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Al Venter was rarely conventional in his approach to problems encountered in the Middle East.

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A brilliant cultural history Sculls book fills a gap in the literature and deserves to be widely read outstanding The Times

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Everybody knows they exist: the Cosa Nostra, the Medellin Cartel, New Yorks Five Families, Chinas tongs. This book asks the question: how have mafias helped define the modern world

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Exclusive first-hand accounts, views and analyses from personal author interviews with individuals who either served or lived in Malaya during the troubles

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The remarkable story of Rotary's first 100 years of service in New Zealand and the Pacific.

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Excellent an A-Z of Tsarisms last, magnificent flowering of the arts Independent on Sunday

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A compendium of killing that plots the most remarkable American homicides between the Civil War and Second World War onto maps and plans, alongside crime scene photographs and compelling expert analysis.

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From Mae West through Johnny Carson, Amos 'n' Andy through Beavis and Butt-Head, a celebrated cultural historian chronicles the controversies of American show business and the ongoing attempts to change what we watch, read and hear.

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If the pandemic has taught us one thing, it's that people love parks

Wherever we are in the world, urban parks are places where we can find calm amid the chaos.

With fondness and humour, travel writer Tom Chesshyre recalls 50 of his favourite urban parks from across the world, in a love letter to the green escapes that bring us joy in our cities.

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In exploring the intersection of art, politics and society, few collections in the world can compare with the David King collection. David King (1943-2016) was not only a passionate collector, but also an artist, designer and historian. Over a lifetime he amassed one of the world's largest collections of Soviet political art and photographs.

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Published on the 250th anniversary of Captain James Cooks extraordinary voyages of exploration, this publication reflects on and charts the enduring legacies of his encounters with Pacific peoples.

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"A potted history of everywhere [David McKie]goes, with some reflective observations about how things were and how they ought to be, and a few jokes thrown in." - Tribune

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Sicily's central location and natural resources have meant that various peoples have sought to conquer the island throughout its 3000 year history. Exploring themes such as art, architecture and culture from monumental metopes to reliquary pendants and chess pieces, this book provides a insight into the key periods of Sicily's extraordinary past.

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Sun, Sea & Sustenance is a salute to the outstanding individuals who have contributed to New Zealands first permanent health camp, just north of Wellington, by the seaside at Otaki.

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Illustrates an extraordinary period of British history covering everything from rationing to rock and roll.

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Explore the wonders that the world forgot with award-winning travel writer Oliver Smith - from breathtaking buildings with a dark past to decaying reminders of more troubled times.

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A glamorous social history of the women-only New York hotel that changed the world and its famous guests from Joan Crawford and Grace Kelly to Sylvia Plath and Joan Didion.

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Angelo Quattrocchi describes the events of the May 1968 revolt which spread from Nanterre to Paris, aiming to show how ideas that had been the province of radical philosophers became springs of action for millions. Tom Nairn provides an analysis of the causes and consequences of the May events.