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Straits
Beyond the Myth of Magellan
2024 || Paperback || Felipe (University of Notre Dame Fernandez-Armesto || Bloomsbury Publishing
SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE 2022
A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2022
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'Rigorous, deft and entertaining ... a sparkling read' - The Spectator
'The ride is thrilling ... a work of serious scholarship' - Sunday Telegraph
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For centuries, Ferdinand Magellan has been celebrated as a hero: a noble adventurer who circumnavigated the globe in an extraordinary feat of human bravery; a paragon of daring and chivalry.
Now historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto...
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Fashionopolis
The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes
2024 || Paperback || Dana Thomas || Bloomsbury Publishing
An investigation into the damage wrought by the colossal clothing industry – and the grassroots, high-tech, international movement fighting to reform it.
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Hour of the Assassin
2024 || Paperback || Matthew Quirk || Bloomsbury Publishing
Former Secret Service agent, Nick Averose, must expose a dark conspiracy in this standalone thriller. If he can't uncover the truth, it will consume him and everyone else within the Oval Office...
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A History of the Netherlands
From the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day
2024 || Paperback || Friso (Westphalian Wilhelms-University Wielenga || Bloomsbury Publishing
A History of Korea / 3rd edition
An Episodic Narrative
2024 || Paperback || Kyung Moon Hwang || Bloomsbury Publishing
Emphasising context, connections and long-term trends, A History of Korea illuminates both the distinctiveness and universality of one of the world's oldest cultures. Assuming no prior knowledge, Hwang guides readers from early state formation and the dynastic eras to the modern experience in both North and South Korea. Structured around episodic accounts, each chapter begins by discussing a defining moment in Korean history in context, with an extensive examination of how the events and them...
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Big Caesars and Little Caesars
How They Rise and How They Fall - From Julius Caesar to Boris Johnson
2024 || Paperback || Ferdinand Mount || Bloomsbury Publishing
'Wry, informative but deadly - a great book'
Will Hutton
'Fast-paced and impassioned'
Sunday Telegraph
Who said that dictatorship was dead? The world today is full of Strong Men and their imitators. A fascinating exploration of how and why Caesars seized power and why they fell.
There is a comforting illusion shared by historians and political commentators, that history progresses in a nice straight line towards liberal democracy or socialism, despite the odd hiccup.
Every democracy, however ...
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Letters for the Ages Great Scientists
Private Letters from the Greatest Minds in Science
2024 || Hardcover || James Drake e.a. || Bloomsbury Publishing
A collection of the most fascinating letters by the world's greatest scientists.
?Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character' - Albert Einstein
Scientists are not often remembered for their character, but rather for the enduring impact of their ideas, inventions, and discoveries. Letters for the Ages: The Great Scientists delves beyond the known historical facts and narratives to uncover the personal writings of so...
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Mindwandering
How It Can Improve Your Mood and Boost Your Creativity
2024 || Paperback || Moshe Bar || Bloomsbury Publishing
An original, provocative and fascinating new theory by one of the world's leading neuroscientists about why the mind wanders - and when and why it's good for you' Daniel Gilbert
'A gentle and humane book that should be read by everyone interested in the human mind and the human brain' Andy Clark
Our brains are noisy. Certain regions are always grinding away at involuntary activities like daydreaming, worrying about the future and self-chatter, taking up to forty-seven percen...
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Superheavy
Making and Breaking the Periodic Table
2024 || Paperback || Kit Chapman || Bloomsbury Publishing
Takes an in-depth look at how elements are discovered, why they matter and where they will take us, with a particular focus on the new 'superheavy' elements discovered very recently
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The Leviathan
A beguiling tale of superstition, myth and murder from a major new voice in historical fiction
2024 || Paperback || Rosie Andrews || Bloomsbury Publishing
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
SHORTLISTED FOR THE INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2023
SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSBORO GLASS BELL AWARD 2023
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'Superb' - Susan Stokes-Chapman, bestselling author of PANDORA
'Bewitching' - Stacey Halls, bestselling author of THE FAMILIARS
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SHE IS AWAKE...
Norfolk, 1643. Reluctant soldier Thomas Treadwater has been summoned home by his young sister in a letter accusing their new servant of improper conduct with their widowed father. By the ...