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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...
Hardcore History: History At The Extremes

The End is Always Near

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Author: Dan Carlin Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 A journey back in time that explores what happened-and what could have happened-from creator of the wildly-popular podcast Hardcore History and...
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: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 'Fresh and vital ... Full of wit, perceptiveness, humour and compassion ... A remarkable pioneer ... A hugely important memoir from...
Bring Back Our Girls: The Astonishing Survival and Rescue of Nigeria's Missing Schoolgirls

Bring Back Our Girls: The Astonishing Survival and Rescue of Nigeria's Missing Schoolgirls

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Author: Joe Parkinson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: Bounty hunters, the manpower of western militaries and special Swiss agents were all deployed but they either met road block...
An Extra Pair of Hands: A story of caring and everyday acts of love

An Extra Pair of Hands: A story of caring and everyday acts of love

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Author: Kate Mosse Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 A deeply moving story of what it means to care for those we love, a celebration of older people and ageing,...
A Class Act: Life as a working-class man in a middle-class world

A Class Act: Life as a working-class man in a middle-class world

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Author: Rob Beckett Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 'Pacy, witty and affectionate' Guardian Rob Beckett never seems to fit in. At work, in the middle-class world of...
Waddle: A Book of Fun for Penguin Lovers

Waddle: A Book of Fun for Penguin Lovers

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Author: Lloyd Spencer Davis Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 Penguins. We love them. They are instantly recognizable. Seemingly upright caricatures of us, it is easy to bond with these...
Unknown Valor: A Story of Family, Courage, and Sacrifice from Pearl Harbor to Iwo Jima

Unknown Valor: A Story of Family, Courage, and Sacrifice from Pearl Harbor to Iwo Jima

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Author: Martha MacCallum Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. In honor of the 75th Anniversary of one of the most critical battles of World...
Jump: From the Streets to the Suites

Jump: From the Streets to the Suites

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Author: Larry Miller Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 One of the most successful Black businessmen in the country, who has led Nike's Jordan Brand from a $200M...
The Russian Job: The Forgotten Story of How America Saved the Soviet Union from Ruin

The Russian Job: The Forgotten Story of How America Saved the Soviet Union from Ruin

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Author: Douglas Smith Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 An award-winning historian reveals the harrowing, little-known story of an American effort to save the newly formed Soviet Union from disaster...
Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A.

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 Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of America

The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of America

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Author: Daniel Okrent Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 496 NAMED ONE OF THE "100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF THE YEAR" BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW "An extraordinary book, I...
Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control

Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control

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Author: Stephen Kinzer Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 The bestselling author of All the Shah's Men and The Brothers tells the astonishing story of the man who oversaw the...
The Unnamable Present

The Unnamable Present

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Author: Roberto Calasso Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 A decisive key to help grasp some of the essential points of what is happening around us. The ninth part of...
The Weil Conjectures: On Math and the Pursuit of the Unknown

The Weil Conjectures: On Math and the Pursuit of the Unknown

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Author: Karen Olsson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 A New York Times Editors' Pick and Paris Review Staff Pick A wonderful book. --Patti Smith I was riveted. Olsson is...
A State at Any Cost: The Life of David Ben-Gurion

A State at Any Cost: The Life of David Ben-Gurion

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Author: Tom Segev Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 816 When Tom Segev's biography of David Ben-Gurion was published in Israel in early 2018, it was a major event, making headlines...
Kathleen and Frank: The Autobiography of a Family

Kathleen and Frank: The Autobiography of a Family

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Author: Christopher Isherwood (New Directions) Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 528 Kathleen and Frank is a love story set in the glory days of the British Empire, the...
Being David Archer: And Other Unusual Ways of Earning a Living

Being David Archer: And Other Unusual Ways of Earning a Living

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Author: Timothy Bentinck Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 Timothy Bentinck has played the part of David Archer in BBC Radio 4's The Archers since 1982. He is also the...
Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty

Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty

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Author: Anderson Cooper Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 New York Times bestselling author and journalist Anderson Cooper teams with New York Times bestselling historian and novelist Katherine...
Bedsit Disco Queen: How I grew up and tried to be a pop star

Bedsit Disco Queen: How I grew up and tried to be a pop star

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Author: Tracey Thorn Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 I was only sixteen when I bought an electric guitar and joined a band. A year later, I formed...
Perfectly You: Embracing the Power of Being Real

Perfectly You: Embracing the Power of Being Real

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Author: Mariana Atencio Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 In this much-needed book, which is part self-help and part autobiography, award-winning correspondent Mariana Atencio digs into what makes each of...
Moonchild: City of the Sun (The Moonchild series, Book 2)

Moonchild: City of the Sun (The Moonchild series, Book 2)

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Author: Aisha Bushby Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 240 The second book in a magical middle grade adventure series, inspired by The Arabian Nights and perfect for readers...
Death At Greenway: A Novel

Death At Greenway: A Novel

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Author: Lori Rader-Day Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 448 "Irresistible... a Golden Age homage, an elegantly constructed mystery that on every page reinforces the message that everyone counts."...
Foreign Native: An African Journey

Foreign Native: An African Journey

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Author: RW Johnson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 292 From schooldays in Durban to later years as an Oxford don, director of the Helen Suzman Foundation and formidable...
Between Five Eyes: 50 Years of Intelligence Sharing

Between Five Eyes: 50 Years of Intelligence Sharing

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Author: Anthony R. Wells Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 UK-US intelligence and the wider Five Eyes community of Canada, Australia and New Zealand is primarily about one...
Everything Beautiful in Its Time: Seasons of Love and Loss

Everything Beautiful in Its Time: Seasons of Love and Loss

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Author: Jenna Bush Hager Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 Jenna Bush Hager, the former first daughter and granddaughter, #1 New York Times bestselling author, and coanchor of the Today...
This Book is Cruelty-Free: Animals and Us

This Book is Cruelty-Free: Animals and Us

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Author: Linda Newbery Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 208 If you've ever wondered how you can make your diet cruelty-free, whether it's ethical to own a pet, or...
The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy

The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy

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Author: Lawrence Freedman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 522 '...Lawrence Freedman has provided a masterly account of the evolution of nuclear strategic thought which is steeped in scholarship, elegantly written,...
Mental Fitness: 15 Rules to Strengthen Your Body and Mind

Mental Fitness: 15 Rules to Strengthen Your Body and Mind

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Author: Ant Middleton Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER The brilliant new book from the Chief Instructor of SAS: Australia that will explain the principles...
The Invitation-Only Zone: The Extraordinary Story of North Korea's Abduction Project

The Invitation-Only Zone: The Extraordinary Story of North Korea's Abduction Project

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Author: Robert S. Boynton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 During the 1970s and early 80s, dozens - perhaps hundreds - of Japanese civilians were kidnapped by North Korean commandos...
Surviving the Storms: Extraordinary Stories of Courage and Compassion at Sea

Surviving the Storms: Extraordinary Stories of Courage and Compassion at Sea

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Author: The RNLI Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 'There's water in the engine,' he said. 'The engine has stopped.' This changed everything... Surviving the Storms brings together...
The End of the Road: A journey around Britain in search of the dead

The End of the Road: A journey around Britain in search of the dead

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Author: Jack Cooke Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 A wonderfully quixotic, charming and surprisingly uplifting travelogue which sees Jack Cooke, author of the much-loved The Treeclimbers Guide, drive around...
The Plantagenets:  The Kings that Made Britain

The Plantagenets

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Author: Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 296 England, 1154. As Henry II seizes the throne after years of turmoil, a new dynasty is poised to haul this hitherto...
Decline & Fall: Diaries 2005-2010

Decline & Fall: Diaries 2005-2010

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Author: Chris Mullin Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 496 On the backbenches but still in the thick of it, Decline and Fall runs from Chris Mullin's sacking as...
American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

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Author: Chris Kyle Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 448 The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir of U.S. Navy Seal Chris Kyle, and the source for Clint Eastwood's...
A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes: A Son's Memoir of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Mercedes Barcha

A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes

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Author: Rodrigo Garcia Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 "This is a beautiful farewell to two extraordinary people. It enthralled and moved me, and it will move and enthrall anyone...
Giving A Damn: Racism, Romance and Gone with the Wind

Giving A Damn: Racism, Romance and Gone with the Wind

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Author: Patricia Williams Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 144 'I cannot help but see the bodies of my near ancestors in the current caravans of desperate souls fleeing from place...
The Family Project: A Creative Handbook for Anyone Who Wants to Discover Their Family Story - but Doesn't Know Where to Start

The Family Project: A Creative Handbook for Anyone Who Wants to Discover Their Family Story - but Doesn't Know Where to Start

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Author: Harriet Green Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 216 Every family has a story to tell. This is yours. Think of your favourite family holidays, recipes, jokes and...
Photography and Germany

Photography and Germany

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Author: Andres Mario Zervigon Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 Richly illustrated with many previously unpublished images, Photography and Germany is the first single-authored history of German photography,...
The Pretty Girl Killer

The Pretty Girl Killer

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Author: Andrew Byrne Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 The complete true story of one of the world's most horrifying serial killers, who terrorised both Australia and America...
Becoming: Adapted for Younger Readers

Becoming: Adapted for Younger Readers

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Author: Michelle Obama Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 A younger reader's edition of the number-one bestselling memoir by former first lady of the United States, Michelle Obama. With a...
The Story of Australia: For the Young (And the Curious)

The Story of Australia: For the Young (And the Curious)

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Author: Don Watson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 A modern classic- Don Watson's history of Australia for children of the twenty-first century History told so well it gives us...
Chinese Cinderella: The Secret Story of an Unwanted Daughter

Chinese Cinderella: The Secret Story of an Unwanted Daughter

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Author: Adeline Yen Mah Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 When Adeline Yen Mah's mother died giving birth to her, the family considered Adeline bad luck and she...
12 Edmondstone Street

12 Edmondstone Street

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Author: David Malouf Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 160 This remarkable book combines autobiography with a subtle, almost painterly sense of the ways in which the objects which...
Richard III and the Princes in the Tower

Richard III and the Princes in the Tower

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Author: Alison Weir Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 Alison Weir investigates one of the most enduring murder mysteries in English history - the death of the lost...
Queens of the Conquest: The extraordinary women who changed the course of English history 1066 - 1167

Queens of the Conquest: The extraordinary women who changed the course of English history 1066 - 1167

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Author: Alison Weir Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 496 Full of passion and betrayal, murder and war, the first volume of an epic new series from bestselling historian...
Bloodlands: Europe between Hitler and Stalin

Bloodlands: Europe between Hitler and Stalin

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Author: Timothy Snyder Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 544 A magisterial history of the lands that lie between Stalin's Russia and Hitler's Germany - where 14 million civilians...
Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Woman's Life in Nineteenth-Century Japan

Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Woman's Life in Nineteenth-Century Japan

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Author: Amy Stanley Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 A groundbreaking new history of Edo, now modern-day Tokyo, that will change our understanding of Japanese history, placing women's...