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The acclaimed and enthralling story of the dark side of Elizabethan rule, from Stephen Alford Elizabeth I's reign is known as a golden age, yet to much of Europe she was a 'Jezebel' and heretic who had to be destroyed. This title is a portrayal of the secret state that sought to protect the Queen; a shadow world of spies, codebreakers and more.

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Selected as a Book of the Year by The Times and The Economist

China's history is an epic tapestry of courtly philosophies, warring factions and imperial intrigue.

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Brave, lucid, and beautifully written, this is a searing account of life in Palestine from an award-winning writer and journalist.

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The definitive edition of the classic, myth-shattering history of the American family

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An account of the lives of women in seventeenth-century England.

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The Webley .455in service revolver is among the most powerful top-break revolvers ever produced. First adopted in 1887, in various marques it was the standard-issue service pistol for British and Commonwealth armed forces for nearly fifty years. This title presents the story of the Webley revolver.

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It's the Second World War and the bedrooms, hallways and grillrooms of the Savoy, the Dorchester and Claridge's teem with those who are determined not to allow Hitler to impact on their way of life.

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Explores the inner life of a Russia where everyone was afraid to talk and society spoke in whispers, whether to protect friends and family - or to betray them. In this title, the author tells the story of how Russians tried to endure life under Stalin's Terror.

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Award-winning journalist Tracie McMillan combines gripping memoir, top-notch original reporting, and rigorous research to measure the cash value of being white in America.

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The White Cities collects fifteen years of incomparable reportage. 'What Roth sees is always arresting, often atrocious, usually absurd. A journalism which is equal parts Baudelaire, Dickens and Kafka' Scotland on Sunday

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The story of the capture of one of Britain's top SOE agents in World War Two, his refusal to crack under torture, and his final imprisonment in a concentration camp.

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One man goes in search of the lost cities of the Amazon in the Inca heartland, following in the footsteps of previous explorers and making his own discoveries.

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The compelling and moving account of the First World War campaign that gave birth to fascism.

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The thrilling story of how SOE-trained commandos destroyed the Nazis' nuclear-weapons programme in one of the most daring and successful raids of World War II.

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Part Le Carre, part Gourevitch, the high-octane story of a journey into one of the wildest corners of the African continent in search of a psychopath who has consistently evaded negotiators, armies and trained assassins .

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The nail-biting climax of one of the greatest political battles in American history: the ratification of the constitutional amendment that granted women the right to vote

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The history of NOW - its organisation, trials, and revolutionary mission - told through the work of three members.

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"The story of the National Organization for Women-its structures, trials, and revolutionary mission-told through the work of three extraordinary, little-known members"--

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Thirty-seven young women volunteered for extremely dangerous undercover work in occupied France during the Second World War. This is their story.

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The first book on the Auschwitz women's orchestra by the bestselling historian of twentieth-century women's lives

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When our ancestors came down from the trees, they brought the trees with them and remade the world.

A stunning book on the incalculable debt humanity owes wood John Carey, The Sunday Times

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Gandhi's ideas are as meaningful today as they were during his long and inspiring life. His enlightening thoughts and beliefs, especially on violence and the atomic bomb, reveal his eloquent foresight about our contemporary world. This title presents the flame of Gandhi's spiritual achievement and the wisdom of his actions and his words.