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  • The Five
    The Five by Hallie Rubenhold is an extraordinary historical narrative that offers a poignant exploration of the untold lives of five women—Polly, Annie, Elizabeth, Catherine, and Mary-Jane—whose fates disastrously intersected with the notorious figure known to the world as Jack the Ripper. Unlike traditional accounts focusing solely on the crimes and the elusive murderer, this book shifts the spotlight back...
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  • Pathway of the Birds
    "Andrew Crowe has produced a masterful synthesis of the remarkable voyaging history of the Polynesians." Prof Patrick V. Kirch, Chancellor's Professor Emeritus and Professor of the Graduate School at the University of California at Berkeley. Pathway of the Birds casts light on a neglected epoch of world history, one that saw Polynesians expand their territory across the world's largest ocean....
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  • The Underground Railroad
    Praised by Barack Obama and selected as an Oprah Book Club Pick, The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead is a riveting novel that has garnered critical acclaim and numerous accolades, including the National Book Award in 2016 and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2017. The Underground Railroad is an extraordinary, inventive reimagining of history, focusing on Cora, a young...
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  • Behind The Hill
    Where kids ran wild and resilience developed…Behind The Hill is a social history, recording people’s lives from interviews, from one end of Golden Bay to the other. Each and every portrayal has something to say about the values and norms of the time.The book follows the revolutionary changes that affected one of New Zealand’s most isolated areas over succeeding decades...
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  • Be Brave
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  • On Democracies and Death Cults
    NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Douglas Murray, international bestselling author and renowned cultural commentator confronts what he views as the most pressing issue of our time: why Western support of the Palestinian cause is ultimately playing into the hands of a much more dangerous force.Drawing from intensive on-the-ground reporting in Israel, Gaza and Lebanon, Murray presents a compelling case that places...
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  • Tragedy at Pike River Mine
    Updated Edition 2025 This new edition contains a completely up-to-date timeline. Winner of four major awards.Brilliantly written by award-winning journalist Rebecca Macfie. 'Devastating account of a needless tragedy' - Otago Daily Times'Lucid, exhaustive, enraging' - New Zealand Listener'Compelling account of what went wrong' - Weekend Herald'Highly readable, sometimes shocking' - The Press'Compulsory reading for directors, managers and business students' -...
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  • The Forgotten 500
    The astonishing, never-before-told story of the greatest rescue mission of World War II—when the OSS set out to recover more than 500 airmen trapped behind enemy lines in Yugoslavia. "An amazing, riveting tale of unsung heroes who went above and beyond." – James Bradley, New York Times bestselling author of Flags of Our Fathers During a bombing campaign over Romanian...
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  • The Plantagenets
    This brilliant new book explores the lives of eight generations of the greatest kings and queens that this country has ever seen, and the worst. The Plantagenets – their story is the story of Britain. England’s greatest royal dynasty, the Plantagenets, ruled over England through eight generations of kings. Their remarkable reign saw England emerge from the Dark Ages to...
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  • Plunder
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    The last weeks of World War II on the Western Front in Europe witnessed extraordinary scenes of heroism, horror, melodrama, and pathos. In Plunder, Max Hastings presents a cast of fascinating people—British, American, and German—in a series of great events in which some distinguished themselves through wonderful deeds, others through the basest crimes. The book takes its title from Montgomery’s...
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  • The Good Settler
    ‘Where once I saw a view as I drove around the Taranaki coast along State Highway 45, I now see confiscated land from an invasion road. The creation story I used to subscribe to, the one in which hard-working people came here and settled the land, now jars. Weirdly, even the lawn looks different. The form of things just won’t...
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  • The Histories
    One of the great books in Western history and the very first work of non-fiction, in Tom Holland's compelling new translation. The Histories of Herodotus, completed in the second half of the 5th century BC, is generally regarded as the first work of history and the first great masterpiece of non-fiction writing. Joined here are the sheer drama of Herodotus'...
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  • The Penguin History of New Zealand
    The definitive and bestselling history of Aotearoa New Zealand by one of our leading historians, continuously in print for 20 years. This bestselling book by the late Michael King is the unchallenged contemporary reference on the history of New Zealand. First published in 2003 and hailed as a triumph of careful research, wide reading and judicious assessment, it has been...
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  • The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
    The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe is a genre-defining ride through the 1960s, published in Vintage Classics for the first time to mark its fiftieth anniversary. The book features an introduction by Jarvis Cocker. In the summer of 1964, author Ken Kesey and his Merry Band of Pranksters set out on an awesome social experiment like no other....
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  • The War on the West
    SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER ‘The most important book of the year’ Daily Mail The brilliant and provocative new book from one of the world’s foremost political writers: ‘The anti-Western revisionists have been out in force in recent years. It is high time that we revise them in turn…’ In The War on the West, international bestselling author Douglas Murray asks:...
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  • Beloved
    A haunting yet beautiful story that moves the reader from start to finish. INCLUDES A READING GUIDE Terrible, unspeakable things happened to Sethe at Sweet Home, the farm where she lived as a slave for so many years until she escaped to Ohio. Her new life is full of hope, but eighteen years later she is still not free. Sethe's...
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  • The Landmark Julius Caesar
    The Landmark Julius Caesar provides a breathtaking, comprehensive look into the riveting military and political manoeuvres of one of history’s most iconic leaders, Julius Caesar. This definitive single-volume edition, known for its impeccable design and scholarly precision, features a fresh translation, insightful annotations, precise colour maps, and stunning illustrations. This edition, expertly curated by Kurt A. Raaflaub and Robert B....
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  • The Coming of the Third Reich
    The Coming of the Third Reich by Richard J. Evans is a masterful exploration into the origins and rise of Nazi Germany, vividly recounting the transformation of a modern and culturally rich nation into the epicentre of one of history’s darkest periods. This meticulously researched work takes readers on a journey through the tumultuous years that saw Germany descend from...
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  • The Trouble With Being Born
    The Trouble With Being Born by E. M. Cioran is a deeply introspective and profoundly philosophical exploration of the human condition. The book navigates the bleak and often darkly comic territories of existence, examining fundamental questions such as birth, death, the concept of God, the relentless passage of time, the complexity of human relationships, and the daily struggle to find...
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  • Ockham Winner
    Mr Ward's Map
    Victorian Wellington street by street In 1891, a remarkable map of Wellington was made by surveyor Thomas Ward. It recorded the footprint of every building, from Thorndon in the north and across the teeming, inner-city slums of Te Aro to Berhampore in the south. Updated regularly over the next 10 years, it detailed hotels, theatres, oyster saloons, brothels, shops, stables,...
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  • The Odyssey
    An epic journey of adventure, endurance, and the search for home In The Odyssey, Homer crafts one of the oldest and most influential adventure stories in Western literature. The poem follows Odysseus, the cunning king of Ithaca, as he battles gods, monsters, and temptation on his ten-year quest to return home after the Trojan War. Facing shipwrecks, the wrath of...
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  • Super Nintendo
    A joyous exploration of the cultural phenomenon that created Mario, Zelda and Pokémon, and an ode to our love of gaming, by one of the most trusted voices in video games writing. 'Among the best things ever written about Nintendo.' TOM BISSELL, author of Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter 'This is cultural history at its most generous: Nintendo not...
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  • The Traitors Circle
    A thrilling true story of courage, resistance and ultimately betrayal in the Third Reich, captured by internationally bestselling author and prize-winning journalist Jonathan Freedland. The Traitors Circle tells the true, but scarcely known, story of a group of secret rebels against Hitler. Drawn from Berlin high society, they include army officers, government officials, two countesses, an ambassador's widow and a...
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  • Desert Solitaire
    ‘My favourite book about the wilderness’ Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild In this shimmering masterpiece of American nature writing, Edward Abbey ventures alone into the canyonlands of Moab, Utah, to work as a seasonal ranger for the United States National Park Service. Living out of a trailer, Abbey captures in rapt, poetic prose the landscape of the desert; a world...
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  • The Real Odessa
    As Russian forces closed in on Berlin, and Hitler's premiership drew to a close, many Nazi officials fled Germany. In this startling, meticulously researched account, acclaimed journalist Uki Goñi unravels the complex network that led them to Argentina. Relying on international support—in Scandinavia, Switzerland, and Italy—and the enthusiasm of the Vatican and President Juan Perón, Goñi shows how this 'ratline'...
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  • One Woman's War
    One of BookBub's Best Historical Fiction Books of the Fall From the author of Sisters of the Resistance comes the story of WWII British Naval Intelligence officer Victoire Bennett, the real-life inspiration for the James Bond character Miss Moneypenny, whose international covert operation is put in jeopardy when a volatile socialite and Austrian double agent threatens to expose the mission...
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  • Homage to Catalonia
    Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell's memoir of his experiences during the Spanish Civil War, a groundbreaking work of dissident literature drawn from vivid personal experience. There are occasions where it pays better to fight and be beaten than not to fight at all... Orwell volunteered to fight in the Spanish Civil War, was near-fatally wounded, and survived to write...
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  • The Gift
    Reflections on hope, healing and finding freedom by celebrated therapist, Holocaust survivor and author of the award-winning international bestseller The Choice 'An incredible human being with an extraordinary story to share' — Dr Rangan Chatterjee 'A beautiful, life-changing manifesto' — Brené Brown 'I will be forever changed by Dr Eger's story' — Oprah 'Her story is a testament to our...
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  • Daikon
    War has taken everything from physicist Keizo Kan. His young daughter was killed in the Great Tokyo Air Raid, and now his Japanese-American wife, Noriko, has been imprisoned by the brutal Thought Police. An American bomber, downed over Japan on the first day of August 1945, offers the scientist a surprising chance at salvation. The Imperial Army dispatches him to...
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  • The Neverending Empire
    From the international bestselling author and notable journalist Aldo Cazzullo comes a brilliantly researched and extremely accessible journey through the history and legacy of the Roman Empire. “The only way to narrate over a thousand years of history is to understand what it has left us. To tell the reasons, the things and the stories, thanks to which Roman civilization...
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  • Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Volume 1)
    The Sunday Times bestselling edition of Chips Channon's remarkable diaries. 'The greatest British diarist of the 20th century. An astonishing achievement. By turns frivolous and profound.' – Ben Macintyre, The Times 'Wickedly entertaining.' – Andrew Marr, New Statesman 'An irresistible, saucy read . . . One of the most impressive editions of our time.' – The Telegraph 'They're among the...
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  • The Sleepwalkers
    The astounding history that masterfully and decisively rewrites the causes of the First World War as we know them. The moments that it took Gavrilo Princip to step forward to the stalled car and shoot dead Franz Ferdinand and his wife were perhaps the most fateful of the modern era. An act of terrorism of staggering efficiency, it fulfilled its...
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  • A History of the World in 47 Borders
    'Fascinating' TOM HOLLAND | 'A delight from start to finish' MIRANDA SAWYER 'A novel and fascinating perspective on world history' BILL BRYSON 'By turns surprising, funny, bleak, ridiculous, or all four of those at once' GIDEON DEFOE 'Elledge writes with wry humour and infectious enthusiasm' OBSERVER People have been drawing lines on maps for as long as there have been...
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  • London
    A wonderful, epic story that tells the history of the greatest city in the world, from Roman times to the present day. London has perhaps the most remarkable history of any city in the world. Now its story has a unique voice. In this epic novel, Edward Rutherfurd takes the reader on a magnificent journey across sixteen centuries from the...
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  • The Western Front
    The Western Front by Nick Lloyd offers a transformative view of one of the most infamous battlegrounds in military history, the Western Front during World War I. Spanning from August 1914 to November 1918, Lloyd's narrative illuminates the strategic evolution and the human experiences that defined the Great War's main theatre of conflict. This volume, marking the first instalment of...
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  • The Savage Storm
    The most pivotal, brutal, and shattering campaign the Allies faced in World War II by bestselling historian James Holland. Holland knows his stuff when it comes to military matters - Daily Mail James Holland is the best of the new generation of WW2 historians - Sebastian Faulks With the invasion of France the following year taking shape, and hot on...
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  • The Gift
    The Gift by Edith Eger is a profound exploration of resilience and the human spirit, encapsulated in a series of reflections on hope, healing, and finding freedom. This poignant narrative is penned by a celebrated therapist and Holocaust survivor, who has also authored the award-winning international bestseller, The Choice. Eger's journey takes the reader from the unimaginable horrors of Auschwitz,...
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  • Stalin's Wine Cellar
    Embark on the adventure of a lifetime with Stalin's Wine Cellar by John Baker and Nick Place, a tale that melds history, mystery, and the intrigue of the fine wine industry. This riveting narrative follows John Baker, a well-known dealer of rare and exquisite wines, as he is presented with a mysterious wine list that promises an adventure beyond his...
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  • Agent Sonya
    Agent Sonya by Ben Macintyre is an enthralling and meticulously researched narrative that uncovers the astonishing life of the greatest female spy in history. This gripping biography sheds light on the life of Ursula Kuczynski Burton, a woman whose espionage endeavours were pivotal during the tumultuous times of the twentieth century. Ursula Kuczynski Burton, known by her codename "Agent Sonya",...
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  • Yes To Life In Spite of Everything
    Yes To Life In Spite of Everything by Viktor E. Frankl is a profound collection of lectures that illuminate the author's life-affirming philosophy about embracing life's challenges with a resilient and purposeful mindset. This exceptional book, published for the first time in English, comprises a series of talks delivered by Frankl just months after his liberation from the horrors of...
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  • The Clean
    Now, you said it was yesterday, yesterday’s another day Heading round in make believe, I don’t know if it’s you or If it’s me oh, I don’t know, I don’t know Tally ho, tally ho! In 1978 in Dunedin the Kilgour brothers, Hamish and David, and their schoolfriend Peter Gutteridge, got together to form a band called The Clean. When...
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  • Empire at the Edge of the World
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    One man's lust for empire sent fifteen people into the Arctic - only one came back. 1913, the Arctic circle. Charismatic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson is obsessed with a frozen speck of land in the Siberian Arctic: Wrangel Island. Believing that whoever possesses it would control the future - air routes, resources, even the balance of power in the northern hemisphere,...
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  • Shane Cotton
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    For over thirty years Shane Cotton (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Rangi, Ngāti Hine, Te Uri Taniwha) has developed a rigorous and evolving painting practice, using the medium to layer the visual languages through which Aotearoa can be seen and understood. In this book, leading art writer Anthony Byrt takes us on a voyage into Te Tai Tokerau to unravel the relationships, landscapes...
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  • Collins World Atlas: Complete Edition
    A beautiful gift for the adventurers in your family. Collins World Atlas: Complete Edition presents a complete view of the world, bringing it to life through innovative maps, stunning images, and detailed content. This fully-updated, comprehensive world atlas includes: Highly detailed regional and world-wide mapping A wide range of topical issues covered, including natural disasters, population, climate, and the environment...
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  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
    A beautifully designed new Clothbound Classic of le Carré's masterpiece, published to celebrate the novel's 50th anniversary. A mole, implanted by Moscow Centre, has infiltrated the highest ranks of the British Intelligence Service, almost destroying it in the process. And so former spymaster George Smiley has been brought out of retirement in order to hunt down the traitor at the...
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  • Band Of Brothers
    THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose is a riveting account of Easy Company, a crack rifle company in the US Army's 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. This compelling narrative follows the soldiers from their initial training in Georgia in 1942, through their harrowing parachute landings on D-Day, to their pivotal role in liberating Europe...
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  • The Forgotten Soldier
    The Forgotten Soldier is an international bestseller that presents a German soldier's first-hand account of life on the Russian front during the second half of World War II. When Guy Sajer joins the infantry, full of ideals in the summer of 1942, the German army is enjoying unparalleled success in Russia. However, he quickly discovers that for the foot soldier,...
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  • How to Change Your Mind
    How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan takes readers on a fascinating journey into the often misunderstood world of psychedelics. Pollan, one of America's most esteemed writers, explores the complex history, the controversial science, and the potential future of mind-altering substances. By diving deep into the past and present research, Pollan reveals how psychedelics could potentially revolutionise our understanding...
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  • Long Journey Home
    After her father's death, Katrina Kittel opens his old Globite suitcase and finds tiny photos, postcards in beautiful handwriting from a mysterious Swiss woman, and memorabilia from his war. Katrina Kittel's father, Colin Booth, was captured during the disastrous July 1942 attempt to take Alamein's Ruin Ridge. He was among 80,000 Allied soldiers sent to camps in northern Italy as...
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  • Ardennes 1944
    Ardennes 1944 by Antony Beevor is a masterful narrative that captures the dramatic and harrowing final offensive of Nazi Germany during World War II. Renowned for its rich and detailed historical accounts, this book delves deeply into the pivotal Battle of the Bulge, where Hitler made his desperate bid to turn the tide of the war. On 16 December 1944,...
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  • FLICK
    A feisty, funny romp through the history of sex and female pleasure, from one of the most exciting new media historians. Meet the women throughout history who, quite literally, came before us. From the host of the award-winning History Hit podcast Betwixt the Sheets. There is a common misconception that before modern day feminism, women throughout history simply lay back...
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  • The Last Viking
    The Last Viking is a masterful and pulse-pounding narrative that transports the reader into the middle of the action.’ Carl Gnam, Military Heritage Harald Sigurdsson burst into history as a teenaged youth in a Viking battle from which he escaped with little more than his life and a thirst for vengeance. But from these humble origins, he became one of...
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  • Man's Search For Meaning
    A prominent Viennese psychiatrist before the war, Viktor Frankl was uniquely able to observe the way that both he and others in Auschwitz coped (or didn't) with the experience. He noticed that it was the men who comforted others and who gave away their last piece of bread who survived the longest—and who offered proof that everything can be taken...
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  • A Short History of the World According to Sheep
    Discover the enthralling story of one of mankind's most overlooked but impactful creatures in A Short History of the World According to Sheep by Sally Coulthard. Spanning millennia and continents, this remarkable book delves into how sheep have shaped human history, transforming societies, economies, and cultures from the dawn of civilisation to the modern era. From the fertile crescent of...
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  • A Short History of Nearly Everything 2.0
    Fully updated edition of the biggest-selling popular science book of the 21st century explaining the Earth, the universe, everything in-between. The 21st century's bestselling popular science book has now been fully revised and updated in Bill Bryson's inimitable style to reflect the many advances in science since this book was first published in 2003. This journey through time and space...
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  • Free
    An unforgettable coming-of-age story, Free by Lea Ypi explores the profound meanings of freedom—personal, collective, and political—through the eyes of a young girl growing up in one of the most isolated countries on earth. Albania, where communist ideals replaced religion, stood as the last Stalinist stronghold in Europe, virtually impossible to visit or leave. It was a land of scarcity...
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  • The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
    The most celebrated historical work in the English language Spanning thirteen centuries from the age of Trajan to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is one of the greatest narratives in European Literature. David Womersley's masterly selection and bridging commentary enables the reader to acquire a general sense...
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  • The Notebook
    The Notebook was named a 'Best Book of the Year 2023' by the New Statesman, Spectator, and Waterstones. "From plans for flying machines to philosophy - the remarkable joy of jotting things down" - Guardian "Surprisingly revealing" - The Sunday Times We see notebooks everywhere we go. But where did this simple invention come from? How did they revolutionise our...
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  • 1971 - Never a Dull Moment
    The story of the year that rock music exploded, featuring almost every star who defined the decade. THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER As seen on Apple TV - 1971- The Year That Music Changed Everything The Sixties ended a year late - on New Year's Eve 1970, when Paul McCartney initiated proceedings to wind up The Beatles. Music would...
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  • Imagining Decolonisation
    Decolonisation is a term that scares some and gives hope to others. It is an uncomfortable and bewildering concept for many New Zealanders, yet it is needed if we are going to build a country that is fair and equal for all who live there. Imagining Decolonisation sets out the case for decolonisation by illuminating—through anecdotal, real-life examples—what decolonisation might...
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  • The Devil’s Chessboard
    The Devil’s Chessboard by David Talbot is a riveting exposé that unveils a chilling narrative of power, deception, and intrigue at the highest levels of the United States government. Delving into the intricately woven saga of America’s ascent to international supremacy, Talbot turns the spotlight on Allen Welsh Dulles, the enigmatic and influential figure who served as the CIA’s longest-tenured...
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    They Called Me Renée
    The pacing and personal voice of Ruth makes for a gripping, focused story where the stakes are high. If you loved The Nightingale, you will love They Called Me Renée. - Heather Morris, internationally bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz Extraordinary... a luminous portrait of survival and a powerful reminder of the light that can be found in humanity's...
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  • Babylon
    Babylon often appears more myth than history. Purportedly the site of the Hanging Gardens and the Tower of Babel, its infamous presence in the Bible has made it a byword for sinful decadence. But Babylon was a real place teeming with life, a bustling mega-city on the Euphrates where schoolteachers, artisans, priests, slaves, prostitutes and soldiers rubbed shoulders in maze-like...
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  • Consolations
    UPLIFTING, PRACTICAL AND SURPRISING WISDOM FROM THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING CLASSICIST'Wonderful. Thoughtfully chosen, carefully explained and beautifully expressed' NATALIE HAYNES'A literary phenomenon' TLS'She leaves her readers inspired, invigorated and sincerely grateful' TELEGRAPHWhy do some loves endure while others fade? Is happiness something we can learn? Why do some things feel like work and others like leisure?Every new page of Consolations offers...
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  • Chain of Ideas
    A revelatory account of the racist conspiracy theory that pervades global politics - from the National Book Award winner and number-one-bestselling author Ibram X. Kendi A revelatory account of the racist conspiracy theory that now pervades global politics - from the prize-winning author of the million-copy bestseller How To Be an Antiracist Throughout the world, authoritarian movements are radically reshaping...
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