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The Spy who was left out in the Cold: The Secret History of Agent Goleniewski

The Spy who was left out in the Cold: The Secret History...

Author: Tim Tate
ISBN: 9780552177689
Format: Paperback
$24.99

A compelling yet tragic portrait of one of the most important, yet least understood, spies of the early Cold War....  Read More >>

Conspiracy on Cato Street: A Tale of Liberty and Revolution in Regency London

Conspiracy on Cato Street: A Tale of Liberty and Revolution...

Author: Vic Gatrell (University of Cambridge)
ISBN: 9781108838481
Format: Hardback
$64.69

The Cato Street Conspiracy was the most sensational of all plots aimed at the British state since the Gunpowder...  Read More >>

Battles of Conscience: British Pacifists and the Second World War

Battles of Conscience: British Pacifists and the Second...

Author: Tobias Kelly
ISBN: 9781784743949
Format: Hardback
$39.99

These are people who have gone on to leave an important but often hidden trace in the moral and cultural life of...  Read More >>

Murder: The Biography

Murder: The Biography

Author: Kate Morgan
ISBN: 9780008407346
Format: Paperback
$19.99

THE CRIMES. THE STORIES. THE LAW ‘Fascinating’ – Sunday Times ‘Masterful’ – Judith Flanders ‘A page-turning read'...  Read More >>

Men Without Country: The true story of exploration and rebellion in the South Seas

Men Without Country: The true story of exploration and...

Author: Harrison Christian
ISBN: 9781761150708
Format: Hardback
$49.14

Full of misadventure and mystery, Men Without Country is a sweeping history of exploration and rebellion in the...  Read More >>

The Girl Explorers: The Untold Story of the Globetrotting Women Who Trekked, Flew, and Fought Their Way Around the World

The Girl Explorers: The Untold Story of the Globetrotting...

Author: Jayne Zanglein
ISBN: 9781728239583
Format: Paperback
$29.99

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If You Were There: Missing People and the Marks They Leave Behind

If You Were There: Missing People and the Marks They...

Author: Francisco Garcia
ISBN: 9780008412173
Format: Paperback
$22.99

‘One of the non-fiction books of the year.’ Andrew O’ Hagan A powerful, evocative and...  Read More >>

Snow Widows: Scott’S Fatal Antarctic Expedition Through the Eyes of the Women They Left Behind

Snow Widows: Scott’S Fatal Antarctic Expedition Through...

Author: Katherine MacInnes
ISBN: 9780008394653
Format: Hardback
$45.00

‘An elegant, densely textured work, like a tapestry … A welcome contribution to polar studies.’ Sara Wheeler, Spectator...  Read More >>

The Wreck of Annie Jane

The Wreck of Annie Jane

Author: Allan F Murray
ISBN: 9781789071238
Format: Paperback
$33.51

In 1853 the Annie Jane set sail from Liverpool to Quebec in Canada. On board were Irish, Scottish and English emigrants...  Read More >>

Men Without Country: The true story of exploration and rebellion in the South Seas

Men Without Country: The true story of exploration and...

Author: Harrison Christian
ISBN: 9781761150456
Format: Paperback
$24.99

Full of misadventure and mystery, Men Without Country is a sweeping history of exploration and rebellion in the...  Read More >>

Failures of State: The Inside Story of Britain’s Battle with Coronavirus

Failures of State: The Inside Story of Britain’s Battle...

Author: Jonathan Calvert ,  George Arbuthnott
ISBN: 9780008430559
Format: Paperback
$19.99

*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* A GUARDIAN AND SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'An astonishing book' James O'Brien...  Read More >>

Finding Marjorie King: A daughter's journey to discover her mother's identity

Finding Marjorie King: A daughter's journey to discover...

Author: Jennifer Durrant ,  Cheryl Rogers
ISBN: 9781922615633
Format: Paperback
$29.99

Who was Marjorie King?  Her daughter, Jennifer, needed to know. Why did her beautiful, funny, shy mother never speak...  Read More >>

The Best British Travel Writing of the 21st Century: A Celebration of Outstanding Travel Storytelling from Around the World

The Best British Travel Writing of the 21st Century:...

Author: Jessica Vincent
ISBN: 9781800071704
Format: Hardback
$39.99

Travel writing matters This anthology is a collection of the 30 best travel stories published in British media...  Read More >>

Exemplary Islamic Stories

Exemplary Islamic Stories

Author: Mian Obaid Ali Shah
ISBN: 9781739655600
Format: Paperback
$23.26

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The Disappearing Act: The Impossible Case of Mh370

The Disappearing Act: The Impossible Case of Mh370

Author: Florence de Changy
ISBN: 9780008381554
Format: Paperback
$24.99

'People often say that non-fiction books read like fast-moving thrillers, but this one genuinely does... This is...  Read More >>

Rose: The extraordinary story of Rose de Freycinet: wife, stowaway and the first woman to record her voyage around the world

Rose: The extraordinary story of Rose de Freycinet:...

Author: Suzanne Falkiner
ISBN: 9780733342356
Format: Paperback
$34.99

The voyage of Rose de Freycinet, the stowaway who defied the French for love. In 1814, in the aftermath of the...  Read More >>

An Elford Childhood: Growing Up in a Staffordshire Village 1920-1933

An Elford Childhood: Growing Up in a Staffordshire Village...

Author: Doris Buttery
ISBN: 9781910074411
Format: Paperback
$25.85

An Elford Childhood provides a tantalizing trip back in time to a life lived in a place where the milk came in churns,...  Read More >>

The End of the Road: A Journey Around Britain in Search of the Dead

The End of the Road: A Journey Around Britain in Search...

Author: Jack Cooke
ISBN: 9780008294717
Format: Paperback
$24.99

A wonderfully quixotic, charming and surprisingly uplifting travelogue which sees Jack Cooke, author of the much-loved The...  Read More >>

The Sons of the Farmer: The continuing story of a Scottish farming family

The Sons of the Farmer: The continuing story of a Scottish...

Author: Iain Baird
ISBN: 9781789632644
Format: Paperback
$30.92

The story of a Scottish farming family in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.  Read More >>

The Women I Think About at Night: Traveling the Paths of My Heroes

The Women I Think About at Night: Traveling the Paths...

Author: Mia Kankimäki ,  Douglas Robinson
ISBN: 9781982129200
Format: Paperback
$26.99

In this thought-provoking blend of history, biography, and travelogue Mia Kankimäki recounts her enchanting travels...  Read More >>

The King of Lokoja: William Balfour Baikie the Forgotten Man of Africa

The King of Lokoja: William Balfour Baikie the Forgotten...

Author: Wendell McConnaha
ISBN: 9781849954907
Format: Paperback
$43.96

Reveals the amazing story of a largely forgotten explorer and naturalist who forged his way into West Africa and...  Read More >>

The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation

The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation...

Author: Rosemary Sullivan
ISBN: 9781460758021
Format: Paperback
$34.99

A vital new history of twentieth century Germany. Vividly told, this is an accessible story of families, persecution...  Read More >>

Against The Ice: The Classic Arctic Survival Story

Against The Ice: The Classic Arctic Survival Story

Author: Ejnar Mikkelsen ,  Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
ISBN: 9781586423346
Format: Paperback
$29.99

Now a major Netflix film co-written by and starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones) The harrowing, amazing,...  Read More >>

The Opium Smugglers: A True Story of Our Northern Seas

The Opium Smugglers: A True Story of Our Northern Seas...

Author: Ion Idriess
ISBN: 9781922698070
Format: Paperback
$29.95

When Dick and “jack Idriess went aboard the Nancy Bell at Cooktown – they thought they were signing on for a trochus-fishing...  Read More >>

Missions to Mars: A New Era of Rover and Spacecraft Discovery on the Red Planet

Missions to Mars: A New Era of Rover and Spacecraft...

Author: Larry Crumpler
ISBN: 9780008407261
Format: Hardback
$55.00

From a long-term planning lead for the Mars Exploration Rover Project comes this vivid insider account of some of...  Read More >>

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