Social and Cultural History
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Colours of London
Peter Ackroyd
Read more ▸ Order ▸A History
Celebrated novelist, biographer and critic Peter Ackroyd paints a vivid picture of one of...
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Index, A History of the
Dennis Duncan
Read more ▸ Order ▸Most of us give little thought to the back of the book – it’s just...
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Settlers
Jimi Famurewa
Read more ▸ Order ▸Journeys Through the Food, Faith and Culture of Black African London
When the rapper Stormzy bounded...
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Treasured
Christina Riggs
Read more ▸ Order ▸How Tutankhamun Shaped a Century
When it was found in 1922, the 3,300-year old tomb of...
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The Book of Phobias and Manias
Kate Summerscale
Read more ▸ Order ▸A History of the World in 99 Obsessions
A captivating A-Z from the bestselling author of...
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The Theory of Everything Else
Dan Schreiber
Read more ▸ Order ▸A collection of the world’s most mind-boggling, thought-provoking and downright hilarious theories – by the...
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The Accidental Duchess
Emma Manners, Duchess of Rutland
Read more ▸ Order ▸From Farmer’s Daughter to Belvoir Castle
Life in a castle isn’t always a fairytale, as the...
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Home Is Not a Place
Johny Pitts
Read more ▸ Order ▸A gorgeously produced, hugely original examination of Black Britishness in the 21st century.
What is Black...
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Wanderlust
Rebecca Solnit (Y)
Read more ▸ Order ▸Staff Pick
At once a humanist essay on the history of walking and a wide-ranging examination...
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A History of the 20th Century
Professor Jeremy Black
Read more ▸ Order ▸Conflict, Technology and Revolution
A comprehensive history of a tumultuous century by one of the world’s...
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The Official History of Britain
Boris Starling
Read more ▸ Order ▸Our Story in Numbers as Told by the Office For National Statistics
A wonderfully written and...
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Heiresses
Laura Thompson
Read more ▸ Order ▸The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies
‘Life is less sad with money’, said Emerald Cunard;...