Social and Cultural History
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Things I Have Withheld
Kei Miller
Read more ▸ Order ▸In this moving and lyrical collection of essays, the award-winning poet and novelist Kei Miller...
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Open: How Collaboration and Curiosity Shaped Humankind
Johan Norberg
Read more ▸ Order ▸Humanity’s embrace of openness is the key to our success. The freedom to explore and...
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Women in the Picture: Women, Art and the Power of Looking
Catherine McCormack
Read more ▸ Order ▸A bold reconsideration of women in art – from the ‘Old Masters’ to the posts...
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Inheritance: The Lost History of Mary Davies: A Story of Property, Marriage and Madness
Leo Hollis
Read more ▸ Order ▸In June 1701, a young widow, Mary Davies wakes up in a hotel room in...
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Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe
Niall Ferguson
Read more ▸ Order ▸A compelling history of catastrophes and their consequences, from ‘the most brilliant British historian of...
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And the Band Played On
Randy Shilts
Read more ▸ Order ▸An international bestseller and winner of the Stonewall Book Award, which inspired an award-winning film...
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Field Work
Bella Bathurst
Read more ▸ Order ▸What Land Does to People & What People Do to Land
‘Exactly the book I’ve been...
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Antigone Rising: The Subversive Power of the Ancient Myths
Helen Morales
Read more ▸ Order ▸A witty, inspiring reckoning with the ancient Greek and Roman myths and their legacy, from...
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Mistresses: Sex and Scandal at the Court of Charles II
Linda Porter
Read more ▸ Order ▸According to the great diarist, John Evelyn, Charles II was ‘addicted to women’, and throughout...
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Double Lives: A History of Working Motherhood
Helen McCarthy
Read more ▸ Order ▸In Britain today, three-quarters of mothers are in employment and paid work is an unremarkable...
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The Musical Human: A History of Life on Earth
Michael Spitzer
Read more ▸ Order ▸‘Michael Spitzer has pulled off the impossible: a Guns, Germs and Steel for music’ Daniel...
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Lev’s Violin
Helena Attlee
Read more ▸ Order ▸From the moment she hears Lev’s violin for the first time, Helena Attlee is captivated....