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The Optician of Lampedusa

By Emma Jane Kirby

Radical My Journey from Islamist Extremism to a Democratic Awaken

By Maajid Nawaz

Descartes In 90 Minutes (Philosophers in 90 minutes - their lives & work)

By Strathern, Mr Paul

Hume In 90 Minutes (Philosophers in 90 minutes - their lives & work)

By Strathern, Mr Paul

Locke In 90 Minutes (Philosophers in 90 minutes - their lives & work)

By Strathern, Mr Paul

The Man Who Drew London

By Gillian Tindall

The Head Gardeners

By Toby Musgrave

Eminent Edwardians: Four figures who defined their age: Northcliffe, Balfour, Pankhurst, Baden-Powell

By Piers Brendon

Childhood at Court 1819-1914

By John Van der Kiste

Rogue Male: Sabotage and seduction behind German lines with Geoffrey Gordon-Creed, DSO, MC

By Roger Field And Geoffrey Gordo, N Creed

Monty: Life of Montgomery of Alamein: v. 2: Master of the Battlefield, 1942-44

By Nigel Hamilton

Black in Time: The Most Awesome Black Britons from Yesterday to Today

By Alison Hammond, E. L. Norry

Beryl - WINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023: In Search of Britain's Greatest Athlete, Beryl Burton

By Jeremy Wilson (Football Writer)

The Ladys Maid: My Life In Service By Rosina Harrison

Disraeli and the Art of Victorian Politics

By Ian St John

The Diary of Samuel Pepys: A Pepys Anthology

By SAMUEL PEPYS, Robert Latham, Linnet Latham

Team Tornado: Life on a Front-Line Squadron

By Peters, John, Nichol, John

Grade 9-1 GCSE History Edexcel Topic Guide - Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-39: perfect for catch-up and the 2022 and 2023 exams (CGP GCSE History 9-1 Revision)

By CGP Books

Sir Sigmund Sternberg: The Knight with Many Hats

By Derek Taylor

The Times Sir: The year in letters (1st edition)

By Tony Gallagher, Andrew Riley, Times Books

Jack Nastyface: Memoirs of an English Seaman

By William Robinson, Oliver Warner, George Cruikshank

London Made Us: A Memoir of a Shape-Shifting City

By Robert Elms

101 Things You Need to Know About Suffragettes

By Professor Maggie Andrews, Dr Janis Lomas

Dirty Bertie: An English King Made in France

By Clarke, Stephen

In Patagonia (Vintage classics)

By Chatwin, Bruce, Shakespeare, Nicholas

My Secret Sister: Jenny Lucas and Helen Edwards' family story

By Edwards, Helen, Smith, Jenny Lee

Hons and Rebels: The Mitford Family Memoir (W&N Essentials)

By Mitford, Jessica

Cider With Rosie

By Laurie Lee, Lee, Laurie

Harry's Last Stand: How the World My Generation Built is Falling Down, and What We Can Do to Save it

By Harry Leslie Smith

Nella Last's War: The Second World War Diaries of 'Housewife, 49'

By Last, Nella, Broad, Richard, Fleming, Suzie