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    The Evolution of Charles Darwin: The Epic Voyage of the Beagle That Forever Changed Our View of Life on Earth

    Diana Preston

    From the Los Angeles Times Book Prize-winning historian, the colorful, dramatic story of Charles Darwin’s journey on HMS Beagle that inspired the evolutionary theories in his path-breaking books On the…

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    Before the Fallout: From Marie Curie to Hiroshima

    Diana Preston

    With the clarity of great science writing, the vividness of historical narrative, and the insight of biography, this new work by the author of Lusitania is the story of the…

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    Eight Days at Yalta: How Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin Shaped the Post-War World

    Diana Preston

    Meticulously researched and vividly written, published on the 75th anniversary of the historic Yalta conference, Eight Days at Yalta is the definitive new history of the meeting that reordered the…

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    Wilful Murder: The Sinking of the Lusitania

    Diana Preston

    This work explores the extraordinary events surrounding the sinking of the Lusitania, which resulted in the loss of 1200 lives. Using first-hand accounts and research material, it looks at the…

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    Before the Fall-out: From Marie Curie to Hiroshima

    Diana Preston

    Tells the full story of how a quest to unravel the secrets of the material world produced the knowledge of how to destroy it. This work tells how a scientific…

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    Eight Days at Yalta: How Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin Shaped the Post-War World

    Diana Preston

    A riveting minute-by-minute chronicle of the February 1945 conference that shaped the outcome of one war - and gave birth to another.

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    Boxer Rebellion: The Dramatic Story of China’s War on Foreigners that Shook the World in the Summ er of 1900

    Diana Preston

    Relying on the diaries, letters and memoirs of the foreign defenders in the diplomatic district of Peking, and on her own extensive research from both Chinese and Western perspectives, Preston…

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    Wilful Murder: The Sinking Of The Lusitania

    Diana Preston

    The liner was the Lusitania and it was torpedoed by a German U-boat. Wilful Murder is the hugely compelling story of the sinking of the Lusitania.

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    A Higher Form of Killing: Six Weeks in the First World War That Forever Changed the Nature of Warfare

    Diana Preston

    Some 170 years ago, Britain sent a powerful army into Afghanistan to protect its national interests. It was catastrophically destroyed. This is the story of the First Afghan War and…

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    Eight Days at Yalta: How Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin Shaped the Post-War World

    Diana Preston

    A riveting minute-by-minute chronicle of the February 1945 conference that shaped the outcome of one war - and gave birth to another.

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    Eight Days at Yalta: How Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin Shaped the Post-War World

    Diana Preston

    Meticulously researched and vividly written, published on the 75th anniversary of the historic Yalta conference, Eight Days at Yalta is the definitive new history of the meeting that reordered the…

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    A Brief History of the Boxer Rebellion: China’s War on Foreigners, 1900

    Diana Preston

    ‘With meticulous research and passionate style, Diana Preston recreates the tragedy that consumed China a century ago.’ - Iris Chang, author of The Rape of Nanking

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    The Evolution of Charles Darwin

    Diana Preston

    From the Los Angeles Times Book Prize-winning historian, the colourful, dramatic story of Charles Darwin's journey on HMS Beagle that inspired the evolutionary theories in his path-breaking books On the…

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    A Teardrop on the Cheek of Time: The Story of the Taj Mahal

    Diana Preston,Michael Preston

    In 1631, the heartbroken Moghul Emperor, Shah Jahan, ordered the construction of a monument of unsurpassed splendour and majesty in memory of his beloved wife. The building of the Taj…

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    A Pirate Of Exquisite Mind: The Life Of William  Dampier

    Diana Preston,Michael Preston

    William Dampier, (1651-1715), was an English adventurer and pirate who preyed on ships on the Spanish Main. A unique man ahead of his time, he lived a large part of…

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    A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: The Life of William Dampier: Explorer, Naturalist, and Buccaneer

    Diana Preston,Michael Preston

    The authors reveal the life of William Dampier, explorer, naturalist, and pirate-genius who inspired Darwin, Defoe, and Cook.

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    Taj Mahal: Passion and Genius at the Heart of the Moghul Empire

    Diana Preston,Michael Preston

    The Prestons bring alive both the grand sweep of Moghul history and the memorable details in this story of the Taj Mahal. Their narrative puts a human face on the…

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    Taj Mahal: Passion and Genius at the Heart of the Moghul Empire

    Diana Preston,Michael Preston

    A tale of overwhelming passion, the story of the Taj Mahal has the cadences of Greek tragedy, the ripe emotion of grand opera, and puts a memorable human face on…

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    Supporting Children with Autism in Mainstream Schools

    Diana Seach,Michele Lloyd,Miranda Preston

    The case studies bring to life the everyday concerns of young people, their parents and teachers, and provide different contexts for the demonstration of good practice.

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    Worse than the Disease: Pitfalls of Medical Progress

    Diana Barbara Dutton (Stanford University School of Medicine, California)

    The distance between medical and public priorities is exposed in four case studies that reveal the human choices governing scientific innnovation and explore the political, economic and social factors influencing…

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    Devil’s Triangle

    The terror finally revealed

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    Julius Caesar | Imprint Collection #133

    No grander Caesar… No greater cast!

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    DMZ

    Based on the popular DC graphic novel of the same name, this adrenalized and expansive limited drama series follows intrepid medic Alma Ortega (Rosario Dawson) on her tireless, eight-year search…

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