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The Way of the Samurai

The Way of the Samurai

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Author: Inazo Nitobe Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: This classic text by InazoNitobe defining the moral code of the warrior class or Samurai has had a hugeimpact both...
The Art of War

The Art of War

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Author: Sun Tzu Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: The ancient Chinese general Sun Tzu is universally recognized as the greatest military strategist in history, a master of warfare...
The Art of Rhetoric

The Art of Rhetoric

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Author: Aristotle Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: Written around the time that Aristotle (384_322 BCE) established his own school in Athens, this is a guide to what was...
The Communist Manifesto

The Communist Manifesto

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Author: Karl Marx Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains.' Marx and Engels's revolutionary summons to the working classes - one...
The Magicians: Great Minds and the Central Miracle of Science

The Magicians: Great Minds and the Central Miracle of Science

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Author: Marcus Chown Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 'Marcus Chown rocks!' - Brian May How does it feel to know something about the universe that no one...
Tracey Emin

Tracey Emin

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Author: Jonathan Jones Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 128 This accessible and expertly written introduction and overview of Tracey Emin's life offers a completely up-to-date view on the...
30-Second Ancient Rome

30-Second Ancient Rome

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Author: Matthew Nicholls Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 30-Second Ancient Rome presents a unique insight into one of the most brilliantly governed societies, where military might and expansive...
Elizabeth & Margaret: The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters

Elizabeth & Margaret: The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters

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Author: Andrew Morton Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 400 They were the closest of sisters and the best of friends. But when, in a quixotic twist of fate,...
Between Five Eyes: 50 Years of Intelligence Sharing

Between Five Eyes: 50 Years of Intelligence Sharing

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Author: Anthony R. Wells Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 UK-US intelligence and the wider Five Eyes community of Canada, Australia and New Zealand is primarily about one...
Joe Biden: American Dreamer

Joe Biden: American Dreamer

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Author: Evan Osnos Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 192 A concise, brilliant and trenchant examination of Democratic nominee Joe Biden and his lifelong quest for the presidency Former...
Road to Disaster: A New History of America's Descent Into Vietnam

Road to Disaster: A New History of America's Descent Into Vietnam

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Author: Brian Vandemark Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 656 "The most thoughtful and judicious one-volume history of the war and the American political leaders who presided over the...
1916: The Easter Rising

1916: The Easter Rising

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Author: Tim Pat Coogan Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 208 The Easter Rising began at 12 noon, 24 April, 1916 and lasted for six short but bloody days,...
The West End Front: The Wartime Secrets of London's Grand Hotels

The West End Front: The Wartime Secrets of London's Grand Hotels

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Author: Matthew Sweet Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 400 Spies: Meet Marie-Jacqueline Lancaster, the woman from M15 who has the gravy browning licked from her legs by Dylan...
The Tender Bar: Now a Major Film Directed by George Clooney and Starring Ben Affleck

The Tender Bar: Now a Major Film Directed by George Clooney and Starring Ben Affleck

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Author: J R Moehringer Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 432 NOW A MAJOR FILM DIRECTED BY GEORGE CLOONEY AND STARRING BEN AFFLECK 'Highly entertaining . . . constructed...
The Messenger

The Messenger

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Author: Shiv Malik Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 The Messenger tells the story of an unlikely friendship between two men looking to change the world - a...
Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir

Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir

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Author: Natasha Trethewey Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 240 ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2020 WINNER OF THE ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 CARNEGIE...
Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A.

Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A.

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Author: Luis J Rodriguez Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 The award-winning and bestselling classic memoir about a young Chicano gang member surviving the dangerous streets of East...
Will She Do?: Act One of a Life on Stage

Will She Do?: Act One of a Life on Stage

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Author: Eileen Atkins Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 Will She Do? is the story of a girl from a council estate in Tottenham, born in 1934 to...
The Haunting of Alma Fielding: SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2020

The Haunting of Alma Fielding: SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2020

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Author: Kate Summerscale Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 'A page-turner with the authority of history' PHILIPPA GREGORY 'As gripping as...
Inside Out

Inside Out

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Author: Demi Moore Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Daily Mail Book of the Year. A Mail on Sunday Book of the...
Love and Deception: Philby in Beirut

Love and Deception: Philby in Beirut

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Author: James Hanning Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 432 Love & Deception is the extraordinary story of how Eleanor, an able, cultured American living in the espionage hot...
Foreign Native: An African Journey

Foreign Native: An African Journey

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Author: RW Johnson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 292 From schooldays in Durban to later years as an Oxford don, director of the Helen Suzman Foundation and formidable...
Kathleen and Frank: The Autobiography of a Family

Kathleen and Frank: The Autobiography of a Family

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Author: Christopher Isherwood (New Directions) Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 528 Kathleen and Frank is a love story set in the glory days of the British Empire, the...
Blow! Air

Blow! Air

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Author: Nuria Jimenez Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 35 All animals and plants require clean air. In this book, children learn about why we need air, the value...
The Groundings with My Brothers

The Groundings with My Brothers

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Author: Walter Rodney Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 144 In his short life, the Guyanese intellectual Walter Rodney emerged as one of the leading thinkers and activists of...