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The Greek Pursuit of Knowledge

By Brunschwig, Jacques, Lloyd, Sir Geoffrey E. R., Porter, Catherine

In Black and White: Prints from Africa and the Diaspora

By Gill Saunders, Zoe Whitley

The Soul of Success: Inspiring Quotations for Entrepreneurs

By Janet Cheatham Bell, Dennis Kimbro

The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution

By C.L.R. James, David Scott Scott

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

By olaudah equiano, Angelo Costanzo

The British Book Trade: An Oral History

By Sue Bradley

Women and Politics in Uganda: The Challenge of Associational Autonomy

By Aili Mari Tripp (Royalty Account)

Shakespeare in Swahililand: Adventures with the Ever-Living Poet

By Edward Wilson-Lee

The Berbers: The Peoples of Africa

By Michael Brett (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London), Elizabeth Fentress (School of Oriental and African Studies

The End of Science: Facing the Limits of Knowledge in the Twilight of the Scientific Age

By Horgan, John

I Met Lucky People: The Story of the Romani Gypsies

By Yaron Matras

Lytton Strachey: The New Biography

By Michael Holroyd

Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes: The Story of Women in the 1950s

By Virginia Nicholson

Democracy: A Life

By Cartledge, Paul

The Rest is History: The official book from the makers of the hit podcast

By Goalhanger Podcasts, Dr Tom Holland, Dominic Sandbrook

Francis Frith's Down the Severn

By Clive Hardy, Francis Frith

In Pursuit of Civility: Manners and Civilization in Early Modern England

By Keith Thomas

Culture and Society in the Asia-Pacific

By Colin Mackerras, Richard Maidment

Heath Robinson: On Sport

By William Heath Robinson

Left Bank: Art, Passion and the Rebirth of Paris 1940-1950

By Agnes Poirier

Dan Cruickshank’s Bridges: Heroic Designs that Changed the World

By Cruickshank, Dan

Hidden World of the Naga, The: Living Traditions in Northeast India and Burma (includes Audio Cd)

By Aglaja Stirn, Peter van Ham

Keep Smiling Through: My Wartime Story

By Dame Vera Lynn, Virginia Lewis-Jones

Europe: History in the Making, 1870-1966

By Richard Fogarty

A Thing in Disguise: The Visionary Life of Joseph Paxton

By Kate Colquhoun

50 Big Ideas You Really Need to Know (50 Ideas)

By Ben Dupre

Lark Rise to Candleford: A Trilogy - Lark Rise; Over to Candleford; Candleford Green (Modern Classics)

By Thompson, Flora, Massingham, H., Flora Thompson

Reversing Sail: A History of the African Diaspora

By Michael A. Gomez (New York University)

Sharpeville: An Apartheid Massacre and its Consequences

By Tom Lodge (Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Limerick)

I Will Not Eat Stone: A Woman's History of Colonial Asante

By Jean Allman