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I'm here already, in the bleak, awful hour on Dudley Flats in which the final dereliction of Elsie Williams will come to pass. I'm beginning with it, so you won't be under any illusion as to how it ends.

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The lost art of louche living! Elborough captures London at its gamiest - controversial characters and outrageous behaviours. Garrets, pubs, clubs, salons, opium dens and brothels. Poets, painters, down-and-ups, drunks, sensualists, crooks and cranks.

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From British bombing in Iraq in the early 1920s to the most recent conflicts in Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq and Lebanon, this detailed analysis explores the history of indiscriminate bombing, examining the fundamental questions of how strategies of mass killing originated and have been employed for decades.

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'A creative fusion of Australian history and fiction.' Henry Reynolds

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A classic and vivid history of Ukraine 'Gripping history' The Times
'Beautifully written and lovingly researched' Daily Telegraph

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Written from classified government sources and buttressed by hundreds of interviews with veterans and stakeholders, this first volume in the landmark Official History of Australian Operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and East Timor, this is an honest, challenging and compelling account of the 1999-2000 East Timor crisis and Australia's response to it.

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Discover the "fascinating and outrageously readable" account of the roguish acts of the first pirates to raid the Pacific in a crusade that ended in a sensational trial back in England-perfect for readers of Nathaniel Philbrick and David McCullough (Douglas Preston, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God)

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A fascinating account of the last major Allied operation in the South-West Pacific, and the largest Australian military operation of World War II.

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"An illustrated exploration of how the Greater Boston area became one of the world's leading centers for innovation"--

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A sweeping history of America's long and fateful military relationship with the Philippines, amid a century of Pacific warfare

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Bushrangers are Australian legends. They're remembered as folk heroes and celebrated for their bravery and their ridicule of inept and corrupt authorities. But not all Australian bushrangers were white men. And not all were seen in this glowing light in their own time. Meg Foster reveals the stories of bushrangers who didn't fit the mould.

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Hackers know everything about us. We know almost nothing about them. Until now.

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Beautifully illustrated with prints, portraits, manuscripts and archival material, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of libraries and collections. Featuring stories of donors and acquisitions across four centuries, it brings the rich collections of Oxford's Bodleian Library to life.

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True stories of heroism in extraordinary times. In association with the The Secret War Museums & Learning Network.

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A magisterial and profoundly perceptive survey of Britain's post-war role on the global stage, from Suez to Brexit.

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Power. Glory. Death. Courage. How well do we know the story of the Second World War

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From the first "commando carriers" to the legendary Fearless class and the current generation, this title explores the capabilities, roles, and history of the Royal Navy's frontline amphibious assault ships.

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Fully illustrated, this study casts light on the utility and role of the German and British cavalry in the early stages of World War I on the Western Front.

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This fascinating study investigates the British tribal warriors and Roman auxiliaries who fought in three epic battles for control of Britain in the 1st century AD.