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The first in-depth survey of fashion in Impressionist painting, this book provides fresh insight into some of the most popular paintings of the nineteenth century in 80 colour illustrations.
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Author: Debra N. Mancoff Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 Even before the advent of haute couture, Paris was a great centre of fashion. During the second half of the...
This is history's judgement on the events surrounding the ill-fated reign of Maximilian of Mexico, the young Austrian archduke who in 1864 crossed the Atlantic to assume a faraway throne.
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Author: Edward Shawcross Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 One of the most monstrous enterprises in the annals of international history,' said Karl Marx. 'A madness without parallel since Don...
An authoritative book, written with two close friends of Diana. This intimate and enlightening book explores her legacy and influence on the monarchy, on her sons and on wider social attitudes.
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Author: Ken Wharfe Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 An authoritative book, written with two close friends of Diana: Inspector Ken Wharfe was Diana's police protection officer for...
The book includes some of the greatest, most celebrated speeches, all of which deserve to be celebrated and credited by modern audiences.
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Author: Ferdie Addis Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 To read of Elizabeth I addressing her troops before the Spanish Armada, or Martin Luther-King urging the American population for racial...
In 2018 poet and author Michael Pedersen lost a cherished friend, soon after their collective voyage into the landscape of the Scottish Highlands. Just weeks later, Michael began to write to him.
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Author: Michael Pedersen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 'A lovely book: bright and heartfelt, funny and refreshing.' - ANDREW O'HAGAN 'A beautiful, moving, life-affirming book.' - IAN RANKIN Friendships...
Vet Gareth Steel shares the moments of humour, horror and heroism across his 20-year career caring for creatures great and small, from bulls to stick insects.
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Author: Gareth Steel Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 Imagine going from neurologist to dermatologist, orthopaedic surgeon to obstetrician, assassin to saviour - all in one day. Welcome to the...
A lost nineteenth-century literary life, brilliantly rediscovered--Letitia Elizabeth Landon, hailed as the female Byron, who changed English poetry.
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Author: Lucasta Miller Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 A lost nineteenth-century literary life, brilliantly rediscovered--Letitia Elizabeth Landon, hailed as the female Byron; she changed English poetry; her novels, short...
How the golden age of transatlantic travel between the wars transformed women's lives across all classes - a vivid cross section of life on-board the iconic ocean liners from below decks to the captain's table.
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Author: Sian Evans Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 HOW THE GOLDEN AGE OF TRANSATLANTIC TRAVEL BETWEEN THE WARS TRANSFORMED WOMEN'S LIVES ACROSS ALL CLASSES - A VIVID...
The dramatic, larger-than-life true story behind the founding of Oculus and its quest for virtual reality, by the bestselling author of Console Wars.
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Author: Blake J. Harris Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 592 The dramatic, larger-than-life true story behind the founding of Oculus and its quest for virtual reality, by the bestselling author...
The true story of a small group of U.S. aviators whose four B-17 Flying Fortresses were shot down over German-occupied France on a single, fateful day.
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Author: Stephen Harding Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 ESCAPE FROM PARIS is the true story of a small group of U.S. aviators whose four B-17 Flying Fortresses were shot...
An engrossing examination of what we think we know about the brain and why -- despite technological advances -- the workings of our most essential organ remain a mystery.
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Author: Matthew Cobb Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 496 An "elegant", "engrossing" (Carol Tavris, Wall Street Journal) examination of what we think we know about the brain and why --...
A fascinating history of the long path to today's opioid crisis by an esteemed Harvard-trained psychiatrist, an addiction expert working on the frontlines of the epidemic.
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Author: David Blistein Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 In 2017 over 60,000 Americans died as the result of opioid overdoses, more than died annually in this country during the...
Bestselling author, historian and former CIA officer Nicholas Reynolds uncovers the definitive history of American intelligence during World War II.
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Author: Nicholas Reynolds Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 512 A New Yorker "Best Books of 2022" selection "Need to Know is the most thorough and detailed history available on the...
From the internationally renowned bestselling author of Diana: Her True Story, comes the sensational and captivating biography of Queen Elizabeth II and her sister Margaret.
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Author: Andrew Morton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 From the internationally renowned bestselling author ofDiana: Her True Story and Meghan: A Hollywood Princess, comes the sensational and captivating biography...
Leonardo pushed the boundaries of female depiction having several of his female subjects, including his Mona Lisa, gaze at the viewer, giving them an authority which was withheld from women at the time.
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Author: Kia Vahland Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Leonardo da Vinci was a revolutionary thinker, artist and inventor who has been written about and celebrated for centuries. Lesser known,...
This is a charming and fiercely intelligent book, a love letter to Russian literature and an exploration of the answers these writers found to life's questions.
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Author: Viv Groskop Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 As Viv Groskop knows from personal experience, everything that has ever happened to a person has already happened in the Russian...
An inspiring, up-close portrait of tending to a honeybee hive-a year of living dangerously-watching and capturing the wondrous, complex universe of honeybees and learning an altogether different way of being in the world.
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Author: Helen Jukes Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 An inspiring, up-close portrait of tending to a honeybee hive-a year of living dangerously-watching and capturing the wondrous, complex universe of...
Richard Breitman tells us the riveting story of Raymond Geist, an American diplomat stationed in Nazi Germany throughout the pre-war years.
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Author: Richard Breitman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 Raymond Geist was sent to Berlin as a consul in 1929. He was not from the right social class to become...
A leading foreign correspondent looks at how social media has transformed the modern battlefield, and how wars are fought Modern warfare is a war of narrative.
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Author: David Patrikarakos Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 A leading foreign correspondent looks at how social media has transformed the modern battlefield, and how wars are fought Modern warfare...
The definitive biography of the Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture, leader of the only successful slave revolt in world history.
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Author: Philippe Girard
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 352
The definitive biography of the Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture, leader of the only successful slave revolt in world history
A Chernobyl survivor and award-winning historian mercilessly chronicles the absurdities of the Soviet system in this vividly empathetic account of the worst nuclear accident in history.
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Author: Serhii Plokhy Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 A Chernobyl survivor and award-winning historian "mercilessly chronicles the absurdities of the Soviet system" in this "vividly empathetic" account of the...
Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller is a portrait of a country hurtling toward revolution, a feminist rallying cry, and an unapologetic crash course in running a business under the law of entropy.
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Author: Nadia Wassef Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 The streets of Cairo make strange music. The echoing calls to prayer; the raging insults hurled between drivers; the steady crescendo...
The extraordinary story of how Eleanor, an able, cultured American living in the espionage hot spot of 1950s Beirut, fell in love with the kindest, most sensitive of men.
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Author: James Hanning Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 Love & Deception is the extraordinary story of how Eleanor, an able, cultured American living in the espionage hot spot of...
In this urgently relevant book, leading experts Edward Glaeser and David Cutler, examine the history and future of the global city.
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Author: Edward Glaeser Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 480 From New York to New Delhi, COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on our urban world, turning the physical proximity which...
The second instalment of Julie Andrews' internationally bestselling memoirs, begins with her arrival in Hollywood to make her screen debut in Walt Disney's Mary Poppins.
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Author: Julie Andrews Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 HOME WORK, the second instalment of Julie Andrews' internationally bestselling memoirs, begins with her arrival in Hollywood to make her screen...
With the benefit of unrestricted access to family members, close friends and fellow musicians, Philip Norman has created the definitive portrait of this brilliant insecure, often pain-racked man.
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Author: Philip Norman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 Eric Clapton is acknowledged to be rock's greatest virtuoso, the unrivalled master of its most essential tool, the solid-body electric guitar....
In December 1936, Britain faced a constitutional crisis that was the gravest threat to the institution of the monarchy since the execution of Charles I.
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Author: Alexander Larman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 In December 1936, Britain faced a constitutional crisis that was the gravest threat to the institution of the monarchy since the...
Shortlisted For The 2020 Baillie Gifford Prize. London, 1938. Alma Fielding, an ordinary young woman, begins to experience supernatural events in her suburban home.
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Author: Kate Summerscale Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 'A page-turner with the authority of history' PHILIPPA GREGORY 'As gripping as a novel....
In Why Dante Matters, John Took offers by way of three in particular of Dante's works- the Vita Nova, the Convivio and the Commedia.
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Author: Professor John Took Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 The year 2021 marks the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri, a poet who, as T. S. Eliot...
A major new history of the Crusades with an unprecedented wide scope, told in a tableau of portraits of people on all sides of the wars, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Templars.
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Author: Dan Jones Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 464 A major new history of the Crusades with an unprecedented wide scope, told in a tableau of portraits of people on...
Author: Tracy Walder Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 When Tracy Walder enrolled at the University of Southern California, she never thought that one day she would offer her pink...
Prize-winning historian Caroline Moorehead tells the little-known story of the women of the Italian partisan movement fighting for freedom against fascism in all its forms, while Europe collapsed in smoldering ruins around them.
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Author: Caroline Moorehead Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 The acclaimed author of A Train in Winter returns with the "moving finale" (The Economist) of her Resistance Quartet--the powerful and...
A sweeping history of nineteenth-century Britain by one of the world's most respected historians. A comprehensive and extraordinarily stimulating history--its author catches the relish, humor and staginess of the age.
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Author: David Cannadine (University of London) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 624 A sweeping history of nineteenth-century Britain by one of the world's most respected historians. "An evocative account ....
A fresh interpretation of the life of Galileo Galilei that sheds new light on his discoveries and how he was challenged by science deniers.
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Author: Mario Livio Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 A fresh interpretation of the life of Galileo Galilei, one of history's greatest and most fascinating scientists, that sheds new light...
Fom the Nobel Prize-winning writer, an oral history of children's experiences in World War II across Russia.
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Author: Svetlana Alexievich Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 "A masterpiece" (The Guardian) from the Nobel Prize-winning writer, an oral history of children's experiences in World War II across Russia...
A stirring, one-of-a-kind tale of naval encounters and the last dogfight of the war--a story that is both inspirational and tragic.
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Author: John Wukovits Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 When Billy Hobbs and his fellow Hellcat aviators from Air Group 88 lifted off from the venerable Navy carrier USS Yorktown...
Finally shining a deserved spotlight on these overlooked characters and the missions they created, Across the Airless Wilds is a celebration of human genius, perseverance, and daring.
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Author: Earl Swift Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 "THRILLING. ... Up-end[s] the Apollo narrative entirely." -The Times (London) A "brilliantly observed" (Newsweek) and "endlessly fascinating" (WSJ) rediscovery of the...
A rare firsthand account of the golden age of game development told in vivid detail, this book is a seminal work about the biggest entertainment medium of today.
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Author: David Polfeldt Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 At Massive Entertainment, a Ubisoft studio, a key division of one of the largest, most influential companies in gaming, Managing Director...
From bestselling author David Nasaw, a sweeping new history of the one million refugees left behind in Germany after WWII.
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Author: David Nasaw Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 672 From bestselling author David Nasaw, a sweeping new history of the one million refugees left behind in Germany after WWII In...
From one of the world's most renowned cave divers, a firsthand account of exploring the earth's final frontier: the hidden depths of our oceans and the sunken caves inside our planet.
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Author: Jill Heinerth Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 From one of the world's most renowned cave divers, a firsthand account of exploring the earth's final frontier: the hidden depths...
Paper Bullets is the first book to tell the history of an audacious anti-Nazi campaign undertaken by an unlikely pair: two French women, Lucy Schwob and Suzanne Malherbe.
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Author: Jeffrey H. Jackson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 Paper Bullets is the first book to tell the history of an audacious anti-Nazi campaign undertaken by an unlikely pair:...
In this debut memoir, a James Beard Award-winning writer, whose childhood idea of fine dining was Howard Johnson's, tells how he became one of Paris's most influential food critics.
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Author: Alexander Lobrano Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 In this debut memoir, a James Beard Award-winning writer, whose childhood idea of fine dining was Howard Johnson's, tells how he...
From the Edgar-nominated author of the bestselling Mrs. Sherlock Holmes comes the true story of a woman's quest to Africa in the 1900s to find her missing fiance.
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Author: Brad Ricca Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 Brad Ricca's Olive MacLeod is my favorite sort of woman from history--bold and unconventional, utterly unsinkable--and her story is so full...
Noted art historian and biographer Sue Roe now tells the story of the Surrealists in Montparnasse.
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Author: Sue Roe Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 "Describes with plenty of colour how surrealism, from Rene Magritte's bowler hats to Salvador Dali's watches, was born and developed." -...
Pico Iyer has called Japan home for more than three decades. But, as he is the first to admit, the country remains an enigma even to its long-term residents.
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Author: Pico Iyer Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 "Arguably the greatest living travel writer" (Outside magazine), Pico Iyer has called Japan home for more than three decades. But, as...
An authoritative, wide-ranging, and incredibly timely history of 1984--its literary sources, its composition by Orwell, its deep and lasting effect on the Cold War, and its vast influence throughout world culture at every level, from high to pop.
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Author: Dorian Lynskey Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 "Rich and compelling. . .Lynskey's account of the reach of 1984 is revelatory." --George Packer, The Atlantic An authoritative, wide-ranging, and...
A truly compelling bestseller that explores how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war--from the creator and host of the podcast Revisionist History.
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Author: Malcolm Gladwell Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 A "truly compelling" (Good Morning America) New York Times bestseller that explores how technology and best intentions collide in the heat...
Author: Dan Hampton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 "Operation Vengeance is colorful, intimate, eye-popping history, delivered at a breakneck pace. I loved it." -Lynn Vincent The New York Times...
Face It is a cinematic story of a woman who made her own path, and set the standard for a generation of artists who followed in her footsteps - a memoir as dynamic as its subject.
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Author: Debbie Harry Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 'I was saying things in songs that female singers didn't really say back then. I wasn't submissive or begging him to...
Bestselling historian Keith Lowe's The Fear and the Freedom looks at the astonishing innovations that sprang from WWII and how they changed the world.
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Author: Keith Lowe Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 576 Bestselling historian Keith Lowe's The Fear and the Freedom looks at the astonishing innovations that sprang from WWII and how they...
We know the thrilling, terrible stories of the battles of the Napoleonic Wars--but what of those left behind? A beautifully observed history of the British home front during the Napoleonic Wars by a celebrated historian.
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Author: Jenny Uglow Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 752 A beautifully observed history of the British home front during the Napoleonic Wars by a celebrated historian We know the thrilling,...
A ground-breaking account of the first 24 hours of the D-Day invasion told by a symphony of incredible accounts of unknown and unheralded members of the Allied - and Axis - forces.
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Author: Giles Milton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 512 A ground-breaking account of the first 24 hours of the D-Day invasion told by a symphony of incredible accounts of unknown...
Featuring forewords from bandmates Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, this is the official and fully authorised biography of the world's most revered and celebrated drummer.
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Author: Paul Sexton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 Featuring forewords from bandmates Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, this is the official and fully authorised biography of the world's most...
The true story behind The Revenant. In the summer of 1823, a grizzly bear mauled mountain man Hugh Glass in present-day South Dakota.
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Author: Jon T Coleman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 The true story behind The Revenant. In the summer of 1823, a grizzly bear mauled mountain man Hugh Glass in...
The first person to successfully raise newborn elephants, Dame Daphne Sheldrick saved countless African animals from certain death.
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Author: Daphne Sheldrick Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 Astonishing...You may be tempted after the last page to sell all your possessions and join [Sheldrick's] cause.--The Boston Globe The first...
Author: Steven W Hackel Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 Winner of the Historical Society of Southern California's 2015 Neuerburg Award for the best book on Pre-Gold Rush California Finalist...
A narrative history, cinematic in scope, of a process that was taking shape in the winter of 1933 as domestic passions around the world colluded to drive governments towards a war few of them wanted and none of them could control.
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Author: Paul Jankowski Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 A narrative history, cinematic in scope, of a process that was taking shape in the winter of 1933 as domestic passions...
Author: Stephen Fry Format: Paperback Number of Pages: If you can speak and read English, you can write poetry. The trick is knowing where to start. Stephen Fry, who has...
Nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award In this long-awaited and candid memoir, Hitchens re-traces the footsteps of his life to date.
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Author: Christopher Hitchens Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 Nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award In this long-awaited and candid memoir, Hitchens re-traces the footsteps of his life...
Author: Daniel Levitin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: In this groundbreaking union of art and science, rocker-turned-neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin explores the connection between music-its performance, its composition, how we...
