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Dancing with the Octopus: The Telling of a True Crime

Dancing with the Octopus: The Telling of a True Crime

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Author: Debora Harding Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 432 'Extraordinary' - Kate Mosse 'Electric' - Lemn Sissay 'Searing' - Julia Samuel One Omaha winter day in 1978, when...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Coming Undone: A Memoir

Coming Undone: A Memoir

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Author: Terri White Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 'BREATHTAKING' Dolly Alderton, 'REMARKABLE' Marian Keyes, 'LIFE-CHANGING' Emma Jane Unsworth, 'COMPELLING' Amy Liptrot, 'EXTRAORDINARY' Sali Hughes To everyone else,...
Nina Simone's Gum: A Memoir of Things Lost and Found

Nina Simone's Gum: A Memoir of Things Lost and Found

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Author: Warren Ellis Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 'Warren has turned this memento, snatched from his idol's piano in a moment of rapture, into a genuine religious artefact.' -...
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,...
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 Flame: Poems Notebooks Lyrics Drawings

The Flame: Poems Notebooks Lyrics Drawings

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Author: Leonard Cohen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER Named a Fall Read by Vogue, Esquire, The Washington Post, TIME, Vanity Fair and O, the...
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...
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 Idea of India: 20th Anniversary Edition

The Idea of India: 20th Anniversary Edition

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Author: Sunil Khilnani Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 A classic since it was first published in 1997, The Idea of India is a magisterial historical study that...
A Gift from Bob: NOW A MAJOR FILM

A Gift from Bob: NOW A MAJOR FILM

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Author: James Bowen Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 192 The festive standalone from James and Bob, the stars of the bestselling A Street Cat Named Bob. Now a...
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...
The Corinthian Girl: Champion Athlete of Ancient Olympia

The Corinthian Girl: Champion Athlete of Ancient Olympia

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Author: Christina Balit Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 40 The brilliantly illustrated tale of one girl's epic achievement, from slavehood to champion athlete in the great Herean Games of Ancient...
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...
Six Days

Six Days

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Author: Robert Venditti Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 148 June 1944. World War II. D-Day. 182 members of the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division parachute into the French countryside--a full eighteen...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
V2: the Sunday Times bestselling World War II thriller

V2: the Sunday Times bestselling World War II thriller

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Author: Robert Harris Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 400 The no. 1 bestselling author of MUNICH and THE SECOND SLEEP returns to the Second World War for his...
Leadership in War: Lessons from Those Who Made History

Leadership in War: Lessons from Those Who Made History

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Author: Andrew Roberts Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 A comparison of nine leaders who led their nations through the some of greatest wars the world has ever...
The Man I Knew: The Amazing Comeback Story of George H.W. Bush's Post-Presidency

The Man I Knew: The Amazing Comeback Story of George H.W. Bush's Post-Presidency

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Author: Jean Becker Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 As chief of staff, Jean Becker had a ringside seat to the never-boring story of George Herbert Walker Bush's life post-presidency,...
Atlantic Kingdom: America's Contest with Cunard in the Age of Sail and Steam

Atlantic Kingdom: America's Contest with Cunard in the Age of Sail and Steam

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Author: John A. Butler Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 280 Atlantic Kingdom pays tribute to the Americans who challenged Cunard, the shipping company that held a monopoly on...
Mates: The Friendship that Sustained Henry Lawson

Mates: The Friendship that Sustained Henry Lawson

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Author: Dr Gregory Bryan Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 400 Henry Lawson gave voice to a uniquely Australian identity and much of the Australian ethos of mateship was...
The Hidden History of America at War: Untold Tales from Yorktown to Fallujah

The Hidden History of America at War: Untold Tales from Yorktown to Fallujah

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Author: Kenneth C Davis Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 Multi-million-copy bestselling historian Kenneth C. Davis sets his sights on war stories in The Hidden History of America at War....
The Lost Imperialist: Lord Dufferin, Memory and Mythmaking in an Age of Celebrity

The Lost Imperialist: Lord Dufferin, Memory and Mythmaking in an Age of Celebrity

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Author: Andrew Gailey Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 464 Winner of the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography 2016 Frederick Hamiton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, enjoyed a glittering...
Wicked Lord Lyttelton

Wicked Lord Lyttelton

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Author, Thomas Frost Format, Paperback / softback Number of Pages, 192 A drug addict and debaucher of women, Thomas Lyttelton, 2nd Baron Lyttelton, indulged in all the vices and libertinism...
Bitter Experience Has Taught Me

Bitter Experience Has Taught Me

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Author, Nicholas Lezard (Non Fiction Reviews, guardian) Format, Paperback / softback Number of Pages, 304 In 2007, Nicholas Lezard was kicked out of his home, for reasons we need not...
Backstop Land

Backstop Land

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Author, David Passes Format, Paperback / softback Number of Pages, 46 A witty and impassioned book on Ulster, which has been thrust into the centre of British and European politics...
Unsolved Case Files, Escape at 10,000 Feet, D.B. Cooper and the Missing Money

Unsolved Case Files, Escape at 10,000 Feet, D.B. Cooper and the Missing Money

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Author, Tom Sullivan Format, Paperback / softback Number of Pages, 104 A thrilling new graphic nonfiction series about real FBI cases, launching with a gripping, minute-by-minute account of the only...
Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy

Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy

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Author: Mike Love Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 The New York Times Bestseller Mike Love tells the story of his legendary, raucous, and ultimately triumphant five-decade career as the...
Protest!

Protest!

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Author: Alice Haworth-Booth Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 168 Illustrated by Emily Haworth-Booth, and written by Emily and her sister Alice, this book is a timely history of peaceful protests...