London: A Guide for Curious Wanderers
By: Jack Chesher
4.43
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
See London in a completely new light in this guide to the city's hidden secrets, untold stories and…
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1. Nemesis
By: James Swallow
3.61
Format: 8 pages, Paperback
After the horrors of Istvaan V, Horus declares outright war against the Imperium. In the shadows of… read more
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2. The First Heretic
By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden
3.17
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
Amidst the galaxy-wide war of the Great Crusade, the Emperor castigates the Word Bearers for their … read more
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3. To Hell and Back
By: Tom Brokaw , Audie Murphy
4.25
Format: 274 pages, Paperback
The classic bestselling war memoir by the most decorated American soldier in World War II, back in … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"Suddenly I see the comedy of little men, myself included, who are pitted against a riddle that is as vast and indifferent as the blue sky above us. (pg. 170)"-Tom Brokaw, To Hell and Back
"Perhaps it is the knowledge that we carry in our hearts that nobody ultimately wins. Somewhere we all go down. Force used tyrannically is our common enemy. Why align ourselves with it in whatever sha…"-Tom Brokaw, To Hell and Back
"Now comes the picture of mass defeat, the most awesome spectacle of the war. It is in the bent bodies of old women who poke among ruins seeking some miserable object that will link their lives with t…"-Tom Brokaw, To Hell and Back
4. Zodiac
By: Neal Stephenson
3.79
Format: 160 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Sangaman Taylor is Boston's modern-day Paul Revere, spreading the word from a 40-horsepower Zodiac … read more
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5. Death Below Stairs (Kat Holloway, #1)
By: Jennifer Ashley
3.25
Format: 40 pages, Paperback
Victorian class lines are crossed when cook Kat Holloway is drawn into a murder that reaches all th… read more
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6. Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death
By: Laura Cumming
4.19
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Laura Cumming “combines first-rate art history with deeply felt m… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"It is such a long journey out, this one, from where we came; this life, our life, the journey between the first and last shores."-Laura Cumming, Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death
"We see pictures in time and place. We cannot see them otherwise. They are fragments of our lives, moments of existence that may be as unremarkable as rain or as startling as a clap of thunder. Whatev…"-Laura Cumming, Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death
"I cannot get enough of Dutch art. You can turn to this other world -- and it is a picture world as no other, a whole society visualised through time and place, seasons and generations, moment by mome…"-Laura Cumming, Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death
"Fabritius is thirty-two, and I was the same age when I first wrote about his self-portrait. He and I remain the same age whenever we meet. He is dead, I am still alive, so the existential maths [sic]…"-Laura Cumming, Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death
7. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
By: David Mitchell
4.16
Format: 433 pages, ebook
A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- british literature
"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
8. Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire
By: Michael Palin
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, H… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
9. Steeple Chasing: Around Britain by Church
By: Peter Ross
4.37
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
*Featuring a brand new chapter!* Churches are all around us. Their steeples remain landmarks in … read more
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- history
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- british literature
10. The Shortest History of England
By: James Hawes
3.73
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
As James Hawes moves through time, from Caesar to Brexit, through conquests, empires and wars, he w… read more
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11. Murder in the East End (A Below Stairs Mystery #4)
By: Jennifer Ashley
4.15
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
A new upstairs, downstairs Victorian murder mystery in the Kat Holloway series from the New York Ti… read more
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12. Travellers in the Third Reich
By: Julia Boyd
4.05
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Without the benefit of hindsight, how do you interpret what’s right in front of your eyes? The e… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"One odd thing Yencken noticed was how much blonder the nation had become. According to official statistics over 10 million packets of hair dye were sold in 1934"-Julia Boyd, Travellers in the Third Reich
"One odd thing Yencken noticed was how much blonder the nation had become since he was last there. According to official statistics over 10 million packets of hair dye were sold in 1934"-Julia Boyd, Travellers in the Third Reich
"In Dresden, Sylvia Morris witnessed the ransacking of the Jewish department store - Etam's [on Kristallnacht, 9 November 1938]. 'Dresden had been peaceful and not pro-Nazi so this was a major event,'…"-Julia Boyd, Travellers in the Third Reich
"[William Edward Burghardt] Du Bois saw things rather differently. He argued that it was entirely because of Hitler that Germany had in fact already ‘lapsed into Bolshevism’. In his view, the Nazi gov…"-Julia Boyd, Travellers in the Third Reich
13. The Royal Windsor Secret
By: Christine Wells
3.71
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Could she be the secret daughter of the Prince of Wales? In this dazzling novel by the author of Si… read more
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- british literature
14. The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
By: Bettany Hughes
4.02
Format: 416 pages, ebook
Their names still echo down the ages: The Great Pyramid at Giza. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Th… read more
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- travel
- history
- nonfiction
15. Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life
By: Zena Hitz
3.65
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
An invitation to readers from every walk of life to rediscover the impractical splendors of a life … read more
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- nonfiction
"The idea that real and serous learning is something practiced only by a small elite is stubborn and hard to displace."-Zena Hitz, Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life
"For those of us without the strength or the insight to choose for ourselves such quiet, withdrawn places, failure is perhaps the best-trod route to inwardness."-Zena Hitz, Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life
16. Who Owns This Sentence? A History of Copyrights and Wrongs
By: David Bellos
3.76
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating and original history of an idea that now controls and monetizes almost everything we … read more
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- nonfiction
17. The Shortest History of China
By: Linda Jaivin
4.01
Format: 263 pages, Kindle Edition
From kung-fu to tofu, tea to trade routes, sages to silk, China has influenced cuisine, commerce, m… read more
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- nonfiction
18. The House of Dudley: A New History of Tudor England
By: Joanne Paul
4.17
Format: 506 pages, Hardcover
Told for the very first time, this is the shocking and extraordinary story of the most-conniving an… read more
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- nonfiction
- british literature
19. Domestic Revolution
By: Ruth Goodman
4.17
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
‘Ruth is the queen of living history – long may she reign.’Lucy WorsleyA large black cast iron rang… read more
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- nonfiction
- british literature
20. Uproar!: Satire, Scandal & Printmakers in Georgian London
By: Alice Loxton
4.13
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
London, 1772: a young artist called Thomas Rowlandson is making his way through the grimy backstree… read more
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- nonfiction
- british literature
21. Shadow in the Glass (Greer Hogan Mystery #2)
By: M.E. Hilliard
3.62
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
Murder rocks a wedding celebration at an idyllic lakeside home—and librarian-turned-sleuth Greer Ho… read more
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22. Head, Hand, Heart: Why Intelligence Is Over-Rewarded, Manual Workers Matter, and Caregivers Deserve More Respect
By: David Goodhart
3.85
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A Financial Times Best Book of the Year 2020 A TIMELY AND PROVOCATIVE ARGUMENT FROM LEADING POLITI… read more
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- nonfiction
23. Hauntings: A Book of Ghosts and Where to Find Them Across 25 Eerie British Locations
By: Neil Oliver
3.54
Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition
' Haunted is a wonderful part history, part rumination on life, and, of course a haunting book abo… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- british literature
24. That Night in the Library
By: Eva Jurczyk
2.70
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
One night locked in the library. What could go wrong? On the night before graduation, seven stud… read more
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25. Roctogenarians: Late in Life Debuts, Comebacks, and Triumphs
By: Mo Rocca
4.04
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From beloved CBS Sunday Morning correspondent Mo Rocca, author of New York Times bestseller Mobitua… read more
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- nonfiction
26. London: A Guide for Curious Wanderers
By: Jack Chesher
4.43
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
See London in a completely new light in this guide to the city's hidden secrets, untold stories and… read more
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27. The Cornish Campsite Murder (The Nosey Parker Mysteries, #7)
By: Fiona Leitch
4.25
Format: 267 pages, Kindle Edition
Jodie ‘Nosey’ Parker is back in 2024 with a brand new Cornish mystery to unravel…Readers love Fiona… read more
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28. Big Ideas, Little Pictures: Explaining the World One Sketch at a Time
By: Jono Hey
4.25
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
"This is such a cool book. The range of Jono’s knowledge is astounding, and so is his ability to di… read more
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- nonfiction
29. Henry V: The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King
By: Dan Jones
4.61
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author returns with a biography examining the dramatic life and unpa… read more
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- nonfiction
- british literature
30. Pretty Little London: Trips: Weekend Escapes From the City
By: Sara Santini
4.12
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
A curated guide to the most chic, stylish and unique trips around the UK – all within easy reach … read more
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- nonfiction
31. An Opinionated Guide to London Bookshops
By: James Manning
4.72
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
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