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Stuck Monkey: The Deadly Planetary Cost of the Things We Love

James Hamilton-Paterson

James Hamilton-Paterson investigates the ‘innocent’ habits of consumers and how they contribute vastly to climate change.

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Stuck Monkey

James Hamilton-Paterson

People hunting monkeys in the jungle once devised a simple yet effective trap: When the creature found a banana in a large jar with a narrow neck, it would plunge…

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Seven-Tenths: The Sea and its Thresholds

James Hamilton-Paterson

A classic exploration of the sea: a beautifully written blend of literature and science.

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Rancid Pansies

James Hamilton-Paterson

Book Three in the Gerald Samper series finds Samper recuperating in Sussex, when he learns that film rights to his book on Millie Cleatathe have been sold. This windfall is…

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Cooking with Fernet Branca

James Hamilton-Paterson

Gerald Samper, an effete Englishman, lives on a hilltop in Tuscany. He is a ghostwriter for celebrities, and a foodie whose idyll is shattered by the arrival of Marta, a…

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Blackbird

James Hamilton-Paterson

The fascinating story of the spy plane SR-71 Blackbird-the fastest manned aircraft in the history of aviation.

The SR-71 Blackbird, the famed "spy" jet, was deliberately designed to be the…

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Seven Tenths: The Sea and Its Thresholds

James Hamilton-Paterson

Taking humanity’s complex relationship with the sea as its starting point, Seven Tenths is an enticing meditation on the sea as the physical birthplace of the human race and the…

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Beethoven’s Eroica: The First Great Romantic Symphony

James Hamilton-Paterson

An ode to Beethoven’s Third Symphony

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Trains, Planes, Ships and Cars

James Hamilton-Paterson

An illustrated celebration of the golden age of aircraft, cars and locomotives from 1900 to 1945.

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Stuck Monkey: The Deadly Planetary Cost of the Things We Love

James Hamilton-Paterson

James Hamilton-Paterson investigates the ‘innocent’ habits of consumers and how they contribute vastly to climate change.

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Under the Radar: A Novel

James Hamilton-Paterson

Under the Radar: A Novel by James Hamilton-Paterson - the author of the bestselling Empire of the Clouds - is a gripping novel of cold war pilots, espionage and secrets.

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Playing With Water: Alone on a Philippine Island

James Hamilton-Paterson

‘One June day in 1953 aged twelve I sat in a classroom and drew a map.’ The map that the young Hamilton-Paterson drew was of a tropical island, and it…

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What We Have Lost: The Dismantling of Great Britain

James Hamilton-Paterson

James Hamilton-Paterson turns his literary and analytical skills to the wider picture of Britain’s lost industrial and technological civilisation.

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Marked for Death

James Hamilton-Paterson

An account of aerial combat in World War I, revealing the terrible risks run by the men who fought and died in the world’s first air war.

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Gerontius

James Hamilton-Paterson

James Hamilton-Paterson’s much-loved award-winning debut novel at last back in print, based on the life of Elgar.

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Empire of the Clouds: The Golden Era of Britain’s Aircraft

James Hamilton-Paterson

Empire of the Clouds is a brilliant, nostalgic and provocative look at the golden age of British aircraft, from the post-war jet age to the recent sad decline. This is…

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Marked for Death: The First War in the Air

James Hamilton-Paterson

A dramatic and fascinating account of aerial combat during World War I, revealing the terrible risks taken by the men who fought and died in the world’s first war in…

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The Poems and Songs of William Hamilton, with an Account of the Life of the Author (1850)

William Hamilton

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe…

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The Poems and Songs of William Hamilton of Bangour

Sir William Hamilton

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to…

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The Poems and Songs of W. H. … with Illustrative Notes, and an Account of the Life of the Author, by James Paterson. [With a Portrait.]

William Hamilton, MD Frcp Frcgp (Senior Research Fellow, Division of Primary Care, University of Bristol, UK)

Title: The Poems and Songs of W. H. … with illustrative notes, and an account of the life of the author, by James Paterson. [With a portrait.]Publisher: British Library, Historical…

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