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Travelling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell
Time Must-Read Books of 2024Independent Best Non-Fiction Books 2024Mojo Books of the Year 2024"A vibrant, multifaceted portrait of a music enigma" Guardian"A powerful portrait" Irish Independent"Displays a bracing rigour and...
To The City: Life and Death Along the Ancient Walls of Istanbul
'An enthralling guide to one of the world's great cities - that blends history and insights into the present day from one of the most astute commentators on the politics...
Of Greed and Glory: In Pursuit of Freedom for All
A ground-breaking, personal exploration of America's obsession with continuing human bondage from the editor of the New York Times-bestselling Barracoon.Freedom and equality are the watchwords of American democracy. But like...
Wonder Drug: The Hidden Victims of America's Secret Thalidomide Scandal
Longlisted for the Andrew 2024 Carnegie Medal for Non-FictionThe shocking, never-before-told story of America's thalidomide victims In Germany on Christmas Day 1956 a baby girl was born without ears. She...
To The City: Life and Death Along the Ancient Walls of Istanbul
'An enthralling guide to one of the world's great cities - that blends history and insights into the present day from one of the most astute commentators on the politics...
Travelling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell
An Independent Best Non-Fiction Book 2024A Mojo Book of the Year 2024"A vibrant, multifaceted portrait of a music enigma" Guardian"A powerful portrait" Irish Independent"Displays a bracing rigour and an exhilarating...
You Don't Know Us Negroes and Other Essays
'One of the greatest writers of our time.' Toni Morrison'You Don't Know Us Negroes adds immeasurably to our understanding of Hurston ... her words make it impossible for readers to...
Yankees by the Numbers: A Complete Team History of the Bronx Bombers by Uniform Number
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The Dictionary Of Terrible Ideas: The very funny new book from one of The Chaser founders and author of the hilarious STRAYAN DICTIONARY and STRAYAPEDIA
A compendium of crapulous concepts from absinthe to zorbing From the tiniest nanoparticle to the vast span of the Large Hadron Collider, humans have invented many remarkable things. But not...
The Gunpowder Gardens: Travels Through India and China in Search of Tea
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That Disreputable Firm
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Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Loss and Love
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Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
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Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade
SHORTLISTED FOR THE NONFICTION CROWN AWARD 2024GUARDIAN: BOOKS TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2024'GRIPPING' THE TIMES This is an immersive and revelatory history of the survivors of the Clotilda, the...
Boy Soldiers: A Personal Story of Nazi Elite Schooling and its Legacy of Trauma
Shining a light on the largely untold story of elite-schooled child and youth soldiers under the Nazi regime. Schooled by Barbarians documents the untold story of how the Nazis abused...
America's Favorite Food: The Story of Campbell Soup Company
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Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization
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Seasons of War: The Ordeal of a Confederate Community, 1861-65
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Endgame
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Envoys to the Arab World: v. 2: Mecas Memoirs, 1944-2009
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Royal Romances: Titillating Tales of Passion and Power in the Palaces of Europe
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Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization
Author: Edward SlingerlandFormat: Paperback, 138mm x 208mm, 340g, 384 pagesPublished: Little, Brown & Company, United States, 2022While plenty of entertaining books have been written about the history of alcohol and...
The Boundaries of Desire: A Century of Good Sex, Bad Laws, and Changing Identities
Author: Eric BerkowitzFormat: Hardback, 152mm x 228mm, 304 pagesPublished: Counterpoint, United States, 2015The act of reproduction, and its variants, never change much, but our ideas about the meaning of sex...
The Mystery of King John's Treasure
Author: Shirley ChartersFormat: Hardback, 156mm x 234mm, 154 pagesPublished: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2018Sunday evening, October 9th, 1216. King John is facing continued civil war and a...
Women, Work, and Life Cycle in a Medieval Economy: Women in York and Yorkshire c.1300-1520
Author: P. J. P. Goldberg (Lecturer in History, Lecturer in History, University of York)Format: Hardback, 147mm x 225mm, 680g, 420 pagesPublished: Oxford University Press, United Kingdom, 1992This is an innovative...
The Arab Rediscovery of Europe: A Study in Cultural Encounters
Author: Ibrahim Abu LughodFormat: Paperback, 135mm x 210mm, 212g, 199 pagesPublished: Saqi Books, United Kingdom, 2011Napoleon's invasion of Egypt in 1798 suddenly exposed the Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire...
Portraiture in South Asia since the Mughals: Art, Representation and History
Author: Crispin BranfootFormat: Hardback, 138mm x 216mm, 676g, 320 pagesPublished: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom, 2018One of the most remarkable artistic achievements of the Mughal Empire was the emergence in...
Clothing and Landscape in Victorian England: Working-Class Dress and Rural Life
Author: Rachel WorthFormat: Hardback, 156mm x 234mm, 256 pagesPublished: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom, 2018In the context of this rapidly changing world, Rachel Worth explores the ways in which the...
Women, Work, and Life Cycle in a Medieval Economy: Women in York and Yorkshire c.1300-1520
Author: P. J. P. Goldberg (Lecturer in History, Lecturer in History, University of York)Format: Hardback, 147mm x 225mm, 680g, 420 pagesPublished: Oxford University Press, United Kingdom, 1992This is an innovative...
The Mystery of King John's Treasure
Author: Shirley ChartersFormat: Hardback, 156mm x 234mm, 154 pagesPublished: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2018Sunday evening, October 9th, 1216. King John is facing continued civil war and a...
The Mosques of Colonial South Asia: A Social and Legal History of Muslim Worship
Author: Sana HaroonFormat: Hardback, 156mm x 234mm, 534g, 248 pagesPublished: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom, 2021In a series of legal battles starting in 1882, South Asian Muslims made up of...
Portraiture in South Asia since the Mughals: Art, Representation and History
Author: Crispin BranfootFormat: Hardback, 138mm x 216mm, 676g, 320 pagesPublished: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom, 2018One of the most remarkable artistic achievements of the Mughal Empire was the emergence in...
Luck: A Personal Account of Fortune, Chance and Risk in Thirteen Investigations
Author: David FlusfederFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 220g, 304 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2023'A joy' Philippe Sands'Glorious' David SpiegelhalterA fascinating, enchanting and personal look at the meaning of luck,...
Defiance: The Life and Choices of Lady Anne Barnard
Author: Stephen TaylorFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 340g, 400 pagesPublished: Faber & Faber, United Kingdom, 2017Lady Anne Barnard lived at the heart of Georgian society, yet was never fully part...
The Patriarchs: How Men Came to Rule
Author: Angela SainiFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 220g, 320 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2024SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023A WATERSTONES BOOK OF YEAR FOR POLITICS 2023...
The Oxford Book of Australian Schooldays
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History of Adoption in England and Wales (1850-1961)
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America in the World: A History of U.S. Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
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Not Forgotten
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New Holland Journal: November 1833-October 1834
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Blood, Sweat and Tears: Australia's WWII Remembered by the Men and Women Who Lived It
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Spirit of Place: Artists, Writers and the British Landscape
Author: Susan OwensFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 580g, 352 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2021When we look at the landscape, what do we see? Do we experience the...
There's Rosemary, There's Rue
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My People: Five Decades of Writing About Black Lives
Author: Charlayne Hunter-GaultFormat: Paperback, 135mm x 203mm, 270g, 368 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, United States, 2023 "Charlayne Hunter-Gault is an eminent Dean of American journalism, a vital voice whose work...
Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed
Author: Maureen CallahanFormat: Paperback, 153mm x 234mm, 520g, 336 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2024The No1 Sunday Times BestsellerA Mail on Sunday 'Best Holiday Read 2024''A searing expose' Glamour'A timely...
Spirit of Place: Artists, Writers and the British Landscape
Author: Susan OwensFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 580g, 352 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2021When we look at the landscape, what do we see? Do we experience the...
100 Curiosities & Inventions from the Collections of the National Trust
Author: Katie KnowlesFormat: Hardback, 186mm x 156mm, 580g, 224 pagesPublished: National Trust, United Kingdom, 2022The National Trust looks after one of the largest and most significant holdings of fine-art and...
The Perfect Tonic: The Remarkable Medicinal History of Beer, Wine, Spirits and Cocktails
Author: Camper EnglishFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 320g, 368 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2023Shortlisted for the Andre Simon Food & Drink Book AwardAn intoxicating interconnected history of booze and...