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By: Simon Winchester
ISBN: 9780008359157
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2022
UK Publication Date: 20th January 2022
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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From the bestselling author Simon Winchester, a human history of land around the world: who mapped it, owned it, stole it, cared for it, fought for it and gave it back.
(Hardback)
By: Simon Kerry
ISBN: 9781910787953
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2017
UK Publication Date: 29th November 2017
Publisher: Unicorn Publishing Group
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A remarkable figure of British politics between the late Victorian and interwar years, Lord Lansdowne was among the last hereditary aristocrats to wield power by birth.
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By: Tim Bowden
ISBN: 9781760528546
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2019
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
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From recruitment and training and the battlegrounds of Palestine, North Africa, Thailand, Burma and beyond, here are the highly individual stories of Australia's World War II Diggers told in their own voices - warts and all.
(Paperback)
By: George Packer
ISBN: 9781529114584
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2022
UK Publication Date: 7th July 2022
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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(Paperback)
By: Richard Bassett
ISBN: 9780141979991
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2020
UK Publication Date: 27th February 2020
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Svetlana Alexievich
ISBN: 9780141983561
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2020
UK Publication Date: 5th November 2020
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Paperback, 2nd edition)
By: Reginald H. Adams
ISBN: 9781851244300
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2015
Publisher: Bodleian Library
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This book presents a wide selection of Oxfords Latin inscriptions (and a few Greek ones), found in many accessible places in both city and university, dating from the medieval period to the present day. These evocative mementos of the past are translated and explained, vividly illustrating the history of Oxford for the local and tourist alike.
(Paperback)
By: Nicols Kanellos
ISBN: 9781578596119
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2022
Publisher: Visible Ink Press
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(Hardback)
By: Nicols Kanellos
ISBN: 9781578597789
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2022
Publisher: Visible Ink Press
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(Paperback)
By: Catherine Bond
ISBN: 9781742236483
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Apr 2020
Publisher: NewSouth Publishing
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A nation often amends its laws during war, not least to regulate life at home. Yet few historians have considered the impact of law on everyday lives in Australia during the Great War. In this original book, Catherine Bond breathes life into the laws that were central to the way that people's daily lives were managed from Australia 1914 to 1918.
(Paperback)
By: Andrew Roberts
ISBN: 9780141987545
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2020
UK Publication Date: 5th November 2020
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Hardback)
By: Michael J. Mazarr
ISBN: 9781541768369
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2019
Publisher: PublicAffairs,U.S.
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The dramatic insider account of why we made the decision to invade Iraq, the motivations of the key people who drove it, and the frustrations of those who tried and failed to stop it, leading to the most costly misadventure in US history.
(Paperback)
By: Susan Neiman
ISBN: 9780141983424
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2020
UK Publication Date: 27th August 2020
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Caroline Elkins
ISBN: 9780099540250
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2023
UK Publication Date: 7th September 2023
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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(Hardback, 0th New edition)
By: Roger O'Reilly
ISBN: 9781786788115
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2024
UK Publication Date: 9th April 2024
Publisher: Watkins Media Limited
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Packed with legends, sea lore and exciting true-life tales, this is a highly giftable treasure trove of Britain's top 100 lighthouses, each one illustrated by award-winning artist Roger O'Reilly.
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By: Brad Beaven
ISBN: 9780719060281
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2009
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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Arguing that there was a remarkable continuity in male working-class culture between 1850 and 1945, this book contends that despite changing socio-economic contexts, male working-class culture continued to draw from a tradition of active participation and cultural contestation that was both class and gender exclusive.
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By: Catherine Merridale
ISBN: 9780141979946
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2017
UK Publication Date: 6th April 2017
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Anne Sebba
ISBN: 9781780226613
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2017
UK Publication Date: 8th June 2017
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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For readers of Suite Francaise and Paris Echo, Les Parisiennes recounts the true stories of Parisian women during and after the Second World War.
(Hardback)
By: Alex Deane
ISBN: 9781785907104
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2021
UK Publication Date: 28th August 2021
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
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Lessons from History is a joyful romp through the obscurest parts of the past, scouring the annals for overlooked figures and events that nonetheless left a footprint, and bringing them hilariously and often poignantly back to life.
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By: Carolyn Holbrook
ISBN: 9781742237473
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Jul 2022
Publisher: NewSouth Publishing
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Leading historians tackle the biggest challenges that face Australia and the world and show how the past provides context and knowledge that can guide us in the present. The book is written with the conviction that we must see the world, and confront its many challenges, with an understanding of what has gone before.
(Hardback)
By: Barbara Miner
ISBN: 9781595588296
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2013
Publisher: The New Press
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(Hardback)
By: Jeremy S. Adams
ISBN: 9780063311077
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2024
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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(Hardback)
By: Catherine Musemeche
ISBN: 9780062991690
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2022
UK Publication Date: 29th September 2022
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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(Paperback)
By: Edmund de Waal
ISBN: 9781529114294
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2022
UK Publication Date: 2nd June 2022
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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I know your street rather well.
Count Mose de Camondo lived a few doors away from Edmund de Waal's forebears, the Ephrussi, first encountered in his bestselling memoir The Hare with Amber Eyes. Edmund de Waal explores the lavish rooms and detailed archives and uncovers new layers to the family story.
