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The powerful chronicle of the women who used their sewing skills to survive the Holocaust, stitching beautiful clothes at an extraordinary fashion workshop created within one of the most notorious WWII death camps.

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A riveting account of how the Cold War came to an end by one of our leading historians.

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David Irving is a leading Holocaust revisionist. He sued Penguin Books for libel claiming he had been falsely labelled a Holocaust denier. The trial was one of the strangest to take place in an English court: the judge had to give a verdict on history.

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The secret history of England's most notorious county

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Telling the story of the landmark international judgement that brought an end to Britain's colonial rule in Africa, THE LAST COLONY is a riveting, enraging and beautifully rendered history of international law by the bestselling author of EAST WEST STREET and THE RATLINE

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We consider the Middle Ages barbaric, yet the period furnished some of our most enduring icons, including King Arthur's Round Table, knights in shining armour and the idealised noblewoman. In this vivid history of the time, you can find out what people's beds were like, how often they washed, what they wore, what they cooked, and how they worked.

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Brimful of scandal, illicit affairs, spurned loves and unexpected tragedy, The Million Dollar Duchesses reveals the closed-door bargaining which led to these most influential matches and how America's heiresses shook-up British high society for ever.

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The Definitive First-Person Account of the Day That Changed the World

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Draws from both classical and modern sources to explore why group violence, such as colonisation, conquest, massacre and genocide has been an ongoing narrative in the history of humanity. Provides a nuanced look at violence in primates and the ancient world.

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The new book about running, life, the history of Ireland and so much more from the award-winning, international #1 bestselling author of The Cow Book.

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New edition of this definitive and accessible guide to Scotland's genetic history.

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The story of the Savoy's founders, through three generations and a hundred years of luxury.

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A major new history of the Cold War: exploring the conflict through the minds of the people who lived it.

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Award-winning poet and novelist Kei Miller explores the meanings of silence in this collection of provocative and lyrical essays.

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An inspiring collection of essays by black women writers, curated by Glory Edim, founder of the popular book club and online community, Well-Read Black Girl, on the importance of recognising ourselves in literature.

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The story of the slave uprising that took place in the British colony of Demerara - now Guyana - in the Caribbean in 1823, and its momentous consequences

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A kaleidoscopic picture of British society in the year of the Battle of Waterloo, evoking the sights, sounds and smells of a defining moment in modern British history.

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A broad overview of the history of women from the ancient Greeks to today.

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First of two books on the subject with the second taking a detailed look at the Royal Navy's evacuation of White and black loyalists.

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The essays in After the Treaty explore themes ranging from contem-porary interpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi and subsequent interactions between settlerdom and Maori to surveillance of citizens by the settler state and the origins of New Zealand diplomacy.

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Translation of: Le monde sur une feuille.

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The author weaves together history and memory in a wide-ranging exploration of womens attitudes to personal appearance in modern Britain.