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Defying Hitler: The Germans Who Resisted Nazi Rule

Defying Hitler: The Germans Who Resisted Nazi Rule

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Author: Gordon Thomas Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 560 "A terrifying and timely account of resistance in the face of the greatest of evils."--Alex Kershaw, New York Times bestselling author...
30-Second Napoleon: The 50 fundamentals of his life, strategies, and legacy, each explained in half a minute

30-Second Napoleon: The 50 fundamentals of his life, strategies, and legacy, each explained in half a minute

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Author: Charles Esdaile Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 160 Almost two centuries since his death, Napoleon Bonaparte remains the subject of vigorous debate. On one side are those...
The House of Yan: A Family at the Heart of a Century in Chinese History

The House of Yan: A Family at the Heart of a Century in Chinese History

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Author: Lan Yan Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 432 Through the sweeping cultural and historical transformations of China, entrepreneur Lan Yan traces her family's history through early 20th...
The Global Age: Europe 1950-2017

The Global Age: Europe 1950-2017

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Author: Ian Kershaw Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 704 The final chapter in the Penguin History of Europe series from the acclaimed scholar and author of To Hell and Back...
My Dream Time: The #1 bestselling memoir from global tennis superstar Ash Barty

My Dream Time: The #1 bestselling memoir from global tennis superstar Ash Barty

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Author: Ash Barty Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 It's a tennis story. It's a family story. It's a teamwork story. It's the story of how I got to where...
Aussie Grit: My Formula One Journey

Aussie Grit: My Formula One Journey

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Author: Mark Webber Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 Mark Webber was at the centre of one of the most captivating chapters in the history of Formula One. In 2010,...
A Brief History of Spain: Indispensable for Travellers

A Brief History of Spain: Indispensable for Travellers

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Author: Jeremy Black Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 Despite being relatively brief, this very readable history covers environmental, political, social, economic, cultural and artistic elements, and is very open...
French Connection: Australia's cosmopolitan ambitions

French Connection: Australia's cosmopolitan ambitions

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Author: Alexis Bergantz Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 **Shortlisted, NSW Premier's History Awards 2022, Australian History Prize The French have been integral to the Australian story since European colonisation....
Thomas Cromwell: A Revolutionary Life

Thomas Cromwell: A Revolutionary Life

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Author: Diarmaid MacCulloch Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 752 The long-awaited biography of the genius who masterminded Henry VIII's bloody revolution in the English government, which reveals at last Cromwell's...
A Sultry Month: Scenes of London Literary Life in 1846: 'Sizzles and steams . . . Beautifully written.' (The Times)

A Sultry Month: Scenes of London Literary Life in 1846: 'Sizzles and steams . . . Beautifully written.' (The Times)

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Author: Francesca Wade Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 Though she loved the heat she could do nothing but lie on the sofa and drink lemonade and read Monte Cristo......
David Stirling: The Phoney Major: The Life, Times and Truth about the Founder of the SAS

David Stirling: The Phoney Major: The Life, Times and Truth about the Founder of the SAS

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Author: Gavin Mortimer Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 Aristocrat, gambler, innovator and special forces legend, the life of David Stirling should need no retelling. His formation of the Special...
Paris: The Memoir

Paris: The Memoir

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Author: Paris Hilton Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 PARIS: A MILLION MEANINGS IN A SINGLE NAME Heiress. Party girl. Problem child. Selfie taker. Model. Reality star. Self-created....
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Timothy Leary, Richard Nixon and the Hunt for the Fugitive King of LSD

The Most Dangerous Man in America: Timothy Leary, Richard Nixon and the Hunt for the Fugitive King of LSD

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Author: Steven L. Davis Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 400 'It's a rollicking tale that brings to life the antic atmosphere of America in the 'Me' Decade' Wall...
HAVOC-06: A Combat Controller on Operations

HAVOC-06: A Combat Controller on Operations

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Author: Troy Knight Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 324 I received a target indication from one of the rear team members and observed movement coming from the left of the...
A World Transformed: Slavery in the Americas and the Origins of Global Power

A World Transformed: Slavery in the Americas and the Origins of Global Power

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Author: Professor James Walvin Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 A World Transformed explores how slavery thrived at the heart of the entire Western world for more than three centuries....
Access All Areas: A Backstage Pass Through 50 Years of Music And Culture

Access All Areas: A Backstage Pass Through 50 Years of Music And Culture

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Author: Barbara Charone Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 First as a journalist and then a publicist at Warner Brothers Records for nearly twenty years, Barbara Charone has experienced, first-hand,...
Exposed: The Greek and Roman Body - Shortlisted for the Anglo-Hellenic Runciman Award

Exposed: The Greek and Roman Body - Shortlisted for the Anglo-Hellenic Runciman Award

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Author: Caroline Vout Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 The Greek and Roman body is often seen as flawless - cast from life in buff bronze and white marble, to...
Circus of Dreams: Adventures in the 1980s Literary World

Circus of Dreams: Adventures in the 1980s Literary World

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Author: John Walsh Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 Something extraordinary happened to the UK literary scene in the 1980s. In the space of eight years, a generation of young...
The Wolf of Wall Street

The Wolf of Wall Street

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Author: Jordan Belfort Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 528 NOW AN AWARD-WINNING MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY MARTIN SCORSESE, STARRING LEONARDO DICAPRIO, MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY AND JONAH HILL. 'What separates Jordan's story...
The Drowned And The Saved

The Drowned And The Saved

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Author: Primo Levi Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Shortly after completing THE DROWNED AND THE SAVED, Primo Levi committed suicide. The manner of his death was sudden, violent and...
The Search: The true story of a D-Day survivor, an unlikely friendship, and a lost shipwreck off Normandy

The Search: The true story of a D-Day survivor, an unlikely friendship, and a lost shipwreck off Normandy

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Author: John Henry Phillips Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 When archaeologist John Henry Phillips volunteered with a charity that took D-Day veterans back to Normandy, due to an administrative...
The Sound of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives

The Sound of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives

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Author: Jude Rogers Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 'Too often we treat popular music as wallpaper surrounding us as we live our lives. Jude Rogers shows the emotional and...
A State at Any Cost: The Life of David Ben-Gurion

A State at Any Cost: The Life of David Ben-Gurion

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Author: Tom Segev Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 816 When Tom Segev's biography of David Ben-Gurion was published in Israel in early 2018, it was a major event, making headlines...
The Young H. G. Wells: Changing the World

The Young H. G. Wells: Changing the World

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Author: Claire Tomalin Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 "Tomalin's The Young H.G. Wells is hard to beat, being friendly, astute and a pleasure to read." -Michael Dirda, Washington Post...
Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker

Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker

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Author: Alice Walker Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 560 'These journals are a revelation, a road map and a gift to us all' TAYARI JONES, author of An American Marriage...
Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe

Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe

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Author: Mike Massimino Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 Mike Massimino's compelling memoir takes us on a brilliant journey where the nerdiest science meets the most thrilling adventure to reveal...
Alice's Book: How the Nazis Stole My Grandmother's Cookbook

Alice's Book: How the Nazis Stole My Grandmother's Cookbook

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Author: Karina Urbach Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 What happened to the books that were too valuable to burn? The story of a Jewish chef whose bestselling cookbook was...
Chickenhawk

Chickenhawk

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Author: Robert Mason Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 292 More than half a million copies of Chickenhawk have been sold since it was first published in 1983. Now with a...
Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX

Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX

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Author: Eric Berger Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 'Just read it.' Elon Musk The dramatic inside story of the first four historic flights that launched SpaceX-and Elon...
Hitler's British Isles

Hitler's British Isles

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Author: Duncan Barrett Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 True-life recollections from the Channel Islanders who were the only British subjects to live under Nazi rule in WWII. 'Barrett has...
When Marilyn Met the Queen: Marilyn Monroe's Life in England

When Marilyn Met the Queen: Marilyn Monroe's Life in England

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Author: Michelle Morgan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 'England? It seemed to be raining the whole time . . . Or maybe it was me' MARILYN MONROE In July...
Young Prince Philip: His Turbulent Early Life

Young Prince Philip: His Turbulent Early Life

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Author: Philip Eade Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 'The narrative is as suspenseful as any thriller. Truly, an excellent read' Lynn Barber, Sunday Times Married for almost...
Operation Suicide: The Remarkable Story of the Cockleshell Raid

Operation Suicide: The Remarkable Story of the Cockleshell Raid

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Author: Robert Lyman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 At nightfall on December 7 1942, twelve British canoeists arrived by submarine off the coast of France, tasked with infiltrating the...
The Mysterious Affair at Olivetti: IBM, the CIA, and the Cold War Conspiracy to Shut Down Production of the World's First Desktop Computer

The Mysterious Affair at Olivetti: IBM, the CIA, and the Cold War Conspiracy to Shut Down Production of the World's First Desktop Computer

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Author: Meryle Secrest Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 The never-before-told true account of the design and development of the first desktop computer by the world's most famous high-styled typewriter...
Between Friends: Letters of Vera Brittain and Winifred Holtby

Between Friends: Letters of Vera Brittain and Winifred Holtby

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Author: Elaine Showalter Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 496 These fascinating letters between Vera Brittain and Winifred Holtby tell the story of an extraordinary friendship. 'A beautiful collection' Daisy Dunn,...
The Last 100 Years (give or take) and All That

The Last 100 Years (give or take) and All That

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Author: Al Murray Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 'I squealed laughing at this but now worry that my knowledge of history has been dangerously ruined' Matt Forde A fascinating...
Dead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity from Bronze Age to Silver Screen

Dead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity from Bronze Age to Silver Screen

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Author: Greg Jenner Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 During these extraordinary times Greg Jenner is able to sign you a personalised bookplate for your hardback. Please email info@gregjenner.com with...
The Great Silence: 1918-1920: Living in the Shadow of the Great War

The Great Silence: 1918-1920: Living in the Shadow of the Great War

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Author: Juliet Nicolson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 Peace at last, after Lloyd George declared it had been the war to end all wars , would surely...
Ivan the Terrible: a Military History

Ivan the Terrible: a Military History

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Author: Alexander Filjushkin Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Ivan the Terrible was the first tsar of Russia, and arguably its most infamous ruler. His reign of terror rivalled Stalin's,...
The New Socialist Handbook: Everything You Need to Know About Why It Matters Now

The New Socialist Handbook: Everything You Need to Know About Why It Matters Now

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Author: Dan Tucker Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 From Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal, the U.S. is witnessing a leftward shift that hasn't been...
Operation Crusader: Tank Warfare in the Desert, Tobruk 1941

Operation Crusader: Tank Warfare in the Desert, Tobruk 1941

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Author: Hermann Buschleb Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 First English translation of a Geman account of Operation Crusader. The port of Tobruk, Libya, was besieged by German and Italian...
Family Betrayal: Agent Sonya, MI5 and the Kuczynski Network

Family Betrayal: Agent Sonya, MI5 and the Kuczynski Network

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Author: David Burke Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 0 The remarkable story of the Kuczynskis, a family of Soviet spies under cover in Britain. In 1933, the celebrated German economist...
14-18: Understanding the Great War

14-18: Understanding the Great War

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Author: Catherine Temerson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 With this brilliantly innovative book, reissued for the 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War I, Stephane Audoin-Rouzeau and Annette...
Horizons: The Global Origins of Modern Science

Horizons: The Global Origins of Modern Science

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Author: James Poskett Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 464 "A radical retelling... Poskett deftly blends the achievements of little-known figures into the wider history of science... The book brims with...
The World According to Bob: The further adventures of one man and his street-wise cat

The World According to Bob: The further adventures of one man and his street-wise cat

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Author: James Bowen Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'Since Bob had appeared, I'd made huge strides in my life. For more than a decade I'd been a homeless drug...
Inventory of a Life Mislaid: An Unreliable Memoir

Inventory of a Life Mislaid: An Unreliable Memoir

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Author: Marina Warner Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 432 A luminous memoir of post-war childhood, adventure and loss on the banks of the Nile. 'Wonderful - a brave,...
Opium's Orphans: The 200-Year History of the War on Drugs

Opium's Orphans: The 200-Year History of the War on Drugs

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Author: P. E. Caquet Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 440 Opium's Orphans is the first full history of drug prohibition and the 'war on drugs'. A no-holds-barred but balanced account,...
The Ledger and the Chain: How Domestic Slave Traders Shaped America

The Ledger and the Chain: How Domestic Slave Traders Shaped America

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Author: Joshua D. Rothman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 512 In The Ledger and the Chain, prize-winning historian Joshua D. Rothman tells the disturbing story of the Franklin and Armfield...