Slow-Tech
Andrew PriceA sailor crossing the Atlantic in a small yacht would want to minimize excess baggage. But it would be unthinkable not to carry more fresh water than seemed necessary, to survive unexpected calms or s …
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The Day of the Barbarians
Alessandro BarberoRRP: £8.99
On August 9, ad 378, outside Adrianople in the Roman province of Thrace, the Roman Empire began to fall. Two years earlier, an unexpected flood of refugees from the tribe known as the Goths had arrive …
On The Wealth of Nations
P.J. O'RourkeRRP: £16.99
Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations was first published in 1776 and almost instantly was recognized as fundamental to an understanding of economics. It was also recognized as being really long and as P …
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Charlie Wilson’s War
George CrileRRP: £8.99
In the last decade, two events have transformed the world: the collapse of the Soviet Union and the rise of militant Islam. This is the first book to explain the link between these two occurrences. Ge …
Colossus: Bletchley Park's Last Secret
Paul GannonRRP: £14.99
This is the last untold story of Bletchley Park. Using recently declassified information, Paul Gannon has written a gripping account of the invention of the world’s first true computer, Colossus.Uncov …
The Mayor of Uglyvilles Dilemma
Ian StewartInside this small (but perfectly formed) hardback there lurks some of the most devilishly difficult mathematical brainteasers human beings have yet devised.
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Allies
William ShawcrossRRP: £8.99
‘Allies is an account of the Iraq crisis, its causes and consequences. Writing in persuasive prose… Shawcross lets the record speak for itself… With cogency and passion, Allies makes the case that …
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Judgement Day
Chris StephenJudgement Day exposes how the actions of one man led to the birth of the world’s first war crimes court.The Hague Tribunal began the trial of Slobodan Milosevic in February 2002, after a long battle t …
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Dr Riemann's Zeros
Karl SabbaghRRP: £9.99
The only book about the search for a proof to the Riemann Hypothesis.In 1859 Bernhard Riemann, a shy German mathematician, wrote an eight-page article, suggesting an answer to a problem that had long …
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Broken Promises
Igal Sarna‘Clever, mischievous and humane, this is literary journalism in the proud tradition of Ryszard Kapúscinski and Joseph Roth’Amos Elon, author of A Blood-Dimmed Tide.A Holocaust survivor’s tortured son, …
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Playing To The Gallery
Simon HoggartRRP: £7.99
Simon Hoggart’s fans know him as the wittiest of all the commentators on Parliament, and for thousands of people his daily column in the Guardian is the kick-start they need in the morning.In this new …
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