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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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Edith Eger
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Sue Smethurst
Tomorrow Will Be A Good Day
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Untold Resilience
Future Women
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Laurence Rees
Agent Sonya
Ben Macintyre
Moonlite
Garry Linnell
Queens of the Crusades
Alison Weir
Vida
Jacqueline Kent
Animal Farm
George Orwell
Last Stop Auschwitz
Eddy de Wind
Ravenna
Judith Herrin
A Promised Land
Barack Obama
A Paradise Built in Hell
Rebecca Solnit
Winkle
Paul Beaver
Osebol
Marit Kapla
The Japanese
Christopher Harding
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T. G. Otte
The Enlightenment
Ritchie Robertson
Edward the Confessor (Penguin Monarchs)
David Woodman
The Black Banners Declassified
Ali Soufan
The Time Traveller's Guide to Regency Britain
Ian Mortimer
The Interest
Michael Taylor
Gladiators
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