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The Long History of Old Age

By Pat Thane

The Pottery Gardener: Flowers and Hens at the Emma Bridgewater Factory

By Arthur Parkinson, Emma Bridgewater

1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: The story of two lives, one nation, and a century of art under tyranny

By Ai Weiwei

Young Voices: British Children Remember the Second World War

By Lyn Smith, The Imperial War Museum

The Windrush Betrayal: Exposing the Hostile Environment

By Gentleman, Amelia

The Biscuit: The History of a Very British Indulgence

By Lizzie Collingham

Life in Ancient Britain

By Brian Williams

The Nothing that is: A Natural History of Zero

By Robert Kaplan, Ellen Kaplan

The Story of Wales

By Jon Gower

The Cossacks

By Shane O'Rourke

This Land was Theirs: A Study of North American Indians

By Wendell H. Oswalt, Sharlotte Neely

Darwin and the Emergence of Evolutionary Theories of Mind and Behavior

By Robert J. Richards

Compacts and Cosmetics: Beauty from Victorian Times to the Present Day

By Madeleine Marsh

On Monsters: An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears

By Stephen T. Asma

Pepper: A History of the World's Most Influential Spice

By Marjorie Shaffer

Emigrants and Exiles: Ireland and the Irish Exodus to North America

By Kerby A. Miller

Battle of Brothers: You’ve heard from one side – now read the full, true story of the royal family in crisis

By Lacey, Robert

Russia in the Age of Peter the Great

By Lindsey Hughes

Witches and Witch-Hunts: A Global History

By Wolfgang Behringer

OLD STAGERS: Canterbury, Cricket and Theatricals

By RICHARD. RITCHIE

Popular Music in England 1840-1914: A Social History

By Dave Russell

Chopin's Piano: A Journey through Romanticism

By Paul Kildea

A History of Women in 101 Objects: A Walk Through Female History

By Annabelle Hirsch

When They Go Low, We Go High: Speeches That Shape the World - and Why We Need Them

By Collins, Philip, Philip Collins

Food and Drink in Antiquity: A Sourcebook: Readings from the Graeco-Roman World

By John Donahue

North of the DMZ: Essays on Daily Life in North Korea

By Andrei Lankov

Captain Swing

By Eric J. Hobsbawm, George F. E. Rudé

Our Woman in Havana: Reporting Castro's Cuba

By Sarah Rainsford

The Penguin Book of Modern Speeches

By MacArthur, Brian

Behind the Privet Hedge: Richard Sudell, the Suburban Garden and the Beautification of Britain

By Michael Gilson