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**Soon to be a major TV drama**
The true story behind the secret of Flight 149 and the most shocking government cover-up of the last thirty years.

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The extraordinary story of a propaganda campaign like no other: the covert British operation to manipulate American public opinion and bring America into the Second World War.

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The latest book in Birlinn's bestselling Mapping the City series, this time mapping Oxford.

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An enthralling journey through the history of books and libraries in the ancient world and those who have helped preserve their rich literary traditions

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A definitive new history of the Persian Empire, the world's first superpower.

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A definitive new history of the Persian Empire, the world's first superpower.

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Early historic Scotland was home to a variety of diverse peoples and cultures, all competing for land and supremacy. Yet by the eleventh century it had become a single, unified kingdom, known as Alba, under a stable and successful monarchy. How did this happen, and when A new and revised edition of a highly regarded book.

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The extraordinary life of Grace OMalley, the worlds most famous woman pirate.

(Paperback, Airside/Export ed)

A gripping and important biography of one of the 20th century's most reviled political monsters, who ravaged Cambodia.

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This ground-breaking collection of essays by leading scholars - Bryan Gilling, James Belich, John C. Weaver, Alan Ward, Michael Allen, Mark Hickford, Vincent O'Malley, Judith Binney, Dion Tuuta, Alex Frame and Richard S. Boast - examines the confiscation of Maori land in nineteenth-century New Zealand and the broader imperial context.

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The 1950s and 60s continue to exert a powerful fascination, but what was life really like Featuring more than 500 objects and photographs from collections around New Zealand, Real Modern tells a vibrant and varied story of life in these familiar yet surprising times.

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From the bestselling author. Rebel Women: The renegades, viragos and heroines who changed the world
From the French Revolution to today. How far we have come! How far we - and men too- have yet to go. Exhilarating and inspiring for readers of all ages.

(Paperback, Export - Airside ed)

An indelible exploration of the Cultural Revolution andhow it shapes China today, Red Memory uncovers fortyyears of silence through the rarely heard stories of individuals who lived through Mao's decade of madness.

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An acclaimed history of the biggest, brashest and most tumultuous decade in recent British history.

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This work covers the exploitation of European and Aboriginal children by the settler elite of 19th-century Western Australia. It shows how concern over "the problem" of children of mixed descent in the last decade of the 19th century was to provide the rationale for infamous 20th century solutions.

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Tells the story of three small beachside communities in the Royal National Park south of Sydney Era, Burning Palms and Little Garie and how their residents fought for the right to keep their families' heritage intact. In frank interviews with shackies and stunning photographs this book explores the fascinating history of these quintessentially Australian shacks.

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February 1945. A German U-boat reaches American waters after an agonising three months and founders, blasted apart by undnown causes. All 56 Nazi sailors die, entrapped with the submarine. This is the story of the daring endurance of a handful of men determined to solve a mystery - or die in the attempt.

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