Richard: Nixon and Watergate: an American tragedy

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From an acclaimed British author, a sharply focused, riveting account - told from inside the White House - of the crucial days, hours, and moments when the Watergate conspiracy consumed,...
The Last Honest Man: The CIA, the FBI, the Mafia, and the Kennedys-and One Senator's Fight to Save Democracy

The Last Honest Man: The CIA, the FBI, the Mafia, and the [...]

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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn this "gripping . . . spectacular piece of reporting" (Ken Burns), a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines Senator Frank Church, the man at the center...
Bowie at the BBC: A life in interviews

Bowie at the BBC: A life in interviews

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A LOUDER THAN WAR BOOK OF THE YEAR'A unique insight... An excellent companion for both the casual and obsessive Bowie fan'Louder Then WarThe life of an icon, in his own...
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...
The Graces: The captivating historical novel for fans of Stacey Halls

The Graces: The captivating historical novel for fans of Stacey Halls

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'A haunting, gripping, deeply atmospheric novel' - Emma Stonex'What a storyteller . . . masterful' - Donal Ryan'Beautiful, compelling and exquisitely told. This story will haunt me' - Ruth Hogan'To...
What Went Wrong With Brexit: And What We Can Do About It

What Went Wrong With Brexit: And What We Can Do About It

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Six years after Brexit, it can feel like we're still having the same conversations.This is the explainer we need to move on.And we do need to move on, because in...
I Must Belong Somewhere: Three men. Two migrations. One endless journey.

I Must Belong Somewhere: Three men. Two migrations. One endless [...]

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'An extraordinary family tale of survival' Sunday TimesHuman and curious . . . an admirable family memoir of migration' GuardianJonathan Dean's great-grandfather, David Schapira, lived a life of epic achievement...
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...
A Posy of Wild Flowers: A Gypsy Girl at Heart

A Posy of Wild Flowers: A Gypsy Girl at Heart

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Rosemary Penfold's A FIELD FULL OF BUTTERFLIES was a beautiful and evocative memoir of her life growing up in the fields of the English countryside. A moving testament to a...
A Circle of Five

A Circle of Five

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On a misty Monday-21st June 1948-the MV Empire Windrush sailed up the Thames and anchored at Tilbury Dock, London. There were a total of 1027 passengers on board with 802...
The Story of the Titanic for Children: Astonishing little-known facts and details about the most famous ship in the world

The Story of the Titanic for Children: Astonishing little-known [...]

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Explore the beautiful sundecks, marvel at the luxurious design and relive the tragic sinking of the world's most famous ship with The Story of the Titanic for Children.Over one hundred...
Gluck: Her Biography

Gluck: Her Biography

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As stubborn as she was gifted, as fierce as she was tender, and notorious for her mannish dress that was provocative and chic in equal measure, Gluck was an artist...
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 Shock Of The Old: Technology and Global History since 1900

The Shock Of The Old: Technology and Global History since 1900

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'It's rare for a book to make you see the world differently, but this ... does exactly that on almost every page' Guardian Standard histories of technology give tired accounts...