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With an entry for each day of the year, this is an inclusive, accessible and empowering celebration of Black history by…

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Andrew Marr's acclaimed Sunday Times number one bestseller, updated with an extensive additional chapter taking readers from…

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The Perfect Present is a glamorous and festive read from bestselling author of Christmas at Tiffany's, Karen Swan.Haunted by…

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The gripping, behind-the scenes story of one of the most sophisticated surveillance weapons ever created, which is…

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Homage to Catalonia remains one of the most famous accounts of the Spanish Civil War. With characteristic scrutiny, Orwell…

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The riveting life and times of a genuine fashion icon, repackaged for mass-market paperback Kniha 9781509822539 Vidal |…

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Incisive, controversial and startlingly funny, The Rules of Attraction examines a group of affluent students at a small,…

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The gripping true story of a front-line trauma surgeon in the world's most dangerous war zones. Kniha 9781509837052 War…

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In A Brief History of Black Holes, award-winning University of Oxford researcher Dr Becky Smethurst charts five hundred…