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John Law: A Scottish Adventurer of the Eighteenth Century

John Law: A Scottish Adventurer of the Eighteenth Century

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Author: James Buchan Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 528 At the summit of his power, John Law was the most famous man in Europe. Born in Scotland in...
See Ya Later: The World According to Arron Crascall

See Ya Later: The World According to Arron Crascall

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Author: Arron Crascall Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 240 Arron Crascall is one of the UK's leading social media stars. Millions watch his videos online and he's guaranteed...
Raphael: v. 2: The Prince of Painters

Raphael: v. 2: The Prince of Painters

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Author: David Thompson Format: Video Number of Pages: The second in a two-part study of Raphael, this film opens with the artist's arrival in Rome at the age of twenty-five...
Vintage Roger: Letters from the POW Years

Vintage Roger: Letters from the POW Years

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Author: Roger Mortimer Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 'I think prison has done me very little harm and some good. I am now far better read, far less smug...
Mercenaries to Conquerors

Mercenaries to Conquerors

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Author: Paul Brown Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 When a band of Norman adventurers arrived in southern Italy to fight in the Lombard insurrections against the Byzantine empire in...
Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe

Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe

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Author: Mike Massimino Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 Mike Massimino's compelling memoir takes us on a brilliant journey where the nerdiest science meets the most thrilling adventure to reveal...
American Airline's Secret War in China: Project Seven Alpha, WWII

American Airline's Secret War in China: Project Seven Alpha, WWII

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Author: Leland Shanle Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 244 In late 1941, President Roosevelt agonised over the rapid advances of the Japanese forces in Asia; they seemed unstoppable....
Raphael: v. 1: The Apprentice Years

Raphael: v. 1: The Apprentice Years

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Author: David Thompson Format: Video Number of Pages: The Spanish painter Joan Miro (1893-1983) is one of the major figures of twentieth-century art. He belonged to the generation of avant-garde...
Nautical Chic

Nautical Chic

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Author: Amber Jane Butchart Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 From Chanel's coastal couture to McLaren and Westwood's punk-fuelled pirates, from Jean Paul Gaultier's beefcake camp to Tommy Hilfiger's preppy...
Diamonds at the Lost and Found: A Memoir in Search of My Mother

Diamonds at the Lost and Found: A Memoir in Search of My Mother

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Author: Sarah Aspinall Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 For readers of Hideous Kinky, Dadland and Bad Blood; the astonishing, beguiling story of Sarah Aspinall's harum scarum childhood,...
Rise and Fall: A History of the World in Ten Empires

Rise and Fall: A History of the World in Ten Empires

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Author: Paul Strathern Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 RISE AND FALL opens with the Akkadian Empire, which ruled over a vast expanse of the region of ancient...
Riding this Road: My life   making music and travelling this wide land with Slim Dusty

Riding this Road: My life making music and travelling this wide land with Slim Dusty

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Author: Joy McKean Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 Award-winning songwriter and musician Joy McKean wrote many of her husband Slim Dusty's most famous songs and won the...
After the Fall: Crisis, Recovery and the Making of a New Spain

After the Fall: Crisis, Recovery and the Making of a New Spain

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Author: Tobias Buck Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 Tobias Buck arrived in Madrid in December 2012, in time to celebrate the bleakest Christmas the city had seen...
Our Man in New York: The British Plot to Bring America into the Second World War

Our Man in New York: The British Plot to Bring America into the Second World War

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Author: Henry Hemming Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 "A revelatory and wholly fascinating work of history. Superbly researched and written with gripping fluency, this lost secret of...
I'll Take Your Questions Now: What I Saw at the Trump White House

I'll Take Your Questions Now: What I Saw at the Trump White House

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Author: Stephanie Grisham Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 The most frank and intimate portrait of the Trump White House yet Stephanie Grisham rose from being a junior...
Power & the People: Five Lessons from the Birthplace of Democracy

Power & the People: Five Lessons from the Birthplace of Democracy

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Author: Alev Scott Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 Democracy was born in Athens. From its founding myths to its golden age and its chaotic downfall, it's rich with lessons...
Bloody Brilliant People: The Couples and Partnerships That History Forgot

Bloody Brilliant People: The Couples and Partnerships That History Forgot

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Author: Cathy Newman Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 'Sometimes, 1+1 = changing the world. Cathy Newman's witty, warm history on the power of determined couples will make...
N-4 Down: The Hunt for the Arctic Airship Italia

N-4 Down: The Hunt for the Arctic Airship Italia

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Author: Mark Piesing Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 "GRIPPING. ... One of the greatest polar rescue efforts ever mounted." -Wall Street Journal The riveting true story of the largest...
Treasured: How Tutankhamun Shaped a Century

Treasured: How Tutankhamun Shaped a Century

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Author: Christina Riggs Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 When it was found in 1922, the 3,300-year old tomb of Tutankhamun sent shockwaves around the world, turning the boy-king into...
Diana: Her Last Love

Diana: Her Last Love

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Author: Kate Snell Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 WITH NEW AFTERWORD FROM THE AUTHOR. When you're the most famous woman in the world, can you really love...
A History of Love and Hate in 21 Statues

A History of Love and Hate in 21 Statues

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Author: Peter Hughes Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 A timely history of the world spanning every continent, religion and era, told through the creation and destruction of 21 Statues....
Hell Is Round the Corner: The Unique No-Holds Barred Autobiography

Hell Is Round the Corner: The Unique No-Holds Barred Autobiography

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Author: Tricky Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 Tricky is one of the most original music artists to emerge from the UK in the past 30 years. His...
Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World

Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World

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Author: Simon Winchester Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 464 From the bestselling author Simon Winchester, a human history of land around the world: who mapped it, owned it,...
My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me: A Memoir

My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me: A Memoir

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Author: Jason Rosenthal Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 240 An inspiring memoir of life, love, loss, and new beginnings by the widower of bestselling children's author and filmmaker...
The Women of the Bible Speak: The Wisdom of 16 Women and Their Lessons for Today

The Women of the Bible Speak: The Wisdom of 16 Women and Their Lessons for Today

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Author: Shannon Bream Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! The women of the Bible lived timeless stories-by examining them, we can understand what...
The Sunday Times A Life in the Day: Words of wisdom and domestic details from the rich and famous

The Sunday Times A Life in the Day: Words of wisdom and domestic details from the rich and famous

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Author: Richard Woods Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 Meet 100 of the most remarkable people from The Sunday Times Magazine's acclaimed column, A Life in the Day. Wonderfully intimate,...
The Book of Rosy: A Mother's Story of Separation at the Border

The Book of Rosy: A Mother's Story of Separation at the Border

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Author: Rosayra Pablo Cruz Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 "Offers hope in the face of desperate odds" - ELLE Magazine, ELLE's Most Anticipated Books of Summer 2020...
They Call It Diplomacy

They Call It Diplomacy

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Author: Peter Westmacott Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 The memoirs of senior UK diplomat Sir Peter Westmacott, former ambassador in Turkey, France and the United States during Barack Obama's...
Harry Styles: The Making of a Modern Man

Harry Styles: The Making of a Modern Man

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Author: Sean Smith Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 'Fascinating and authoritative' The Daily Express Sunday Times bestselling author Sean Smith tells the extraordinary story of a modern...
Great Women's Speeches: Empowering Voices that Engage and Inspire

Great Women's Speeches: Empowering Voices that Engage and Inspire

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Author: Anna Russell Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 Discover the inspiring voices that have changed our world, and started a new conversation. The first dedicated collection of seminal speeches...
Open: How Collaboration and Curiosity Shaped Humankind

Open: How Collaboration and Curiosity Shaped Humankind

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Author: Johan Norberg Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 464 AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR Humanity's embrace of openness is the key to our success. The freedom to...
Forever Friends: A Keepsake of Questions and Answers for Best Friends: Volume 25

Forever Friends: A Keepsake of Questions and Answers for Best Friends: Volume 25

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Author: Editors of Chartwell Books Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 204 The best of friends share the best of themselves and they're all the better for it. Interactive...
America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s

America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s

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Author: Elizabeth Hinton Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 A New York Times Notable Book Best Books of 2021: TIME, Smithsonian New York Times Book Review * Editors'...
Good Morning, Destroyer of Men's Souls: A memoir about women, addiction and love

Good Morning, Destroyer of Men's Souls: A memoir about women, addiction and love

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Author: Nina Renata Aron Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 'The disease he has is addiction,' Nina Renata Aron writes of her boyfriend. 'The disease I have is...
Betty White: 100 Remarkable Moments in an Extraordinary Life

Betty White: 100 Remarkable Moments in an Extraordinary Life

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Author: Ray Richmond Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Betty White: 100 Remarkable Moments in an Extraordinary Life is a visual salute to the First Lady of Television, spanning her...
Writers' Letters: Jane Austen to Chinua Achebe - The perfect Mother's Day gift

Writers' Letters: Jane Austen to Chinua Achebe - The perfect Mother's Day gift

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Author: Michael Bird Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Delve into the lives and work of some of the world's great writers with this intriguing collection of correspondence. There is...
Fire And Fortitude: The US Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943

Fire And Fortitude: The US Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943

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Author: John C. McManus Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 640 An engrossing, epic history of the US Army in the Pacific War "Out here, mention is seldom seen of the...
Life Undercover: Coming of Age in the CIA

Life Undercover: Coming of Age in the CIA

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Author: Amaryllis Fox Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Fast and thrilling . . . Life Undercover reads as if a John le Carre character...
Places and Names: On War, Revolution, and Returning

Places and Names: On War, Revolution, and Returning

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Author: Elliot Ackerman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 From a decorated Marine war veteran and National Book Award finalist, an astonishing reckoning with the nature of combat and the...
This Rare Spirit: A Life of Charlotte Mew

This Rare Spirit: A Life of Charlotte Mew

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Author: Julia Copus Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 The British poet Charlotte Mew (1869-1928) was regarded as one of the best poets of her age by fellow writers, including...
Swordswoman!: The Queen of Jhansi in the Indian Uprising of 1857

Swordswoman!: The Queen of Jhansi in the Indian Uprising of 1857

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Author: Devika Rangachari Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 144 Queen Lakshmibal of of Jhansi was an unconventional queen. She could read and write; she rode a horse and...
My Mess Is a Bit of a Life: Adventures in Anxiety

My Mess Is a Bit of a Life: Adventures in Anxiety

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Author: Georgia Pritchett Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 'Funny, moving, insightful, vulnerable. A brave book and a brilliant read.' - Miranda Hart Multi-award-winning television writer and producer...
Amazing Art Adventures: Around the world in 400 immersive experiences

Amazing Art Adventures: Around the world in 400 immersive experiences

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Author: Yolanda Zappaterra Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 Discover hundreds of the most interesting and memorable art experiences from around the world! Amazing Art Adventures offers us art and...
The Good Assassin: How a Mossad Agent and a Band of Survivors Hunted Down the Butcher of Latvia

The Good Assassin: How a Mossad Agent and a Band of Survivors Hunted Down the Butcher of Latvia

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Author: Stephan Talty Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 Inspiration for the hit new podcast "Hunting the Butcher" The untold story of an Israeli spy's epic journey to bring the...
The Story of Looking

The Story of Looking

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Author: Mark Cousins Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 432 In The Story of Looking, Mark Cousins takes us on a lightning-bright tour - in words and images -...
Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China

Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China

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Author: Jung Chang Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 They were the most famous sisters in China. As the country battled through a hundred years of wars, revolutions and seismic...
All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler

All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler

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Author: Rebecca Donner Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 576 Born and raised in America, Mildred Harnack was twenty-six when she enrolled in a PhD programme in Berlin and witnessed the...
Falling is Like Flying

Falling is Like Flying

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Author: Manon Uphoff Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 This is a story she never wanted to tell, but in the end she had no choice. When her older sister...