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Trotsky's Favourite Spy: The Life Of George Alexander Hill

Trotsky's Favourite Spy: The Life Of George Alexander Hill

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UnaKroll was eleven when she first met her father. They stopped for lunch on theway from Brighton to London and he took her outside to play with theinnkeeper's Angora rabbit....
A Game of Birds and Wolves: The Ingenious Young Women Whose Secret Board Game Helped Win World War II

A Game of Birds and Wolves: The Ingenious Young Women Whose Secret

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As heard on the New Yorker Radio Hour: The triumphant and "engaging history" (The New Yorker) of the young women who devised a winning strategy that defeated Nazi U-boats and...
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...
Edwardian Ladies' Hat Fashions: Where Did You Get that Hat?

Edwardian Ladies' Hat Fashions: Where Did You Get that Hat?

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Based upon the author's large personal collection of beautiful fashion postcards from Edwardian times, this book takes the reader on a journey through that era covering the hat fashions and...
The Privatisation Classes: A Pictorial Survey of Diesel and Electric Locomotives and Units Since 1994

The Privatisation Classes: A Pictorial Survey of Diesel and Electric

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Post Privatisation Diesels and Electrics is an album of photographs taken by David Cable, a well-regarded author of several books covering trains throughout much of the world. This book looks...
British Naval Supremacy and Anglo-American Antagonisms, 1914-1930

British Naval Supremacy and Anglo-American Antagonisms, 1914-1930

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During World War I, Britain's naval supremacy enabled it to impose economic blockades and interdiction of American neutral shipping. The United States responded by building 'a navy second to none',...
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...
Churchill and Empire: A Portrait of an Imperialist

Churchill and Empire: A Portrait of an Imperialist

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One of our finest narrative historians, Lawrence James has written a genuinely new biography of Winston Churchill, one focusing solely on his relationship with the British Empire. As a young...
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...
Vulcan Boys: From the Cold War to the Falklands: True Tales of the Iconic Delta V Bomber

Vulcan Boys: From the Cold War to the Falklands: True Tales of the

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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

Queen Elizabeth II

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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...
The German Messenger

The German Messenger

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Liverpool, 1940. "Where's George?" Ruth didn't realise that she had grabbed hold of the other woman's arms. "Where's my son?" Journalist Ruth Holt is struggling in the terror of the...
Our Stories: 75 Years of the NHS from the People Who Built It, Lived It and Love It

Our Stories: 75 Years of the NHS from the People Who Built It, Lived

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FOREWORD BY ADAM KAY, AUTHOR OF THIS IS GOING TO HURTPortion of proceeds go to NHS Charities Together.A beautiful and heart-warming collection of stories, this landmark publication tells, for the...
The War Diaries: World War II Written by the People Who Lived Through It

The War Diaries: World War II Written by the People Who Lived Through

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Based on select writings from an exceptional Amsterdam archive containing more than two thousand Dutch diaries from World War II, The War Diaries illuminates a part of history we haven't...
Catland: Feline Enchantment and the Making of the Modern World

Catland: Feline Enchantment and the Making of the Modern World

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A Times and Sunday Times Book of the YearA Wall Street Journal Book of the YearA Spectator Book of the YearA Times Literary Supplement Book of the YearA New Yorker...
The Princess: The moving new novel about the young Diana

The Princess: The moving new novel about the young Diana

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A deeply moving new novel about the young Princess DianaDiana believes in love. Growing up amid the fallout of her parents' bitter divorce, she takes refuge in romantic novels. She...
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...
Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth II

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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...
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...
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....
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,...
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...
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...
Strictly Ann: The Autobiography

Strictly Ann: The Autobiography

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In this life story of one of our most outspoken and celebrated politicians, Ann Widdecombe offers a unique insight into her time as a minister in three government departments and...
Who's In, Who's Out: The Journals of Kenneth Rose: Volume One 1944-1979

Who's In, Who's Out: The Journals of Kenneth Rose: Volume One [...]

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'The most detailed, amusing and accurate account ever of the post-war world of the English Establishment' William Shawcross, Daily Telegraph'Extremely entertaining' Jane Ridley, Literary ReviewKenneth Rose was one of the...
The Windsors at War - As seen on Channel 4's Edward vs George: The Nazi Threat to the Crown

The Windsors at War - As seen on Channel 4's Edward vs George: [...]

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'This riotous and engaging biography has it all'GUARDIAN'As much fun to read as a good political thriller'WALL STREET JOURNALThe book that inspired the major documentary Edward vs George: The Windsors...
The Other Half of Augusta Hope

The Other Half of Augusta Hope

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Shortlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award'A therapeutic dose of high-strength emotion' GUARDIAN*JOANNA GLEN'S LATEST NOVEL MAYBE, PERHAPS, POSSIBLY IS OUT NOW* Augusta Hope has never felt like...
The Diary of a Secret Royal

The Diary of a Secret Royal

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The most scandalous Royal book of the year In a rapidly changing world the Royal Family own swathes of the country, most of the seabed and more money than anyone...
The East Coast Main Line 1939-1959

The East Coast Main Line 1939-1959

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The book takes an in-depth look at the East Coast Main Line-King's Cross to Edinburgh-between 1939 and 1959. This is carried out in a series of chapters. In the first...
Men Who Gave Us Wings: Britain and the Aeroplane 1796-1914

Men Who Gave Us Wings: Britain and the Aeroplane 1796-1914

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Author: Peter ReeseFormat: Hardback, 156mm x 234mm, 272 pagesPublished: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2014Why did the British, then the leading nation in science and technology, fall far...
Goldstar Century: 31 Squadron RAF 1915-2015

Goldstar Century: 31 Squadron RAF 1915-2015

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Author: Ian HallFormat: Hardback, 156mm x 234mm, 304 pagesPublished: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2015Number 31 Squadron RAF will celebrate its centenary in 2015; a pivotal milestone for...
Goldstar Century: 31 Squadron RAF 1915-2015

Goldstar Century: 31 Squadron RAF 1915-2015

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Author: Ian HallFormat: Hardback, 156mm x 234mm, 304 pagesPublished: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2015Number 31 Squadron RAF will celebrate its centenary in 2015; a pivotal milestone for...
Men Who Gave Us Wings: Britain and the Aeroplane 1796-1914

Men Who Gave Us Wings: Britain and the Aeroplane 1796-1914

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Author: Peter ReeseFormat: Hardback, 156mm x 234mm, 272 pagesPublished: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2014Why did the British, then the leading nation in science and technology, fall far...
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...
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 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,...
Humankind: Ruskin Spear: Class, culture and art in 20th-century Britain

Humankind: Ruskin Spear: Class, culture and art in 20th-century Britain

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Author: Tanya HarrodFormat: Hardback, 185mm x 245mm, 1340g, 320 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2022Humankind: Ruskin Spear is the first book on the painter Ruskin Spear RA (1911-1990)...
The Windsors at War: The Nazi Threat to the Crown

The Windsors at War: The Nazi Threat to the Crown

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Author: Alexander LarmanFormat: Paperback, 128mm x 196mm, 320g, 432 pagesPublished: Orion Publishing Co, United Kingdom, 2024'This riotous and engaging biography has it all'GUARDIAN'As much fun to read as a good...
Teddy Boys: Post-War Britain and the First Youth Revolution: A Sunday Times Book of the Week

Teddy Boys: Post-War Britain and the First Youth Revolution: A Sunday Times Book of the Week

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Author: Max DecharneFormat: Hardback, 160mm x 236mm, 554g, 336 pagesPublished: Profile Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2024With their draped suits, suede creepers and immaculately greased hair, the Teddy Boys defined a...