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Truth, tragedy and magic, the story of America's original inhabitants

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A searing account of urbanlife in modern India, told through the eyes of an ordinary working class Muslim woman, Syeda X.

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The Mediterranean has nurtured three of the most dazzling civilisations of antiquity, witnessed the birth or growth of three of our greatest religions and links three of the world's six continents. This book tells the story of the Middle Sea itself - a story that begins with the Phoenicians and the Pharaohs and ends with the Treaty of Versailles.

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A thrilling account of the life of Spain's last Moorish king and the ending of seven centuries of Spanish Islam.

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A history of the Industrial Revolution and the steam engine, as well as an account of how inventors first came to own and profit from their ideas and how invention itself springs forth from logic and imagination. It takes us into the human mind, explaining how 'eureka' moments occur - when the brain is most relaxed.

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From tools and devices to construction and artistic expression, Max Adams explores wood the material that shaped human history.

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'He is as funny as Bryson and as wise as Orwell' Observer

It was the spirit of our finest hour, the backbone of our post-war greatness, and it promoted some of the boldest and most brilliant schemes this isle has ever produced: it was the Welfare State, and it made you and I.

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Edith Hahn was a young law student in Vienna when Hitler absorbed Austria in 1938. In love with Pepi who was half-Jewish, she was sent to a labour camp. So began her life as a 'hidden' Jew, her marriage to a Nazi, her intervention through her husband on behalf of Pepi, and her life at the end of the war in Eastern Germany.

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A popular writer, blogger, and Middle East scholar analyzes the disastrous collapse of the Middle East and America's future role there, and shows why the best case for Syria is that it becomes a country with the same standards of safety and prospects as Somalia.

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The untold story of the 999 young, unmarried Jewish women who were tricked into boarding a train in Poprad, Slovakia on March 25, 1942 that became the first official transport to Auschwitz.

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The brilliantly researched and thrillingly told history of one of the greatest theatres in the world.

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The printer was not the only villain, though, and Harley had to find the unknown writers who wished to bring the government down.

Full of original research, The Paper Chase tears through the backstreets of London and its corridors of power as Edwardss allegiances waver and Harleys grasp on parliament threatens to slip.

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An original and profound portrait of contemporary Britain told through the testimonies of its inhabitants.

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An original and profound portrait of contemporary Britain told through the testimonies of its inhabitants.

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Names have much to tell us about our past, our beliefs - even our personality traits. With 150 plus entries, this book takes a look at over 5,000 examples, ranging from the familiar to the comparatively obscure, drawn from different parts of the English-speaking world.

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An extraordinary kind of autobiography in which each of the 21 chapters takes its title and its starting-point from one of the elements in the periodic table.

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The seventh book in the 500 Reflections on the RCP series, volume two of two on the history of the Royal College of Physicians.

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From the tapas bars of Halifax to the caravan parks of Berwick Upon Tweed, from a Westhoughton bowling green to Manchesters curry mile, via dog tracks and art galleries, dance floors and high fells, Stuart compares the new and old North, with some surprising results.

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The story of a Victorian philanthropist who reformed shipping laws, saved thousands of sailors' lives and became a national hero.

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The story of four maverick brothers, and a thrillingly ambitious portrait of Britain in an era of technological and political revolution.