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Genghis Khan: The Man Who Conquered the World

By McLynn, Frank

Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China

By Chang, Jung

Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging

By Hirsch, Afua

Don't Be a Dick Pete

By Heritage, Stuart

The Line Becomes A River: Dispatches from the Mexican Border

By Cantú, Francisco

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

By Harari, Yuval Noah

Lowborn: Growing Up, Getting Away and Returning to Britain’s Poorest Towns

By Hudson, Kerry

The Pulse Glass: And the beat of other hearts

By Tindall, Gillian

The Search Warrant: Dora Bruder (Vintage Editions)

By Modiano, Patrick

In Pursuit of the Truth

By Driscoll, Clive

Fingers in the Sparkle Jar: A Memoir

By Packham, Chris

Fingers in the Sparkle Jar: A Memoir

By Packham, Chris, Chris Packham

A History of Britain in 21 Women: A Personal Selection

By Murray, Jenni

A Field Guide to the English Clergy: A Compendium of Diverse Eccentrics, Pirates, Prelates and Adventurers; All Anglican, Some Even Practising

By Butler-Gallie, The Revd Fergus

A History of the World in 21 Women: A Personal Selection

By Murray, Jenni

Genius and Anxiety: How Jews Changed the World, 1847–1947

By Lebrecht, Norman

The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and what comes After

By Wamariya, Clemantine, Weil, Elizabeth

Pain: The Science of the Feeling Brain

By Lalkhen, Dr Abdul-Ghaaliq

Corbyn: The Strange Rebirth of Radical Politics

By Richard Seymour

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

By Harari, Yuval Noah

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

By Harari, Yuval Noah

The Man in the Red Coat

By Barnes, Julian

Stories for Boys Who Dare to be Different

By Brooks, Ben, Winter, Quinton

Stories for Kids Who Dare to be Different

By Brooks, Ben, Winter, Quinton

Popular Music, Popular Myth and Cultural Heritage in Cleveland: The Moondog, the Buzzard, and the Battle for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Emerald Studies in Popular Music and Place)

By Brett Lashua

Victory in the Kitchen: The Life of Churchill's Cook

By Gray, Annie

Riviera Dreaming: Love and War on the Côte d'Azur

By Maureen Emerson

Snowden's Box: Trust in the Age of Surveillance

By Jessica Bruder, Dale Maharidge

Remember When: A nostalgic trip through the consumer era

By Opie, Robert

Maxton: A Biography

By Brown, Gordon