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Spilling the Beans on the Cat's Pyjamas: Popular Expressions - What They Mean and Where We Got Them
Author: Judy Parkinson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 From the bestselling author of 'I before E', this light-hearted book examines some of the more unusual phrases that litter the...
Austerlitz
Author: W. G. Sebald Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 448 Austerlitz is W. G. Sebald's haunting novel of post-war Europe. In 1939, five-year-old Jacques Austerlitz is sent to...
V2: the Sunday Times bestselling World War II thriller
Author: Robert Harris Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 400 The no. 1 bestselling author of MUNICH and THE SECOND SLEEP returns to the Second World War for his...
Terminate with Extreme Prejudice: An Expose of the Assassination Game, Its Killers and Their Paymasters
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Exploring the World: Two centuries of remarkable adventurers and their journeys
Author: Alexander Maitland Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 Explorers and travellers have always been attracted by the lure of the unknown. By traversing and mapping our planet, they have...
A Short History of the World in 50 Lies
Author: Natasha Tidd Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 Taking readers on a global journey through human history, Natasha Tidd examines how lies can change the world around us, from...
Letters of Love
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Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind
Author: Tom Holland Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 624 'If great books encourage you to look at the world in an entirely new way, then Dominion is a very great...
Interventions
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N-4 Down: The Hunt for the Arctic Airship Italia
Author: Mark Piesing Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 "GRIPPING. ... One of the greatest polar rescue efforts ever mounted." -Wall Street Journal The riveting true story of the largest...
Authenticity: Reclaiming Reality in a Counterfeit Culture
Author: Alice Sherwood Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 'Wide-ranging, witty and fresh ... a stimulating read. Authentic fun' Tim Harford, Financial Times Best Summer Books 2022 'Brilliantly witty, profoundly...
Dosso's Fate - Painting and Court Culture in Renaissance Italy
Author: . Ciammitti (ed) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 Dosso Dossi has long been considered one of Renaissance Italy's most intriguing artists. A wealth of documents chronicle his life,...
The Fear Bubble: Harness Fear and Live Without Limits
Author: Ant Middleton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 The brilliant, inspirational next book by the author of the incredible No. 1 bestseller FIRST MAN IN. Without fear, there's no...
The Wreckage of My Presence: Essays
Author: Casey Wilson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 "Magnificent." -People Magazine The instant New York Times bestseller: Laugh-out-loud, deeply insightful, and emotion-filled essays from multitalented actress, comedian, podcaster, and...
Soldiers: Great Stories of War and Peace
Author: Max Hastings Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 496 'A gripping new collection from Max Hastings that puts you at the heart of the battle ... Compelling' Daily Mail 'An...
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band
Author: Tommy Lee Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 Motley Crue was the voice of a barely pubescent Generation X, the anointed high priests of the power ballad, and the...
N-4 Down: The Hunt for the Arctic Airship Italia
Author: Mark Piesing Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 "GRIPPING. ... One of the greatest polar rescue efforts ever mounted." -Wall Street Journal The riveting true story of the largest...
Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
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Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep
Author: Michael Schulman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Her Again is an intimate look at the artistic coming-of-age of the greatest actress of her generation, from the homecoming float...
Dublin: The Making of a Capital City
Author: Dr David Dickson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 736 Dublin has many histories: for a thousand years a modest urban settlement on the quiet waters of the Irish Sea,...
Arnhem
Author: Christopher Hibbert Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 The vivid account of how a brilliant plan turned into an epic tragedy - made into the BAFTA award-winning film A...
A Brief History of the British Army
Author: John Lewis-Stempel Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 The story of the British Army has many sides to it, being a tale of heroic successes and tragic failures, of...
Schindler's Ark: The Booker Prize winning novel filmed as 'Schindler's List'
Author: Thomas Keneally Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 In the shadow of Auschwitz, a flamboyant German industrialist grew into a living legend to the Jews of Cracow. He was...
A Brief History of London
Author: Jeremy Black Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 As the United Kingdom left the European Union, during a period of international and domestic turmoil, London found itself at a...
Restoration Heart: A Memoir
Author: William Cash Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 'Breathtaking untold story . . . riotously colourful' Mail on Sunday 'I read most of it in one exciting sitting. It...
The Reactor: A Book about Grief and Repair
Author: Nick Blackburn Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 I tore the arse of my pyjamas one morning, about a year before he died, and my father sewed it up...
Living in a Mindful Universe: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Heart of Consciousness
Author: Dr Eben Alexander, III Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 In 2008, Dr. Eben Alexander's brain was severely damaged by a devastating case of bacterial meningitis, and he lapsed...
Truly Madly: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier and the Romance of the Century
Author: Stephen Galloway Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 A sweeping Hollywood biography of the passionate, turbulent marriage of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh based on new research,...
The Heavens Are All Blue: A memoir of two doctors, a marriage and a life of love before loss
Author: Dr Finbar Lennon Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 When Dr Kate McGarry was diagnosed with an advanced cancer of unknown origin she resolved to write a book to...
Chemical Warrior: Syria, Salisbury and Saving Lives at War
Author: Hamish de Bretton-Gordon Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 GRIPPING, MOVING AND INSPIRING: the remarkable life of a world-leading expert in chemical weapons defence. "Unlike any account of warfare...
This Sceptred Isle
Author: Christopher Lee Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 640 What is Britishness? What allowed one small island group to rule a quarter of the world and, even today, to have...
Everything in Moderation
Author: Daniel Finkelstein Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 480 'I've never met Danny Finkelstein but I think I'm in love with him. His book is such good company - sane,...
Halfway To Hollywood: Diaries 1980-1988 (Volume Two)
Author: Michael Palin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 704 After a live performance at the Hollywood Bowl, The Pythons made their last performance together in 1983 in the hugely successful...
The Hidden Lives of London Streets: A Walking Guide to Soho, Holborn and Beyond
Author: James Morton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 London's streets have always worn a variety of influences, reflecting the diverse crowds who live and work on them. Take a...
Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy
Author: Tim Harford Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Based on the series produced for the BBC World Service Who thought up paper money? How did the contraceptive pill change...
Tim Cook: The Genius Who Took Apple to the Next Level
Author: Leander Kahney Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 An intimate look at the man who led Apple to be the world's first two-trillion-dollar company In 2011, Tim...
Lifesize
Author: Sophy Henn Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 32 Let's go on a LIFESIZE adventure! Step into the book and see how you measure up against some of...
The Best Australian Yarns: And Other True Stories
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Author: Jim HaynesBinding: PaperbackPublished: ALLEN&UNWIN, 2013Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis engaging collection presents a vibrant tapestry of authentic Australian tales, offering...
Tyrants: History's 100 Most Evil Despots and Dictators
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Twentieth Century History 1945-2000
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Letter to D: A Love Story
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TUTANKHAMUN: 100 years after the discovery of his tomb leading Egyptologist Joyce Tyldesley unpicks the misunderstandings around the boy king's life, death and legacy
Author: Joyce Tyldesley Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 Pharaoh. Icon. Enigma. Lost for three thousand years, misunderstood for a century. A hundred years ago, a team of archaeologists in...
Yorkshire: There and Back
Author: Andrew Martin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 In Yorkshire: There and Back, Andrew Martin celebrates Britain's most charismatic county, looking back at the Yorkshire of his 1970s childhood...
30-Second Twentieth Century: The 50 most significant ideas and events, each explained in half a minute
Author: Jonathan T. Reynolds Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 160 You probably know, or think you know, quite a bit about what happened in the 20th century - chances are,...
Wildland: The Making of America's Fury
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Whatever Happened to Tradition?: History, Belonging and the Future of the West
Author: Tim Stanley Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 The West feels lost. Brexit, Trump, the coronavirus: we hurtle from one crisis to another, lacking definition, terrified that our best...
Bombers versus Battleships: The Struggle Between Ships and Aircraft for the Control of the Surface of the Sea
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Culloden: Scotland's Last Battle and the Forging of the British Empire
Author: Trevor Royle Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 The Battle of Culloden has gone down in history as the last major battle fought on British soil: a vicious confrontation...