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The Book of Phobias and Manias: A History of the World in 99 Obsessions

The Book of Phobias and Manias: A History of the World in 99 Obsessions

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Author: Kate SummerscaleFormat: Paperback, 128mm x 196mm, 200g, 256 pagesPublished: Profile Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2023THE PERFECT GIFT FOR ALL BIBLIOMANIACSA BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES,...
The Limits of Genius: The Surprising Stupidity of the World's Greatest Minds

The Limits of Genius: The Surprising Stupidity of the World's Greatest Minds

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A hilarious look at how the line between 'genius' and 'extremely lucky idiot' is finer than we'd like to admit.The more you delve into the stories behind history's greatest names,...
The Prince and the Assassin: Australia's First Royal Tour and Portent of World Terror

The Prince and the Assassin: Australia's First Royal Tour and Portent of World Terror

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Aboriginal Victorians: A history since 1800

Aboriginal Victorians: A history since 1800

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Women of the World: The Rise of the Female Diplomat

Women of the World: The Rise of the Female Diplomat

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The Stone of Heaven: The Secret History of Imperial Green Jade

The Stone of Heaven: The Secret History of Imperial Green Jade

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Daniel Solander

Daniel Solander

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False Flags: Disguised German Raiders of World War II

False Flags: Disguised German Raiders of World War II

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Astonish Me!: First Nights That Changed the World

Astonish Me!: First Nights That Changed the World

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Author: Dominic Dromgoole Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 A SUNDAY TIMES BEST FILM AND THEATRE BOOK OF 2022 'Anyone in love with the arts will fall in love with...
On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe

On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe

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Author: Caroline Dodds Pennock Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 A New Statesman Best Book of the Year 2023. A Waterstones Book of the Year 2023. An Economist Book of...
High Caucasus: A Mountain Quest in Russia's Haunted Hinterland

High Caucasus: A Mountain Quest in Russia's Haunted Hinterland

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Author: Tom Parfitt Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 'A thrilling and beautiful book' Philip Marsden 'Tom Parfitt has re-invented travel writing for the 21st century' Oliver Bullough On 1...
Yorkshire: There and Back

Yorkshire: There and Back

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Author: Andrew Martin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 In Yorkshire: There and Back, Andrew Martin celebrates Britain's most charismatic county, looking back at the Yorkshire of his 1970s childhood...
30-Second Twentieth Century: The 50 most significant ideas and events, each explained in half a minute

30-Second Twentieth Century: The 50 most significant ideas and events, each explained in half a minute

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Author: Jonathan T. Reynolds Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 160 You probably know, or think you know, quite a bit about what happened in the 20th century - chances are,...
Love, Pamela: Her new memoir, taking control of her own narrative for the first time

Love, Pamela: Her new memoir, taking control of her own narrative for the first time

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Author: Pamela Anderson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 ACTRESS. ICON. ACTIVIST. Her story, in her voice, for the first time. In this honest, layered and unforgettable book that alternates...
She: A Celebration of Renegade Women

She: A Celebration of Renegade Women

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Author: Harriet Hall Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 Calling all women! SHE: A CELEBRATION OF RENEGADE WOMEN by Stylist's Harriet Hall is the must-have book for women everywhere. Perfect...
One Fine Day: Britain's Empire on the Brink

One Fine Day: Britain's Empire on the Brink

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Author: Matthew Parker Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 608 'Breathtaking... vital and important. A wonderful read' PETER FRANKOPAN 'Marvellous... escapes the inane, balance-sheet view of Empire and sees its full...
Oath and Honor: the explosive inside story from the most senior Republican to stand up to Donald Trump

Oath and Honor: the explosive inside story from the most senior Republican to stand up to Donald Trump

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Author: Liz Cheney Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 A gripping first-hand account from inside the halls of Congress as Donald Trump and his enablers betrayed the American people and...
Engineers of Human Souls: Four Writers Who Changed Twentieth-Century Minds

Engineers of Human Souls: Four Writers Who Changed Twentieth-Century Minds

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Author: Simon Ings Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 Four writers. Four dictators. One world, changed out of all recognition. ENGINEERS OF HUMAN SOULS is an intimate and shocking shadow...
Tivoli: Hardback + 60 Minute Music CD

Tivoli: Hardback + 60 Minute Music CD

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Jeedara: One Alliance, One Ancient People and an Expedition for the Greataustralian Bight

Jeedara: One Alliance, One Ancient People and an Expedition for the Greataustralian Bight

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Jet Set

Jet Set

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The Edwardians

The Edwardians

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50 People Who Stuffed up Australia

50 People Who Stuffed up Australia

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Letters of Love

Letters of Love

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Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind

Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind

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Author: Tom Holland Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 624 'If great books encourage you to look at the world in an entirely new way, then Dominion is a very great...
Putin's World: Russia Against the West and with the Rest

Putin's World: Russia Against the West and with the Rest

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Author: Angela Stent Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 496 How did Russia manage to emerge resurgent on the world stage and play a weak hand so effectively? Is it because...
The Channel: The Remarkable Men and Women Who Made It the Most Fascinating Waterway in the World

The Channel: The Remarkable Men and Women Who Made It the Most Fascinating Waterway in the World

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Author: Charlie Connelly Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'A wonderfully quirky history' SUNDAY TIMES 'The perfect read while you wait for your summer holiday to begin' MAIL ON SUNDAY...
Who Owns History?: Elgin's Loot and the Case for Returning Plundered Treasure

Who Owns History?: Elgin's Loot and the Case for Returning Plundered Treasure

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Wildland: The Making of America's Fury

Wildland: The Making of America's Fury

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Donald Horne: Selected Writings

Donald Horne: Selected Writings

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The Guinness Book of Military Blunders

The Guinness Book of Military Blunders

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Jobs for the Girls: How We Set Out to Work in the Typewriter Age

Jobs for the Girls: How We Set Out to Work in the Typewriter Age

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Author: Ysenda Maxtone Graham Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 A unique take on women's history from the bestselling author of British Summer Time Begins 'Witty, clever and warm-hearted' The...
Forgotten Women

Forgotten Women

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Author: Zing Tsjeng Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 592 'To say this [book] is "empowering" doesn't do it justice. Buy a copy for your daughters, sisters, mums, aunts and nieces...
The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis, as seen on BBC Two Between the Covers

The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis, as seen on BBC Two Between the Covers

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Author: Maria Smilios Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 New York City, 1929. A sanatorium, a deadly disease, and a dire nurse shortage. So begins the remarkable true story of...
The Limits of Genius: The Surprising Stupidity of the World's Greatest Minds

The Limits of Genius: The Surprising Stupidity of the World's Greatest Minds

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Author: Katie Spalding Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 A hilarious look at how the line between 'genius' and 'extremely lucky idiot' is finer than we'd like to admit. The...
Vital Organs

Vital Organs

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Author: Suzie Edge Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 The remarkable stories of the world's most famous body parts. Louis XIV's rear end inspired the British National Anthem. Queen Victoria's...
The Story of Scandinavia: From the Vikings to Social Democracy

The Story of Scandinavia: From the Vikings to Social Democracy

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Author: Stein Ringen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 496 In The Story of Scandinavia, political scholar Stein Ringen chronicles more than 1,200 years of drama, economic rise and fall, crises,...
The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis, as seen on BBC Two Between the Covers

The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis, as seen on BBC Two Between the Covers

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Author: Maria Smilios Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 New York City, 1929. A sanatorium, a deadly disease, and a dire nurse shortage. So begins the remarkable true story of...
The Walnut Tree: Women, Violence and the Law - A Hidden History

The Walnut Tree: Women, Violence and the Law - A Hidden History

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Author: Kate Morgan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'Compulsively readable' - Times Literary Supplement 'An outstanding work' - Philippa Gregory 'A powerful narrative told with frankness and sensitivity' Helen...
The Last Correspondent: Dispatches from the frontline of Xi's new China

The Last Correspondent: Dispatches from the frontline of Xi's new China

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The Complete Illustrated History of Australian Cricket

The Complete Illustrated History of Australian Cricket

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Living in Hope and History

Living in Hope and History

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City Dreamers: The Urban Imagination in Australia

City Dreamers: The Urban Imagination in Australia

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The Great Wave: The Era of Radical Disruption and the Rise of the Outsider

The Great Wave: The Era of Radical Disruption and the Rise of the Outsider

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Author: Michiko Kakutani Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 An urgent examination of the great wave of change breaking over today's world - from the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic...
The Riddles Of The Sphinx: Inheriting The Feminist History Of The Crossword Puzzle

The Riddles Of The Sphinx: Inheriting The Feminist History Of The Crossword Puzzle

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Author: Anna Shechtman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 "A surprising and ambitious investigation of language and the varied ways women resist the paradoxes of patriarchy both on and off...
To Obama: With Love, Joy, Hate and Despair

To Obama: With Love, Joy, Hate and Despair

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The Empire of Climate: A History of an Idea

The Empire of Climate: A History of an Idea

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Author: David N. LivingstoneFormat: Hardback, 156mm x 235mm, 552 pagesPublished: Princeton University Press, United States, 2024How the specter of climate has been used to explain history since antiquity.Scientists, journalists, and...
Natural Magic: Emily Dickinson, Charles Darwin, and the Dawn of Modern Science

Natural Magic: Emily Dickinson, Charles Darwin, and the Dawn of Modern Science

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Author: Renee Bergland Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 440 A captivating portrait of the poet and the scientist who shared an enchanted view of nature. Emily Dickinson and Charles Darwin...