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Seashaken Houses
An enthralling history of Britain's historic rock lighthouses, exploring the enduring appeal of these magnificent, isolated sentinels.
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A Certain Idea of France
In six weeks in 1940, France's armies were decisively beaten by Germany. A junior French general, refusing to accept defeat, made his way to England. On 18 June he spoke to his compatriots on the BBC, urging them rally to him in...
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Gandhi 1914-1948: The Years That Changed the World
Gandhi lived one of the great 20th-century lives. He inspired and enraged, challenged and delighted many million men and women around the world. This magnificent book tells the story of Gandhi's life, from his departure from South...
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Dangerous Mystic
A biography of the 14th century German theologian Meister Eckhart, whose theory of a personal path to the divine inspired thinkers from Jean Paul Sartre to Thomas Merton, and most recently, Eckhart Tolle. ...
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Martin Luther
A brilliant and inspiring biography of the most influential man in modern religious history, Martin Luther.
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Anthony Powell: Dancing to the Music of Time
The definitive portrait of a literary master from one of our generation's foremost biographers.
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The Europeans
A dazzling, highly original account of three remarkable individuals and their part in creating the matchless new culture of 19th-century Europe.
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The Islamic Enlightenment
But, from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present day, Islamic society in its Middle Eastern heartlands has in fact been transformed by modern ideals and practices, including the adoption of modern medicine, the...
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The Book Thieves
For readers of The Monuments Men and The Hare with Amber Eyes, the story of the Nazis' systematic pillaging of Europe's libraries, and the small team of heroic librarians now working to return the stolen books to their rightful...
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The Quest for Queen Mary
The highly acclaimed unexpurgated notes taken by James Pope-Hennessy for his official biography of Queen Mary, the present Queen's grandmother. Published in full for the first time and edited by much-admired royal biographer Hugo...
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The Reading Cure: How Books Restored My Appetite
A luminous memoir about recovery and how one woman discovered an appetite for food and life through reading
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Swallowed by the Sea: The Story of Australia’s Shipwrecks
Swallowed by the Sea tells the stories of Australia's greatest and most tragic shipwrecks, lost in raging storms, on jagged reefs, under enemy fire, or through human error, treachery or incompetence.
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And the Weak Suffer What They Must?
The strong do as they can and the weak suffer what they must. -Thucydides The fate of the global economy hangs in the balance, and Europe is doing its utmost to undermine it, to destabilize America, and to spawn new forms of...
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Home and Away: Writing the Beautiful Game
The author is sitting at home in Skane with his wife, four small children and a dog. Fredrik Ekelund is away, in Brazil, where he plays football on the beach. In this football book, two authors use football and the World Cup in...
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Planting Dreams: Shaping Australian Gardens
Cottage to mansion, balcony to botanic garden, Planting Dreams will change the way you think about Australian gardens. Acclaimed garden historian Richard Aitken explores the fascinating environmental and social influences that...
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Ballet: The Definitive Illustrated Story
This DK visual guide to ballet history goes beyond other ballet books, with beautiful photography that captures famous dancers and key stories. Discover more than 70 of the most famous ballet dances, from The Nutcracker and Swan...
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Dead Reckoning
Collects the top nineteenth-century discovery voyage stories, including those about Fridtjob Nansen's solitary walk to the North Pole, Mary Kingsley's forays into the West African jungle, and Richard Burton's forbidden pilgrimage...
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Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do?
Affirmative action, same-sex marriage, the moral limits of markets - Sandel relates the big questions of political philosophy to the most vexing issues of the day and shows how a surer grasp of philosophy can help us make sense of...
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MAD’s Greatest Writers: Frank Jacobs
For over 50 years Frank Jacobs has been one of MAD's influential writers. In the first installment of our MAD's Greatest Writers series, Frank Jacobs personally collects the highlights from his time at MAD Magazine.
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Natural Healing Wisdom & Know How
A home reference for natural and alternative health and healing. It includes an index of Ailments and Symptoms that guides readers to useful methods and techniques to help them manage specific issues and problems.
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The Knitting Book
Whether you're new to knitting or a wonder with wool, The Knitting Book is the bible no knitter can craft without.
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Poets in Their Youth
In 1942, Eileen Simpson - then Eileen Mulligan - married John Berryman. Both were in their twenties; Eileen had just graduated from Hunter College and John had but one slim volume of poetry to his name. They moved frequently -...
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The Mythology Book
Eighty of the world's greatest myths and characters, from the gods of Greek mythology to the Norse heroes, retold and explained with engaging text and bold graphics.
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Unlock Your Imagination
This incredible activity book contains 250 ideas to keep kids entertained and includes everything needed to play checkers, chess, and snakes-and-ladders.
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Timelines of Everything
From dinosaurs and Vikings to the history of robots and espionage, discover incredible world history in this lavish collection of timelines. Jam-packed with surprising facts and amazing details, this compendium takes readers on a...
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Writers: Their Lives and Works
From Shakespeare and Jane Austen to Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Toni Morrison, this DK book features more than 100 biographies of the world's greatest writers.
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The Bible Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
The stories, events, and teachings contained in the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments of the Bible, from Genesis to Revelations explained with accessible text and bold graphics.
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Journey: An Illustrated History of Travel
An illustrated account of human movement, travel, exploration, and scientific discovery - from the first trade networks in ancient Sumer to the epic Voyager missions.
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Star Wars Made Easy
Get a handle on the world's most popular saga with quick Q&As and at-a-glance illustrations. You'll never confuse a Jedi and a Jawa again!
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The Kingfisher Illustrated Horse and Pony Encyclopedia
The Kingfisher Illustrated Horse & Pony Encyclopedia by Sandy Ransford is a fantastic gift for children who dream of having a horse or pony of their own.
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DC Comics: A Visual History (Updated Edition)
Discover the world behind the DC Universe!
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Drive: The Definitive History of Driving
Charting the 130-years from the arrival of horseless carriages to the advent of driverless vehicles, celebrate the automobile and the romance of the open road.
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Franklin and Eleanor
Franklin Delano and Eleanor Roosevelt's marriage is one of the most celebrated and scrutinized partnerships in presidential history. It raised eyebrows in their lifetimes and has only become more controversial since their deaths....
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How Democracies Die
For readers of On Tyranny and Why Nations Fail, a bracing look at the demise of liberal democracies around the world -- and a roadmap for rescuing our own.
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The Most Beautiful Villages of Provence
Provence is a land apart, a territory of outstanding beauty and distinction that has fascinated outsiders since earliest times. This title features photographs and accounts of the most beautiful villages of Provence such as...
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Altered Traits
Two New York Times-bestselling authors unveil new research showing what meditation can really do for the brain.
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It’s All a Game: A Short History of Board Games
From board game cafes to puzzle books, we need diversion more than ever. This cheeky but nostalgic look at the history of board games is the perfect Christmas gift.
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Testosterone Rex: Unmaking the Myths of Our Gendered Minds
A landmark new book from Cordelia Fine, author of the hugely influential Delusions of Gender
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The Magic of Reality: How We Know What’s Really True
What are things made of? What is the sun? Why is there night and day, winter and summer? Why do bad things happen? Are we alone? Have you heard the tale of how the sun hatched out of an emu's egg? Has anyone ever told you that...
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How Proust Can Change Your Life
'Dazzling' John Updike
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Hidden Paris
Hidden Paris opens the door to some of Paris's secret interiors - both the old and the new, the classic and the quirky - and sheds a light on how Parisians really live.
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The Reality Frame
Acclaimed science writer Brian Clegg builds up reality piece by piece, from space, to time, to matter, movement, the fundamental forces, life, and the massive transformation that life itself has wrought on the natural world. He...
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A History Of The French Revolution
When picturing the infamous French Revolution most of us think of the guillotine, the mass execution, the terror. E.D. Bradby shows us the other side to the rebellion: the grand ideas.
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Koestler: The Indispensable Intellectual
Best known as the author of the classic Darkness at Noon , Koestler was one of the most influential and controversial intellectuals, involved in and commenting on almost every political movement of the twentieth...
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When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
Daniel H. Pink, the #1 bestselling author of Drive and To Sell Is Human, unlocks the scientific secrets to good timing to help you flourish at work, at school, and at home.
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Primate Change: How the World We Made is Remaking Us
This is the road from climate change to primate change.
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Empire of Secrets
Against the backdrop of the Cold War and the looming specter of Soviet dominance in Britain's dwindling colonial possessions, the imperial intelligence service MI5 played a crucial but virtually unseen role in tipping the scales...
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The Lady with the Borzoi
The untold story of Blanche Knopf, the singular woman who helped define American literature.
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Ask the Past: Pertinent and Impertinent Advice from Yesteryear
Chock-full of incredible advice that's stood the test of time and based on the popular blog, ASK THE PAST is the tongue-in-cheek compilation of hilarious and fascinating answers to everyone's questions, drawn from real antique...
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The Mesmerist: The Society Doctor Who Held Victorian London Spellbound
From the author of the No. 1 bestseller WEDLOCK, the story of two pioneering men of science, and a nation in thrall to mesmerism...
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee
From the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Guns, Germs and Steel More than 98 % of human genes are shared with two species of chimpanzee.
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Primo Levi’s Resistance
A daring investigation of Primo Levi's brief career as a fighter with the Italian Resistance, and the grim secret that haunted his life
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Evelyn Waugh: A Life Revisited
A scintillating new biography of the novelist Evelyn Waugh, by acclaimed biographer Philip Eade.
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And Soon I Heard a Roaring Wind: A Natural History of Moving Air
A thrilling exploration of the science and history of wind from the bestselling author of Cold.
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Castle of the Eagles: Escape from Mussolini’s Colditz
The little-known true story of one of World War Two's greatest escapes, brought exuberantly to life by acclaimed historian Mark Felton
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Caught in the Revolution: Petrograd, Russia, 1917
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Romanov Sisters, Caught in the Revolution is Helen Rappaport's masterful telling of the outbreak of the Russian Revolution through eye-witness accounts left by foreign nationals...
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Bolder
Bestselling author of In Praise of Slow investigates one of the last taboos - ageing - and the 'age inappropriate' revolution that is taking place across the globe.
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The Sex Pistols - 1977: The Bollocks Diaries
The inside story of the year that changed everything - as told by the Sex Pistols.
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Rebel Cities: Paris, London and New York in the Age of Revolution
A brilliant historical narrative of London, Paris and New York in the Age of Revolution, just as they were transforming into the great global cities we know them to be today.
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Morrissey: Alone and Palely Loitering
A photographic portrait of Morrissey at his peak, with many never-before-seen images
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The World Beyond Your Head
Drawing on moral philosophy, cognitive science, the work lessons of craftsmen and his own life lessons as an academic and mechanic, Matthew Crawford shows how each of us can learn to live in the world around us.
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Reality is Not What it Seems: The Journey to Quantum Gravity
From Aristotle to Albert Einstein, Michael Faraday to the Higgs boson, Carlo Rovelli takes us on a wondrous journey to show us that beyond our ever-changing idea of reality is a whole new world that has yet to be discovered.
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The New Urban Crisis
Cities are both the engines of innovation and the seedbeds of inequality - how can we keep what's good and break free of the bad?
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Alone: Britain, Churchill and Dunkirk
Combining epic history with rich family stories, Michael Korda chronicles the outbreak of the Second World War and the great events that led to Dunkirk.
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The Great Jazz and Pop Vocal Albums
Surveys fifty-seven of the greatest twentieth-century jazz and pop albums, including Fred Astaire's The Astaire Story, Ella Fitzgerald's Lullabies of Birdland, and Della Reese's Della Della Cha Cha Cha.
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