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Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Woman's Life in Nineteenth-Century Japan
Author: Amy Stanley Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 A groundbreaking new history of Edo, now modern-day Tokyo, that will change our understanding of Japanese history, placing women's lives back...
The Earl and the Pharaoh: From the Real Downton Abbey to the Discovery of Tutankhamun
Author: The Countess of Carnarvon Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 Enter a world of ancient secrets, old money, new ambitions and the discovery of priceless treasure in this revelatory...
The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of History at Hampton Court
Author: Gareth Russell Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 'If a house could gossip, this is the book that Hampton Court would whisper. An enjoyable and readable stroll through 500...
We All Go into the Dark
Author: Francisco Garcia Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 A captivating, eloquent and deeply original book, We All Go into the Dark is an absolute must-read for true-crime fans across...
The Riddles Of The Sphinx: Inheriting The Feminist History Of The Crossword Puzzle
Author: Anna Shechtman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 "A surprising and ambitious investigation of language and the varied ways women resist the paradoxes of patriarchy both on and off...
100 Books that Changed the World
Author: Scott Christianson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 A chronological survey of the world's most influential books. Many books have become classics, must-reads or overnight publishing sensations, but how...
1177 B.C.: A Graphic History of the Year Civilization Collapsed
Author: Eric H. Cline Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Eric Cline's 1177 B.C. tells the story of one of history's greatest mysteries: what caused the ancient civilisations of the...
A Little History of the Australian Labor Party
Author: Nick Dyrenfurth Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Acclaimed historians Nick Dyrenfurth and Frank Bongiorno tell the story of the Australian Labor Party's rich history of more than 130...
As Gods Among Men: A History of the Rich in the West
Author: Guido Alfani Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 440 How the rich and the super-rich throughout Western history accumulated their wealth, behaved (or misbehaved) and helped (or didn't help) their...
Lives of Houses
Author: Kate Kennedy Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 A group of notable writers - including UK poet laureate Simon Armitage, Julian Barnes, Margaret MacMillan, and Jenny Uglow - celebrate...
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
Author: Tiya Miles Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * WINNER OF THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR...
Waterloo Sunrise: London from the Sixties to Thatcher
Author: John Davis Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 600 Waterloo Sunrise is a panoramic and multifaceted account of modern London during the transformative years of the sixties and seventies, when...
The Folds of Olympus: Mountains in Ancient Greek and Roman Culture
Author: Professor Jason Koenig Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 A cultural and literary history of mountains in classical antiquity. The mountainous character of the Mediterranean was a crucial factor...
Embattled Europe: A Progressive Alternative
Author: Konrad H. Jarausch Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 344 A bracing corrective to predictions of the European Union's decline, by a leading historian of modern Europe. Is the European...
Indian Sex Life: Sexuality and the Colonial Origins of Modern Social Thought
How British authorities and Indian intellectuals developed ideas about deviant female sexuality to control and organize modern society in IndiaDuring the colonial period in India, European scholars, British officials, and...
Our Troubles with Food: Fears, Fads and Fallacies
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Truth Is Trouble: The strange case of Israel Folau, or How Free Speech Became So Complicated
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Mirrors of Greatness: Churchill and the Leaders Who Shaped Him
Author: David Reynolds Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 464 A TELEGRAPH BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023 'A highly imaginative and thought-provoking way of exploring the personality of a man who,...
The Great Divide
Author: Cristina Henriquez Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 'A gorgeous, sweeping epic' ANN NAPOLITANO 'A master of prose' WASHINGTON POST 'One of my favourite writers' ROXANE GAY 'Spectacular' JOANNE...
Macquarie
Author: Grantlee Kieza Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 528 A lively and engaging portrait of a towering and complex figure of Australian colonial history. Lachlan Macquarie is credited with shaping...
A Woman's World, 1850-1960
Author: Dan Jones Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 The third volume in the much-admired The Colour of Time series. A Woman's World, 1850-1960 explores the many roles - domestic,...
Tourists: How the British Went Abroad to Find Themselves
Author: Lucy Lethbridge Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 *FOYLES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH* 'I really can't recommend this enough - especially if you are going on holiday' Tom...
Pythagoras' Trousers: God, Physics and the Gender Wars
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Railways
Author: Christian Wolmar Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 From Britain's most popular railway historian, a concise, authoritative and fast-paced telling of how the railways changed the world. The arrival...
Nothing Ever Just Disappears: Seven Hidden Histories
Author: Diarmuid Hester Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 How do places make us, and how do we make them? At the turn of the century, in the shade of...
An Uncommon Hangman: The life and deaths of Robert 'Nosey Bob' Howard
Author: Rachel Franks Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 **Winner, The Danger Awards 2023, People's Choice Awards** **Shortlisted, The Danger Awards 2023, Non-fiction** Executioners were once a critical component of...
Homelands: The History of a Friendship
Author: Chitra Ramaswamy Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 THE SALTIRE'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR A GUARDIAN'S BEST MEMOIR AND BIOGRAPHY OF 2022 'Remarkable' - The Times 'Achingly beautiful'...
The Duff Cooper Diaries: 1915-1951
Author: Lord John Julius Norwich Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 544 The long awaited and highly revealing diaries of the politician, diplomat, and socialite (married to Lady Diana Cooper) 'This...
Diamonds and Precious Stones
Author: Patrick Voillot Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 128 Glittering jewels and precious stones, diamonds, emeralds, rubies and sapphires have from time immemorial held a special fascination because of their...
God: An Anatomy - As heard on Radio 4
Author: Francesca Stavrakopoulou Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 608 As heard on BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week . . . 'Rivetingly fresh and stunning' Sunday Times 'A tour...
Something Out of Place: Women & Disgust
Author: Eimear McBride Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 'A fearless, interrogative work ... A fierce and fascinating manifesto in McBride's persuasive prose' - Sinead Gleeson Here, Eimear McBride unpicks...
Am I Normal?: The 200-Year Search for Normal People (and Why They Don't Exist)
Author: Sarah Chaney Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 *As heard on BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour* *A Blackwell's and Waterstones Best Popular Science Book of 2022* 'Excellent ... one...
Jackpot: How Gambling Conquered Britain
Author: Rob Davies Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 A striking expose of the insidious business practices that have generatedenormous profits for the companies operating within the UK's gamblingindustry. 'A...
Knockout: Great Australian Boxing Stories
Author: Grantlee Kieza Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 A no-holds-barred collection of Australian boxing yarns by one of Australia's bestselling storytellers and boxing aficionado, Grantlee Kieza Boxing has given...
All at Sea
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What'S Golf?: The First 50 Years of the Cranbourne Golf Club
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Hidden Heritage: Rediscovering Britain's Lost Love of the Orient
Author: Fatima Manji Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Channel 4 News reporter and broadcaster Fatima Manji explores British history and identity through the art, objects and architecture that found...
Biracial Britain: What It Means To Be Mixed Race
Author: Remi Adekoya Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 'Barack Obama had a special talent for making different kinds of people feel comfortable around him because of his biracial life...
Power Players: Sports, Politics, and the American Presidency
Author: Chris Cillizza Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 A colorful look at how modern presidents play sports, have used sports to play politics, and what our fan-in-chief can often...
Brittle with Relics: A History of Wales, 1962-97 ('Oral history at its revelatory best' DAVID KYNASTON)
Author: Mr Richard King Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 544 Brittle with Relics is a landmark history of the people of Wales during a period of great national change. In...
Power Players: Sports, Politics, and the American Presidency
Author: Chris Cillizza Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 A colorful look at how modern presidents play sports, have used sports to play politics, and what our fan-in-chief can often...
Biracial Britain: What It Means To Be Mixed Race
Author: Remi Adekoya Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 'Barack Obama had a special talent for making different kinds of people feel comfortable around him because of his biracial life...
The Tastemaker: My Life with the Legends and Geniuses of Rock Music
Author: Tony King Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 The Tastemaker charts the singular life of a man who has been at the beatingheart of music's most iconic moments for...
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
Author: Heather McGhee Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 What would make a society drain its public swimming baths and fill them with concrete rather than opening them to everyone?...
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power: Barack Obama's Books of 2019
Author: Professor Shoshana Zuboff Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 704 The Top Ten Sunday Times Bestseller 'Everyone needs to read this book as an act of digital self-defense.' - Naomi...
A History of Ocean Liners in 50 Objects
Author: Mark Berry Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 0 The story of ocean liners brought to life by objects and ephemera, revealing life on board, luxury and magnificence, and peril...
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
Author: Heather McGhee Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 464 LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 'With intelligence and care (as well as with a trove of sometimes heartbreaking and sometimes...
The Invitation-Only Zone: The Extraordinary Story of North Korea's Abduction Project
Author: Robert S. Boynton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 During the 1970s and early 80s, dozens - perhaps hundreds - of Japanese civilians were kidnapped by North Korean commandos...