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When Europe’s Great War engulfed the Ottoman Empire, Arab nationalists rose in revolt against their Turkish rulers and allied with the British on the promise of an independent Arab state. In October 1 …
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Love, Poverty and War: Journeys and Essays showcases the Hitchens’ rejection of consensus and cliché, whether he’s reporting from abroad in Indonesia, Kurdistan, Iraq, North Korea, or Cuba, or when hi …
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In No One Left to Lie To, Christopher Hitchens portrays President Bill Clinton as one of the most ideologically skewed and morally negligent politicians of recent times. In a blistering polemic which …
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A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick’A love letter to Japan and its literature’ Rowan Hisayo Buchanan’Ingenious… Touching, surprising and sometimes heartbreaking’ Guardian’An ideal tonic for anyone craving …
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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 …
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‘Superb. A Burning Sea is a vivid, enthralling read, yet again proving that Theodore Brun is a force to be reckoned with.’ Giles KristianDoomed to wander. Destined for glory.Convinced he is cursed, Er …
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A Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2020A New York Times Critic’s Pick 2019’A sobering account, told elegantly and eruditely.’ Financial Times’Thant Myint-U is the greatest living historian of Burma.’ Will …
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‘Absorbing, intelligent and atmospheric… Genius’ Elizabeth Haynes_________________________Fortune favours the fraud…When she was thirteen years old, Ada Howell lost not just her father, but the li …
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A History Book of the Year in The Times ‘Cozzens is a master storyteller; his books weave a wealth of intricate detail into gripping historical narrative.’ The Times’Marvellous… One of the best piec …
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Budgies, budgies, budgies. Beautiful and cheeky, delightful and enchanting, wild or tamed, budgerigars are Australia’s gift to the bird world.They know how to count, can grasp simple grammar and have …
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Revised and updated edition of Christian Wolmar’s classic history of the London Underground, with a new chapter on Crossrail.’I can think of few better ways to while away those elastic periods awaitin …
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In this compelling tour of the classical world, Peter Jones reveals how it is the power, scope and fascination of their ideas that makes the Ancient Greeks and Romans so important and influential toda …
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Chosen as a Book of the Year in The Times and the Daily Mail’Highly entertaining’ Sunday Times’Enthralling’ Daily TelegraphFor more than six decades, Queen Victoria ruled a great Empire at the height …
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Announced in 1912, the Schneider Trophy stole the imaginations of pioneering aircraft manufacturers in America, France, Britain and Italy, as they competed in a series of air races that attracted a hu …
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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 …
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Fully updated with new preface and five new speeches for paperback edition.A Guardian Book of the Year.Looking at lists of the greatest speeches of all time, you might think that powerful oratory is t …
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