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Fate of War: Fredericksburg, 1862

Fate of War: Fredericksburg, 1862

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Author: Duane Schultz Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 The Union assault on the critical Confederate stronghold of Fredericksburg, Virginia, along the Rappahannock River in December 1862 was one of...
Closing the Books: Jewish Insurance Claims in the Holocaust

Closing the Books: Jewish Insurance Claims in the Holocaust

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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...
Hitler's Last Hostages: Looted Art and the Soul of the Third Reich

Hitler's Last Hostages: Looted Art and the Soul of the Third Reich

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Author: Mary M. Lane Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 The story of art is integral to the story of the rise of Nazi Germany. Adolf Hitler, an artist himself,...
Al Dente: Madness, Beauty and the Food of Rome

Al Dente: Madness, Beauty and the Food of Rome

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Author: David Winner Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 Imagine the River Tiber as an alimentary tract. Picture a hungry saint. Think of erotic Renaissance fruit paintings, transubstantiation...
Living With A Dead Language: My Romance with Latin

Living With A Dead Language: My Romance with Latin

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Author: Ann Patty Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 246 After thirty-five years as a book editor in New York City, Ann Patty stopped working and moved to the country. Bored,...
Fatal Rivalry, Flodden 1513: Henry VIII, James IV and the battle for Renaissance Britain

Fatal Rivalry, Flodden 1513: Henry VIII, James IV and the battle for Renaissance Britain

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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...
People of the First Crusade: The Truth about the Christian-Muslim War Revealed

People of the First Crusade: The Truth about the Christian-Muslim War Revealed

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Author: Michael Foss Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 232 In this work Michael Foss casts new light on the reality of and motives behind the Crusades in general,...
We Germans

We Germans

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Author: Alexander Starritt Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 208 When a young British man asks his German grandfather what it was like to fight on the wrong side...
The Pentagon's Wars: The Military's Undeclared War Against America's Presidents

The Pentagon's Wars: The Military's Undeclared War Against America's Presidents

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Author: Mark Perry Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 A gripping insider account of the clash between America's civilian and military leadership The Pentagon's Wars is a dramatic account of...
The Feud: Vladimir Nabokov

The Feud: Vladimir Nabokov

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Author: Alex Beam Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 The Feud is the deliciously ironic (and sad) tale of how two literary giants destroyed their friendship in a fit of...
Fish and Chips: A History

Fish and Chips: A History

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Author: Panikos Panayi Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 Along with London buses, bowler hats and cricket, few things are considered more British than fish and chips. In this book,...
The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family

The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family

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Author: Olivia Williams Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 In 1889, Victorian impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte opened The Savoy, Britain's first luxury hotel. Allowing the rich to live...
The Last Giants: The Rise and Fall of the African Elephant

The Last Giants: The Rise and Fall of the African Elephant

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Author: Levison Wood Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 This book comes at a critical time. Thirty years ago, Africa was home to a million elephants, today the...
I Should Know That: Great Britain: Everything You Really Should Know About GB

I Should Know That: Great Britain: Everything You Really Should Know About GB

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Author: Emma Marriott Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 From icons of British history to geography, and the economy to the legal system, I Should Know That: Great...
The House Party: A Short History of Leisure, Pleasure and the Country House Weekend

The House Party: A Short History of Leisure, Pleasure and the Country House Weekend

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Author: Adrian Tinniswood Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 144 The House Party explores privilege and leisure from the viewpoint of the guest and the host, showing us what it was...
How to Behave Badly in Renaissance Britain

How to Behave Badly in Renaissance Britain

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Author: Ruth Goodman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 Every age and every social strata has its bad eggs, those who break all the rules and rub everyone up the...
North Pole: Nature and Culture

North Pole: Nature and Culture

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Author: Michael Bravo Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 208 In North Pole, Michael Bravo explains how visions of the North Pole have been supremely important to the world's...
Myth and Politics in Ancient Near Eastern Historiography

Myth and Politics in Ancient Near Eastern Historiography

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Author: Mario Liverani Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 240 The essays included in this volume analyze important historical texts from various regions of the Ancient Near East. The...
The Age of Secrecy: Jews, Christians, and the Economy of Secrets, 1400-1800

The Age of Secrecy: Jews, Christians, and the Economy of Secrets, 1400-1800

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Author: Daniel Jutte (Jutte) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 The fifteenth through the eighteenth centuries were truly an Age of Secrecy in Europe, when arcane knowledge was widely believed...
The Storied City: The Quest for Timbuktu and the Fantastic Mission to Save Its Past

The Storied City: The Quest for Timbuktu and the Fantastic Mission to Save Its Past

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Author: Charlie English Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 Timbuktu has long been seen as a paradise to Westerners who had, for centuries, led perilous and mostly failed 'discovery' expeditions...
Taking Command Book

Taking Command

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Author: General Sir David Richards Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 400 General Sir David Richards is one of the best known British generals of modern times. In 2013...
The Crusade of Richard I

The Crusade of Richard I

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Author: T. A. Archer Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages:
MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed Bin Salman

MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed Bin Salman

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Author: Ben Hubbard Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 A Financial Times Book Best Book of the Year 2020 A Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year 2020...
Stephen Hawking: A Life in Science

Stephen Hawking: A Life in Science

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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 . ....
Lifesize

Lifesize

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Author: Sophy Henn Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 32 Let's go on a LIFESIZE adventure! Step into the book and see how you measure up against some of...
Dance Your Troubles Away

Dance Your Troubles Away

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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...
Schadenfreude, A Love Story

Schadenfreude, A Love Story

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Author: Rebecca Schuman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 You know that feeling when you catch the elevator but don't hold it for the person behind you? Seeing Lindsay Lohan...
The Wicked Wit of Princess Margaret

The Wicked Wit of Princess Margaret

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Author: Karen Dolby Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 172 Celebrate the rapier-like wit of the royal rebel, the late, great Princess Margaret - or 'Ducky' as she was known behind...
Three-a-Penny: Radio 4 Book of the Week

Three-a-Penny: Radio 4 Book of the Week

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Author: Lucy Malleson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 A rediscovered classic memoir - a fascinating insight into the life of a crime writer during and after the...
Consider the Platypus: Evolution through Biology's Most Baffling Beasts

Consider the Platypus: Evolution through Biology's Most Baffling Beasts

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Author: Maggie Ryan Sandford Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 CONSIDER THE PLATYPUS explores the history and features of more than 50 animals to provide insight into our current understanding...
The Six Loves of Billy Binns

The Six Loves of Billy Binns

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Author: Richard Lumsden Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 480 THE SIX LOVES OF BILLY BINNS is a deeply moving debut set in London against the backdrop of the...
With God In Russia: The Inspiring Classic Account of a Catholic Priest'sTwenty-three Years in Soviet Prisons and Labor Camps

With God In Russia: The Inspiring Classic Account of a Catholic Priest'sTwenty-three Years in Soviet Prisons and Labor Camps

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Author: Walter J. Ciszek Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 Republished for a new century and featuring an afterword by Father James Martin, SJ, the classic memoir of...
Far From Home: Refugees and migrants fleeing war, persecution and poverty

Far From Home: Refugees and migrants fleeing war, persecution and poverty

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Author: Cath Senker Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 64 What if you had to leave your home and you could never go back? What do you think that...
30-Second Ancient Rome

30-Second Ancient Rome

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Author: Matthew Nicholls Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 30-Second Ancient Rome presents a unique insight into one of the most brilliantly governed societies, where military might and expansive...
Colder The Illustrated Story of Britains Greatest Polar Explorer

Colder The Illustrated Story of Britains Greatest Polar Explorer

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Author: Ranulph Fiennes Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Sir Ranulph Fiennes is arguably the UK's greatest polar explorer and adventurer, whose never-say-die approach to life has enabled him to...
Dead Certainties (Unwarranted Speculations)

Dead Certainties (Unwarranted Speculations)

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Author: Simon Schama Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 On 13 September 1759, General James Wolfe, having led the British troops up the St Lawrence to victory in...
America's Bank: The Epic Struggle To Create The Federal Reserve

America's Bank: The Epic Struggle To Create The Federal Reserve

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Author: Roger Lowenstein Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 A tour de force of historical reportage, America's Bank illuminates the tumultuous era and remarkable personalities that spurred the unlikely birth...
Operation Thunderbolt Flight 139 and the Raid on Entebbe Airport

Operation Thunderbolt Flight 139 and the Raid on Entebbe Airport

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Author: Saul David Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 464 The definitive account of one of the greatest Special Forces missions ever, the Raid of Entebbe, by acclaimed military...
The Battle of the Somme The First and Second Phase

The Battle of the Somme The First and Second Phase

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Author: John Buchan Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages:
The Strategy of Victory How General George Washington Won the American Revolution

The Strategy of Victory How General George Washington Won the American Revolution

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Author: Thomas Fleming Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Led by the Continental Congress, the Americans almost lost their war for independence because their military thinking was badly muddled. The...
Waiting for the Albino Dunnock: How birds can change your life

Waiting for the Albino Dunnock: How birds can change your life

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Author: Rosamond Richardson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 'A beautiful book' Tim Birkhead, author of Bird Sense 'The prose is sublime, and so is the intelligence behind...
Blaise Pascal Miracles and Reason

Blaise Pascal Miracles and Reason

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Author: Mary Ann Caws Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 200 This book, which includes a preface by Tom Conley, covers many aspects of Blaise Pascal's life and work that are...
The Fat Boy with the Bomb and 299 of the Worlds Craziest Politicians

The Fat Boy with the Bomb and 299 of the Worlds Craziest Politicians

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Author: Brian O'Connell Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 A completely original illustrated international dossier of lunatic statesmen and insane leaders! This first attempt to catalogue the world...
Snowing in Bali

Snowing in Bali

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Author: Kathryn BonellaFormat: Paperback / softbackNumber of Pages:  'It's snowing in Bali.' Among Bali's drug dealers, this is the secret code for a huge cocaine shipment having just landed. For the...
Bruce

Bruce

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Author: Peter Ames CarlinFormat: PaperbackNumber of Pages: 496  Peter Ames Carlin’s New York Times bestselling biography of one America’s greatest musicians is the first in twenty-five years to be written with the...
Great Harrys Navy

Great Harrys Navy

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Damn Few Making the Modern Seal Warrior

Damn Few Making the Modern Seal Warrior

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Author: Rorke Denver Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 From leadership expert, former Navy SEAL, "American Grit" feature player, and author of Worth Dying For: A Navy SEAL's Call to...
The Pig A Natural History

The Pig A Natural History

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Author: Richard Lutwyche Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 At any given time there are around one billion pigs in the world; that's one for every seven of us. And...