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500 Nations: An Illustrated History of North American Indians

By Alvin M. Josephy Jr.

The Victorians

By A.N. Wilson

Devil's Advocate

By Humphrys, John

Where Did It All Go Right?: Growing Up Normal in the 70s

By Collins, Andrew

Where Did It All Go Right?: Growing Up Normal in the 70s

By Collins, Andrew

Our Hidden Lives: The Remarkable Diaries of Postwar Britain

By Garfield, Simon

I Never Knew That About England

By Winn, Christopher, Christopher Winn

Hard Tackles and Dirty Baths: The inside story of football's golden era

By George Best

I Never Knew That About Ireland

By Winn, Christopher

Hope and Glory: The Days that Made Britain

By Maconie, Stuart

Hope and Glory: A People’s History of Modern Britain

By Stuart Maconie, Maconie, Stuart

I Never Knew That About England

By Christopher Winn, Winn, Christopher

The People’s Songs: The Story of Modern Britain in 50 Records

By Maconie, Stuart

The Pie At Night: In Search of the North at Play

By Maconie, Stuart

One Pair of Hands: From Upstairs to Downstairs, in this charming 1930s memoir

By Dickens, Monica

Wondrous Times On The Frontier

By Brown, Dee

Promiscuities: An Opinionated History of Female Desire

By Wolf, Naomi

Devil's Advocate

By Humphrys, John

The Bang-Bang Club: Snapshots from a Hidden War

By Marinovich, Greg, Silva, Joao

Black Boy: A Record of Youth and Childhood (Vintage classics)

By Wright, Richard

Maverick: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workshop: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace

By Semler, Ricardo, Ricardo Semler

Ireland In The 20th Century

By Coogan, Tim Pat

The Victorians

By Wilson, A.N., A.N. Wilson

Raw Spirit: In Search of the Perfect Dram

By Banks, Iain

Bright Young People: The Rise and Fall of a Generation 1918-1940

By Taylor, D J

The Untold History of the Potato

By Reader, John

The Right Stuff

By Tom Wolfe

Getting Rich First: Life in a Changing China

By Hewitt, Duncan

The Brother Gardeners: Botany, Empire and the Birth of an Obsession

By Wulf, Andrea

Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Loss and Love

By Xinran, Harman, Nicky