The Churchill Complex

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‘Rich and rewarding’ Wall Street JournalIt is impossible to understand the last 75 years of British and American history without understanding the Anglo-American relationship, and specifically the bon …

Open

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AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEARHumanity’s embrace of openness is the key to our success. The freedom to explore and exchange – whether it’s goods, ideas or people – has led to stunning achievements in s …

The Delusions of Crowds

Inspired by Charles Mackay’s 19th-century classic Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, William Bernstein engages with mass delusion with the same curiosity and passion …

A Brief History of Puzzles

From ancient riddles to modern Sudoku, people have been fascinated by puzzles. Whether they are seen as a glorious waste of time, a harmless way to spend a train journey or a valuable way of exercisin …

It's All a Game

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‘Timely… wonderfully entertaining’ – The Wall Street JournalIn It’s All A Game renowned games expert Tristan Donovan opens the box on the incredible and often surprising history and psychology of bo …

The Library Book

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A New York Times Book of the Year, 2018A REESE WITHERSPOON x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB PICKA dazzling love letter to a beloved institution – our libraries.After moving to Los Angeles, Susan Orlean beca …

Imperial Twilight

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZEA Financial Times Book of the YearA Sunday Times Book of the Year ________________________________________’Entertaining and well-paced… Platt’s compelli …

Histories of the Unexpected

‘History as you’ve never seen it before.’ Dan Snow’A wonderful, eclectic and entertaining history of everything, full of fascinating, surprising stories.’ Suzannah LipscombDid you know that the histor …

Lady Fanshawe's Receipt Book

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‘Fascinating… A vivid account’ – Philippa Gregory, The TimesIn the mid-seventeenth century, England was divided by Civil War, but inside the home domestic life continued as it always had done. Lady …

The Good Doctor of Warsaw

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‘Powerful, harrowing, and ultimately uplifting.’ Andrew Taylor’A brave, moving and important book.’ Katherine Clements’Vivid [and] utterly inspiring.’ Telegraph’You do not leave a sick child alone to …

The Struggle for Sea Power

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With a cast of swaggering swashbuckling characters, The Struggle for Sea Power charts the greatest war in the age of sail.In 1775 thirteen isolated colonies, without a navy or an army, began a war wit …

Codename Suzette

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The thrilling and previously untold true story of Suzanne Spaak, who abandoned her life of opulence to save the Jewish children of Occupied Paris during the Second World War.Suzanne Spaak was born int …

The Secret Cold War

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The Cold War between the West and the Soviet Bloc didn’t end with detente in 1975: it just went underground. Until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, tensions between the superpowers continued to pl …

White Trash

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The New York Times BestsellerA ground-breaking history of the class system in America, which challenges popular myths about equality in the land of opportunity.In this landmark book, Nancy Isenberg ar …

The Age of the Horse

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Man has always been fascinated by Equus caballus, recasting horse power into many forms: a hunk of meat, an industrial and agricultural machine, a luxury good, a cherished dancer, a comrade in arms an …

The Invitation-Only Zone

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During the 1970s and early 80s, dozens – perhaps hundreds – of Japanese civilians were kidnapped by North Korean commandos and forced to live in ‘Invitation Only Zones’, high-security detention-centre …