History

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  The English

  Jeremy Paxman

  In The English Jeremy Paxman sets out to find about the English. Not the British overall, not...

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  What They Heard

  Luke Meddings

  How The Beatles, The Beach Boys and Bob Dylan Listened to Each Other and Changed...

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  Languages Are Good For Us

  Sophie Hardach

  This is a book about languages and the people who love them.

  Sophie Hardach is here...

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  Darkness Falling

  Peter Walther

  The Strange Death of the Weimar Republic, 1930-33

  In March 1930, after the collapse of the...

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  Frida Kahlo And My Left Leg

  Emily Rapp Black

  A New York Times-bestselling author’s personal examination of how the experiences, art, and disabilities of...

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  The Shortest History of China

  Linda Jaivin

  China contains a multitude. Its unruly complexity is part of its grandeur.
  Modern China is...

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  A House Through Time

  David Olusoga

  In recent years house histories have become the new frontier of popular, participatory history. People,...

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  Swingin’ London: A Field Guide

  Mark Worden

  The term Swinging London entered the language in 1965 when Time magazine ran a cover...

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  London, Reign Over Me

  Stephen Tow

  How England’s Capital Built Classic Rock

  It all started in London. More than fifty years ago,...

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  The Upswing

  Robert D Putnam

  How We Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again

  The Upswing...

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  The Story of the World in 100 Moments

  Neil Oliver (Author)

  From much-loved historian Neil Oliver comes a whole new insight on our past, told through...

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  Tools for Food

  Corinne Mynatt

  The Objects that Influence How and What We Eat

  Tools For Food explores the history of...

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