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Into the Unknown
Ian Trafford

World War I (and its aftermath) in the words of a young soldier fresh off a remote New Zealand farm, written with immediacy, emotion and clarity.

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Yes To Life In Spite of Everything
Viktor E Frankl

A newly discovered classic: a collection of inspirational lectures on embracing life from worldwide bestseller Viktor Frankl

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Heroes
Stephen Fry

The dazzling companion volume to the bestselling MYTHOS. There are heroes - and then there are Greek heroes

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Yuval Noah Harari
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Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister
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Laurence Rees
JFK
Fredrik Logevall
Himalaya
Ed Douglas
Sicily '43
James Holland
Queens of the Crusades
Alison Weir
Fragile Monsters
Catherine Menon
Traumascapes: Updated edition
Maria Tumarkin
Letters from Lockdown
Various
A Paradise Built in Hell
Rebecca Solnit
Winkle
Paul Beaver
Osebol
Marit Kapla
The Japanese
Christopher Harding
Statesman of Europe
T. G. Otte
The Enlightenment
Ritchie Robertson
Edward the Confessor (Penguin Monarchs)
David Woodman
The Time Traveller's Guide to Regency Britain
Ian Mortimer
The Interest
Michael Taylor
The Black Banners Declassified
Ali Soufan
Gladiators
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The Biscuit
Lizzie Collingham

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