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The Duff Cooper Diaries: 1915-1951

The Duff Cooper Diaries: 1915-1951

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Author: Lord John Julius Norwich Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 544 The long awaited and highly revealing diaries of the politician, diplomat, and socialite (married to Lady Diana Cooper) 'This...
Something Out of Place: Women & Disgust

Something Out of Place: Women & Disgust

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Author: Eimear McBride Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 'A fearless, interrogative work ... A fierce and fascinating manifesto in McBride's persuasive prose' - Sinead Gleeson Here, Eimear McBride unpicks...
Am I Normal?: The 200-Year Search for Normal People (and Why They Don't Exist)

Am I Normal?: The 200-Year Search for Normal People (and Why They Don't Exist)

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Author: Sarah Chaney Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 *As heard on BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour* *A Blackwell's and Waterstones Best Popular Science Book of 2022* 'Excellent ... one...
FLEX: The Modern Woman's Handbook

FLEX: The Modern Woman's Handbook

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Author: Annie Auerbach Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 'A beguiling exploration of how flexibility can contribute to creativity, purpose and happiness.' Justine Roberts, founder of Mumsnet 'Straight-talking self-help... Inspiring...
Material Girls: Why Reality Matters for Feminism

Material Girls: Why Reality Matters for Feminism

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Author: Kathleen Stock Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'A clear, concise, easy-to-read account of the issues between sex, gender and feminism . . . an important book' Evening Standard...
Let's Pretend

Let's Pretend

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Author: Laura Vaughan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 'Clever, sharp, and deliciously dark... A one-sitting read.' Andrea Mara _____________________________ When you fake it for a living, the truth is...
It's Not About Whiteness, It's About Wealth: How the Economics of Race Really Work

It's Not About Whiteness, It's About Wealth: How the Economics of Race Really Work

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Author: Remi Adekoya Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 'Remi Adekoya is a welcome blast of unsentimental rigour into a race debate clogged up with emotion and moralism. His dissection...
Jackpot: How Gambling Conquered Britain

Jackpot: How Gambling Conquered Britain

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Author: Rob Davies Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 A striking expose of the insidious business practices that have generatedenormous profits for the companies operating within the UK's gamblingindustry. 'A...
The Truth About Fat: Why Obesity is Not that Simple

The Truth About Fat: Why Obesity is Not that Simple

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Author: Anthony Warner Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 Who or what is to blame for us getting fat and ill in increasing numbers? Sugar or fat? Gut microbes or...
Giving Back: How to Do Good, Better

Giving Back: How to Do Good, Better

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Author: Derek A. Bardowell Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 Do you wish you could do more to change the world but don't know how? Do you ever look around...
Behind Closed Doors: SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING: Why We Break Up Families - and How to Mend Them

Behind Closed Doors: SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING: Why We Break Up Families - and How to Mend Them

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Author: Polly Curtis Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 'BRILLIANT . . . I LOVE THIS BOOK' LEMN SISSAY 'A MUST-READ BOOK' JACQUELINE WILSON 'EXTRAORDINARY' OLIVER BULLOUGH 'EVERYONE SHOULD READ...
Halfway Home: Race, Punishment, and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration

Halfway Home: Race, Punishment, and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration

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Author: Reuben Jonathan Miller Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Each year, more than half a million Americans are released from prison and join a population of twenty million people...
English: A Story of Marmite, Queuing and Weather

English: A Story of Marmite, Queuing and Weather

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Author: Ben Fogle Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 What makes the English English? Is it their eccentricity, their passionate love (or, indeed, hatred) of Marmite - or is it...
Drinking for England: The Great English Drinkers and Their Times

Drinking for England: The Great English Drinkers and Their Times

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Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe

Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe

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Orderly Britain: How Britain has resolved everyday problems, from dog fouling to double parking

Orderly Britain: How Britain has resolved everyday problems, from dog fouling to double parking

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Woman of Tomorrow

Woman of Tomorrow

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Tuned Out

Tuned Out

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What a Wonderful World

What a Wonderful World

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All at Sea

All at Sea

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Raining Embers: Bendigo's Black Saturday Experience

Raining Embers: Bendigo's Black Saturday Experience

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What'S Golf?: The First 50 Years of the Cranbourne Golf Club

What'S Golf?: The First 50 Years of the Cranbourne Golf Club

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Hidden Heritage: Rediscovering Britain's Lost Love of the Orient

Hidden Heritage: Rediscovering Britain's Lost Love of the Orient

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Author: Fatima Manji Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Channel 4 News reporter and broadcaster Fatima Manji explores British history and identity through the art, objects and architecture that found...
Biracial Britain: What It Means To Be Mixed Race

Biracial Britain: What It Means To Be Mixed Race

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Author: Remi Adekoya Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 'Barack Obama had a special talent for making different kinds of people feel comfortable around him because of his biracial life...
Power Players: Sports, Politics, and the American Presidency

Power Players: Sports, Politics, and the American Presidency

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Author: Chris Cillizza Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 A colorful look at how modern presidents play sports, have used sports to play politics, and what our fan-in-chief can often...
The Shoulders We Stand On: How Black and Brown people fought for change in the United Kingdom

The Shoulders We Stand On: How Black and Brown people fought for change in the United Kingdom

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Author: Preeti Dhillon Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 The UK is grappling with big questions about belonging, equality, and the legacies of Empire and Colonialism. We've been here before....
Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother

Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother

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Author: Peggy O'Donnell Heffington Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 A historian of gender explores the complicated relationship between womanhood and motherhood In an era of falling births, it's often...
Brittle with Relics: A History of Wales, 1962-97 ('Oral history at its revelatory best' DAVID KYNASTON)

Brittle with Relics: A History of Wales, 1962-97 ('Oral history at its revelatory best' DAVID KYNASTON)

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Author: Mr Richard King Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 544 Brittle with Relics is a landmark history of the people of Wales during a period of great national change. In...
Power Players: Sports, Politics, and the American Presidency

Power Players: Sports, Politics, and the American Presidency

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Author: Chris Cillizza Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 A colorful look at how modern presidents play sports, have used sports to play politics, and what our fan-in-chief can often...
Biracial Britain: What It Means To Be Mixed Race

Biracial Britain: What It Means To Be Mixed Race

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Author: Remi Adekoya Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 'Barack Obama had a special talent for making different kinds of people feel comfortable around him because of his biracial life...
Our Voices From The Heart: The authorised story of the community campaign that changed Australia

Our Voices From The Heart: The authorised story of the community campaign that changed Australia

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A behind-the-scenes book about the Uluru Statement From The Heart, from the co-chairs of the Uluru Dialogue, Professor Megan Davis and Patricia Anderson, AO. The Australian story began long before...
Introducing Postmodernism: A Graphic Guide

Introducing Postmodernism: A Graphic Guide

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Author: Richard Appignanesi Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 An enjoyable, comic-style book on this enigmatic concept that has defined our cultural condition over the past twenty years. What connects...
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together

The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together

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Author: Heather McGhee Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 What would make a society drain its public swimming baths and fill them with concrete rather than opening them to everyone?...
Victory in the Kitchen: The Life of Churchill's Cook

Victory in the Kitchen: The Life of Churchill's Cook

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Author: Annie Gray Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 This is the story of a woman who was not a royal, not rich, not famous; someone who simply worked hard...
Gender Pioneers: A Celebration of Transgender, Non-Binary and Intersex Icons

Gender Pioneers: A Celebration of Transgender, Non-Binary and Intersex Icons

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Author: Philippa Punchard Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 120 'A vital book' JUNO ROCHE 'Beautifully illustrated and fascinating' MEG-JOHN BARKER 'Fun and fact-filled' SUSAN STRYKER This inspiring collection of illustrated...
Idiots, Follies and Misadventures

Idiots, Follies and Misadventures

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Author: Mikey Robins Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 The history books are full of heroes and villains ... but what about all the idiots? Comedian and armchair historian Mikey...
Interbehaviorism: A Comprehensive Guide to the Foundations of Kantor's Theory and Its Applications for Modern Behavior Analysis

Interbehaviorism: A Comprehensive Guide to the Foundations of Kantor's Theory and Its Applications for Modern Behavior Analysis

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Author: Linda Hayes Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Often overlooked or misunderstood, the work of American psychologist Jacob Robert Kantor is finally being recognized for its contribution to contextual...
Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat

Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat

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Author: Derek Beres Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 Conspirituality takes a deep dive into the troubling phenomenon of influencers who have curdled New Age spirituality and wellness with the...
When I Was Your Age: Ireland's Grandparents Share Memories and Wisdom

When I Was Your Age: Ireland's Grandparents Share Memories and Wisdom

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Author: Valerie Cox Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 INCLUDES INTERVIEWS WITH BERTIE AHERN, MARY KENNEDY, SEAN O'ROUKE, MARY COUGHLAN AND MANY OTHERS. What was life like for Ireland's grandparents...
Divide: The relationship crisis between town and country: Longlisted for The 2022 Wainwright Prize for writing on CONSERVATION

Divide: The relationship crisis between town and country: Longlisted for The 2022 Wainwright Prize for writing on CONSERVATION

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Author: Anna Jones Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 'Divide is well written and thought-provoking.' Sunday Telegraph This book is a call to action. It warns that unless we learn...
A History of Ocean Liners in 50 Objects

A History of Ocean Liners in 50 Objects

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Author: Mark Berry Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 0 The story of ocean liners brought to life by objects and ephemera, revealing life on board, luxury and magnificence, and peril...
The Magic Box: Viewing Britain through the Rectangular Window

The Magic Box: Viewing Britain through the Rectangular Window

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Author: Rob Young Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 528 Growing up in the 1970s, Rob Young's main storyteller was the wooden box with the glass window in the corner of...
The Wake Up: Closing the Gap Between Good Intentions and Real Change

The Wake Up: Closing the Gap Between Good Intentions and Real Change

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Author: Michelle M Kim Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 2022 NAUTILUS BOOK AWARDS GOLD WINNER 2022 NATIONAL ANTIRACIST BOOK FESTIVAL SELECTION 2021 PORCHLIGHT PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT & HUMAN BEHAVIOR BOOK...
Salvation: Black People and Love

Salvation: Black People and Love

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Author: bell hooks Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 "A manual for fixing our culture...In writing that is elegant and penetratingly simple, [hooks] gives voice to some things we may...
Choice Theory: A New Psychology of Personal Freedom

Choice Theory: A New Psychology of Personal Freedom

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Author: William Glasser, M.D. Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 Dr. William Glasser offers a new psychology that, if practiced, could reverse our widespread inability to get along with one...
Tribes: A Search for Belonging in a Divided Society

Tribes: A Search for Belonging in a Divided Society

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Author: David Lammy Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 'A superb book about the tribalism gripping British politics. Tribes is measured, searching, pitilessly self-scrutinising and would probably amaze anyone who...
Through The Looking Glasses: The Spectacular Life of Spectacles

Through The Looking Glasses: The Spectacular Life of Spectacles

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Author: Travis Elborough Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 'Elegant and multi-focal. Glorious!' Simon Garfield 'It will make you look at specs with fresh eyes' New Statesman 'Lively, engaging and...
This Woman's Work: Essays on Music

This Woman's Work: Essays on Music

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Author: Various Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 This Woman's Work: Essays on Music is edited by Kim Gordon and Sinead Gleeson and features contributors Anne Enright, Fatima Bhutto, Jenn...