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The Zuytdorp, one of the great ships of the Dutch East India Company, disappeared without a trace after leaving Cape Town in 1712, en route to Batavia (Jakarta). The ship was carrying a rich cargo including some 250,000 guilders in silver coins. The author, one of the wrecks discoverers, gives an account of an incredible true story.

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Bringing great writing back into print - a Faber Finds book.

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The Company of Scotland and its attempts to establish the colony of Caledonia on the inhospitable isthmus of Panama in the late seventeenth century is one of the most tragic moments of Scottish history. This is the first book to set out the full history of a key moment in Scottish history.

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Bringing great writing back into print - a Faber Finds book.

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Fifty Ships that Changed the Course of History is a delight for both lovers of the sea and anyone with a curiosity for what lies on the horizon. Discover the nuances and history behind some of the worlds most iconic ships, including Captain Cooks HMS Endeavour and Greenpeaces once flagship Rainbow Warrior.

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In eighteenth-century England - where cockfighting and bull baiting drew large crowds, and the abuse of animals was routine - the idea of animal protection was dismissed as laughably radical. This book presents a cultural narrative that takes us into the lives of animals - and into the minds of humans - during some of history's fascinating times.

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This Sunday Times bestselling memoir tells the engrossing and terrifying story of the bombing and sinking of HMS Coventry during the Falklands conflict, reissued for the 40th anniversary of the war.

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God and Gold is a brilliantly stimulating and provocative look at why, for over 300 years, the Anglo-Saxon powers have dominated the world economically and militarily.

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Provides an account of the evolution of medical knowledge and practice from ancient Egypt, India and China to todays technology, from letting blood to keyhole surgery, from the theory of humours to the genetic revolution.

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A gripping investigation into one of Irish history's greatest mysteries, Great Hatred reveals the true story behind one of the most significant political assassinations to ever have been committed on British soil.

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On the evening of February 17, 1864, the Confederacy's H L Hunley sank the Union's formidable sloop of war the USS Housatonic and became the first submarine in world history to sink an enemy ship. This title presents the story of Hunley.

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An unsentimental meditation on memory and loss that recounts the author's search for a Holocaust memorial that speaks to the death of his young cousin.

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Bringing great writing back into print - a Faber Finds book.

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Peter Conrad draws on his brilliant repertoire of cultural skills to assess, surprise, invigorate and delight us with his kaleidoscopic presentation of the movies and music, jeans and sneakers, food and refrigerators, novels and paintings that have shaped so much of the world in our lifetimes.

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A hung Parliament, terrorist bombs, sex trafficking and tabloid war . . . Welcome to London, 1885.

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A fascinating insight into 16th-century seafaring and exploration, discover Devaulx's sumptuous 1583 manuscript and encyclopedic reference for sailors. This XXL edition reproduces the complete 31 folios in all their brilliant art and science, gathering color illuminations, elaborate notes, observations, measurements, charts, and oceanic maps-a magnificent maritime showpiece.

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An authoritative and entertaining history of the Edwardian age, told through its politics and popular culture

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A major and definitive history of countercultural London by our pre-eminent chronicler of the cultural underground.

'Passionate, unashamedly personal, frequently ludicrous, often unbelievable, always fascinating... A rollicking good read.' Time Out

A timeless distillation of the city of London and the London experience - a panorama of its history, art, literature and daily life.

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A devastating look at how mental health 'care' has been historically used to oppress the Black community in the United States - told through the prism of a segregated asylum, Crownsville Hospital for the Negro Insane in Maryland.

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What made a beautiful and intelligent woman go from being in love with Zionist leader Arlosoroff to marrying Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's minister of propaganda and a ferocious anti-Semite How could the devoted mother of six, the poster-child of family values during the Third Reich, turn into Medea and poison these six children