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Battles of Conscience: British Pacifists and the Second World War

By Kelly, Tobias

Authenticity: How economics, evolution and technology drive us to deceive – and how we can fight back

By Sherwood, Alice

An Underworld at War: Spivs, Deserters, Racketeers and Civilians in the Second World War

By Thomas, Donald

A Strange Eventful History: Democratic Socialism in Britain

By Dell, Edmund

Portraiture (Oxford History of Art)

By West, Shearer

Strapless: John Singer Sargent and the Fall of Madame X

By Deborah Davis

The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris

By McCullough, David

'A Veritable Eden'. The Manchester Botanic Garden: A History

By Brooks, Ann

Dickens's England: Life in Victorian Times

By Pritchard, R E

Obama: From Promise to Power

By Mendell, David

Alma Mahler-Werfel: Diaries 1898-1902

By Beaumont, Antony

Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush

By Meacham, Jon

The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World

By Iain McGilchrist

Dickens' Artistic Daughter Katey: Her Life, Loves and Impact

By Lucinda Hawksley

Shopping in the Renaissance: Consumer Cultures in Italy, 1400-1600

By Evelyn Welch

National Art Collecting: A Celebration of the National Art Collections Fund

By Wilson, Alyson

The Raj at Table: A Culinary History of the British in India

By Burton, David

Stories We Tell Ourselves: Making Meaning in a Meaningless Universe

By Holloway, Richard

Women and Madness: Incarceration of Women in Nineteenth-century France (Feminist Perspectives)

By Ripa

Letters To My Grandchildren: Thoughts on the Future

By Benn, Tony

Beyond the Myths: Mother-Daughter Relationships in Psychology,History,Literature And Everyday Life

By Phillips, Shelley

Ladies Can’t Climb Ladders: The Pioneering Adventures of the First Professional Women

By Robinson, Jane

Francis Frith's Dorset Living Memories

By Bainbridge, John, Frith, Francis

Children of the Weald: Fascinating Account of Kent Life in a Bygone Age

By Edwards, Sue, Jennings, Doug

African History: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

By Parker, John, Rathbone, Richard

Life in the English Country Cottage

By Tinniswood, Adrian

The Roman Empire at Bay, AD 180–395 (The Routledge History of the Ancient World)

By Potter, David S.

The Long Weekend: Life in the English Country House Between the Wars

By Tinniswood, Adrian

Behind Closed Doors: At Home in Georgian England

By Vickery, Amanda

High Society: Mind-Altering Drugs in History and Culture

By Mike Jay