History
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A Brief History of Spain
Jeremy Black
Read more ▸ Order ▸Despite being relatively brief, this very readable history covers environmental, political, social, economic, cultural and...
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A History of Tokyo 1867-1989
Edward Seidensticker
Read more ▸ Order ▸From EDO to SHOWA: The Emergence of the World’s Greatest City.
Edward Seidensticker’s ‘A History of...
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So Much Longing in So Little Space: The art of Edvard Munch
Karl Ove Knausgaard
Read more ▸ Order ▸In ‘So Much Longing in So Little Space’, Karl Ove Knausgaard explores the life and...
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Conran/Quant: Swinging London – A Lifestyle Revolution
Geoffrey Rayner & Richard Chamberlain
Read more ▸ Order ▸Pays homage to ‘the Chelsea Set’, a bohemian, progressive clique that would change the course...
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Chinese Thought: From Confucius to Cook Ding
Roel Sterckx
Read more ▸ Order ▸An engrossing history of ancient Chinese philosophy and culture from an eminent Cambridge expert
We are...
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The Penguin Book of Outer Space Exploration
John Logsdon
Read more ▸ Order ▸The fascinating story of how NASA sent humans to explore outer space, told through a...
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King Leopold’s Ghost
Adam Hochschild
Read more ▸ Order ▸In the late nineteenth century, when the great powers in Europe were tearing Africa apart...
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Boom!
Bob Berman
Read more ▸ Order ▸Staff Pick
For a book about extreme, destructive forces, this is not as grim a prospect...
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The Shortest History of Germany
James Hawes
Read more ▸ Order ▸In his acclaimed new bestseller, now in paperback, James Hawes tells the story of Europe’s...
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Living the Cold War: Memoirs of a British Diplomat
Sir Christopher Mallaby
Read more ▸ Order ▸The centrepiece of this memoir by Sir Christopher Mallaby, former British Ambassador in Germany and...
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Paradise Street: The Lost Art of Playing Outside
Shirley Baker, Paul Kaye & John Gay
Read more ▸ Order ▸For children growing up in Britain fifty or more years ago, streets and alleyways were...
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot
Read more ▸ Order ▸Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. Born a poor black...