A Farewell to Calm: The New Normal Survival Guide
By: John Crace
4.18
Format: 265 pages, Hardcover
‘It’s now becoming easier and easier to predict government policy. Just listen to what the prime mi…
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1. Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History
By: David Aaronovitch
3.55
Format: 358 pages, Hardcover
Our age is obsessed by the idea of conspiracy. We see it everywhere - from Pearl Harbour to 9/11, f… read more
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2. Interesting Times (Discworld, #17; Rincewind, #5)
By: Terry Pratchett
4.15
Format: 368 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Mighty battles! Revolution! Death! War! (and his sons Terror and Panic, and daughter Clancy) The… read more
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- humor
"Er wollte sagen: Wie könnt ihr so nett und gleichzeitig so dumm sein?"-Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times (Discworld, #17; Rincewind, #5)
"So funktioniert die Geschichte leider nicht. Erst das Blut, dann der Verstand."-Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times (Discworld, #17; Rincewind, #5)
"Und jetzt sink auf die Knie, wenn du nicht auf andere Weise kleiner werden willst."-Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times (Discworld, #17; Rincewind, #5)
"Der Mann schien für seine Freunde mindestens ebenso gefährlich zu sein wie für seine Feinde."-Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times (Discworld, #17; Rincewind, #5)
3. The Marches: A Borderland Journey Between England and Scotland
By: Rory Stewart
4.08
Format: 348 pages, ebook
From the New York Times best-selling author of The Places in Between, an exploration of the landsca… read more
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4. Making Money (Discworld, #36; Moist Von Lipwig, #2)
By: Terry Pratchett
3.98
Format: None pages,
It's an offer you can't refuse. Who would not to wish to be the man in charge of Ankh-Morpork's Roy… read more
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- humor
5. The Secret Life of Bletchley Park: The WWII Codebreaking Centre and the Men and Women Who Worked There
By: Sinclair McKay
3.40
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
Bletchley Park was where one of the war's most famous and crucial achievements was made: the cracki… read more
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6. Behind the Scenes at the Museum
By: Kate Atkinson
3.00
Format: None pages,
Ruby Lennox begins narrating her life at the moment of conception, and from there takes us on a whi… read more
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7. When the Earth Was Flat: All the Bits of Science We Got Wrong
By: Graeme Donald
3.68
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Science is continually evolving, with a history rich in experimentation. This book investigates the… read more
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8. Aberystwyth Mon Amour (Aberystwyth Noir, #1)
By: Malcolm Pryce
3.07
Format: None pages, Paperback
Schoolboys are being murdered all over Aberystwyth and nobody knows why. Louie Knight, the town's p… read more
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9. Soul Music (Discworld, #16; Death, #3)
By: Terry Pratchett
4.05
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Other children get given xylophones. Susan just had to ask her grandfather to take his vest off. Ye… read more
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- humor
"We're on a mission from Glod."-Terry Pratchett, Soul Music (Discworld, #16; Death, #3)
"It's . . . it's like a legend! It has to happen!"-Terry Pratchett, Soul Music (Discworld, #16; Death, #3)
"The fastest way to travel is to be there already."-Terry Pratchett, Soul Music (Discworld, #16; Death, #3)
"Big fat hairy monkey, hands a couple of octaves wide?"-Terry Pratchett, Soul Music (Discworld, #16; Death, #3)
10. Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within
By: Rory Stewart
4.36
Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition
A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabi… read more
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"Proper searching could stop drugs being carried through the gates. In the US and Sweden, where there was proper searching, I had discovered, the drug rates were far lower. But when I shared these sug…"-Rory Stewart, Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within
11. The Romantic
By: William Boyd
4.15
Format: 451 pages, Paperback
Set in the 19th century, The Romantic is the story of life itself. Following the roller-coaster for… read more
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12. Lies Sleeping (Rivers of London, #7)
By: Ben Aaronovitch
4.24
Format: 406 pages, Hardcover
Join Peter Grant, detective and apprentice wizard, for a brand new case . . . Martin Chorley, ak… read more
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"A sense of powerlessness can seriously exacerbate stress,"-Ben Aaronovitch, Lies Sleeping (Rivers of London, #7)
"Or as my dad always says: it only becomes a social problem when the working man joins in."-Ben Aaronovitch, Lies Sleeping (Rivers of London, #7)
"The kitchen was the kind of brushed steel monstrosity that looks more like it's designed to weaponise viruses than cook dinner."-Ben Aaronovitch, Lies Sleeping (Rivers of London, #7)
"Here's a comforting thought for you, Peter,' he said. 'However long you may live, the world will never lose its ability to surprise you with its beauty."-Ben Aaronovitch, Lies Sleeping (Rivers of London, #7)
13. Alan Partridge: Big Beacon
By: Alan Partridge
4.27
Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition
In Big Beacon, Norwich's favourite son and best broadcaster, Alan Partridge, triumphs against the o… read more
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14. A Stroke of the Pen
By: Terry Pratchett
4.03
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Far away and long ago, when dragons still existed and the only arcade game was ping-pong in black a… read more
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"Dragons Invade The Crumbling Castle Area,’ shouted the first page (this was the headline), and then he said in an ordinary voice: ‘For full details hear Page Three."-Terry Pratchett, A Stroke of the Pen
15. 52 Times Britain was a Bellend: The History You Didn’t Get Taught At School
By: James Felton
3.96
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
JAMES FELTON'S NEW BOOK "ASSHOLES" IS OUT NOW 'Scurrilous, scandalous and frequently disgusting. I… read more
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- nonfiction
16. Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story.
By: Robert Hardman
3.92
Format: 456 pages, Kindle Edition
The No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller‘Fascinating . . . The book everyone is talking about’ – Daily Mai… read more
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- history
"He's a very charming person - very warm and very friendly...I admire the way he interacts with people. That, to me, speaks to the measure of our King."-Robert Hardman, Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story.
17. Landslide: The Final Days of the Trump Presidency
By: Michael Wolff
3.88
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
“We won. Won in a landslide. This was a landslide.”―President Donald J. Trump, January 6, 2021We al… read more
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18. Murder Most Royal (Her Majesty the Queen Investigates #3)
By: S.J. Bennett
3.89
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Christmas at Sandringham is going to be murder . . . December 2016 - A severed hand is found was… read more
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19. Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World
By: Tom Burgis
3.80
Format: 464 pages, Kindle Edition
A Washington Post Notable Book of the Year • An Economist Book of the Year “A must-read for anyo… read more
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"When the past threatens to ambush you in the present, change the past."-Tom Burgis, Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World
"It was to Blair that Nazarbayev turned for counsel at this delicate moment. The information blackout on Zhanaozen had been insufficient to prevent the basic details leaking out. It was as though some…"-Tom Burgis, Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World
"Nazarbayev found that he and his regime had a certain chemistry with figures from Blair’s strand of Western politics: the Third Way. It was a system that purported to wed the humanity of the left to …"-Tom Burgis, Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World
"Nazarbayev had learned that Westerners could be just as adept as he was in turning money into power and power back into money. Some, like Dick Evans and Jonathan Aitken, went about it from positions …"-Tom Burgis, Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World
20. Johnson at 10: The Inside Story
By: Anthony Seldon
4.22
Format: 662 pages, Hardcover
***Chosen as a non-fiction highlight of 2023 in The Times and the Observer *** After his dramatic … read more
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21. What Just Happened?!: Dispatches from Turbulent Times
By: Marina Hyde
4.10
Format: 516 pages, Kindle Edition
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERNow includes ELEVEN new columns and a whole THREE new prime ministers.Re… read more
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22. Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-Up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House
By: Rachel Maddow
4.32
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
The untold story of the other scandal that rocked Nixon's White House: the wild crimes, audacious c… read more
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"Agnew was like Nixon's id -- without the burden of much actual knowledge or curiosity or responsibility to the country at large."-Rachel Maddow, Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-Up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House
"I had turned over a log and exposed to the light a scurrying colony of unpleasant creatures whose only reaction was one of annoyance that I had been so crass as to disturb their settled way of life. …"-Rachel Maddow, Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-Up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House
"It is a rare man or woman who is ever really changed by ascension to high office, or tempered by the solemnity of the oaths they have sworn or by the national duties they have shouldered. And Spiro A…"-Rachel Maddow, Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-Up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House
23. UnPresidented: Politics, Pandemics and the Race that Trumped all Others
By: Jon Sopel
4.29
Format: 363 pages, Kindle Edition
'26 February, White House Briefing Room The coronavirus feels like it is changing everything. Sudd… read more
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24. Scoops: Behind the Scenes of the BBC's Most Shocking Interviews
By: Sam McAlister
4.14
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The secrets of a former Newsnight producer who found her way to Buckingham Palace 'A cracking re… read more
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- history
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25. Shadow State: Murder, Mayhem, and Russia's Attack on the West
By: Luke Harding
3.92
Format: 336 pages, ebook
A thrilling account of how Russia is waging a hidden war against America and the West, using espion… read more
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26. A Farewell to Calm: The New Normal Survival Guide
By: John Crace
4.18
Format: 265 pages, Hardcover
‘It’s now becoming easier and easier to predict government policy. Just listen to what the prime mi… read more
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27. Uncommon Wealth: Britain and the Aftermath of Empire
By: Kojo Koram
4.28
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing Longlisted for the British Academy Book Pri… read more
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28. The House of Beckham: Money, Sex and Power
By: Tom Bower
3.01
Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition
For fans and watchers of the Beckham Netflix documentary who want the rest of the story—an explosiv… read more
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29. Turning Points: Crisis and Change in Modern Britain, from 1945 to Truss
By: Steve Richards
4.10
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
An authoritative history of the most consequential events in post-war British politics from Steve R… read more
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30. Precipice
By: Robert Harris
4.23
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A spellbinding novel of passion, intrigue, and betrayal set in England in the months leading to the… read more
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"There were twelve deliveries a day in London in 1914. It would be in his hands by mid-afternoon. Pg5"-Robert Harris, Precipice
"The worst crises in politics always occurred, in his experience, when two unrelated problems struck at once. The difficulties weren’t doubled, or even squared, but cubed. Pg345"-Robert Harris, Precipice
"Major Hankey, secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence, was brought in by Bongie, and placed in front of him on the table the large red and blue leather-bound volume known as the War Book, he o…"-Robert Harris, Precipice
31. The Borrowed Hills
By: Scott Preston
3.85
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A cinematic neo-Western set in the fells of northern England. "Half Tarantino and half pitch-bla… read more
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"We’d burned through everything, even what we’d no right to, rubbed out the stars and hid the moon, and if the night sky wasn’t already black, we’d have had a good go at making it."-Scott Preston, The Borrowed Hills
"She’d look at me like I’m an idiot since I am one, but she still looked at me. That’s how Helen was, and that’s how I’ve always been. That’s why I like dogs more than people. Why I am a bloody dog. T…"-Scott Preston, The Borrowed Hills
"Two weeks of thinking I’d sort it out tomorrow, what came next. Eating crisps in bed or in the bath and getting a headache from all the salt. Daytime telly on as if it can keep you warm—the kind that…"-Scott Preston, The Borrowed Hills
"It rained on the day of my dad’s funeral. Folk here are born with waterproof skin and a double set of eyelids like a trout. But I’ve seen nowt like it before. Wherever the ground dipped it turned to …"-Scott Preston, The Borrowed Hills
