The Peer and the Gangster: A Very British Cover-up
By: Daniel Smith
3.89
Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition
In July 1964, the Sunday Mirror ran a front-page story headlined: PEER AND A GANGSTER: YARD ENQUIRY…
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1. Runaway
By: Peter May
4.10
Format: 668 pages, Hardcover
In 1965, five teenage friends fled Glasgow for London to pursue their dream of musical stardom. Yet… read more
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2. No Night is Too Long
By: Ruth Rendell , Barbara Vine
3.71
Format: None pages, Paperback
Tim thought he'd gotten away with it. For months after the murder off the Alaskan coast he'd heard … read more
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3. Demon in My View
By: Ruth Rendell
3.82
Format: 214 pages, Hardcover
She waits for him in the dark, her mind and body perfect, passive, until one day, when he goes to t… read more
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4. I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
By: Robert Graves
3.44
Format: 347 pages, Paperback
From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born 10 B.C., Murdered and Deified A.D. 54. Set in the… read more
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5. The Collected Ghost Stories of E.F. Benson
By: E.F. Benson , Richard Dalby
3.78
Format: 438 pages, Paperback
United by a perfect chilling atmosphere and graceful literary style, these ghostly stories range fr… read more
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6. Down and Out in Paris and London
By: George Orwell
4.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
This unusual fictional account - in good part autobiographical - narrates without self-pity and oft… read more
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7. The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times
By: Jennifer Worth
3.78
Format: 472 pages,
An unforgettable story of the joy of motherhood, the bravery of a community, and the hope of one ex… read more
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8. This is London: Life and Death in the World City
By: Ben Judah
3.80
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A major work of narrative non-fiction from a fresh new voice. London is a global city. More than ha… read more
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9. 1979
By: Val McDermid
3.78
Format: 408 pages, Kindle Edition
Hailed as Britain's Queen of Crime, Val McDermid's award-winning, internationally bestselling novel… read more
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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. Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes
By: Morgan Housel
4.19
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
“Want to understand the changing world? Start with what stays the same. That’s the amazing conclusi… read more
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12. 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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"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
13. The New Life
By: Tom Crewe
3.77
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
Two Victorian marriages, two dangerous love affairs, one extraordinary partnership . . .London, 189… read more
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"Science requires a rational audience."-Tom Crewe, The New Life
"True development does not respect comfort."-Tom Crewe, The New Life
"We British are used to being ruthless, of course, but only the men. The women aren't. We don't grab. We shouldn't . But we have to, to make some room for ourselves."-Tom Crewe, The New Life
"...John wondered if she would ever be so unthinkingly imperious again; whether her childish powers of command would survive the dislocation from home, the knowledge of her smallness in the greater wo…"-Tom Crewe, The New Life
14. How Westminster Works . . . and Why It Doesn't
By: Ian Dunt
4.45
Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition
THE NO.2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWhy do some prime ministers manage to get things done, while others… read more
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15. 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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16. There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History
By: Rory Carroll
4.38
Format: 397 pages, Hardcover
Killing Thatcher is the gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margar… read more
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17. Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany's Wealthiest Dynasties
By: David de Jong
4.21
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking investigation of how the Nazis helped German tycoons make billions off the horrors… read more
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18. Traces: The Memoir of a Forensic Scientist and Criminal Investigator
By: Patricia Wiltshire
3.60
Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition
Professor Patricia Wiltshire will take you on a journey through the fascinating edgeland where natu… read more
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19. Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor
By: Andrew Lownie
3.82
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
Traitor King, by Sunday Times bestselling author Andrew Lownie, looks at the years following the ab… read more
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"The problem was that the Duke wanted status not a job, to be recognised rather than to contribute."-Andrew Lownie, Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor
20. Pastoral Song: A Farmer’s Journey
By: James Rebanks
4.43
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
As a boy, James Rebanks's grandfather taught him to work the land the old way. Their family farm in… read more
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"There were profoundly important questions about the potential effects of each new technology that it was nobody's job to ask or answer. There was no mechanism for farmers or ecologists to judge wheth…"-James Rebanks, Pastoral Song: A Farmer’s Journey
"There is something about planting trees that feels good. If you have done it well, it will outlast you and leave the world a little richer and more beautiful because of your efforts. Planting a tree …"-James Rebanks, Pastoral Song: A Farmer’s Journey
"Agricultural education is still overwhelmingly about change and innovation, and "disruption," not what is sustainable and what will work in the long run. From the modernizing perspective, the student…"-James Rebanks, Pastoral Song: A Farmer’s Journey
21. The Last Colony: A Tale of Exile, Justice and Britain's Colonial Legacy
By: Philippe Sands
4.18
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
After the Second World War, new international rules heralded an age of human rights and self-determ… read more
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"I appeared as counsel in the first case, in a barrister’s wig and gown at a hearing in a makeshift courtroom in Hamburg’s Town Hall; years later, Judge Mensah told me, with a big grin, that he wonder…"-Philippe Sands, The Last Colony: A Tale of Exile, Justice and Britain's Colonial Legacy
22. Nothing But The Truth
By: The Secret Barrister
4.09
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Just how do you become a barrister? Why do only 1 per cent of those who study law succeed in joinin… read more
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23. Why is this Lying Bastard Lying to Me?: Searching for the Truth on Political TV
By: Rob Burley
4.23
Format: 446 pages, Kindle Edition
A deliciously irreverent and humorous insider account of 25 years working at the very top of Britis… read more
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24. Great and Horrible News: Murder and Mayhem in Early Modern Britain
By: Blessin Adams
3.86
Format: 228 pages, Kindle Edition
NINE HISTORIC CRIMES. ONE FAMILIAR OBSESSION. In early modern England, murder truly was most fou… read more
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25. A Thread of Violence: A Story of Truth, Invention, and Murder
By: Mark O'Connell
3.74
Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition
From the award-winning author comes a gripping account of one of the most scandalous chapters in mo… read more
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26. The Life Inside: A Memoir of Prison, Family and Philosophy
By: Andy West
4.00
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Andy West teaches philosophy in prisons. He has conversations with people inside about their lives,… read more
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27. Japanese Ghost Stories
By: Lafcadio Hearn
3.70
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
In this collection of classic ghost stories from Japan, beautiful princesses turn out to be frogs, … read more
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"Whoever pretends not to believe in ghosts of any sort, lies to his own heart. Every man is haunted by ghosts... thought most of us (poets excepted) are unwilling to confess the acquaintance."-Lafcadio Hearn, Japanese Ghost Stories
28. The Sins of Jack Saul: The True Story of Dublin Jack and The Cleveland Street Scandal
By: Glenn Chandler
3.76
Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition
The Cleveland Street scandal, involving a homosexual brothel reputedly visited by the Queen's grand… read more
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29. Backstairs Billy: The Life of William Tallon, the Queen Mother's Most Devoted Servant
By: Tom Quinn
3.61
Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition
"William Tallon was a creature of though intensely loyal, he was also a dangerous risk-taker; thou… read more
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30. The Stopping Places: A Journey Through Gypsy Britain
By: Damian Le Bas
3.87
Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition
Damian Le Bas grew up surrounded by Gypsy history. His great-grandmother would tell him stories of … read more
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31. The Peer and the Gangster: A Very British Cover-up
By: Daniel Smith
3.89
Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition
In July 1964, the Sunday Mirror ran a front-page story headlined: PEER AND A GANGSTER: YARD ENQUIRY… read more
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