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The Arabs: A History - Revised and Updated Edition
Author: Eugene Rogan Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 736 The extraordinary story of the Arab world, from defeat and colonization to independence and astonishing wealth. Eugene Rogan has...
The Inner Level: How More Equal Societies Reduce Stress, Restore Sanity and Improve Everyone's Well-being
Author: Richard Wilkinson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 The sequel to the global phenomenon The Spirit Level, this book explores the impact of inequality on each of...
The Origins of the Second World War
Author: Professor A J P Taylor Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 One of the most popular and controversial historians of the twentieth century, who made his subject...
What is Madness?
Author: Darian Leader Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 What is Madness? is Darian Leader's probing study of madness, sanity, and everything in between What separates the sane...
Learning from the Germans: Confronting Race and the Memory of Evil
Author: Susan Neiman Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 432 As the western world struggles with legacies of racism and colonialism, Susan Neiman asks what we can learn from...
Hinduism: with a New Foreword by Amartya Sen
Author: K. M. Sen Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 176 Hinduism provides an invaluable introduction to its schools of thought and the very different ways in which it...
Wagner's Parsifal: The Music of Redemption
Author: Roger Scruton Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 208 The last book by one of Britain's most prominent public intellectuals is a superbly insightful and moving exploration of...
Statistics without Tears: An Introduction for Non-Mathematicians
Author: Derek Rowntree Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 208 A clear and trustworthy guide to understanding statistics, a perennial bestseller now fully revised and updated. This book is...
The Europeans: Three Lives and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Culture
Author: Orlando Figes Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 576 The acclaimed historical portrait of the love triangle between an opera star, a writer and an impresario - and...
God's Englishman: Oliver Cromwell and the English Revolution
Author: Christopher Hill Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 The classic life of Cromwell by one of Britain's great radical historians A nuanced biography of Oliver Cromwell, breaking...
Russia Against Napoleon: The Battle for Europe, 1807 to 1814
Author: Dominic Lieven Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 656 The story of how and why Russia defeated Napoleon In the summer of 1812 Napoleon, the master of Europe,...
The Signal and the Noise: The Art and Science of Prediction
Author: Nate Silver Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 544 The acclaimed international bestseller that will change the way you think about the future Every time we choose a...
The Complete Short Stories: Volume Two
Author: Roald Dahl Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 832 Whether you're young or old, once you've stepped into the brilliant, troubling world of Roald Dahl, you'll never be...
The Penguin Book of Classical Myths
Author: Jennifer March Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 624 What were the twelve labours of Herakles? Why did Zeus turn himself into a shower of gold? What was...
Lessons in Stoicism: What Ancient Philosophers Teach Us about How to Live
Author: John Sellars Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 96 A deeply comforting and enlightening book on how Stoicism can inspire us to lead more thoughtful lives What aspects...
A Certain Idea of France: The Life of Charles de Gaulle
Author: Julian Jackson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 944 'Masterly ... awesome reading ... an outstanding biography' Max Hastings, Sunday Times In six weeks in 1940, France was...
Leadership in War: Lessons from Those Who Made History
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 Responsible Globalist: What Citizens of the World Can Learn from Nationalism
Author: Hassan Damluji Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 208 An incisive, optimistic manifesto for a more inclusive globalism Today, globalism has a bad reputation. 'Citizens of the world'...
On China
Author: Henry Kissinger Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 624 The legendary ex-US Secretary of State on the world's foremost emerging superpower In 1971 Henry Kissinger took the historic...
Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia
Author: Orlando Figes Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 768 From the award-winning author of The Whisperers, Orlando Figes Natasha's Dance- A Cultural History of Russia is a dazzling...
Islamic Empires: Fifteen Cities that Define a Civilization
Author: Justin Marozzi Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 464 An epic history of Islam and the Middle East through the cities which best epitomized it Islamic civilization was...
The Holy Roman Empire: A Thousand Years of Europe's History
Author: Peter H. Wilson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 1008 An astonishing, essential book on what was for ten centuries Europe's largest state - the Holy Roman Empire....
A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years
Author: Diarmaid MacCulloch Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 1216 The definitive one-volume history of Christianity by one of the world's leading historians of religion Christianity, one of the...
Good Reasons for Bad Feelings: Insights from the Frontier of Evolutionary Psychiatry
Author: Randolph M. Nesse Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 A founder of the field of evolutionary medicine uses his decades of experience as a psychiatrist to provide...
Another Bangkok: Reflections on the City
Author: Alex Kerr Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 The essential book for anyone visiting Bangkok - a wonderful mixture of history and culture - from the author...
Churchill: Walking with Destiny
Author: Andrew Roberts Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 1152 The blockbuster biography of the greatest Briton, by one of Britain's bestselling historians Winston Churchill towers over every other...
The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean
Author: David Abulafia Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 816 For over three thousand years, the Mediterranean Sea has been one of the great centres of civilization. David Abulafia's...
Citizen: An American Lyric
Author: Claudia Rankine Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 176 The critically acclaimed exploration of mounting racial aggressions in 21st century daily life and in the media In this...
Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
Author: Michael J. Sandel Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 Michael Sandel's Justice- What's the Right Thing to Do? invites readers of all ages and political persuasions on...
The Better Angels of Our Nature: A History of Violence and Humanity
Author: Steven Pinker Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 1056 'Brilliant, mind-altering...Everyone should read this astonishing book' David Runciman, Guardian Contrary to popular belief, humankind has become progressively less...
The Penguin History of Modern Russia: From Tsarism to the Twenty-first Century, Fifth Edition
Author: Robert Service Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 768 The definitive history, now revised and updated with a new final chapter covering Russia's role in the world in...
Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture
Author: Sudhir Hazareesingh Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 464 The definitive modern biography of the great slave leader, military genius and revolutionary hero The Haitian Revolution began in...
Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy
Author: Serhii Plokhy Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 432 A dramatic, minute-by-minute account of one of the most shattering events of the Cold War, from an award-winning historian...
Out of the Shadows: The Psychology of Gay Men's Lives
Author: Walt Odets Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 A moving, humane and empathetic psychological exploration of gay men's emotional lives- through pain, trauma, love, loss, survival and...
A Wild Child's Guide to Endangered Animals
Author: Millie Marotta Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 112 A bold menagerie of the world's weird, wonderful and disappearing animals, perfect for young adventurers and budding conservationists We...
Owls of the Eastern Ice: The Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl
Author: Jonathan C. Slaght Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 The Times Nature Book of the Year 2020 - A breathtaking portrait of Russia's remote far eastern forest,...
Upheaval: How Nations Cope with Crisis and Change
Author: Jared Diamond Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 512 A New York Times bestseller and recommended by Bill Gates- Jared Diamond's visionary exploration of how nations cope with...
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Author: Steven D. Levitt Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 Are you a FREAKONOMIST? Cult bestseller, new buzz word... Freakonomics is at the heart of everything we see...
Calling Bullshit: The Art of Scepticism in a Data-Driven World
Author: Jevin D. West Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 We think we know bullshit when we hear it, but do we? A spotter's guide to bullshit in...
Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe
Author: Judith Herrin Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 576 A glorious history of the jewel-like city on the Adriatic which was a melting-pot of Greek, Latin, Christian and...
Conquistadores
Author: Fernando Cervantes Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 512 A riveting new history of Spanish imperialism, and the men who laid its foundations The 'conquistadores', the early explorers...
Outliers: The Story of Success
Author: Malcolm Gladwell Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 Malcolm Gladwell shows why the story of success is far more surprising, and more fascinating, than we could ever...
The Uncommon Reader
Author: Alan Bennett Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 128 What would happen if the Queen became a reader of taste and discernment rather than of Dick Francis? The...
Galloglass
Author: Scarlett Thomas Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 EVERYTHING IS MADE OF MAGIC . . . Effie Truelove and her school-friends Lexy, Wolf, Maximilian and Raven must use their...
The Man I Knew: The Amazing Comeback Story of George H.W. Bush's Post-Presidency
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,...
Patsy Walker, A.k.a. Hellcat! Vol. 1: Hooked On A Feline
Author: Kate Leth Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 136 Patsy Walker has managed to escape her past, her enemies and Hell itself (literally) - but nothing compares to...
Surfacing
Author: Kathleen Jamie Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 240 Longlisted for the Highland Book Prize, 2019 Under the ravishing light of an Alaskan sky, objects are spilling from...
Nightwing Volume 7: Shrike
Author: Chuck Dixon Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 264 Nightwing's first solo series continues in this, the seventh collection by longtime NIGHTWING scribe Chuck Dixon. Dick Grayson left...