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From the Big Bang to the Gaia Mission, this is a very personal history of the universe through the author's favourite 100 stars. Astronomer Florian Freistetter has chosen 100 stars...

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'Funny, ironic, erudite, surprising, and not afraid to take a dive overboard into the depths of sorrow and loss. My novel of the year' Nadime Gordimer Winner of the Man...

A "playful, witty, and entertaining" book ( The New York Times Book Review ) that offers an exhilarating vision of the world, starting with the voyage of Noah's ark and...

'Fascinating' TOM HOLLAND | 'A delight from start to finish' MIRANDA SAWYER 'A novel and fascinating perspective on world history' BILL BRYSON 'By turns surprising, funny, bleak, ridiculous, or all...

'Fascinating' TOM HOLLAND 'A delight from start to finish' MIRANDA SAWYER 'A novel and fascinating perspective on world history' BILL BRYSON 'By turns surprising, funny, bleak, ridiculous, or all four...

Journey through thousands of years of human history (now with the women put back in). From the earliest human civilizations through to the present day, the stories of countless influential...

A History of the World in Six Plagues unveils a powerful and unsettling truth: epidemic diseases enter the world by chance, but they become catastrophic by human design. In this...

A magical book which explores how the world was seen at twelve points in history, through twelve extraordinary maps and the minds of those who made them Throughout history, maps...

AN ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF 2024 'Masterful and entrancing - this is big history at its best.' Professor Alice Roberts, author of Ancestors 'A real-life Indiana Jones takes readers on...

There is an ancient and quite baseless myth that the use of torture has never been legal in Britain. This old wives' tale arose because torture has been neither endorsed...

Renowned historian John Julius Norwich's classic history of Venice - with a fresh new cover look Intricate, captivating, beautiful, romantic, unique, unforgettable . . . A History of Venice tells...

Author: Edward Wilson-Lee Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 A Times History Book of the Year 2022 A TLS Book of the Year 2022 'Exhilarating and whip-smart' THE SUNDAY TIMES...

Author: David Watkin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 736 In this highly acclaimed reference work David Watkin traces the history of western architecture from the earliest times in Mesopotamia and...

A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2023 This is a neglected history. Not a sweeping, definitive, exhaustive history of the world but something quieter, more intimate and particular. A journey, picked...

Have you ever wondered what undiscovered gems lie waiting to be found in your garden? Lawrence Quilter, a man in a position of power, finds some interesting records amongst his...

International literary superstar Dave Eggers on the biggest subject of them all - the state of the world . . . In a rising Saudi Arabian city, far from weary,...

International literary superstar Dave Eggers on the biggest subject of them all - the state of the world . . . In a rising Saudi Arabian city, far from weary,...

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A Home for Bilby is an engaging picture book that takes children on a journey through the Australian outback and the habitats of the animals that live there. Join Kangaroo,...

When a little boy finds a lonely stone on a quiet beach, he decides to find him the perfect home among other stones just like him. But nowhere feels quite...

A heart-warming wartime story of love and friendship, from the author of the award-winning THE MOTHER'S DAY CLUB Norfolk, 1944 Land Girls, Phylly and Gracie, have become the best of...

Author: Hashi Mohamed Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 160 'A vital work of courage and hope, by a truly remarkable individual.' - Philippe Sands A home is important because it...

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The reissue of a classic novel from one of Britain's best-loved storytellers. At the end of the Second World War, Matthew Wallingham returns to his family home, blinded by his...

One woman's investigation into the nature of memory, the past, and above all, love One woman's investigation into the nature of memory, the past, and above all, love. All families...

p>Itrsquo;s easy for men to feel a little removed and out of sorts at the start of their partnerrsquo;s pregnancy. While mothers begin to go through this incredible physical metamorphosis...

In 1951 Michael Jenkins, then 14 years old, spent the summer with 'the aunts in Flanders'. His 'aunts' were a group of elderly women whose connection to his family had...

DISCOVER THE UNFORGETTABLE LOVE STORY THAT HAS CAPTURED HEARTS AND TAKEN TIKTOK BY STORM 'This book broke me into pieces constantly and then put me back together, it was an...

DISCOVER THE UNFORGETTABLE LOVE STORY THAT HAS CAPTURED HEARTS AND TAKEN TIKTOK BY STORM 'This book broke me into pieces constantly and then put me back together, it was an...

We were in the doctor's office and it sounded like something out of a B Grade movie when I said: 'Give it to me straight... how long have I got?'...

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Meet Nellie Welche - companion to royalty and keeper of secrets ... Nellie Welche is the daughter of a high-ranking steward in the household of Prinnie, Prince of Wales. In...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA landmark work in musicological scholarship, A Hundred Years of Music chronicles the sweeping...

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The sexual assault that stunned the world. A courageous woman's rallying call for 'shame to change sides'. For the very first time, Gis le Pelicot tells her story. The extraordinarily...

Author: Frane Lessac (Author/Illustrator) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 48 A factastic tour of Australia from A to Z with award-winning author and illustrator Frane Lessac. Now in paperback! What...

Author: Frane Lessac (Author/Illustrator) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 48 A factastic tour of Australian animals, by award-winning author-illustrator Frane Lessac. Australia is full of the most amazing animals on...

A dive into fascinating facts from best-selling, multi-award-winning author/illustrator Frane Lessac. Now in paperback! Along the coastline of Australia, underwater reefs are bustling with the most amazing sea creatures living...

Mixing memoir, history, adventure, folklore and descriptions of the deep, this is a meditation on the excitement and pleasures of fishing. Robert Hughes traces his love of fishing back to...

Inspired by true events and set against the backdrop of the Second World War, Melanie Levensohn's A Jewish Girl in Paris is a powerful novel about forbidden love, adapted from...

With new introduction by Cynthia Wall, chronology further reading, glossary, and explanatory notes. In 1665 the plague swept through London, claiming over 97,000 lives. Daniel Defoe was just five at...

The memoirs of Tony Blair - a worldwide publishing sensation In 1997, Tony Blair won the biggest Labour victory in history to sweep the party to power and end eighteen...

Susan Shillinglaw examines the relationship between the iconic writer, John Steinbeck, and the area he loved so prominently in his work. This original and beautifully illustrated volume explores such landscapes...

Author: Joy RourkeBinding: PaperbackPublished: Birregurra District Historical Centre INc, 2003Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Minor wear on cover, otherwise internally sound....