The Golden Thread

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The Golden Thread is an enthralling and accessible history of the cultural miracle that is the written word. It is an invention that has been used to share ideas in every field of human endeavour, and …

Australians Volume 2

RRP: £16.99

In this companion volume of Thomas Keneally’s widely acclaimed history of the Australian people, the vast range of characters who have formed their national story are brought vividly to life. Immigran …

Following Fish

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Shortlisted for the André Simon Food and Drink book awardsIn a coastline as long and diverse as India’s, fish inhabit the heart of many worlds – food of course, but also culture, commerce, sport, hist …

The Victorian City

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The nineteenth century was a time of unprecedented transformation, and nowhere was this more apparent than on the streets of London. In only a few decades, London grew from a Regency town to the bigge …

Vulnerable in Hearts

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Sandy Balfour’s father and the game of contract bridge were both conceived in 1925. Vulnerable in Hearts spans the eight decades of Tom Balfour’s life and the same period in the epic story of bridge’s …

Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom

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In the early 1850s, during the twilight of the Qing dynasty, word spread of a major revolution brewing in the provinces. The leader of this movement – who called themselves the Taiping – was Hong Xiuq …

Unholy Joy: 50 Years On – A Short History of the Profumo Affair

Named after John Profumo, Secretary of State for War, the Profumo Affair was the biggest British political scandal of 1963. His affair with Christine Keeler, the reputed mistress of an alleged Soviet …

Inside Private Equity

Bill Ferris has led the field in Australian venture capital and private equity for over forty years. He has seen his share of successful floats, fly-by-night wonders and companies gone wrong. In his b …

The Crossing

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‘Read this… Two very different men fight, play games and nearly lose their lives.’ The TimesWhen James Cracknell and Ben Fogle decided to compete in the Atlantic Rowing Race, they thought they knew …

And Man Created God

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And Man Created God is a sweeping exploration of the religions of the world at the time of Jesus: this is popular history at its best.At the time of Jesus’s birth, the world was in ferment. Across Eur …

Masters of the Word

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In Masters of the Word, Bernstein chronicles the development of the technology of human communication, or media, starting with the birth of writing thousands of years ago in Mesopotamia. In Sumer, and …

The Potter's Hand

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LONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTIONIn 1774, Josiah Wedgwood, master craftsman possessed with a burning scientific vision, embarks upon the thousand piece Frog Service for Cath …

Fire in the Sky

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‘I half rolled, and there before my eyes was as perfect a target as I had ever seen in my life. A pressure of a thumb, a short burst, a puff of smoke, a flash of flame, a hole on the clouds – and it w …

Great Anzac Stories

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Over the years, the experiences of soldiers at war become the stuff of legend: tales of great bravery, battlefield wins, and also the tragic losses and poignant moments. Great Anzac Stories gathers ic …

Hardmen

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When the going gets tough, the tough get tougher.The ranks of rugby league around the world have been liberally peppered with hardmen. With violence that would never be tolerated off the footy field, …

The Twelve Caesars

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One of them was a military genius; one murdered his mother and fiddled while Rome burned. Six of their number were assassinated, two committed suicide, and five of them were elevated to the status of …