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Footsloggers

The only way to truly understand what it was like to fight in the Second World War is to listen to the experiences of those men who were there. And often, there was nowhere more dangerous than on t...

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Murder by candlelight

£9.99

As the nights draw in and the old year slips away, the haunting season begins. Twigs scrape at windowpanes in the darkness, mysterious footprints are found in the snow, and all sorts of mysteries, ...

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Collared

£18.99

Dogs are our constant companions: models of loyalty and unconditional love for millions around the world. But these beloved animals are much more than just our pets – and our shared history i...

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The deorhord

£10.99

Many of the animals we encounter in everyday life, from the creatures in our fields to those in our fantasies, have remained the same since medieval times – but the words we use, and the ways...

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Embers of the hands

£25.00

Imagine a Viking, and a certain image springs to mind: a nameless, faceless warrior, leaping ashore from a longboat, and ready to terrorise the hapless local population of a northern European count...

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Fear

£12.99

It’s been said that, after 9/11, the 2008 financial crash and the Covid-19 pandemic, we’re a more fearful society than ever before. Yet fear, and the panic it produces, have long been d...

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The notebook

£10.99

The notebook has shaped the world for eight hundred years. In medieval Italy, the blank ledger transformed international trade, and enabled the intellectual artistic advances of the Renaissance. At...

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Emperor of Rome

£11.99

Mary Beard shines her spotlight on the emperors who ruled the Roman empire, from Julius Caesar (assassinated 44 BCE) to Alexander Severus (assassinated 235 CE). ‘Emperor of Rome’ is not...

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Train teasers

£9.99

When was smoking banned on trains? Which actor restored kippers to the menu of the Brighton Belle? What regular lineside event did Dickens describe as ‘a shave in the air’? Perfect for ...

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Common or garden

£14.99

It’s often imagined that rarity is special. We seek out uncommon plants or birds to tick them off our lists, but most of us overlook the extraordinary splendour of the species we encounter da...

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Why Nations Fail

£12.99

Why is North Korea, a geographical, ethnic and cultural mirror of its capitalist neighbour, ten times poorer than South Korea? ‘Why Nations Fail’ analyses the root of the problems facin...

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Footsloggers

Murder by candlelight

Collared

The deorhord

Embers of the hands

Fear

The notebook

Emperor of Rome

Train teasers

Common or garden

Why Nations Fail

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