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The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly
Author: Jean-Dominique Bauby Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 144 The diary of Jean-Dominique Bauby who, with his left eyelid (the only surviving muscle after a massive stroke) dictated...
Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A.
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Author: Luis J Rodriguez Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 The award-winning and bestselling classic memoir about a young Chicano gang member surviving the dangerous streets of East...
The Idea of India: 20th Anniversary Edition
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Author: Sunil Khilnani Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 A classic since it was first published in 1997, The Idea of India is a magisterial historical study that...
Viral: The Search for the Origin of Covid-19
Author: Alina Chan Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 400 Understanding how Covid-19 started is more important than we know for the future of humankind. Determining whether the virus...
The Great British Speeches
Author: Simon Heffer Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 448 50 speeches from every period of British history from the medieval era to the present and a fascinating dip-in...
The Crown: The Official History Behind the Hit NETFLIX Series: Political Scandal, Personal Struggle and the Years that Defined Elizabeth II, 1956-1977
Author: Robert Lacey Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 The fascinating royal and social history that inspired Seasons 2 and 3 of The Crown, written by the show's...
Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret
Author: Craig Brown Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 432 The funny and tragic, bestselling biography of The Queen's sister, Princess Margaret, perfect for fans of Netflix's The Crown....
The Hitler Conspiracies: The Third Reich and the Paranoid Imagination
Author: Richard J. Evans Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 Renowned historian Richard Evans puts 'fake news' in historical perspective in this challenging and illuminating study The idea...
Out of Egypt
Author: Andre Aciman Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 432 Set in Alexandria, this classic and much-loved memoir chronicles the exploits of Andre Aciman's colourful Sephardic Jewish family from...
Peaky Blinders: The Legacy - The real story of Britain's most notorious 1920s gangs: The follow-up to the Sunday Times Bestseller
Author: Carl Chinn Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 From the Sunday Times bestselling author, Carl Chinn The Peaky Blinders as we know them, thanks to the hit...
My Name Is Why
Author: Lemn Sissay Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 How does a government steal a child and then imprison him? How does it keep it a secret? This...
Wild: A Journey from Lost to Found
Author: Cheryl Strayed (Author) Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 At twenty-six, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother's rapid death from...
Armageddon and Paranoia: The Nuclear Confrontation
Author: Sir Rodric Braithwaite Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 512 In 1945, the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and warfare was never the same again. Armageddon and...
Honey Blood: A pulsating, electric memoir like nothing you've read before
Author: Kirsty Everett Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 'I thought if I was going to die I should write some things down' Kirsty Everett was going to...
A Brief History of the Age of Steam
Author: Thomas Crump Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 In 1710 an obscure Devon ironmonger Thomas Newcomen invented a machine with a pump driven by coal, used to...
Our Wild Calling: How Connecting with Animals Can Transform Our Lives-and Save Theirs
Author: Richard Louv Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 "A book that offers hope." -The New York Times Book Review "A wondrous tapestry." -Carl Safina, author of Beyond...
Rome: A History in Seven Sackings
Author: Matthew Kneale Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 Nominated for the 2017 Pen Hessell-Tiltman Daily Telegraph's Best History Books of 2017 Sunday Times' Best History Books of 2017 A sweeping...
First Man In: Leading from the Front
Author: Ant Middleton Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 NUMBER 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER No one is born a leader. But through sheer determination and by confronting life's...
The Lost Imperialist: Lord Dufferin, Memory and Mythmaking in an Age of Celebrity
Author: Andrew Gailey Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 464 Winner of the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography 2016 Frederick Hamiton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, enjoyed...
Guinea Pig Town and Other Animal Poems
Author: Lorraine Marwood (Author) Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: A beautiful collection of poems about animals. Squawk! Snuffle! Bark! Roar! Feathers, fins, scales, claws. Running, hopping, crawling, soaring....
War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence
Author: Ronan Farrow Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 432 A book for anyone interested to know more about how the world really works by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ronan...
Open: An Autobiography
Author: Andre Agassi Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 400 He is one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to...
Song Full Of Tears: Nine Centuries Of Chinese Life Around Xiang Lake
Author: R. Keith Schoppa Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 312 Combining evocative historical description and cogent analysis, Song Full of Tears is a chronicle of nine hundred years...
Great Adaptations: Star-Nosed Moles, Electric Eels, and Other Tales of Evolution's Mysteries Solved
Author: Kenneth Catania Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 240 In Great Adaptations, Kenneth Catania presents an entertaining and engaging look at some of nature's most remarkable creatures. Telling...
On Task: How Our Brain Gets Things Done
Author: David Badre Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 312 A look at the extraordinary ways the brain turns thoughts into actions-and how this shapes our everyday lives. Why...
Sunnis and Shi'A: A Political History
Author: Laurence Louer Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 A compelling history of the ancient schism that continues to divide the Islamic world When Mohammed died in 632...
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Author: Heather Morris Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 The incredible story of the Auschwitz-Birkenau tattooist and the woman he loved.Lale Sokolov is well-dressed, a charmer, a ladies'...
The Year of Magical Thinking
Author: Joan Didion Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 240 From one of America's iconic writers, a portrait of a marriage and a life - in good times and...
MacArthur
Author: Richard B. Frank Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 Douglas MacArthur is best remembered for his ability to adapt, a quality that catalyzed his greatest accomplishments. Adaptability...
Renaissance People: Lives that Shaped the Modern Age
Author: Robert C Davis Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 376 Like every era, the Renaissance brims with stories. In this book, Robert Davis and Beth Lindsmith highlight dozens...
Say Nothing: A True Story Of Murder and Memory In Northern Ireland
Author: Patrick Radden Keefe Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 528 WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2019 A BARACK OBAMA BEST BOOK OF 2019 SHORTLISTED FOR...
Closing the Books: Jewish Insurance Claims in the Holocaust
Author: Charles Weiss Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 A torrent of recent studies have attempted to set the record straight about the Holocaust, the most horrendous atrocity...
Fatal Rivalry, Flodden 1513: Henry VIII, James IV and the battle for Renaissance Britain
Author: George Goodwin Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 The relationship of England and Scotland became defined by events on 9 September 1513 in a battle of great...
Stephen Hawking: A Life in Science
Author: John Gribbin Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 'A gripping account of a physicist whose speculations could prove as revolutionary as those of Albert Einstein . ....
Dance Your Troubles Away
Author: Pamela Evans Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 Pam Evans' heartwarming London saga, DANCE YOUR TROUBLES AWAY, is set during the Second World War and is sure...
Sunken cities Egypts lost worlds
Author: Franck Goddio Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 Beneath the waters of Abukir Bay, at the edge of the Nile Delta, lie the submerged remains of the...
Histories of Nations How Their Identities Were Forged
Author: Peter Furtado Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 How do writers and citizens in the different countries of the world view their own past? What key events...