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From the Ford Model T and the legacy of mass production, to the original Volkswagen expression of national identity, this book presents the car as the driving force that accelerated the twentieth century. It takes an in-depth look at the history of the automobile and its impact, to better understand where we might want to go in the future.

(Paperback, New in Paperback)

Cassius X is the remarkable story of the transformation of Cassius Clay into global icon Muhammad Ali, pivoting on the year that he converted to Islam under the guidance of Malcolm X and prepared for his title fight against ex-convict Sonny Liston.

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A remarkable true story of courage and perseverance and a wake-up call.

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This edited collection represents the latest scholarship in the area of diversity and inclusion, pertaining to institutional policies, practices, discourse, and beliefs.

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The construction of the Overland Telegraph in 1870 is an extraordinary feat of engineering and a wild gamble that nearly went terribly wrong.

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A fascinating exploration of the Middle Ages through the lives of Geoffrey Chaucer's pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales.

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A compulsive page-turner about the battle for Berlin and control of the Western world in the aftermath of the Second World War from 'the master of narrative history'.

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This richly illustrated book explores Cheekwood, a 55-acre destination in Nashville, Tennessee, one of the finest American Country Place Era estates in the nation.

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On 26 April 1986, at 1.23am, a series of explosions shook the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. While officials tried to hush up the accident, the author spent years collecting testimonies from survivors. A chronicle of the past and a warning for our nuclear future, this book shows what it is like to remember in a world that wants you to forget.

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The Fascinating Story of Eight Children of Third Reich Leaders and their Journey from Descendants of Heroes to Descendants of Criminals

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An unforgettable portrait of the tectonic shifts happening in rural China-told through the microcosm of one small town

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In 1960, SAC's B-52s began a nonstop, eight-year, nuclear-armed patrol. Fully illustrated, this study explains how one of the Cold War's most challenging operations was conceived and flown.

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A RICHLY ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF AN AMBITIOUS CITY

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The untold story of a British institution

'Brilliant.' Alan Johnson

'Compelling.' David Kynaston

'The beer drinkers' Bill Bryson.' Times Literary Supplement

Ferment Magazine's Best Beer Book of the Year

(Hardback)

A vivid, thoughtful examination of how technological innovationespecially AIis shaping the tensions between democracy and autocracy during the new Cold War.

(Hardback, Main)

The story of human and dog companionship in the modern world - from street dogs to pampered pedigrees

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Re-launch of the Collected Works of the legendary revolutionary in paperback

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This book challenges traditional notions of a radical revolution in government, identifying a more profound and general transition from reliance on gossip and personal information to new statistical forms of knowledge. Covers London, New South Wales and the Cape Colony, encompassing government insiders and those resisting colonial governments.

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The Sunday Times Bestseller

A new assessment of the Wests colonial record

In the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet empire in 1989, many believed that we had arrived at the End of History that the global dominance of liberal democracy had been secured forever.

(Paperback)

The Sunday Times Bestseller

A new assessment of the Wests colonial record

In the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet empire in 1989, many believed that we had arrived at the End of History that the global dominance of liberal democracy had been secured forever.

(Hardback)

In Colours of London Peter Ackroyd tells the history of London through the lens of colour - with specially commissioned colorised photographs from Dynamichrome that bring a lost London back to life.