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At Histories of the Unexpected, we believe that everything has a history – even the most unexpected of subjects – and that everything links together in unexpected ways.We believe that the history of t …
Open Season Game warden Joe Pickett hears two sharp gunshots ring out months before hunting season and it’s his job to investigate. But then a poacher turns up dead in the Pickett’s backyard. How did …
Free FireJoe Pickett’s been hired to investigate one of the most cold-blooded mass killings in Wyoming history. Attorney Clay McCann admitted to slaughtering four campers in a back-country corner of Y …
Open Season Game warden Joe Pickett hears two sharp gunshots ring out months before hunting season and it’s his job to investigate. But then a poacher turns up dead in the Pickett’s backyard. How did …
Free FireJoe Pickett’s been hired to investigate one of the most cold-blooded mass killings in Wyoming history. Attorney Clay McCann admitted to slaughtering four campers in a back-country corner of Y …
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Shortlisted for the HWA Non-fiction Crown Award 2020’Superb’ The Economist’Elegant, entertaining and frequently surprising’ New York TimesThe fascinating story of the Regency period in Britain – an im …
Women, Equality, Power is a celebration of an outstanding leader who continues to strive and work for change, and it’s a rallying call for other women leaders, whether they are in positions of politic …
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On the night of 31 May 1942, Sydney was doing what it does best: partying. The theatres, restaurants, dance halls, illegal gambling dens, clubs and brothels offered plenty of choice to roistering sail …
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‘An entertaining and insightful human story of obsession about books.’ Daily Telegraph’A lively tale of historical innovation, the thrill of the bibliophile’s hunt, greed and betrayal.’ New York Times …
The first book to fully document and celebrate Sir Edmund Hillary’s contribution to Antarctic history. Written by Nigel Watson of the Antarctic Heritage Trust, it is illustrated with Jane Ussher’s stu …
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By the end of World War I, 45,000 Australians had died on the Western Front. Some bodies had been hastily buried mid-battle in massed graves; others were mutilated beyond recognition. Often men were s …
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The earliest evidence of a human and a pet can be traced as far back as 26,000 BC in France where a boy and his ‘canid’ took a walk through a cave. Their foot and paw prints were preserved together on …
In 2012, whilst working at the Royal Horticultural Society’s library, Fiona Davison unearthed a collection of handwritten letters that dated back to 1822. The letters, each carefully set out in neat c …
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The New York Times Bestseller’Brilliant… Gripping’ Wall Street JournalFrom the Sunday Times bestselling author of A Higher Call comes the riveting World War II story of an American tank gunner’s jou …
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Returning to the UK in September 2010 after serving in Iraq as the political adviser to the top American general, Emma Sky felt no sense of homecoming. She soon found herself back in the Middle East t …
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Dear Ailsa, Sometimes I wonder whether the friendship that has caught us both – a most unlikely friendship I must confess – might find an echo in a far off Irish village somewhere in the wild, windy h …
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