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Lighting the Path: The Dalai Lama teaches on wisdom and compassion

Lighting the Path: The Dalai Lama teaches on wisdom and compassion

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Author: The Dalai Lama Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 In this accessible and important follow up to The Art of Happiness His Holiness the Dalai Lama teaches us how...
Who Discovered What When

Who Discovered What When

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Author: David Ellyard Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 448 p>An absorbing introduction to the growth of scientific ideas and knowledge in the last 500 years./p> p>strong>Who Discovered What...
Kings of the Grail: Tracing the Historic Journey of the Cup of Christ from Jerusalem to Modern-Day Spain

Kings of the Grail: Tracing the Historic Journey of the Cup of Christ from Jerusalem to Modern-Day Spain

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Author: Margarita Torres Sevilla Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Recently discovered parchments in the Egyptian University of Al-Azhar have finally made it possible to identify the location where the...
Dear Prime Minister: Letters to Robert Menzies, 1949-1966

Dear Prime Minister: Letters to Robert Menzies, 1949-1966

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Author: Martyn Lyons Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 'I am sir [sure] you will act as human bean', wrote one distressed pensioner to Prime Minister Robert Menzies...
On Earth as in Heaven: Daily Wisdom for Twenty-First Century Christians

On Earth as in Heaven: Daily Wisdom for Twenty-First Century Christians

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Author: Amy Weatherly Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 Is it just me Am I the only one who's lonely Am I the only one without friends If...
Extreme Economies: What Life at the World's Margins Can Teach Us about Our Own Future

Extreme Economies: What Life at the World's Margins Can Teach Us about Our Own Future

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Author: Richard Davies (University of Bergamo Italy) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 A New Statesman best book of the year New York Times Editors' Choice pick A Financial Times...
Drums In The Distance: Journeys Into the Global Far Right

Drums In The Distance: Journeys Into the Global Far Right

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Author: Joe Mulhall Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Joe Mulhall knows what it's like to stare fascism in the face. For a decade, often undercover at significant personal risk,...
Lucy, the Beginnings of Humankind: The Beginnings of Humankind

Lucy, the Beginnings of Humankind: The Beginnings of Humankind

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Author: Donald C. Johanson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 409 "A glorious success...The science manages to be as exciting and spellbinding as the juiciest gossip" (San Franscisco Chronicle) in the...
Founders' Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln

Founders' Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln

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Author: Richard Brookhiser Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 "Brookhiser has done the seemingly impossible: He has written a life of Lincoln that is fresh, original, and ideal...
The Power of Us: Harnessing Our Shared Identities for Personal and Collective Success

The Power of Us: Harnessing Our Shared Identities for Personal and Collective Success

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Author: Jay Van Bavel Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 If you're like most people, you probably believe that your identity is stable. But in fact, your identity is constantly...
The Missing Ingredient: The Curious Role of Time in Food and Flavour

The Missing Ingredient: The Curious Role of Time in Food and Flavour

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Author: Jenny Linford Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 A delightful epicurean adventure through the most essential yet overlooked of culinary ingredients- time. The Missing Ingredient is about...
Sugar A Global History

Sugar A Global History

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Author: Andrew F. Smith Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 Sugar: A Global History explores sugar's reputation as one of the most beloved yet most reviled substances that humans consume....
Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living

Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living

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Author: Dimitris Xygalatas Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 'Xygalatas is a brilliant polymath ... An important intellectual contribution and a true delight' - Paul Bloom, The Sweet Spot: The...
Feminist Manifestos: A Global Documentary Reader

Feminist Manifestos: A Global Documentary Reader

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Author: Penny A. Weiss Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 704 A wide-reaching collection of groundbreaking feminist documents from around the world Feminist Manifestos is an unprecedented collection of 150 documents...
Feminism for Women: The Real Route to Liberation

Feminism for Women: The Real Route to Liberation

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Author: Julie Bindel (Freelance journalist) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 'Timely, necessary and important' J.K. Rowling '[This book is] guaranteed to remind us what we have still to fight...
Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy

Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy

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Author: Larry Tye Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 640 The definitive biography of the most dangerous demagogue in American history, based on exclusive access to his papers and recently unsealed...
The Sisters of Auschwitz: The true story of two Jewish sisters' resistance in the heart of Nazi territory

The Sisters of Auschwitz: The true story of two Jewish sisters' resistance in the heart of Nazi territory

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Author: Roxane van Iperen Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 Perfect for readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Cilka's Journey and The Librarian of Auschwitz - this is the international...
Finding the Heart of the Nation 2nd edition: The Journey of the Uluru Statement from the Heart Continues

Finding the Heart of the Nation 2nd edition: The Journey of the Uluru Statement from the Heart Continues

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Author: Thomas Mayo Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 464 In this updated edition of the bestselling book, Finding the Heart of the Nation, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander author Thomas...
Art of Happiness in a Troubled World

Art of Happiness in a Troubled World

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Author: The Dalai Lama Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 With his trademark warmth and humour, His Holiness the Dalai Lama shows us how to find happiness despite the challenges...
Get Rich or Lie Trying: Ambition and Deceit in the New Influencer Economy

Get Rich or Lie Trying: Ambition and Deceit in the New Influencer Economy

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Author: Symeon Brown (Author) Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 Being an influencer is now the top future career choice for children. What if you could spend your...
How Should A Government Be?: The New Levers of State Power

How Should A Government Be?: The New Levers of State Power

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Author: Jaideep Prabhu Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 For a century, the most divisive question in political thought has been about the size of the state. Should it expand...
Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic

Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic

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Author: David Frum Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 New York Times Bestseller! Bestselling author, former White House speechwriter, and Atlantic columnist and media commentator David Frum explains why President...
Obsession: A journalist and victim-survivor's investigation into stalking

Obsession: A journalist and victim-survivor's investigation into stalking

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Author: Nicole Madigan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 A gripping blend of memoir, investigation and expert analysis, Obsession takes a deep dive into the disturbing phenomenon of stalking. Journalist...
Cadre Country: How China became the Chinese Communist Party

Cadre Country: How China became the Chinese Communist Party

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Author: John Fitzgerald Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Since the founding of the Communist Party in China just over a century ago, there is much the country has achieved....
The Museum of Other People: From Colonial Acquisitions to Cosmopolitan Exhibitions

The Museum of Other People: From Colonial Acquisitions to Cosmopolitan Exhibitions

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Author: Adam Kuper Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 This is a history of the ways in which foreign and prehistoric peoples were represented in museums of anthropology, with their...
Queen Elizabeth II: A Lifetime Dressing for the World Stage

Queen Elizabeth II: A Lifetime Dressing for the World Stage

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Author: Jane Eastoe Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 Exquisite and sumptuous, immaculately tailored, dignified and, above all, practical. The wardrobe of Queen Elizabeth II was as distinctive in style...
From Warsaw with Love: Polish Spies, the CIA, and the Forging of an Unlikely Alliance

From Warsaw with Love: Polish Spies, the CIA, and the Forging of an Unlikely Alliance

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Author: John Pomfret Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 The epic story of how Polish intelligence officers forged an alliance with the CIA in the twilight of the Cold War,...
Mother and Child Companion

Mother and Child Companion

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Author: Kate Ashton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 "A mother always has to think twice - once for herself and once for her child." This simple truth hides an...
Clementine Churchill: A Life in Pictures

Clementine Churchill: A Life in Pictures

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Author: Sonia Purnell Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 Without Winston Churchill's inspiring leadership Britain could not have survived its darkest hour. Without his wife Clementine, however, he might never...
A Primer for Forgetting: Getting Past the Past

A Primer for Forgetting: Getting Past the Past

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Author: Lewis Hyde Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 We live in a culture that prizes memory - how much we can store, the quality of what's preserved, how we...
The Sum of the People: How the Census Has Shaped Nations, from the Ancient World to the Modern Age

The Sum of the People: How the Census Has Shaped Nations, from the Ancient World to the Modern Age

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Author: Andrew Whitby Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 In April 2020, the United States will embark on what has been called "the largest peacetime mobilization in American history": the...
Too Famous: The Rich, The Powerful, The Wishful, The Damned, The Notorious - Twenty Years of Columns, Essays and Reporting

Too Famous: The Rich, The Powerful, The Wishful, The Damned, The Notorious - Twenty Years of Columns, Essays and Reporting

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Author: Michael Wolff Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 Bestselling author of Fire and Fury, Siege and Landslide and chronicler of the Trump White House, Michael Wolff dissects...
On Quality: An Inquiry Into Excellence: Unpublished And Selected Writings

On Quality: An Inquiry Into Excellence: Unpublished And Selected Writings

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Author: Robert M Pirsig Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 192 Featuring long-awaited selections from Robert M. Pirsig's unpublished writings, from before and after Zen and the Art of...
The Berlin Shadow: Living with the Ghosts of the Kindertransport

The Berlin Shadow: Living with the Ghosts of the Kindertransport

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Author: Jonathan Lichtenstein Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 A deeply moving memoir that confronts the defining trauma of the twentieth century, and its effects on a father and son....
Davos Man: How the Billionaires Devoured the World

Davos Man: How the Billionaires Devoured the World

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Author: Peter S. Goodman Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 480 A San Francisco Chronicle Bestseller The New York Times's Global Economics Correspondent masterfully reveals how billionaires' systematic plunder...
Breaking News: The Remaking of Journalism and Why It Matters Now

Breaking News: The Remaking of Journalism and Why It Matters Now

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Author: Alan Rusbridger Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 464 An urgent account of the revolution that has upended the news business, written by one of the most accomplished journalists of...
Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World

Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World

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Author: Tom Burgis Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 A WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 'If you think the UK...
Science Fiction: Voyage to the Edge of Imagination

Science Fiction: Voyage to the Edge of Imagination

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Author: Glyn Morgan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 A compelling, fully illustrated account of the worldwide phenomenon of science fiction as depicted in film, literature and art, and the...
Democracy Hacked: Political Turmoil and Information Warfare in the Digital Age

Democracy Hacked: Political Turmoil and Information Warfare in the Digital Age

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Author: Martin Moore Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Democracies are being gamed. Authoritarian governments, elite populists, and freextremists are exploiting our digital information infrastructure and the vulnerabilities in our...
Republic of Wrath: How American Politics Turned Tribal, From George Washington to Donald Trump

Republic of Wrath: How American Politics Turned Tribal, From George Washington to Donald Trump

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Author: James A. Morone Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 American politics seems to be in an unprecedented uproar. But in this revelatory work of political history, James A. Morone...
The Peace Book: Teachings from the Greatest Minds of All Time

The Peace Book: Teachings from the Greatest Minds of All Time

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Author: Editors of Cider Mill Press Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 Trace the inspirational teachings of peace from some of the greatest minds of all time with The Peace...
The Rebel and the Kingdom: The True Story of the Secret Mission to Overthrow the North Korean Regime

The Rebel and the Kingdom: The True Story of the Secret Mission to Overthrow the North Korean Regime

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Author: Bradley Hope Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 A gripping account of an Ivy League activist-turned-fugitive and his clandestine effort to subvert the North Korean regime, a heart-pounding tale...
A Trillion Trees: How We Can Reforest Our World

A Trillion Trees: How We Can Reforest Our World

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Author: Fred Pearce Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 Trees keep our planet cool and breathable. They make the rain and sustain biodiversity. They are essential for nature and for...
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

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Author: Barack Obama Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 Before he was president, he was senator. Written two years prior to the election that would change the face of the...
Beetle: The Life of General Walter Bedell Smith

Beetle: The Life of General Walter Bedell Smith

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Author: D.K.R. Crosswell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 1088 A valued adviser and trusted insider in the highest echelon of U.S. military and political leaders, General Walter Bedell Smith began...
Exploring Happiness: From Aristotle to Brain Science

Exploring Happiness: From Aristotle to Brain Science

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Author: Sissela Bok Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 From the acclaimed author of Lying, a brilliant exploration of happiness set in the context of the world's great philosophers, leaders,...
I Have a Dream

I Have a Dream

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Author: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 144 Introducing the Martin Luther King Jr Library With a New Foreword by Amanda Gorman A beautiful collectible edition...
Macarthur at War: World War II in the Pacific

Macarthur at War: World War II in the Pacific

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Author: Walter R. Borneman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 608 World War II changed the course of history. Douglas MacArthur changed the course of World War II. MACARTHUR AT WAR...