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From foxhunting to the Factory Acts, sport has never just been a game: it plays a key role in history.
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A magnificent history of peoples and cultures, trade routes and conflicts. For all those who have felt the siren call of opalescent Himalayan slopes.
Himalaya: A Human History
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Argues that Castro's visit to New York for the opening session of the UN in September 1960 had immense influence on the decade that followed.
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Three generations of impresarios gave us the Savoy, Gilbert & Sullivan, and made Wilde a transatlantic celebrity.
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Rutter - a literature graduate who notes the etymological link between 'text' and 'textile' - travelled the British Isles researching the social history of wool and knitting. This charming a... read more
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The author began his bookselling life in the King's Road (not at Sandoe's but Slaney & Mackay, where JdeF worked for him briefly). For the last 30 years he has managed the Waterstones in Can... read more
The Bookseller’s Tale
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An account of the club, its remarkable members and their influence, since 1824. Scholarly and entertaining.
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Reinvention, escape, adventure, romance, survival... Not all the women were 'port out starboard home'. Gripping and entertaining social history from the author of 'Queen Bees'.
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The author of 'The Queen of Whale Key' and 'The Suspicions of Mr Whicher' has found a new subject with which to amaze us: the case of the 'Croydon Poltergeist' and its investigation by the N... read more
The Haunting of Alma Fielding
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Marr has a gift of presenting complex issues with clarity; here he uses a diverse cast to show where we are and how we got here.
Elizabethans: How Modern Britain Was Forged
Hardback £20.00