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The Devil You Know: Stories of Human Cruelty and Compassion (The Sunday Times Bestseller)

The Devil You Know: Stories of Human Cruelty and Compassion (The Sunday Times Bestseller)

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Author: Gwen Adshead Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 As a forensic psychiatrist and psychotherapist, you could say I am a student of evil. I see it as a performative...
Tenants: The People on the Frontline of Britain's Housing Emergency

Tenants: The People on the Frontline of Britain's Housing Emergency

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Author: Vicky Spratt Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2022, METRO, EVENING STANDARD, REFINERY29, COSMOPOLITAN 'A must-read' - Cosmopolitan 'A major new book on...
Spinning Plates: SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR talks Music, Men and Motherhood

Spinning Plates: SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR talks Music, Men and Motherhood

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Author: Sophie Ellis-Bextor Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 Sophie Ellis-Bextor shares her experiences, insights and reflections on men, music and motherhood. Sophie Ellis-Bextor's kitchen discos became a source of...
Sleeping with the Ancestors: How I Followed the Footprints of Slavery

Sleeping with the Ancestors: How I Followed the Footprints of Slavery

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Author: Herb Frazier Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 Joseph McGill Jr., a historic preservationist and Civil War reenactor, founded the Slave Dwelling Project in 2010 based on an idea...
Say Their Names: How Black Lives Came to Matter in America

Say Their Names: How Black Lives Came to Matter in America

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Author: Curtis Bunn Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 For many, the story of the weeks of protests in the summer of 2020 began with the horrific nine minutes and...
Rescue Me: The incredible true story of the abandoned Mastiff who became Fang in the Harry Potter movies

Rescue Me: The incredible true story of the abandoned Mastiff who became Fang in the Harry Potter movies

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Author: Julie Tottman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 The heart-warming true story of the dog who played Fang in Harry Potter Monkey is a young Neapolitan Mastiff; larger than...
Re-make/Re-model: The Art School Roots of Roxy Music

Re-make/Re-model: The Art School Roots of Roxy Music

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Author: Michael Bracewell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 464 Re-make/Re-model is a detailed exploration of the origins of the glam scene in the early seventies. Fronted by the deeply charismatic...
Radical Help: How we can remake the relationships between us and revolutionise the welfare state

Radical Help: How we can remake the relationships between us and revolutionise the welfare state

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Author: Hilary Cottam Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 How should we live: how should we care for one another; grow our capabilities to work, to learn, to love and...
Punishment Without Crime: How Our Massive Misdemeanor System Traps the Innocent and Makes America More Unequal

Punishment Without Crime: How Our Massive Misdemeanor System Traps the Innocent and Makes America More Unequal

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Author: Alexandra Natapoff Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 From a prize-winning Harvard legal scholar, "a damning portrait" (New York Review of Books) of the misdemeanor machine that unjustly brands...
Oxford University on Mont Blanc: The Life of the Chalet des Anglais

Oxford University on Mont Blanc: The Life of the Chalet des Anglais

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Author: Stephen Golding Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 The 'Chalet des Anglais' on Mont Blanc, home to the longest-running university reading party, is a unique survivor from Victorian and...
Outrages: Sex, Censorship and the Criminalisation of Love

Outrages: Sex, Censorship and the Criminalisation of Love

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Author: Naomi Wolf Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 The bestselling author of The Beauty Myth, Vagina and The End of America chronicles the struggles and eventual triumph of John...
On the Nation and the Jewish People

On the Nation and the Jewish People

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Author: Ernest Renan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 128 Ernest Renan was one of the intellectual giants of the second half of the nineteenth century in France, the man who...
Murray's Cabaret Club: Discovering Soho's Secret

Murray's Cabaret Club: Discovering Soho's Secret

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Author: Benjamin Levy Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 0 Step below the pavemants of Soho's Beak Street, and discover the untold tale of the exotic - and scandalous - Murray's...
Introducing Modernism: A Graphic Guide

Introducing Modernism: A Graphic Guide

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Author: Chris Rodrigues Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 A superb graphic guide to the shockwave of innovations that hit art, architecture, music, cinemas and literature during the early and...
Introducing Feminism: A Graphic Guide

Introducing Feminism: A Graphic Guide

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Author: Cathia Jenainati Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 A graphic guide to the key ideas of feminism, from the seventeenth century to the present day, and the remarkable individuals...
Heroes and Exiles: Gay Icons Through the Ages

Heroes and Exiles: Gay Icons Through the Ages

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Author: Tom Ambrose Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 Demonised by the Church throughout the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, homosexuals became the scapegoats of society, constantly facing exile or...
Groomed to be a Bride: Can Maggie protect a vulnerable young girl from the nightmares of her past?

Groomed to be a Bride: Can Maggie protect a vulnerable young girl from the nightmares of her past?

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Author: Maggie Hartley Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 'Mama is gone and I cry every night.' When a terrified young girl is discovered hiding in the back of a...
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...
Gender Magic: Live Shamelessly, Reclaim Your Joy, and Step into Your Most Authentic Self

Gender Magic: Live Shamelessly, Reclaim Your Joy, and Step into Your Most Authentic Self

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Author: Rae McDaniel, MEd, LCPC, CST Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'Rae McDaniel is a leader in their generation, matching compassion with clear-sighted vision for a sex-positive future' Emily...
Faster Than A Cannonball: 1995 and All That

Faster Than A Cannonball: 1995 and All That

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Author: Dylan Jones Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 496 Decades tend to crest halfway through, and 1995 was the year of the Nineties: peak Britpop (Oasis v Blur), peak YBA...
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...
Butler to the World: How Britain became the servant of tycoons, tax dodgers, kleptocrats and criminals

Butler to the World: How Britain became the servant of tycoons, tax dodgers, kleptocrats and criminals

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Author: Oliver Bullough Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 With a new introduction on the Ukraine crisis LONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 A TIMES...
Brain Reboot: New Treatments for Healing Depression

Brain Reboot: New Treatments for Healing Depression

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Author: Michael Henry, MD Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 HEAL YOUR DEPRESSION AND REGAIN YOUR LIFE-WITH THREE NEW TOOLS ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF TREATMENT Everyone feels depressed sometimes....
A Terribly Serious Adventure: Philosophy at Oxford 1900-60

A Terribly Serious Adventure: Philosophy at Oxford 1900-60

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Author: Nikhil Krishnan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 What are the limits of language? How to bring philosophy closer to everyday life? What is a good human being? These...
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: Paperback Number of Pages: 464 LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 'With intelligence and care (as well as with a trove of sometimes heartbreaking and sometimes...
Butler to the World: How Britain became the servant of tycoons, tax dodgers, kleptocrats and criminals

Butler to the World: How Britain became the servant of tycoons, tax dodgers, kleptocrats and criminals

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Author: Oliver Bullough Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 With a new introduction on the Ukraine crisis LONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 A TIMES...
The Invitation-Only Zone: The Extraordinary Story of North Korea's Abduction Project

The Invitation-Only Zone: The Extraordinary Story of North Korea's Abduction Project

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Author: Robert S. Boynton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 During the 1970s and early 80s, dozens - perhaps hundreds - of Japanese civilians were kidnapped by North Korean commandos...
The BBC: A People's History

The BBC: A People's History

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Author: David Hendy Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 656 'A dramatic tale of innovation and determination' - Guardian In 1922, a tiny group of men and women came together to...
Out of the Fire: Healing Black Trauma Caused by Systemic Racism Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Out of the Fire: Healing Black Trauma Caused by Systemic Racism Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

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Author: Jennifer Payne Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 Learn to pull yourself out of the fire of pain and live a life of meaning and purpose. As Black people,...
Dominion: The History of England Volume V

Dominion: The History of England Volume V

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Author: Peter Ackroyd Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 The penultimate volume of Peter Ackroyd's masterful History of England series, Dominion begins in 1815 as national glory following the Battle...
This Woman's Work: Essays on Music

This Woman's Work: Essays on Music

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Author: Various Format: Paperback 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...
The Book of Unexplained Mysteries: On the Trail of the Secret and the Strange

The Book of Unexplained Mysteries: On the Trail of the Secret and the Strange

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Author: Will Pearson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 How were the hunter-gatherers of Gobekli Tepe able to build a series of stunning stone monuments six thousand years before Stonehenge?...
Chanel's Riviera: Life, Love and the Struggle for Survival on the Cote d'Azur, 1930-1944

Chanel's Riviera: Life, Love and the Struggle for Survival on the Cote d'Azur, 1930-1944

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Author: Anne de Courcy Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Far from worrying about the onset of war, in the spring of 1938 the burning question on the French Riviera...
London: Immigrant City

London: Immigrant City

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Author: Nazneen Khan-Ostrem Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 TRANSLATED BY ALISON McCULLOUGH 'One of the best books on the many diverse migrations to London . . . revealing the...
Mixed/Other: Explorations of Multiraciality in Modern Britain

Mixed/Other: Explorations of Multiraciality in Modern Britain

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Author: Natalie Morris Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 How does it feel when your heritage isn't listed as an option on an identification form? What is it like to...
Murder at Wrotham Hill

Murder at Wrotham Hill

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Author: Diana Souhami Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 Murder at Wrotham Hill takes the killing in October 1946 of Dagmar Petrzywalski as the catalyst for a compelling and unique...
Monster Kids: How Pokemon Taught a Generation to Catch Them All

Monster Kids: How Pokemon Taught a Generation to Catch Them All

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Author: Daniel Dockery Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 More than just a simple journey through the history of Pokemon, Daniel Dockery offers an in-depth look at the franchise's many...
Hags: *SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS 2023*

Hags: *SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS 2023*

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Author: Victoria Smith Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 What is about about women in their forties and beyond that seems to enrage - almost everyone? In the last few...
Freely Determined: What the New Psychology of the Self Teaches Us About How to Live

Freely Determined: What the New Psychology of the Self Teaches Us About How to Live

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Author: Kennon M Sheldon Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 A renowned psychologist argues that free will is not only real but essential to our well-being It s become fashionable...
So You're 80!: Charming Cartoons and Funny Observations about Turning 80

So You're 80!: Charming Cartoons and Funny Observations about Turning 80

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Author: Clive Whichelow Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 96 You may be too late to take up pole dancing and the closest thing you get to extreme sports these days...
The Secrets of Freemasonry: Revealing the suppressed tradition

The Secrets of Freemasonry: Revealing the suppressed tradition

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Author: Dr Robert Lomas Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 Many people are curious about the existence of secret societies which claim to hold arcane religious or esoteric knowledge and...
Crimestopper: Fighting Crime on Scotland's Streets

Crimestopper: Fighting Crime on Scotland's Streets

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Author: Bryan McLaughlin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 Brutal murders. Bizarre crimes. Eccentric crooks. And Scotland's toughest gangsters. Bryan McLaughlin faced the challenge of tackling crime on Glasgow's mean...
How Many More Women?: The Silencing of Women by the Law and How to Stop It

How Many More Women?: The Silencing of Women by the Law and How to Stop It

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Author: Jennifer Robinson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 'INCREDIBLE. If you read anything this year, make sure it's this.' -DAISY MAY COOPER 'Compelling... brilliant but shaming.' CHERIE BLAIR, KC...
We Are The Legion: The Royal British Legion at 100

We Are The Legion: The Royal British Legion at 100

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Author: Julie Summers Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Formed in 1921 to provide welfare to soldiers returning from the First World War, the Royal British Legion is today the...
Pride: The Inspiring True Story Behind the Hit Film

Pride: The Inspiring True Story Behind the Hit Film

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Author: Tim Tate Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 Pride tells the inspiring true story of how two very different communities found common cause against overwhelming odds.In 1984, a small...
Man Up: Surviving Modern Masculinity

Man Up: Surviving Modern Masculinity

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Author: Jack Urwin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 Jack Urwin's father died when he was 10. No one around him ever sat him down to talk him through his...
Been There, Done That: A Rousing History of Sex

Been There, Done That: A Rousing History of Sex

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Author: Rachel Feltman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 Roman physicians told female patients they should sneeze out as much semen as possible after intercourse to avoid pregnancy. Historical treatments...
Brainwashed: A New History of Thought Control

Brainwashed: A New History of Thought Control

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Author: Daniel Pick Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 'A frankly brilliant book' - The Guardian 'An extraordinarily engrossing and wide-ranging analysis of a word and a concept. I fell...