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The Silent Day: A Landmark Oral History of D-Day on the Home Front

The Silent Day: A Landmark Oral History of D-Day on the Home Front

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Author: Max Arthur Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 On 6 June 1944 Britain woke up to a profound silence. Overnight, 160,000 Allied troops had vanished and an eerie emptiness...
Pastoralist Landscapes and Social Interaction in Bronze Age Eurasia

Pastoralist Landscapes and Social Interaction in Bronze Age Eurasia

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Author: Michael David Frachetti Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 232 Offering a fresh archaeological interpretation, this work reconceptualizes the Bronze Age prehistory of the vast Eurasian steppe during one of...
Lost at Sea: Found at Fukushima

Lost at Sea: Found at Fukushima

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Author: Andy Millar Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 260 On a calm, tropical afternoon in the South Atlantic Ocean in April 1942, a British tramp steamer, the SS Willesden, was...
Macarthur at War: World War II in the Pacific

Macarthur at War: World War II in the Pacific

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Author: Walter R. Borneman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 608 World War II changed the course of history. Douglas MacArthur changed the course of World War II. MACARTHUR AT WAR...
The Missing of the Somme

The Missing of the Somme

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Author: Geoff Dyer Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 The Missing of the Somme has become a classic meditation upon war and remembrance. It weaves a network of myth and...
All the Wide Border: Wales, England and the Places Between

All the Wide Border: Wales, England and the Places Between

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Author: Mike Parker Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 A Waterstones Travel Book of the Year 2023 A funny, warm and timely meditation on identity and belonging, following the scenic...
The Queen's Speeches: Poignant and Inspirational Speeches from Queen Elizabeth II's 70-Year Reign

The Queen's Speeches: Poignant and Inspirational Speeches from Queen Elizabeth II's 70-Year Reign

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Author: Lucy York Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 During her 70-year reign she delivered many poignant, touching and inspirational speeches, always with a warmth and sincerity, many of which...
Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

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The Puzzles of Childhood: His Early Life

The Puzzles of Childhood: His Early Life

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The Russian Concubine: 'Wonderful . . . hugely ambitious and atmospheric' Kate Mosse

The Russian Concubine: 'Wonderful . . . hugely ambitious and atmospheric' Kate Mosse

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On the Horizon

On the Horizon

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Author: Lois Lowry Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 80 From two-time Newbery medalist and living legend Lois Lowry comes a moving account of the lives lost in two of WWII's...
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

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Author: J. D. Vance Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Waterstones Nonfiction Book of the Month (June) 'THE POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR' Sunday Times 'You...
My Old Man: A Personal History of Music Hall

My Old Man: A Personal History of Music Hall

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Author: John Major Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 The former Prime Minister takes a remarkable journey into his family past to tell the richly colourful story of the British...
At Home: Special Illustrated Edition: A Short History of Private Life

At Home: Special Illustrated Edition: A Short History of Private Life

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Possession: Batman's Treaty and the Matter of History

Possession: Batman's Treaty and the Matter of History

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Aboriginal Affairs: a Brief History: A Short History, 1788-1995

Aboriginal Affairs: a Brief History: A Short History, 1788-1995

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Time Detectives: How Archeologists Use Technology to Recapture the Past

Time Detectives: How Archeologists Use Technology to Recapture the Past

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The Black Hole: Money, Myth and Empire

The Black Hole: Money, Myth and Empire

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Landscape and Memory

Landscape and Memory

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Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany's Wealthiest Dynasties

Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany's Wealthiest Dynasties

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Author: David de Jong Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 'Lucid and damning ... an absorbing - and infuriating - tale of complicity, coverup and denial' PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE, author...
Russia: Myths and Realities

Russia: Myths and Realities

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Author: Sir Rodric Braithwaite Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 Russia is the largest country in the world, with the largest arsenal of nuclear weapons. Over a thousand years this...
Geography Is Destiny: Britain and the World, a 10,000 Year History

Geography Is Destiny: Britain and the World, a 10,000 Year History

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Author: Ian Morris Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 576 Geography is Destiny tells the history of Britain and its changing relationships with Europe and the wider world, from its physical...
New Rome: The Roman Empire in the East, AD 395 - 700 - Longlisted for the Anglo-Hellenic Runciman Award

New Rome: The Roman Empire in the East, AD 395 - 700 - Longlisted for the Anglo-Hellenic Runciman Award

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Author: Paul Stephenson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 464 Long before Rome fell to the Ostrogoths in AD 476, a new city had risen to take its place as the...
In Search of Us: Adventures in Anthropology

In Search of Us: Adventures in Anthropology

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Author: Lucy Moore Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 In the late nineteenth century when non-European societies were seen merely as 'living fossils' offering an insight into how civilisation had...
Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

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Author: Amit Katwala Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Nominated for the CWA Dagger Award 2023 'A wonderful book' - Guardian Truth, murder and the birth of the lie detector...
Gods of War, Gods of Peace: How the Meeting of Native and Colonial Religions Shaped Early America

Gods of War, Gods of Peace: How the Meeting of Native and Colonial Religions Shaped Early America

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A History of the Arab Peoples

A History of the Arab Peoples

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The Inextinguishable Symphony: A True Story of Music and Love in Nazi Germany

The Inextinguishable Symphony: A True Story of Music and Love in Nazi Germany

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The Social History of the Third Reich, 1933-45

The Social History of the Third Reich, 1933-45

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The Queen: The Life and Times of Elizabeth II

The Queen: The Life and Times of Elizabeth II

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Author: Catherine Ryan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II has reigned for 64 years, longer than any British monarch in history. During that time...
The Howard Years

The Howard Years

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The Fighter: A True Story

The Fighter: A True Story

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Beautiful Lies: Australia from Menzies to Howard

Beautiful Lies: Australia from Menzies to Howard

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Across the Seas: Australia's Response to Refugees: A History

Across the Seas: Australia's Response to Refugees: A History

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Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

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Author: Amit Katwala Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Nominated for the CWA Dagger Award 2023 'A wonderful book' - Guardian Truth, murder and the birth of the lie detector...
Architects of Terror: Paranoia, Conspiracy and Anti-Semitism in Franco's Spain

Architects of Terror: Paranoia, Conspiracy and Anti-Semitism in Franco's Spain

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Author: Paul Preston Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 464 A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR From the preeminent historian of 20th century Spain Paul Preston, Architects of Terror is...
Authenticity: Reclaiming Reality in a Counterfeit Culture

Authenticity: Reclaiming Reality in a Counterfeit Culture

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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...
Saved: A War Reporter's Mission to Make It Home

Saved: A War Reporter's Mission to Make It Home

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Author: Benjamin Hall Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "An affecting, singular story...a bracing tale of life on the edge of death." -Kirkus...
Rebels Against the Raj: Western Fighters for India's Freedom

Rebels Against the Raj: Western Fighters for India's Freedom

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Author: Ramachandra Guha Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 496 WINNER OF THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY 'A narrative of startling originality ... As discussions of Britain's colonial legacy...
Guns, Germs and Steel: The MILLION-COPY bestselling history of everybody (20th Anniversary Edition)

Guns, Germs and Steel: The MILLION-COPY bestselling history of everybody (20th Anniversary Edition)

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Author: Jared Diamond Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 592 'A book of big questions, and big answers' Yuval Noah Harari, bestselling author of Sapiens A short history of everybody for...
The World According to Joan Didion

The World According to Joan Didion

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Author: Evelyn McDonnell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 An intimate exploration of the life, craft, and legacy of one of the most revered and influential writers, an artist who...
God's Philosophers: How the Medieval World Laid the Foundations of Modern Science

God's Philosophers: How the Medieval World Laid the Foundations of Modern Science

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Author: James Hannam Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 The adjective 'medieval' has become a synonym for brutality and uncivilised behaviour. Yet without the work of medieval scholars there could...
Saved from the Waves: Animal Rescues of the RNLI

Saved from the Waves: Animal Rescues of the RNLI

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Author: The RNLI Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 She has to be OK, I pleaded silently to myself. She has to be. 'We've alerted the RNLI and they're sending...
Last Call at the Hotel Imperial: The Reporters Who Took on a World at War

Last Call at the Hotel Imperial: The Reporters Who Took on a World at War

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Author: Deborah Cohen Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 592 'Effervescent' New Yorker Best Books Of 2022 So Far 'Bursts with colour and incident' FT Best Books of Summer Read this...
Hidden Histories: 100 Wild Stories You Never Learned in History Class

Hidden Histories: 100 Wild Stories You Never Learned in History Class

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Author: Tim Rayborn Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 We all know what was written in the history books. There are some stories we've heard a hundred times-but often our...
How To Say Babylon: A Jamaican Memoir

How To Say Babylon: A Jamaican Memoir

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Author: Safiya Sinclair Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 'Dazzling. Potent. Vital' TARA WESTOVER 'To read it is to believe that words can save' MARLON JAMES 'I adored this book...
The Bone Chests: Unlocking the Secrets of the Anglo-Saxons

The Bone Chests: Unlocking the Secrets of the Anglo-Saxons

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Author: Cat Jarman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A diligent historian and a superb writer' THE TIMES From bioarchaeologist and bestselling author...
The Courage to Be Free: Florida's Blueprint for America's Revival

The Courage to Be Free: Florida's Blueprint for America's Revival

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Author: Ron DeSantis Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 No American leader has accomplished more for his state than Governor Ron DeSantis. Now he reveals how he did it. He...