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Hancox is the Tudor hall house in rural Sussex where the author grew up, and where she lives. It's been in the family since her ancestor Milicent Ludlow, young, single and an orphan, took it on in 1891 and began to enlarge the house and manage the farm. This title tells the story of the house and the family.

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Yn ymestyn o'r Oesoedd Ia hyd y dwthwn hwn, mae'r gyfrol feistrolgar hon yn olrhain hanes gwleidyddol, cymdeithasol a diwylliannol y rhan honno o'r byd y daethpwyd i'w hadnabod fel Cymru. Dyma'r llyfr sy'n egluro pam, er gwaethaf pawb a phopeth, 'rydym yma o hyd'.

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Desperately sensitive, sexually confused and socially awkward, Hans Christian Andersen found grace and acceptance through the creation of a distinct and beguiling literary world. This biography demonstrates the unity of his troubled life and the soaring achievement of his work.

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Henri de Monfried is inextricably linked to the Red Sea and the raffish ports between Suez and Aden in the early years of the twentieth century. This book is an account of how de Monfried becomes a collector and merchant of the fabled Gulf pearls, and is drawn into the shadowy world of arms trading, slavery, smuggling and drugs.

Hatchepsut was an astonishing woman - defying tradition she became the female embodiment of a male role, dressing in men's clothes and even wearing a false beard. Combining archaeological and historical evidence from a range of sources, this book strips away the myths and misconceptions and restores the female pharaoh to her rightful place.

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"First published in the United States of America by Maclay & Associates, Inc. 1985; Edition with a series introduction by Guillermo del Toro pubished in Penguin Books 2013"--Title page verso.

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Jim Lovelock is an iconic figure in British science, a prophet whose prophecies are coming true. He is best known as the 'father' of Gaia theory, which is established as the most useful way of understanding the dramatic changes happening to the environment of the Earth. This biography reveals his independent, original and inspiring life.

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What happens to the soul once the body dies Do our experiences on earth and our beliefs affect the next part of the journey Did our loved ones make it safely to heaven Can we communicate with the departed In this title, the author brings peace, reassurance and hope to those who has ever wondered about life after death.

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With long hair in the wind, beards and bandanas flapping, earrings, chain whips and Harleys flashing chrome, the Hell's Angels erupted into 1960s America paralysing whole towns with fear. This title documents the author's experiences when he determined to discover the truths behind the terrifying reputation of these marauding biker gangs.

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On a midsummer's evening, a young Dublin woman, Lucy Dolan, prepares for a showdown that will help make sense of a heart-breaking and brutal atrocity that happened thirteen years earlier, changing her life forever. As she waits for the arrival of the charismatic figure who is the key to the mystery, she recounts her life story.

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Presents a selection from the author's correspondence with presidents and prime ministers, painters, actresses and bishops, and the writers Robert Louis Stevenson, H G Wells and Edith Wharton. This book features the author's views on his own works, on the literary craft, on sex, politics and friendship.

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Forming groups is easier than it's ever been: unpaid volunteers build Wikipedia together in their spare time, and one man with a laptop can raise an army to help recover a stolen phone. This book explores how the unifying power of the internet is changing the character of human society.

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Margaret Forster's grandmother died in 1936, taking many secrets to her grave. Where had she spent the first 23 years of her life Who was the woman in black who paid her a visit shortly before her death The search for answers took Margaret on a journey into her family's past. This is a memoir on how women's lives have changed over the century.

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Examines the relationship between drugs and pleasure, choice, and motivation, both in the brain and in society. This title focuses on common ideas about race, poverty, and drugs and explain why current policies are failing.

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This work is a sampling of the Hippocratic Corpus, a collection of ancient Greek medical works. At the beginning, and interspersed throughout, there are discussions on the philosophy of being a physician.

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From the early years, when its cities and towns were self-governing, to the national rise to power of fascism, Italy has undergone many upheavals. Pinpointing the year A.D. 1000 as a time when European supremacy began to take root, the author traces Italy's progression within its European context.

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Discusses the World War II career of Eugenio Pacelli, the man who was Pope Pius XII. This book shows how in 1933 Hitler became his negotiating partner, an agreement was arranged that granted religious and financial payments to the Catholic Church in exchange for their withdrawal from political privilege, ensuring the rise of Nazism.

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In a rich and fascinating history John Cornwell tells the epic story of Germany's scientists from the First World War to the collapse of Hitler's Reich.

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There are few more compelling and more tragic issues in the world, than the bitter struggle between Palestinians and Israelis. This guide disentangles myths and realities and gives a thoughtful picture of an unhappy place.

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Throws light on William Wordsworth's creative process, and shows how the interdependence of brother and sister was a vital part in the writing of many of his great poems. This work helps trace the processes by which they were committed to paper.

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Metrostanis are three young Pakistani men in New York City at the turn-of-the-millennium: AC, a gangsta rap spouting academic; Jimbo, a hulking Pushtun deejay from the streets of Jersey City; and Chuck, a wide-eyed, off-the-boat kid, searching for himself and the American Dream.

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France, 1636. The Thirty Years War rages across Europe, and a bloody and brutal campaign begins as Spanish armies flood into Picardy. In their way lies the border village of Dax-en-roi. The Chevalier de Roland rallies a valiant defence, but his household guard are slaughtered, his estate burned and his life forfeit.

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Offers an analysis of the world at present and a roadmap for the future. This title explores obstacles and threats such as the widening gap between North and South America, US exceptionalism (which continues under Obama), the fiascos of Iraq and Afghanistan, the US-Israeli assault on Gaza and the financial bailouts.