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All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopaedia by the bestselling author of JUST MY TYPE

By Simon Garfield

East West Street: on the origins of genocide and crimes against humanity: Non-fiction Book of the Year 2017

By Sands, Philippe

Governance and Environment in Western Europe: Politics, Policy and Administration

By Kenneth Hanf, Alf-Inge Jansen

The City Of London Volume 2: Golden Years 1890-1914

By David Kynaston

Golf's Strangest Rounds: Extraordinary but true stories from over a century of golf (Strangest)

By Andrew Ward

Abraham's Children: Race, Identity and the DNA of the Chosen

By Jon Entine

The Pirate Primer: Mastering the Language of Swashbucklers and Rogues

By Choundas, George

The Political and Social Philosophy of Ze'ev Jabotinsky: Selected Writings

By Mordechai Sarig, Shimshon Feder, Daniel Carpi

Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia: 3 Volume Set

By Glenn D. Considine, Peter H. Kulik

Last Wild Places

By National Geographic Society

Orkney: A Historical Guide

By Caroline Wickham-Jones

A Dictionary of English Folklore

By Jacqueline Simpson, Stephen Roud

Grasses, Sedges, Rushes and Ferns of Britain and Northern Europe (Collins Pocket Guide)

By Richard Fitter, Alastair Fitter, Ann Farrer

The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime

By Harvey, Miles

Ladybird Histories: Tudors and Stuarts

Get Her Off the Pitch!: How Sport Took Over My Life

By Lynne Truss

Scottish Myths and Legends

By Rosemary Gray

City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles

By Mike Davis

Physics in Minutes

By Giles Sparrow

A Thousand Pieces of Gold: A Memoir of China's Past Through its Proverbs

By Adeline Yen Mah

An Encyclopaedia of Myself

By Jonathan Meades

Roots of the Rich and Famous

By Robert Davenport

Scientific Realism and Human Emancipation

By Roy Bhaskar

Frontiers of Complexity: The Search for Order in a Chaotic World

By Peter Coveney, Roger Highfield

"The Zoo Story

By Edward Albee

The Brilliant Book of Baby Names: What’s best, what’s hot and what’s not

By Redmond Satran, Pamela, Rosenkrantz, Linda

Made in Scotland: Household Names That Began in Scotland

By Carol Foreman

Everything Rocks and Minerals: Dazzling gems of photos and info that will rock your world (Everything)

By Steve Tomecek, National Geographic Kids

We Should All Be Feminists

By Ngozi Adichie, Chimamanda

Floodlights and Touchlines: A History of Spectator Sport

By Rob Steen