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Verdi and/or Wagner: Two Men, Two Worlds, Two Centuries
Author: Peter Conrad Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner, the two greatest opera composers of their time, represent diametrically opposed approaches to life and music,...
The Heroines: The instant Sunday Times bestseller
Author: Laura Shepperson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 *** THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER *** 'A deft and clever retelling full of intrigue, rage and pathos' JENNIFER SAINT, author...
Under the Same Stars: A beautiful and moving tale of sisterhood and wilderness
Author: Alexandra Heminsley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 'Beautifully written, with such heart. Not only did it make me cry, it made me see the world in a different...
All That We Are: Uncovering the Hidden Truths Behind Our Behaviour at Work
Author: Gabriella Braun Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 Who do you bring with you to work? Try as we might, we cannot leave part of ourselves under the pillow...
Bad Data: How Governments, Politicians and the Rest of Us Get Misled by Numbers
Author: Georgina Sturge Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 'Essential reading ... An incisive and urgently needed book' Tim Harford '[An] entertaining introduction to the uses (and misuses) of data...
Treasured: How Tutankhamun Shaped a Century
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Author: Christina Riggs Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 A bold new history of the discovery of King Tut and the seismic impact it left on modern society. When it...
Unfinished Business
Author: Michael Bracewell Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 UNFINISHED BUSINESS focuses on an ordinary suburban office worker, fundamentally weak but always keeping his eyes fixed on some horizon where...
Know Thyself: The Science of Self-Awareness
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Author: Stephen Fleming Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Unlock the secrets to understanding yourself and others with the surprising science of the human mind's greatest power: introspection. "Are you...
Origins: How Earth's History Shaped Human History
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Author: Lewis Dartnell Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 A New York Times-bestselling author explains how the physical world shaped the history of our species When we talk about human...
Walter Ralegh: Architect of Empire
Author: Alan Gallay Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 576 Sir Walter Ralegh was the favourite of Queen Elizabeth, who showered him estates, jewels, monopolies, and political appointments earning him the...
The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity
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Author: Toby Ord Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 This urgent and eye-opening book makes the case that protecting humanity's future is the central challenge of our time. If all...
Life Is Simple: How Occam's Razor Set Science Free and Shapes the Universe
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Author: Johnjoe McFadden Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 "In short, Life Is Simple is enthralling."--Michael Blastland, Prospect A biologist argues that simplicity is the guiding principle of the universe...
Climate Chaos: Lessons on Survival from Our Ancestors
Author: Brian Fagan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 Human-made climate change may have begun in the last two hundred years, but our species has witnessed many eras of climate...
Sing Me Forgotten
Author: Jessica S. Olson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 'Lush and lavish, Sing Me Forgotten hit all the right notes' Erin A. Craig, New York Times bestselling author of...
A Natural History of the Future: What the Laws of Biology Tell Us about the Destiny of the Human Species
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Author: Rob Dunn Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 "An arresting vision of this relentless natural world"--New York Times Book Review A leading ecologist argues that if humankind is to...
The Wine-Dark Sea Within: A Turbulent History of Blood
Author: Dhun Sethna Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 Inspired by Homer's description of the ebb and flow of the "wine dark sea," the ancient Greeks conceived a back-and-forth movement...
The Invention of Power: Popes, Kings, and the Birth of the West
Author: Bruce de Mesquita Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 Western exceptionalism-the idea that European civilizations are freer, wealthier, and less violent-is a widespread and powerful political idea. It has...
The Liar: How a Double Agent in the CIA Became the Cold War's Last Honest Man
Author: Benjamin Cunningham Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 In the mid-1970s, the CIA and KGB watched Karel Koecher closely-they were both convinced he was working for the enemy. And...
Jungle: How Tropical Forests Shaped the World--And Us
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Author: Patrick Roberts Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 "A bold, ambitious and truly wonderful history of the world"--Peter Wohlleben, author of The Hidden Life of Trees From the age...
The Chaos of Empire: The British Raj and the Conquest of India
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Author: Jon Wilson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 592 The popular image of the British Raj-an era of efficient but officious governors, sycophantic local functionaries, doting amahs, blisteringly hot days...
The Italian Cooking Course
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Author: Katie Caldesi Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 512 No-fuss Italian cooking packed with flavor and texture, perfect for beginners and experts alike. Katie has travelled the rice fields of...
The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet
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Author: Michael E Mann Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 Shortlisted for the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year award A renowned climate scientist shows how fossil fuel companies have...
Hothouse Earth: An Inhabitant's Guide
Author: Bill McGuire Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 Hothouse Earth: an Inhabitant's Guide provides a post-COP26 perspective on the climateemergency, acknowledging that it is now practically impossible to keep...
Inside Qatar: Hidden Stories from One of the Richest Nations on Earth
Author: John McManus Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 Just 70 years ago, the Gulf nation of Qatar was a backwater, reliant on pearl diving. Today it is a gas-laden...
The Imaginary Patient: How Diagnosis Gets Us Wrong
Author: Jules Montague Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 A diagnosis - the label we give to a disease - is supposed to offer certainty: a system for classifying and...
Let's Do It: The Birth of Pop
Author: Bob Stanley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 656 Let's Do It is the definitive history of the birth of Pop, from 1900 to the mid-fifties. The story begins in...
Foolproof Slow Cooker: 60 Essential Recipes that Make the Most of Your Slow Cooker
Author: Rebecca Woods Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 144 Beginning with clear instructions and top tips for how to get the most out of this humble appliance (like salting your...
Bowlful: Fresh and vibrant dishes from Southeast Asia
Author: Norman Musa Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 From crisp and zingy salads, to fresh and comforting rice bowls, and tangles of tasty noodles as well as plant-based bowls...
Smokescreen
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Author: Iris Johansen Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 432 In this pulse-pounding thriller from #1 New York Timesbestselling author Iris Johansen, forensic sculptor Eve Duncan journeys to Africa...
Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations
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Author: William H McRaven Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 496 In this instant New York Times bestseller, the celebrated author of Make Your Bed shares amazing adventure stories from his...
Stephen Hawking: An Unfettered Mind
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Author: Kitty Ferguson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 Kitty Ferguson, the award-winning and international bestselling author of Stephen Hawking's biography, presents an even deeper portrait of the...
Dark Night: A Mystery
Author: Paige Shelton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 Winter is falling in the remote town of Benedict, Alaska, and with the cold comes a mysterious guest. The dreaded "census...
The Battle of Maldon: together with The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth
Author: J. R. R. Tolkien Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 First ever standalone edition of one of J.R.R. Tolkien's most important poetic dramas, that explores timely themes such as...
Unfortunately Yours: A Novel
Author: Tessa Bailey Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 #1 New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey returns with the hilarious follow-up to Secretly Yours, in which a down-on-her-luck Napa...
Our Missing Hearts: 'Thought-provoking, heart-wrenching' Reese Witherspoon, a Reese's Book Club Pick
Author: Celeste Ng Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 THE REESE WITHERSPOON OCTOBER BOOK CLUB PICK 'Governments are right to fear words. They can change hearts and topple...
Mathematical Intelligence: What We Have that Machines Don't
Author: Junaid Mubeen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 There's so much talk about the threat posed by intelligent machines that it sometimes seems as though we should surrender to...
Exposed: The Greek and Roman Body - Shortlisted for the Anglo-Hellenic Runciman Award
Author: Caroline Vout Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 The Greek and Roman body is often seen as flawless - cast from life in buff bronze and white marble, to...
The Genetic Age: Our Perilous Quest To Edit Life
Author: Professor Matthew Cobb Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 'Brilliant .. I cannot recommend this book strongly enough' - Henry Marsh, New Statesman (about The Idea of the Brain)...
Remain in Love
Author: Chris Frantz Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 'As the Brits say: I'm gobsmacked. I devoured this book... one of the most potent examples of living the dream' Debbie...
The War for Gloria
Author: Atticus Lish Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 Corey Goltz grows up in working-class Boston as the only child of Gloria, whose intellectual ambitions were derailed early. Corey, restless,...
The First 21: The New York Times Bestseller
Author: Nikki Sixx Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 Nikki Sixx is one of the most respected, recognizable, and entrepreneurial icons in the music industry. As the founder of Motley...
Meshi: A personal history of Japanese food
Author: Katherine Tamiko Arguile Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 For Katherine Tamiko Arguile, the Japanese food her mother cooked was a portal to a part of her that sometimes...
The Passion Economy: The New Rules for Thriving in the Twenty-First Century
Author: Adam Davidson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 An indispensable roadmap and a refreshingly optimistic take on our economic future: Award-winning New Yorker staff writer and brilliant creator of...
Bad Choices: The most hilarious book about female friendship you'll read this year!
Author: Lucy Vine Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 The new laugh-out-loud, deliciously relatable story of female friendship from the bestselling author of HOT MESS 'So VERY funny' Marian Keyes...
Daughters of The Labyrinth
Author: Ruth Padel Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 'An immersive novel, steeped in the history and folklore of Crete: transporting, historically informative story-telling' Sunday Times 'A moving, superbly written...
The Minimalist Entrepreneur: How Great Founders Do More with Less
Author: Sahil Lavingia Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 'Pay attention' - Jason Fried, founder and CEO of Basecamp, bestselling author of ReWork A revolutionary roadmap for building startups that...
Record Play Pause: Confessions of a Post-Punk Percussionist: the Joy Division Years: Volume I
Author: Stephen Morris Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A unique and thoughtful musical memoir' Observer 'Gritty coming-of-age story . . . plenty of anecdotes to...
Daughters of Victory: A Novel
Author: Gabriella Saab Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 512 From the acclaimed author of The Last Checkmate comes a brilliant novel spanning from the Russian Revolution to the...