Britain's DNA Journey: Our Remarkable Genetic Story
By: Alistair Moffat
3.89
Format: 428 pages, Kindle Edition
In an epic narrative, sometimes moving, sometimes astonishing, always revealing, Moffat writes an e…
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1. The Woodlanders
By: Thomas Hardy , Patricia Ingham
2.84
Format: 306 pages, Paperback
In this classically simple tale of the disastrous impact of outside life on a secluded community in… read more
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2. The Picts: A History
By: Tim Clarkson
5.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Drawing together the remaining historical fragments of the Picts - an ancient nation who ruled most… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
3. UnRoman Britain: Exposing the Great Myth of Britannia
By: Stuart Laycock , Miles Russell
3.94
Format: 456 pages, Hardcover
When we think of Roman Britain we tend to think of a land of togas and richly decorated palaces wit… read more
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- history
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4. The Diet Myth: The Real Science Behind What We Eat
By: Tim Spector
2.00
Format: 161 pages,
We are all increasingly bewildered by the simple question of what to eat. Despite advice from exper… read more
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5. Ulysses
By: James Joyce
3.75
Format: 925 pages, Paperback
Ulysses is a modernist novel by Irish writer James Joyce. It was first serialized in parts in the A… read more
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"Shite and onions!"-James Joyce, Ulysses
"Let my country die for me."-James Joyce, Ulysses
"Be just before you are generous."-James Joyce, Ulysses
"no more pain. wake no more. nobody owns"-James Joyce, Ulysses
6. A Room with a View
By: E.M. Forster
5.00
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
'"But you do," he went on, not waiting for contradiction. "You love the boy body and soul, plainly,… read more
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7. Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness
By: Peter Godfrey-Smith
3.66
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
A philosopher dons a wet suit and journeys into the depths of consciousness Peter Godfrey-Smith is … read more
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8. Devices and Desires (Adam Dalgliesh, #8)
By: None , P.D. James
3.96
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
When Commander Adam Dalgliesh visits Larksoken, a remote headland community on the Norfolk coast in… read more
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"Success in moderation was no doubt better for the character than failure, but too much of it and he would lose his cutting edge."-None, Devices and Desires (Adam Dalgliesh, #8)
9. Fever Pitch
By: Nick Hornby
3.44
Format: 330 pages, Paperback
In America, it is soccer. But in Great Britain, it is the real football. No pads, no prayers, no pr… read more
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10. Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter
By: Ian Mortimer
4.00
Format: 246 pages, Hardcover
The essential introduction to the Middle Ages by the bestselling author of The Time Traveller's Gui… read more
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- nonfiction
11. 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
12. Murder Before Evensong (Canon Clement, #1)
By: Richard Coles
3.32
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
Canon Daniel Clement is Rector of Champton. He has been there for eight years, living at the Rector… read more
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13. The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
By: Hallie Rubenhold
4.11
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Polly, Annie, Elizabeth, Catherine and Mary-Jane are famous for the same thing, though they never m… read more
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"As social commentators marvelled, charity was 'frequently derived from the lowest orders"-Hallie Rubenhold, The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
"The victims of Jack the Ripper were never 'just prostitutes'; they were daughters, wives, mothers, sisters, and lovers. They were women. They were human beings, and surely that in itself is enough."-Hallie Rubenhold, The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
"At its very core, the story of Jack the Ripper is a narrative of a killer's deep, abiding hatred of women, and our culture's obsession with the mythology serves only to normalize its particular brand…"-Hallie Rubenhold, The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
"My intention in writing this book is not to hunt and name the killer. I wish instead to retrace the footsteps of five women, to consider their experiences within the context of their era, and to foll…"-Hallie Rubenhold, The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
14. The Harbour Lights Mystery (Shell House Detectives #2)
By: Emylia Hall
4.34
Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition
As The Shell House Detectives try to solve a family mystery, their investigation runs dangerously c… read more
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15. Shadowlands: A Journey Through Britain's Lost Cities and Vanished Villages
By: Matthew Green
3.83
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Drowned. Buried by sand. Decimated by plague. Plunged off a cliff. This is the extraordinary tale o… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
16. Landlines
By: Raynor Winn
4.33
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Some people live to walk. Raynor and Moth walk to live . . . Raynor Winn knows that her husband … read more
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"We're caught in an endless cycle of 'what if', where all we can do is take the next step and see where that leads."-Raynor Winn, Landlines
"I know I'm clutching at straws. Every time this disease takes a new leap forward I desperately search for a simple label to put on it, as do the doctors."-Raynor Winn, Landlines
"Irrational, irresponsible, maybe, but in that desperate moment our decision to walk offered every thing we needed — shelter in the form of our tent and a line on a map to follow. It gave us a route f…"-Raynor Winn, Landlines
"We stick to the stones, stepping from one to the other, as does everyone else drawn along this thread of stone through the boglands. Isn't this the way humanity should approach everything we do on th…"-Raynor Winn, Landlines
17. The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)
By: Ellis Peters
4.17
Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition
The winter of 1139 will disrupt Brother Cadfael’s tranquil life in Shrewsbury with the most disturb… read more
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"Love shared is no sin."-Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)
"There never was, for all I could ever learn, a time when living was easy and peaceful."-Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)
18. The Lido
By: Libby Page
3.86
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A tender, joyous debut novel about a cub reporter and her eighty-six-year-old subject—and the unlik… read more
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"She took the loneliness out of being alone."-Libby Page, The Lido
"In a large townhouse, a family is spread out across its rooms, each living in their own state but under one flag"-Libby Page, The Lido
"...around puberty when the girls' bodies felt to them like uncomfortable clothes they'd love to wriggle out of. She remembers the transformation: the giggling rabble became a subdued group by the wat…"-Libby Page, The Lido
"It was rare that she got dressed up and went out, but each time a dinner party or the Christmas dinner with the other library staff came round she would stand in front of the mirror asking George to …"-Libby Page, The Lido
19. Alchemy (Giordano Bruno, #7)
By: S.J. Parris
4.28
Format: 473 pages, Kindle Edition
Prague, 1588 A COURT IN TURMOIL The Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II, wants to expand the boundari… read more
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20. The Time Traveller's Guide to Regency Britain: The Immersive and Brilliant Historical Guide to Regency Britain
By: Ian Mortimer
4.23
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
'Ian Mortimer's Time Traveller's Guide to Regency Britain tells you all you need to know about crim… read more
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- nonfiction
21. The Earth Transformed: An Untold History
By: Peter Frankopan
3.94
Format: 736 pages, Hardcover
A revolutionary new history that reveals how climate change has dramatically shaped the development… read more
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22. A Dutiful Boy
By: Mohsin Zaidi
4.57
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A coming of age memoir about growing up queer in a strict Muslim household. Like Educated with a mo… read more
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23. The Bone Chests
By: Cat Jarman
4.06
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
From the brilliant bioarchaeologist and bestselling author of River Kings, a gripping new history o… read more
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24. The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English
By: Hana Videen
4.26
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
An entertaining and illuminating collection of weird, wonderful, and downright baffling words from … read more
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- nonfiction
"For some reason, the ball-biting beaver doesn't live on in modern fiction like Aslan the lion or Fawkes the phoenix."-Hana Videen, The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English
25. The World Before Us: How Science is Revealing a New Story of Our Human Origins
By: Tom Higham
4.31
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
'Fascinating and entertaining. If you read one book on human origins, this should be it' Ian Morris… read more
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26. If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal: What Animal Intelligence Reveals About Human Stupidity
By: Justin Gregg
3.88
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
“A dazzling, delightful read on what animal cognition can teach us about our own mental shortcoming… read more
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27. Wisdom of the Ancients: Life lessons from our distant past
By: Neil Oliver
3.97
Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition
THE PERFECT READ FOR TROUBLED TIMESFrom the bestselling author of The Story of the British Isles in… read more
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"It is all around us now, in one God-forsaken territory after another. Blood sacrifice in the name of a better future. Only the dead like Tollund Man have seen the end of it. All we seem to have learn…"-Neil Oliver, Wisdom of the Ancients: Life lessons from our distant past
28. Britain's DNA Journey: Our Remarkable Genetic Story
By: Alistair Moffat
3.89
Format: 428 pages, Kindle Edition
In an epic narrative, sometimes moving, sometimes astonishing, always revealing, Moffat writes an e… read more
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29. Doggerland: The History of the Land that Once Connected Great Britain to Continental Europe
By: Charles River Editors
3.88
Format: 63 pages, Kindle Edition
*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents Well … read more
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