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By: Nicholas J. C. Pistor
ISBN: 9780306824692
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2017
Publisher: Hachette Books
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The intense rivalry of famous photographers Mathew Brady and Alexander Gardner shows how - during the Civil War and throughout the chase for Lincolns killers - photography changed our culture forever.
(Paperback)
By: Stefan Zweig
ISBN: 9781782270508
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2015
UK Publication Date: 12th February 2015
Publisher: Pushkin Press
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Ten turning points in history, vividly sketched by the great Stefan Zweig.
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By: Dr Pamela Cox
ISBN: 9780099594680
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2015
Publisher: Cornerstone
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Tells true stories of life behind the counter. In this history, we join shopgirl Chili Bouchier on her journey from the small ladies' department at Harrods to star of the silver screen, and experience the raw courage of John Lewis' Miss Austin during the Blitz in the West End.
(Paperback)
By: Mark Lee Gardner
ISBN: 9780062201515
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2013
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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By: Richard Holmes
ISBN: 9780007275496
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2010
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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A handsomely illustrated photographic account, by the bestselling author of 'Tommy', of the human experience of war as directly witnessed by British soldiers in the First World War.
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By: Dickon Whitewood
ISBN: 9781472826800
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2017
UK Publication Date: 30th November 2017
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A highly illustrated study of the battle of Shewsbury, made famous by Shakespeare in Henry IV Part 1, which secured Henry IV on the throne, whose bloodline would achieve great victories such as Agincourt, but also lead England into the Wars of the Roses.
(Paperback, Main)
By: Joe Moran
ISBN: 9781781252642
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2017
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
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Come on, don't be shy: pick up this outstanding cultural history of shyness from the brilliant Joe Moran.
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By: Andy Letcher
ISBN: 9780571227716
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2007
UK Publication Date: 5th April 2007
Publisher: Faber & Faber
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A unique and engaging study of this most extraordinary of psychedelic drugs.
(Hardback)
By: Jeremy Dummett
ISBN: 9781838602161
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2020
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This book delves into the fascinating and diverse history and culture of Sicily.
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By: Denise Kiernan
ISBN: 9781683691266
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2019
Publisher: Quirk Books
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Now with a fresh new jacket treatment!
(Paperback)
By: Denise Kiernan
ISBN: 9781683691273
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2019
Publisher: Quirk Books
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Now with a fresh new jacket treatment!
(Paperback)
By: Bonnie Siegler
ISBN: 9781579658663
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2018
Publisher: Workman Publishing
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(Paperback)
By: Howell Raines
ISBN: 9780593137772
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2025
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
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(Paperback)
By: Charles Rangeley-Wilson
ISBN: 9781784703653
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2019
UK Publication Date: 1st August 2019
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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(Paperback)
By: Marie Arana
ISBN: 9781474600989
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2020
UK Publication Date: 27th August 2020
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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A thousand years of Latin American history, told through the three obsessions that have held the region tightly in its grip.
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By: Simone Weil
ISBN: 9780742522831
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2003
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Twentieth-century French philosopher Simone Weil's complete writings on colonialism are collected and translated into English in this volume.
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By: Simon Heffer
ISBN: 9781804940983
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2024
UK Publication Date: 13th June 2024
Publisher: Cornerstone
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(Paperback)
By: Colin Smith
ISBN: 9780141010366
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2006
UK Publication Date: 4th May 2006
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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The Japanese had promised that there would be no Dunkirk in Singapore, and its fall led to imprisonment, torture, and death for thousands of allied men and women. With material from British, Australian, Indian and Japanese sources, this book offers the story of the fall of Singapore and its aftermath.
(Hardback)
By: Daniel Stone
ISBN: 9780593329375
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2022
UK Publication Date: 18th August 2022
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
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(Paperback)
By: Angus Konstam
ISBN: 9781472846600
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2021
UK Publication Date: 21st January 2021
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A history and analysis of one of the most dramatic moments in both air power and naval history. With the sinking of HMS Prince of Wales and Repulse, no battleship was safe on the open ocean, and the aircraft took its crown as the most powerful maritime weapon.
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By: Paul Rabbitts
ISBN: 9781784423254
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2019
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A concise illustrated biography of architect and polymath Sir Christopher Wren, describing his fascinating life and his most famous commissions.
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By: Dr John Sugden
ISBN: 9781844137626
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2006
UK Publication Date: 25th May 2006
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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His attacks on Spanish cities and ships transformed his private war into a struggle for surivival between Protestant England and Catholic Spain, in which he became Elizabeth I's most prominent admiral and marked the emergence of England as major maritime nation.
Excellent...It deserves to become the standard Drake life.
(Paperback)
By: Nicola Tyrer
ISBN: 9780753825679
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2009
UK Publication Date: 19th February 2009
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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The remarkable true story of the Queen Alexandra frontline nurses in the Second World War.
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By: Janet Soskice
ISBN: 9780099546542
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2010
UK Publication Date: 5th August 2010
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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Tells the story of how Scottish twin sisters made one of the most important manuscript finds of the nineteenth century - an early copy of the gospels which lay hidden in the Sinai desert.
