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The Dictionary People
The unsung heroes who created the Oxford English Dictionary
2024 || Paperback || Sarah Ogilvie || Random House
In Search of Amrit Kaur
An Indian Princess in Wartime Paris
2024 || Paperback || Livia Manera Sambuy || Random House
All Sorts of Lives
Katherine Mansfield and the art of risking everything
2024 || Paperback || Claire Harman || Random House
Shorto*Amsterdam
A History of the World's Most Liberal City
2024 || Paperback || Russell Shorto || Random House
In this effortlessly erudite account, Russell Shorto traces the evolution of one of the world's greatest cities. From the building of its first canals in the 1300s, through the brutal struggle for Dutch independence and its golden age as the capital of a vast empire, to its complex present in which its cherished ideals of liberalism are under siege, Shorto provides an ever-surprising, intellectually entertaining story of Amsterdam. He also weaves in his own experiences of his adopted home. In...