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Pirates: A New History, from Vikings to Somali Raiders
A global account of pirates and their modus operandi from the middle ages to the present day
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Space Dogs
This fascinating book tells the story of the soviet space dogs, illustrated with legendary photographer Martin Parr's vintage space-dog memorabilia.
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The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
In this devastating narrative of five lives, historian Hallie Rubenhold finally sets the record straight, and gives these women back their stories.
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Operation Babylift
The dramatic and heart-warming story of the last-minute evacuation of hundreds of orphaned babies from South Vietnam in the dying days of the Vietnam War and of the brave Australian nurses who made it happen.
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Promise Me You’ll Shoot Yourself
An important exploration of a shocking and previously unacknowledged chapter in German history.
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Defeating the Ministers of Death
The compelling story of vaccination.
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The Human Tide
A dazzling new history of the modern world, as told through the remarkable story of population change.
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Threads of Life
The Hare with Amber Eyes meets The History of the World in 100 Objects: an eloquent history of the language of sewing over centuries and across continents.
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Planet Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it. Us. We are the most advanced and most destructive animals ever to have lived. What makes us brilliant?...
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The Butchering Art
In The Butchering Art, historian Lindsey Fitzharris recreates a critical turning point in the history of medicine, when Joseph Lister transformed surgery from a brutal, harrowing practice to the safe, vaunted profession we know...
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Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany
The sensational German bestseller on the overwhelming role of drug-taking in the Third Reich, from Hitler to housewives.
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The Secret Lives of Colour
The unforgettable history of colours and the vivid stories behind them in a beautiful multi-coloured volume
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The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth and Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine
We also hear of the weird, often hilarious remedies employed by physicians of yore - from crow's vomit to port-wine enemas - the hazards of such everyday objects as cucumbers and false teeth, and miraculous recovery from...
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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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1947: Where Now Begins
As the clock strikes the end of the war, the time begins to turn towards a new age - the one we call now.
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In Miniature: How Small Things Illuminate The World
A delightful and illuminating exploration of the human instinct to make things small, from the bestselling author of Just My Type and On the Map
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Milk of Paradise: A History of Opium
A compelling and comprehensive history of opium, a drug that has both healed and harmed since civilisation began.
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The Witch: A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present
Why have societies all across the world feared witchcraft? This book delves deeply into its context, beliefs, and origins in Europe's history
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Blue Lake
I'm here already, in the bleak, awful hour on Dudley Flats in which the final dereliction of Elsie Williams will come to pass. I'm beginning with it, so you won't be under any illusion as to how it ends.
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The Future is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia
Putin's bestselling biographer reveals how, in the space of a generation, Russia surrendered to a more virulent and invincible new strain of autocracy.
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Seashaken Houses: A Lighthouse History from Eddystone to Fastnet
An enthralling history of Britain's historic rock lighthouses, exploring the enduring appeal of these magnificent, isolated sentinels.
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A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet
Nature, Money, Work, Care, Food, Energy, and Lives.
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Bolshoi Confidential: Secrets of the Russian Ballet from the Rule of the Tsars to Today
On a freezing night in January 2013, an assailant hurled acid in the face of the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, dragging one of Russia's most illustrious institutions into scandal.
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