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The Great Divide

The Great Divide

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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...
On Every Tide: The making and remaking of the Irish world

On Every Tide: The making and remaking of the Irish world

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Author: Sean Connolly Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 496 ON EVERY TIDE is a wide-ranging and challenging reassessment of the Irish diaspora. Drawing on the latest ground-breaking research, and his...
The Ship Thieves

The Ship Thieves

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The 19th Century Criminal Underworld

The 19th Century Criminal Underworld

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Author: Stephen Carver Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 209 Take a walk on the dark side of the street in this unique exploration of the fears and desires at the...
Whatever Happened to Tradition?: History, Belonging and the Future of the West

Whatever Happened to Tradition?: History, Belonging and the Future of the West

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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...
Black Teacher: 'An unsung heroine of Black British Literature' (Bernardine Evaristo)

Black Teacher: 'An unsung heroine of Black British Literature' (Bernardine Evaristo)

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Author: Beryl Gilroy Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 Being denied teaching jobs due to the colour bar. Working in an office amidst the East End's bombsites. Serving as a...
The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled it

The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled it

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A Game of Birds and Wolves: The Secret Game that Revolutionised the War

A Game of Birds and Wolves: The Secret Game that Revolutionised the War

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They Passed This Way

They Passed This Way

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Winged Victory

Winged Victory

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Damien Parer's War

Damien Parer's War

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Monash and Chauvel: How Australia's two greatest generals changed the course of world history

Monash and Chauvel: How Australia's two greatest generals changed the course of world history

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Lennox Legacy: the History of the Csiro Laboratory At 343 Royal Parade Parkville

Lennox Legacy: the History of the Csiro Laboratory At 343 Royal Parade Parkville

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Compass: A Story of Exploration and Innovation

Compass: A Story of Exploration and Innovation

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How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World: A Short History of Modern Delusions

How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World: A Short History of Modern Delusions

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The Barbizon: The New York Hotel That Set Women Free

The Barbizon: The New York Hotel That Set Women Free

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Dangerous Games: Australia at the 1936 Nazi Olympics

Dangerous Games: Australia at the 1936 Nazi Olympics

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Real Fantasies: Edward Steichen's Advertising Photography

Real Fantasies: Edward Steichen's Advertising Photography

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Bedlam: London and its Mad

Bedlam: London and its Mad

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The Swastika's Darkening Shadow: Voices before the Holocaust

The Swastika's Darkening Shadow: Voices before the Holocaust

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Homelands: The History of a Friendship

Homelands: The History of a Friendship

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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

The Duff Cooper Diaries: 1915-1951

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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

Diamonds and Precious Stones

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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...
Something Out of Place: Women & Disgust

Something Out of Place: Women & Disgust

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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...
The Story of P & O: Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company

The Story of P & O: Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company

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One Common Enemy: The Laconia incident: A survivor's memoir

One Common Enemy: The Laconia incident: A survivor's memoir

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Fragile Paradise: The Discovery of Fletcher Christian, Bounty Mutineer

Fragile Paradise: The Discovery of Fletcher Christian, Bounty Mutineer

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Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

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Author: Anna Funder Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 WINNER OF THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 'A heartbreaking, beautifully written book. A classic for sure' Claire Tomalin, Guardian Extraordinary...
Biracial Britain: What It Means To Be Mixed Race

Biracial Britain: What It Means To Be Mixed Race

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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...
British Summer Time Begins: The School Summer Holidays 1930-1980

British Summer Time Begins: The School Summer Holidays 1930-1980

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British Summer Time Begins is about summer holidays of the mid-twentieth century and how they were spent, as recounted to Ysenda Maxtone-Graham in vividly remembered detail by people who were...
The Serpent Queen: Now a major TV series

The Serpent Queen: Now a major TV series

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Author: Leonie Frieda Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 544 NOW THE TV SERIES 'THE SERPENT QUEEN', STARRING SAMANTHA MORTON The bestselling revisionist biography of one of the great women of...
The Premonitions Bureau: A Sunday Times bestseller

The Premonitions Bureau: A Sunday Times bestseller

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Author: Sam Knight Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 'Fascinating.' - Hilary Mantel 'Terrific.' - New Scientist 'Gripping.' - Financial Times What if you had a vision that something terrible...
Magicians of the Gods: Evidence for an Ancient Apocalypse

Magicians of the Gods: Evidence for an Ancient Apocalypse

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Author: Graham Hancock Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 608 Graham Hancock's multi-million bestseller FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS remains an astonishing, deeply controversial, wide-ranging investigation of the mysteries of our past...
Tribes: A Search for Belonging in a Divided Society

Tribes: A Search for Belonging in a Divided Society

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Author: David Lammy Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 'A superb book about the tribalism gripping British politics. Tribes is measured, searching, pitilessly self-scrutinising and would probably amaze anyone who...
The Compatriots: The Russian Exiles Who Fought Against the Kremlin

The Compatriots: The Russian Exiles Who Fought Against the Kremlin

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Author: Andrei Soldatov Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 The authors of The Red Web examine the shifting role of Russian expatriates throughout history, and their complicated, unbreakable relationship with...
Soho: A Street Guide to Soho's History, Architecture and People

Soho: A Street Guide to Soho's History, Architecture and People

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Author: Dan Cruickshank Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 SOHO - ILLICIT, GLAMOROUS, SORDID, LOUCHE, POVERTY-STRICKEN, SQUALID, EXHILARATING. One of Britain's best-loved historians, Dan Cruickshank grants us an intimacy with...
Outrages: Sex, Censorship and the Criminalisation of Love

Outrages: Sex, Censorship and the Criminalisation of Love

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Author: Naomi Wolf Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 The bestselling author of The Beauty Myth, Vagina and The End of America chronicles the struggles and eventual triumph of John...
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together

The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together

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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...
Ask A Historian: 50 Surprising Answers to Things You Always Wanted to Know

Ask A Historian: 50 Surprising Answers to Things You Always Wanted to Know

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Author: Greg Jenner Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 'Brilliantly funny' SHAPARAK KHORSANDI 'Immensely enjoyable' BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE 'Every page contains delights' LINDSEY FITZHARRIS Why is Italy called Italy? How...
London: Immigrant City

London: Immigrant City

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Author: Nazneen Khan-Ostrem Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 TRANSLATED BY ALISON McCULLOUGH 'One of the best books on the many diverse migrations to London . . . revealing the...
Born Survivors: The incredible true story of three pregnant mothers and their courage and determination to survive in the concentration camps

Born Survivors: The incredible true story of three pregnant mothers and their courage and determination to survive in the concentration camps

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Author: Wendy Holden Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 Among millions of Holocaust victims sent to Auschwitz II-Birkenau in 1944, Priska, Rachel, and Anka each passed through its infamous gates...
Culloden: Scotland's Last Battle and the Forging of the British Empire

Culloden: Scotland's Last Battle and the Forging of the British Empire

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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...
Persian Fire: The First World Empire, Battle for the West - 'Magisterial' Books of the Year, Independent

Persian Fire: The First World Empire, Battle for the West - 'Magisterial' Books of the Year, Independent

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Author: Tom Holland Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 In 480 BC, Xerxes, the King of Persia, led an invasion of mainland Greece. Its success should have been a formality....
The Age Of Revolution: 1789-1848

The Age Of Revolution: 1789-1848

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Author: Eric Hobsbawm Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 Eric Hobsbawm traces with brilliant anlytical clarity the transformation brought about in evry sphere of European life by the Dual revolution...
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women and Queer Radicals

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women and Queer Radicals

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Author: Saidiya Hartman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE 2020 At the dawn of the...
Accidental Gods: On Race, Empire and Men Unwittingly Turned Divine

Accidental Gods: On Race, Empire and Men Unwittingly Turned Divine

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Spanning the globe and five centuries, Accidental Gods introduces us to a new pantheon: of man-gods, deified politicians and imperialists, militants, mystics and explorers. From the conquistadors setting foot in...
52 Times Britain was a Bellend: The History You Didn't Get Taught At School

52 Times Britain was a Bellend: The History You Didn't Get Taught At School

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Author: James Felton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 'Scurrilous, scandalous and frequently disgusting. I absolutely loved it' James O'Brien Twitter hero James Felton brings you the painfully funny history...
Iconicon: A Journey Around the Landmark Buildings of Contemporary Britain

Iconicon: A Journey Around the Landmark Buildings of Contemporary Britain

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Author: John Grindrod Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 464 Barratt homes. Spectacular skyscrapers. Millennium monuments. City centre apartments. Out of town malls. These icons of our age, be they modest...