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July 1942: Rommel’s Panzerarmee pursues retreating Allied forces across North Africa, targeting Cairo and the vital Suez Canal. Control of these would give Hitler access to Middle Eastern oil fields a …
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‘Impressive… Glancey has written an engaging and affectionate account of the V-bombers, not least the figures who made it all possible.’ TelegraphTHE THREE VERY DIFFERENT models of V class bomber co …
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AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR’A compelling and timely study of what drove history’s most influential civilisations… the book comes with impeccable timing… An entertaining and informative read for …
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Since it arrived on the airwaves in 1961, RTÉ has been buffeted in different directions, eventually slipping into a steady decline which accelerated over the past decade into a catastrophe.The 2023 re …
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‘The VE Day book’ Amol Rajan, Today, Radio 4’Although redolent with the scent of bonfires and patterned with the crisscross of bunting, The People’s Victory does far more than just paint a picture of …
‘Compelling and compassionate’ Sadiq Khan’Solutions-focused authorship at its best’ Andrew Roberts’A how-to book with inspired answers to our urgent questions’ Lyse Doucet’Read this book as an antidot …
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***THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER***Winner of the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for NonfictionIn Peter Beinart’s view, one story dominates Jewish communal life: that of persecution and victi …
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From award-winning booze correspondent Henry Jeffreys comes this rich and full-bodied history of Britain and the Empire, told through the improbable but true stories of how the world’s favourite alcoh …
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‘A thoroughly rapacious woman…as cruel as she is greedy’ Cicero’A woman who took no thought for spinning or housekeeping…meddlesome and headstrong’ Plutarch'[She] caused the death of many, both to …
‘A captivating mosaic of wartime Berlin’ Katja Hoyer, Financial Times’Brilliant and beautifully written’ Anne Applebaum ‘Brings to life Berlin during World War II so vividly that you can imagine yours …
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‘A brilliant analysis of the trial of Gayle Newland…Scott is a supremely good guide to this complex terrain, thoughtful, nuanced and agile’ Olivia Laing, GuardianShe said she wore a blindfold at all …
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A new and updated edition of the classic history of the British railway, published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of train travel in 2025.The opening of the pioneering Stockton and Darlington …
In 2022, in response to the killing of Mahsa Jina Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman who died in police custody after being arrested for not wearing her hijab, thousands of Iranians – mostly women – t …
***LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION***IN SEPTEMBER 2022, in response to the death of Mahsa Jîna Amini in police custody, after being arrested and beaten for not wearing her …
‘A deftly written, colourful little tour of plebeian Rome’ Dan Jones, Sunday TimesThe untold story of the real people who built an empireThe plebs were the backbone of Roman civilization. They were th …
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A New York Times bestseller, Red is the first book to explore the history of red hair and red-headedness throughout the world.With an obsessive fascination that is as contagious as it is compelling, J …
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