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The Last Leonardo: The Secret Lives of the World's Most Expensive Painting

The Last Leonardo: The Secret Lives of the World's Most Expensive Painting

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Author: Ben Lewis Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 An epic quest exposes hidden truths about Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi, the recently discovered masterpiece that sold for $450 million-and...
The Wood Age: How one material shaped the whole of human history

The Wood Age: How one material shaped the whole of human history

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Author: Roland Ennos Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 When our ancestors came down from the trees, they brought the trees with them and remade the world. 'A...
Damn Few Making the Modern Seal Warrior

Damn Few Making the Modern Seal Warrior

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Author: Rorke Denver Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 From leadership expert, former Navy SEAL, "American Grit" feature player, and author of Worth Dying For: A Navy SEAL's Call to...
The Spymaster of Baghdad: A True Story of Bravery, Family, and Patriotism in the Battle Against Isis

The Spymaster of Baghdad: A True Story of Bravery, Family, and Patriotism in the Battle Against Isis

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Author: Margaret Coker Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 From the former New York Times bureau chief in Baghdad comes the gripping and heroic story of an elite, top-secret team...
The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast

The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast

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Author: Michael Scott Moore Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 480 Michael Scott Moore, a journalist and the author of Sweetness and Blood, incorporates personal narrative and rigorous investigative...
Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation

Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation

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Author: Roderick Beaton Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 496 A history of modern Greece by one of the pre-eminent experts in the field We think we know ancient...
The Way of the Strangers: Encounters with the Islamic State

The Way of the Strangers: Encounters with the Islamic State

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Author: Graeme Wood Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 A timely and essential rethinking of what ISIS is and what it really wants Based on Graeme Wood's unprecedented...
Becoming: The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller

Becoming: The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller

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Author: Michelle Obama Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 464 An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir;15 million copies sold worldwide Now in paperback featuring a new introduction by Michelle...
Places and Names: On War, Revolution, and Returning

Places and Names: On War, Revolution, and Returning

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Author: Elliot Ackerman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 From a decorated Marine war veteran and National Book Award finalist, an astonishing reckoning with the nature of combat and the...
Terrorism: All That Matters: Book

Terrorism: All That Matters: Book

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Author: Andrew Silke Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 160 DOES TERRORISM WORK? Terrorism is surrounded by myths. One of the most enduring of these myths and half-truths is that terrorism...
How Democracies Die: The International Bestseller: What History Reveals About Our Future

How Democracies Die: The International Bestseller: What History Reveals About Our Future

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Author: Steven Levitsky Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 Two Harvard professors explain the stages in which governments collapse - and how we can prevent this Democracies can...
The Egyptians: A Radical Story

The Egyptians: A Radical Story

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Author: Jack Shenker Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 560 The essential book about Egypt and radical politics. Egypt is a nation in turmoil, caught in a cycle of...
Roller-Coaster: Europe, 1950-2017

Roller-Coaster: Europe, 1950-2017

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Author: Ian Kershaw Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 704 The definitive history of a divided Europe, from the aftermath of the Second World War to the present. After...
Upheaval: How Nations Cope with Crisis and Change

Upheaval: How Nations Cope with Crisis and Change

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Author: Jared Diamond Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 512 A New York Times bestseller and recommended by Bill Gates- Jared Diamond's visionary exploration of how nations cope with...
The Penguin History of Modern China: The Fall and Rise of a Great Power, 1850 to the Present, Third Edition

The Penguin History of Modern China: The Fall and Rise of a Great Power, 1850 to the Present, Third Edition

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Author: Jonathan Fenby Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 848 The crucial book for understanding modern China, now updated to include the rule of Xi Jinping. In 1850, China...
Operation Mayhem

Operation Mayhem

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Author: Steve Heaney, MC Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 'Captures the confusion, black humour, raw courage and sheer exhilaration of combat brilliantly' THE TIMES 'Read this account...
The Messenger

The Messenger

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Author: Shiv Malik Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 The Messenger tells the story of an unlikely friendship between two men looking to change the world - a...
The Last Wolf: The Hidden Springs of Englishness

The Last Wolf: The Hidden Springs of Englishness

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Author: Robert Winder Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 480 It is often assumed that the national identity must be a matter of values and ideas. But in Robert...
To the Ends of the Earth: Hunt for the Jackal

To the Ends of the Earth: Hunt for the Jackal

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The View from the Valley of Hell: Four Years in the Middle East

The View from the Valley of Hell: Four Years in the Middle East

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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: Mark Willacy Format: Paperback...
Bending Adversity: Japan and the Art of Survival

Bending Adversity: Japan and the Art of Survival

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Author: David Pilling Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 464 A both definitive and highly enjoyable book on how modern Japan works - now fully updated to 2020 and...
Violence in the Skies: A History of Aircraft Hijacking and Bombing

Violence in the Skies: A History of Aircraft Hijacking and Bombing

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Author: Philip Baum Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 Aviation security expert Philip Baum delves into the archives to reveal the stories behind the most astonishing and shocking crimes in...
The Age of Terror: America and the World After September 11

The Age of Terror: America and the World After September 11

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Seeds of Terror: How Heroin is Bankrolling the Taliban and Al Qaeda

Seeds of Terror: How Heroin is Bankrolling the Taliban and Al Qaeda

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Inside the Global Jihad: How I Infiltrated Al Qaeda and Was Abandoned by Western Intelligence

Inside the Global Jihad: How I Infiltrated Al Qaeda and Was Abandoned by Western Intelligence

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In the Shadow of Swords

In the Shadow of Swords

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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: Sally Neighbour Format: Paperback...
The Perfect Kill: A Personal History of Modern Assassination

The Perfect Kill: A Personal History of Modern Assassination

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Author: Robert Baer Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 What is the definition of assassination? Robert Baer's boss at the CIA once told him, 'It's a bullet with a man's...