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A City Lost & Found: Whelan the Wrecker's Melbourne
This is a book about the making - and remaking - of a city. The demolition firm of Whelan the Wrecker was a Melbourne institution for a hundred years (1892-1992)....
No Fixed Address: Nomads and the Fate of the Planet: Quarterly Essay 24
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The Secret History of the World
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Conquerors of Time: Exploration and Invention in the Age of Daring
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The History of the Church from Christ to Constantine
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Fighting Fit: The Wartime Battle for Britain's Health
At the beginning of the Second World War, medical experts predicted epidemics of physical and mental illness on the home front. Rationing would decimate the nation's health, they warned; drugs,...
All In It Together: England in the Early 21st Century
'Turner's seductive blend of political analysis, social reportage and cultural immersion puts him wonderfully at ease with his readers' - David Kynaston'Reading Alwyn Turner's account of life in the first...
Say Their Names: How Black Lives Came to Matter in America
For many, the story of the weeks of protests in the summer of 2020 began with the horrific nine minutes and twenty-nine seconds when Police Officer Derek Chauvin killed George...
A Short History of the Victorian Era
It began with the horse-drawn carriage and ended with the aeroplane...An era, beginning in the 1830s and ending with the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, that saw the British...
Cowboys Full: The Story of Poker
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My Russia: War or Peace?
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The Spartans
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My Holy War: Dispatches from the Home Front
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Astonish Me!: First Nights That Changed the World
A SUNDAY TIMES BEST FILM AND THEATRE BOOK OF 2022'Anyone in love with the arts will fall in love with this beautifully written and fascinating book' - Kathy BurkeAstonish Me!...
Advanced Australian Fare: How Australian Cooking Became the World's Best
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A Short History of Australia
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Judith Wright: Selected Writings
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The Ink Stain: Book 4, The Monsarrat Series
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Suburbia: A Far from Ordinary Place
You don't get to choose where you grow up, and for more than 80 per cent of the population, the boring, unadventurous and thoroughly unfashionable suburbs serve as their childhood...
The World: A Family History
THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEARONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARA SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the master storyteller and internationally bestselling author - the story of humanity...
The Bang-Bang Club: Snapshots from a Hidden War
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Botanical Riches
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Conspiracy: A History of Boll*cks Theories, and How Not to Fall for
'Uproarious . . . [Phillips and Elledge] pair the abundant good humour of this book with a warning about the corrosive effects of conspiracy theories' The TimesFrom the Satanic Panic...
Milk: An Intimate History of Breastfeeding
- 'Illuminating . . . an important book' Sunday Times- 'A fascinating journey through the social, cultural and historical meanings of breastfeeding. A sublime book' Elinor Cleghorn, author of Unwell...
My Russia: War or Peace?
In his timely new book, Mikhail Shishkin, argues that Russia is not a 'riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma': we just don't know enough about it. So what...
Re-Sisters: The Lives and Recordings of Delia Derbyshire, Margery
From the acclaimed author of Art Sex Music comes a vital meditation on womanhood, creativity and self-expression, and a revelatory exploration into the lives of three visionary artists.'A fascinating tale...
My Russia: War or Peace?
In his timely new book, Mikhail Shishkin, argues that Russia is not a 'riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma': we just don't know enough about it. So what...
The Storm is Here: America on the Brink
The New Yorker's award-winning war correspondent returns to his own country to chronicle a story of mounting civic breakdown and violent disorder, in a vivid eyewitness narrative of revelatory explanatory...
One Fine Day: Britain's Empire on the Brink
'Breathtaking... vital and important. A wonderful read' PETER FRANKOPAN 'Marvellous... escapes the inane, balance-sheet view of Empire and sees its full complexity' SATHNAM SANGHERA 'A new,...
King Richard: Nixon and Watergate: an American tragedy
From an acclaimed British author, a sharply focused, riveting account - told from inside the White House - of the crucial days, hours, and moments when the Watergate conspiracy consumed,...
Bush Tucker Man : Tarnished Heroes
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All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black [...]
LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONNATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER ~ NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ~ WINNER OF THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024'An...
Divided: Racism, Medicine and Why We Need to Decolonise Healthcare
A FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST SUMMER BOOK 2023'Prepare to be blown away' CHIKWE IHEKWEAZU, Assistant Director General at WHO'Important and ambitious' OBSERVERThis...
A Brief History of the Caribbean: Indispensable for Travellers
A concise history of the Caribbean's long and fascinating history, from pre-contact civilisations to the present day This is a concise history, intended for travellers, but of inestimable value to...
Gold: Inside the Race for the World's Most Seductive Metal
Since the 2008 financial crisis the price of gold has sky-rocketed, from around $800 an ounce in August of that year to a peak of around $1700 an ounce. Fortunes...
The Limits of Genius: The Surprising Stupidity of the World's [...]
A hilarious look at how the line between 'genius' and 'extremely lucky idiot' is finer than we'd like to admit.The more you delve into the stories behind history's greatest names,...
Fake History: Ten Great Lies and How They Shaped the World
'A brilliant and important book ... Five Stars!' Mark Dolan, talkRADIO'An important new book' Daily Express An alternative history of the world that exposes some of the biggest lies ever...
Black History Walks
From Elephant and Castle to Southwark, from London Bridge to Westminster, Black History Walks takes you to historic locations around the city of London and gives in-depth historical context for...
The Bush
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The Tribal Knot: A Memoir of Family, Community, and a Century of Change
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The Dawn of Modern Cosmology: From Copernicus to Newton
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Riding Out
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Who's In, Who's Out: The Journals of Kenneth Rose: Volume One [...]
'The most detailed, amusing and accurate account ever of the post-war world of the English Establishment' William Shawcross, Daily Telegraph'Extremely entertaining' Jane Ridley, Literary ReviewKenneth Rose was one of the...
A Million Years in a Day: A Curious History of Daily Life
'A wonderful idea, gloriously put into practice. Greg Jenner as is witty as he is knowledgeable' - Tom HollandEvery day, from the moment our alarm clock wakes us in the...
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black [...]
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Migrants: The Story of Us All
Migrants cuts through the toxic debates to tell the rich and collective stories of humankind's urge to move<'Fascinating... Miller's perspective may be just what we need' Daily Telegraph'Enjoyable, provocative and...
Freedom's Dominion (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize): A Saga of [...]
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY! An "important, deeply affecting-and regrettably relevant" (New York Times Book Review) chronicle of a sinister idea of freedom: white Americans' freedom to oppress...
Memoirs of Madame de Montespan - Complete
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