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Midnight's Descendants: South Asia from Partition to the Present Day

Midnight's Descendants: South Asia from Partition to the Present Day

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Dear Lindy: A Nation Responds to the Loss of Azaria

Dear Lindy: A Nation Responds to the Loss of Azaria

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Beautiful Lies: Australia from Menzies to Howard

Beautiful Lies: Australia from Menzies to Howard

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1835: The Founding of Melbourne & the Conquest of Australia

1835: The Founding of Melbourne & the Conquest of Australia

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Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

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Author: Amit Katwala Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Nominated for the CWA Dagger Award 2023 'A wonderful book' - Guardian Truth, murder and the birth of the lie detector...
Authenticity: Reclaiming Reality in a Counterfeit Culture

Authenticity: Reclaiming Reality in a Counterfeit Culture

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Author: Alice Sherwood Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 'Wide-ranging, witty and fresh ... a stimulating read. Authentic fun' Tim Harford, Financial Times Best Summer Books 2022 'Brilliantly witty, profoundly...
Saved: A War Reporter's Mission to Make It Home

Saved: A War Reporter's Mission to Make It Home

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Author: Benjamin Hall Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "An affecting, singular story...a bracing tale of life on the edge of death." -Kirkus...
A Brief History of Life in the Middle Ages

A Brief History of Life in the Middle Ages

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Author: Martyn Whittock Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 Using wide-ranging evidence, Martyn Whittock shines a light on Britain in the Middle Ages, bringing it vividly to life in this...
Rebels Against the Raj: Western Fighters for India's Freedom

Rebels Against the Raj: Western Fighters for India's Freedom

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Author: Ramachandra Guha Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 496 WINNER OF THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY 'A narrative of startling originality ... As discussions of Britain's colonial legacy...
Meditations

Meditations

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Author: Marcus Aurelius Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 Few ancient works have been as influential as the MEDITATIONS of Marcus Aurelius. A series of spiritual exercises filled with wisdom,...
A Brief History of Science: through the development of scientific instruments

A Brief History of Science: through the development of scientific instruments

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Author: Thomas Crump Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 464 From earliest pre-history, with the dawning understanding of fire and its many uses, up to the astonishing advances of the twenty-first...
The Diary Keepers: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times - World War II in the Netherlands, as Written by the People Who Lived Through It

The Diary Keepers: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times - World War II in the Netherlands, as Written by the People Who Lived Through It

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Author: Nina Siegal Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 Based on select writings from an exceptional Amsterdam archive containing more than two thousand Dutch diaries from World War II, The...
The World According to Joan Didion

The World According to Joan Didion

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Author: Evelyn McDonnell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 An intimate exploration of the life, craft, and legacy of one of the most revered and influential writers, an artist who...
The Art Of Happiness

The Art Of Happiness

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Author: Dalai Lama Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 190 In this unique and important book one of the worlds great spiritual leaders offers his practical wisdom and advice on how...
Down and Out in Paris and London: The classic reimagined with cover art by Shepard Fairey

Down and Out in Paris and London: The classic reimagined with cover art by Shepard Fairey

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Author: George Orwell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 Renowned urban artist Shepard Fairey's new look for Orwell's classic To be poor and destitute in 1920s Paris and London was...
Saved from the Waves: Animal Rescues of the RNLI

Saved from the Waves: Animal Rescues of the RNLI

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Author: The RNLI Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 She has to be OK, I pleaded silently to myself. She has to be. 'We've alerted the RNLI and they're sending...
Last Call at the Hotel Imperial: The Reporters Who Took on a World at War

Last Call at the Hotel Imperial: The Reporters Who Took on a World at War

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Author: Deborah Cohen Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 592 'Effervescent' New Yorker Best Books Of 2022 So Far 'Bursts with colour and incident' FT Best Books of Summer Read this...
Hidden Histories: 100 Wild Stories You Never Learned in History Class

Hidden Histories: 100 Wild Stories You Never Learned in History Class

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Author: Tim Rayborn Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 We all know what was written in the history books. There are some stories we've heard a hundred times-but often our...
How To Say Babylon: A Jamaican Memoir

How To Say Babylon: A Jamaican Memoir

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Author: Safiya Sinclair Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 'Dazzling. Potent. Vital' TARA WESTOVER 'To read it is to believe that words can save' MARLON JAMES 'I adored this book...
The Bone Chests: Unlocking the Secrets of the Anglo-Saxons

The Bone Chests: Unlocking the Secrets of the Anglo-Saxons

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Author: Cat Jarman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A diligent historian and a superb writer' THE TIMES From bioarchaeologist and bestselling author...
Worthy

Worthy

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Author: Jada Pinkett Smith Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 A gripping, painfully honest and ultimately inspirational, New York Times bestselling memoir from global superstar and creator of the Red...
Abyss: World on the Brink, The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962

Abyss: World on the Brink, The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962

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Author: Max Hastings Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 576 A Times History Book of the Year 2022 From the #1 bestselling historian Max Hastings 'the heart-stopping story of the missile...
The Courage to Be Free: Florida's Blueprint for America's Revival

The Courage to Be Free: Florida's Blueprint for America's Revival

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Author: Ron DeSantis Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 No American leader has accomplished more for his state than Governor Ron DeSantis. Now he reveals how he did it. He...
Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America

Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America

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Author: Cody Keenan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "At a time when the meaning of America is up for grabs, Cody Keenan's new book...
Heavy Metal: The Hard Days and Nights of the Shipyard Workers Who Build America's Supercarriers

Heavy Metal: The Hard Days and Nights of the Shipyard Workers Who Build America's Supercarriers

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Author: Michael Fabey Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 An extraordinary story of American can-do, an inside look at the building of the most dangerous aircraft carrier in the world,...
Tired and Tested: The Wild Ride Into Parenthood

Tired and Tested: The Wild Ride Into Parenthood

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Author: Sophie McCartney Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Welcome to the jungle... When you've grown up thinking your twenties are all about working hard, playing hard and trying not...
The Last Train: A Family History of the Final Solution

The Last Train: A Family History of the Final Solution

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Author: Peter Bradley Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 'Haunting.' Jonathan Freedland 'Powerful.' Daniel Finkelstein The profoundly moving and deeply intimate story of one Jewish family's fate in the Holocaust,...
The Young Alexander: The Making of Alexander the Great

The Young Alexander: The Making of Alexander the Great

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Author: Alex Rowson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 512 'Popular history at its very best, thought-provoking and accessible. Underpinned by serious research, and written with panache, it summons up a...
Cold-Water Eden

Cold-Water Eden

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Author: Richie Fitzgerald Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 An immersive memoir about a groundbreaking surfing career, and a stunning portrait of Ireland as one of the world's most captivating...
King Charles III: 100 moments from his journey to the throne

King Charles III: 100 moments from his journey to the throne

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Author: Arthur Edwards Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Stunning, photographic King Charles III memorabilia gift for royal fans As the nation celebrates the coronation of...
Snow Widows: Scott's Fatal Antarctic Expedition by the Women Left Behind

Snow Widows: Scott's Fatal Antarctic Expedition by the Women Left Behind

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Author: Katherine MacInnes Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 512 'An elegant, densely textured work, like a tapestry ... A welcome contribution to polar studies.' Sara Wheeler, Spectator '[MacInness] handles the...
The Day the World Came to Town Updated Edition: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland

The Day the World Came to Town Updated Edition: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland

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Author: Jim DeFede Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 The True Story Behind the Events on 9/11 that Inspired Broadway's Smash Hit Musical Come from Away, Featuring All New Material...
Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad: A Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival

Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad: A Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival

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Author: Daniel Finkelstein Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 496 THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Epic, moving and important' ROBERT HARRIS 'A modern classic' OBSERVER...
Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker

Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker

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Author: A N Wilson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 A radical reappraisal of Charles Darwin from the bestselling author of Victoria: A Life. With the publication of On the...
Winnie & Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage

Winnie & Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage

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Author: Jonny Steinberg Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 576 'Gripping and profoundly moving' DAMON GALGUT 'Deft and operatic' OBSERVER A TIMES BEST BIOGRAPHY OF 2023 From one of South Africa's...
Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad: A Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival

Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad: A Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival

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Author: Daniel Finkelstein Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 496 THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Epic, moving and important' ROBERT HARRIS 'A modern classic' OBSERVER...
Worthy

Worthy

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Author: Jada Pinkett Smith Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 A gripping, painfully honest and ultimately inspirational, New York Times bestselling memoir from global superstar and creator of the Red...
Abyss: World on the Brink, The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962

Abyss: World on the Brink, The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962

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Author: Max Hastings Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 576 A Times History Book of the Year 2022 From the #1 bestselling historian Max Hastings 'the heart-stopping story of the missile...
Unsafe: Damian longs for home, but one man stands in his way

Unsafe: Damian longs for home, but one man stands in his way

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Author: Cathy Glass Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 Damian longs for home, but one man stands in his way ... Damian is just seven when he is taken in...
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

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Author: Dave Grohl Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 THE INTERNATIONAL NO 1 BESTSELLER * ONE OF NME's BEST MUSIC BOOKS OF 2021 * ONE OF VARIETY'S BEST MUSIC BOOKS...
She's Nice Though: Essays on Being Bad at Being Good

She's Nice Though: Essays on Being Bad at Being Good

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Author: Mia Mercado Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 AN NPR BOOK-OF-THE-DAY * A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY STAFF PICK * A NYLON MUST-READ * A FORTUNE NEW BOOK TO READ IN...
Cokie: A Life Well Lived

Cokie: A Life Well Lived

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Author: Steven V. Roberts Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 The extraordinary life and legacy of legendary journalist Cokie Roberts-a trailblazer for women-remembered by her friends and family. Through her...
The World According to Joan Didion

The World According to Joan Didion

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Author: Evelyn McDonnell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 An intimate exploration of the life, craft, and legacy of one of the most revered and influential writers, an artist who...
Dear Body: What I Lost, What I Gained, and What I Learned Along the Way

Dear Body: What I Lost, What I Gained, and What I Learned Along the Way

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Author: Brittany Williams Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 The inspiring story of how one woman overcame her struggle with obesity by healing childhood trauma and confronting her innermost demons....
Bitter Winds

Bitter Winds

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Hitler and His Generals: The Hidden Crisis, January-June 1938 (SIGNED)

Hitler and His Generals: The Hidden Crisis, January-June 1938 (SIGNED)

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Special Envoy to Churchill and Stalin 1941-1946

Special Envoy to Churchill and Stalin 1941-1946

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Louis XIV

Louis XIV

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