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The Truth is Longer Than a Lie: Children's Experiences of Abuse and Professional Interventions

The Truth is Longer Than a Lie: Children's Experiences of Abuse and Professional Interventions

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Mistresses of Mayhem: The Book of Women Criminals

Mistresses of Mayhem: The Book of Women Criminals

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The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of History at Hampton Court

The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of History at Hampton Court

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'If a house could gossip, this is the book that Hampton Court would whisper. An enjoyable and readable stroll through 500 years of Hampton Court history: royal residents, common visitors,...
Letters From Everest: Unpublished Letters from Mallory's Life and Death in the Mountains

Letters From Everest: Unpublished Letters from Mallory's Life and Death in the Mountains

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'An extraordinary treasure trove' Andrew Marr A unique collection of unpublished letters from the climbing legend George Mallory to his family, revealing his innermost thoughts about people, places and mountains....
The Kidnapping Club: Wall Street, Slavery, and Resistance on the Eve of the Civil War

The Kidnapping Club: Wall Street, Slavery, and Resistance on the Eve of the Civil War

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Winner of a 2020-2021 New York City Book AwardIn a rapidly changing New York, two forces battled for the city's soul: the pro-slavery New Yorkers who kept the illegal slave...
Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940

Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940

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The "monumental" ( Washington Post ), field-defining history of gay life in New York City in the early to mid-20th century Gay New York brilliantly shatters the myth that before...
African Europeans: An Untold History

African Europeans: An Untold History

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A dazzling history of Africans in Europe, "masterfully" ( Smithsonian ) revealing their unacknowledged role in shaping the continent A finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in History...
We All Go into the Dark

We All Go into the Dark

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A captivating, eloquent and nuanced book, We All Go into the Dark is an absolute must-read for true-crime fans across the board. Three women were brutally murdered between early 1968...
Blood Ransom: Stories from the Front Line in the War against Somali Piracy

Blood Ransom: Stories from the Front Line in the War against Somali Piracy

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Believers: Making a Life at the End of the World

Believers: Making a Life at the End of the World

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Growing Up: How Strata Title Bodies Might Learn to Behave

Growing Up: How Strata Title Bodies Might Learn to Behave

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Psychologcal Foundations of Success: A Harvard-Trained Scientist Separates the Science of Success from Self-Help Snake Oil

Psychologcal Foundations of Success: A Harvard-Trained Scientist Separates the Science of Success from Self-Help Snake Oil

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When Smoke Ran Like Water: Tales Of Environmental Deception And The Battle Against Pollution

When Smoke Ran Like Water: Tales Of Environmental Deception And The Battle Against Pollution

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In When Smoke Ran Like Water , the world-renowned epidemiologist Devra Davis confronts the public triumphs and private failures of her lifelong battle against environmental pollution. She documents the shocking...
Queen's Throat: Opera, Homosexuality And The Mystery Of Desire

Queen's Throat: Opera, Homosexuality And The Mystery Of Desire

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This passionate love letter to opera, lavishly praised and nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award when it was first published, is now firmly established as a cult classic....
The Talent Code: Greatness isn't born. It's grown

The Talent Code: Greatness isn't born. It's grown

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A cutting-edge exploration of how talent works and how it can be created and honed. 'Talent. You've either got it or you haven't.' Not true, actually. In The Talent Code,...
Written In Bone: hidden stories in what we leave behind

Written In Bone: hidden stories in what we leave behind

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From the world's foremost forensic anthropologist and bestselling author of All That Remains, this book is an exploration - from skull to feet - of how our bones reveal all...
Eve: How The Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution

Eve: How The Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution

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The definitive guide to the Female Body, Eve is the book women all over the world have been waiting for. A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FOYLE'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE...
The AfterGrief: Finding a Way to Live After Loss

The AfterGrief: Finding a Way to Live After Loss

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A timely exploration of the long-term grieving process, from NYT-bestselling author and grief expert Hope Edelman Grief is a path we can all expect to walk one day, when we...
Birds, Beasts and Relatives

Birds, Beasts and Relatives

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A new standalone edition of the second book in the trilogy that inspired ITV''sThe Durrells In this second collection of tales concerning the Durrell family on the island of Corfu,...
On Violence

On Violence

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Arendt's influential essay examining the relationship between violence, power, war and politics now in Penguin Modern Classics for the first time Written in 1970, with the Holocaust and Hiroshima still...
Edible Economics: The World in 17 Dishes

Edible Economics: The World in 17 Dishes

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Economic thinking - about globalisation, climate change, immigration, austerity, automation and much more - in its most digestible form For decades, a single free market philosophy has dominated global economics....
Antwerp: The Glory Years

Antwerp: The Glory Years

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This rich history of Antwerp in the sixteenth century was a Times Book of the Year and R4 Book of the Week A rich history of Antwerp from the author...
Analogia: The Entangled Destinies of Nature, Human Beings and Machines

Analogia: The Entangled Destinies of Nature, Human Beings and Machines

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A spellbinding exploration of the emergence of the digital age and an unsettling vision of what comes next In a world where humans coexist with technologies they no longer control...
Women Who Stay with Men Who Stray: The Truth about Men, Women and Affairs

Women Who Stay with Men Who Stray: The Truth about Men, Women and Affairs

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For millions of women, infidelity becomes central to their marriages. For those women life can be emotional torture and this book addresses three basic questions: why do women stay when...
The Private Lives of the Saints: Power, Passion and Politics in Anglo-Saxon England

The Private Lives of the Saints: Power, Passion and Politics in Anglo-Saxon England

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Skulduggery, power struggles and politics. A fascinating re-examination of Anglo-Saxon England told through the secret lives of the saints. From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Femina 'Ramirez blasts a...
Bunk

Bunk

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Longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction "There Kevin Young goes again, giving us books we greatly need, cleverly disguised as books we merely want. Unexpectedly essential." --Marlon James...
No One Man Should Have All That Power: How Rasputins Manipulate the World

No One Man Should Have All That Power: How Rasputins Manipulate the World

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An exploration of infamous, controversial figures and how they exert control.Amos Barshad has long been fascinated by the powerful. But not by elected officials or natural leaders-he's interested in their...
Making a Difference: Fifty Years of Indigenous Programs at Monash University

Making a Difference: Fifty Years of Indigenous Programs at Monash University

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Eternity: Stories from the Emotional Heart of Australia

Eternity: Stories from the Emotional Heart of Australia

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India: Life, Myth and Art

India: Life, Myth and Art

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Our Cheating Hearts: Love and Loyalty, Lust and Lies

Our Cheating Hearts: Love and Loyalty, Lust and Lies

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World Poverty for Dummies

World Poverty for Dummies

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Disappearing Through the Skylight: Culture and Technology in the Twentieth Century

Disappearing Through the Skylight: Culture and Technology in the Twentieth Century

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Introducing Media Studies: A Graphic Guide

Introducing Media Studies: A Graphic Guide

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Jambusters: The remarkable story which has inspired the ITV drama Home Fires

Jambusters: The remarkable story which has inspired the ITV drama Home Fires

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Dead Man Walking: The murky world of Michael McGurk and Ron Medich

Dead Man Walking: The murky world of Michael McGurk and Ron Medich

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Nothing to Spare: Recollections of Australian Pioneering Women

Nothing to Spare: Recollections of Australian Pioneering Women

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Is Monogamy Dead?: Rethinking relationships in the 21st century

Is Monogamy Dead?: Rethinking relationships in the 21st century

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Part memoir, part sociological study, IS MONOGAMY DEAD? highlights the huge disparities in how people define a 'relationship' and what constitutes 'cheating'. Rosie draws on her own experience and interviews...
I Have a Dream - 60th Anniversary Edition

I Have a Dream - 60th Anniversary Edition

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With new forewords and an afterword by Martin Luther King III, Dr. Bernice A. King, and Dexter Scott King A beautiful collectible edition celebrating the 60th anniversary of Dr. Martin...
Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict

Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict

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THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, NOW WITH AN EXTRA CHAPTER! 'Essential reading' Guardian 'A joyful read' Sunday Times 'Disarmingly honest' Daily Mirror 'Bravely revealing' Bernardine Evaristo 'Filled with relatable insights'...
Shakespeare's Book: The Intertwined Lives Behind the First Folio

Shakespeare's Book: The Intertwined Lives Behind the First Folio

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'A lively picture of multiple operators scrambling to steal a march on the competition . . . Lavishly detailed' FINANCIAL TIMES 'This is Shakespearean scholarship at its best, brilliantly researched...
Butts: A Backstory

Butts: A Backstory

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"Winning, cheeky, and illuminating....What appears initially as a folly with a look-at-this cover and title becomes, thanks to Radke's intelligence and curiosity, something much meatier, entertaining, and wise." - The...
Jackpot: How Gambling Conquered Britain

Jackpot: How Gambling Conquered Britain

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The history of British gambling is a history that stretches back nearly one thousand years, reaching into some of the nation's most fabled periods. It's now an industry worth billions...
Adult Survivors of Emotionally Abusive Parents: How to Heal, Cultivate Emotional Resilience, and Build the Life and Love You Deserve

Adult Survivors of Emotionally Abusive Parents: How to Heal, Cultivate Emotional Resilience, and Build the Life and Love You Deserve

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Heal the pain of growing up with emotionally abusive parents, and take the first steps toward the life-and the love-you deserve. Few things in the world have a more profound...
The Full English: A Journey in Search of a Country and its People

The Full English: A Journey in Search of a Country and its People

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A Sunday Times Book of the Week and Top 10 Bestseller A Times bestseller A Waterstones Paperback of the Year 2024 A Spectator Book of the Year What kind of...
Influence: Understand it, Use it, Resist it

Influence: Understand it, Use it, Resist it

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One of the government's former behavioural scientists reveals how you can do what you want, whilst everybody tries to influence you into doing what they want. Influence makes you think...
Why We Travel

Why We Travel

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Why We Travel asks why humans yearn to travel, what motivates us and what we can gain from venturing out into the world. INDEPENDENT BEST TRAVEL BOOK OF 2024 Good...
Getting Real: Challenging the Sexualisation of Girls

Getting Real: Challenging the Sexualisation of Girls

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