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In the autumn of 1502 three giants of the Renaissance period - Cesare Borgia, Leonardo da Vinci and Niccolo Machiavelli -…

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A Russian Diary is the book that Anna Politkovskaya had recently completed when she was murdered in a contract killing in…

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The great maritime state of Orsenna has long been lulled by settled peace and prosperity. It is three hundred years since it…

In an extraordinary portrayal of one of the world's fastest growing cities, Sam Miller sets out to discover the real Delhi.…

The story is told by a young 'unknown soldier' in the trenches of Flanders during the First World War. Although there are…

Alan Root is one of the great wildlife pioneers. In this extraordinary memoir we look at Africa's wonders through the eyes…

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Drawing on the couple's love letters and Mary Anne's own formidable archives, Daisy Hay reveals the heady mix of romance and…

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For Robert Jacklin - packed off without warning to boarding school in Zimbabwe - everything is terrifyingly new. As Robert…

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In these interviews, given between 1962 and 1980, Barthes speaks about the development of his thought, explaining why and…

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We live our lives online - banking, shopping, working, dating - but have we become complacent? This book exposes the…

Jane's son David is eight years old and Jane is filled with doubts as he grows up without a father. Then there is Andy,…

Greta Garbo's enduring legend derives from her incandescent performances as a woman in love in such classics as Camille,…

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Depicting German life from WW1 until the early 1970s, Boll's novel follows Leni Pfeiffer and her illegitimate son, Lev, as…

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Everyone knows that antidepressant drugs are miracles of modern medicine. But, as he discovered during his research, there…

At the age of ten, when Martin Amis spent a year in Princeton, New Jersey, he was excited and frightened by America. Steven…

On the night of 13 and 14 February 1945 the RAF bombed the city of Dresden, causing devastating fires which obliterated the…

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'Reading Andrew Ridker's debut novel, you soon realise you're in the presence of a new talent.' The TimesArthur Alter is in…

The Forest People is an astonishingly intimate and life-enhancing account of a hunter-gatherer tribe living in harmony with…

With the help of previously unpublished material from the Chatsworth archives, The Devonshires reveals how the dynasty made…

Excitement is building for this year's Twammies and Clementine Darling is hotly tipped to win Best Female Singer and…

Marcus Aurelius is the one great figure of antiquity who still speaks to us today, nearly 2,000 years after his death.…

In What Is the Grass, Doty - a poet, a lover of men, a New Yorker, and an American - keeps company with Whitman and his…

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Wise, often funny, sometimes heartbreaking, Persepolis tells the story of Marjane Satrapi's life in Tehran from the ages of…

THE FOOD OF ITALY was written after Claudia Roden spent a year in Italy researching the subject. Regional recipes, country…

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An odyssey of loss and salvation ranging across four generations of fathers and sons, in the finest tradition of American…

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WINNER OF THE PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE 2018SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2018SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK…

A revolution on the roads is approaching. Guardian news correspondent, Peter Walker, takes us on a journey around the world,…

Included are classics of short-form fiction such as `A Bear Hunt', `A Rose for Emily', `Two Soldiers' and `The Brooch'.…

Elegant, provocative and hugely entertaining, Kingsley Amis's memoirs are filled with anecdotes, experiences and portraits…

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This is one of the easiest-to-read, most exciting books on evolution of the past twenty years. It describes evolution…

Here he chronicles Detroit with its urban farms and vibrant arts scene, Detroit as a laboratory for the post-industrial,…

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In the summer of 1976 Gary Gilmore robbed two men. Then he shot them in cold blood. For those murders Gilmore was sent to…

*THE MUST-READ THRILLER OF THE SUMMER FROM THE AUTHOR OF HERE AND GONE*'Deliciously twisty and seriously dark, I couldn't…

how I never did find a copy of What To Expect When You Weren\'t Even Fucking Expecting To Be Expecting, and why paternity…

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After the Great War, the millions killed on the battlefields were eclipsed by the millions more civilians carried off by…

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Ander is always watchful, but particularly now, because the man across the table is his former teacher - Michael Wolphram -…

The third, enlarged edition of Isaiah Berlin's remarkable series of character portraits, Personal ImpressionsWinston…

From Eugenia Stanhope who sold Lord Chesterfield's scandalous letters, to the autocratic vicar who held the same parish from…

Based on a technique of impressing 'places' and 'images' on the mind, the ancient Greeks created an elaborate memory system…

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The definitive history of warfare told by Britain's foremost military historian. Stretching across centuries and continents,…

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The Drunken Sailor traces the life of Arthur Rimbaud: poet, surrealist, libertine and gun runner. Told entirely in Rimbaud's…

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Before Inferno came The Dante Club...the captivating thriller from the writer whose fans include Dan Brown, Jed Rubenfeld,…

In this history of World War II, the author explores both the technical and the human impact of the conflict. The text…

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In this unflinching and inspiring memoir, Jesse Leon tells an extraordinary story of resilience and survival, shining a…

Rough Crossings is the astonishing story of the struggle to freedom by thousands of African-American slaves who fled the…