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Am I Normal?
The 200-Year Search for Normal People (and Why They Don’t Exist)
2024 || Paperback || Sarah Chaney || Profile Books Ltd
The riveting history of the strange science of the 'Normal', and the origins of an anxiety-ridden modern obsession
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The Wordhord
Daily Life in Old English
2024 || Paperback || Hana Videen || Profile Books Ltd
An entertaining collection of strange, delightful and unexpectedly apt words from the origins of English.
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The Book of Phobias and Manias
A History of the World in 99 Obsessions
2024 || Paperback || Kate Summerscale || Profile Books Ltd
A captivating A-Z compendium of our fixations by the bestselling author of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher
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On Mysticism
The Experience of Ecstasy
2024 || Hardcover || Simon Critchley || Profile Books Ltd
A provocative and personal examination, ranging from medieval mystics to T. S. Eliot and Krautrock, from Britain's most engaging and inventive philosopher
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The Library
A Fragile History
2024 || Paperback || Arthur der Weduwen e.a. || Profile Books Ltd
Princes, collectors, bookworms and thieves: the extraordinary story of the library, from Alexandria to the age of Google.
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The Notebook
A History of Thinking on Paper: A New Statesman and Spectator Book of the Year
2024 || Paperback || Roland Allen || Profile Books Ltd
Diaries, sketchbooks, common-places, notebooks, ledgers and ships' logs: how the blank book changed the way we think, and helped us change the world.
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Geography Is Destiny
Britain and the World, a 10,000 Year History
2024 || Paperback || Ian Morris || Profile Books Ltd
The story of Britain, from its first moments as an island to its possible future
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Emperor of Rome
The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller
2024 || Paperback || Professor Mary Beard || Profile Books Ltd
A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by 'the world's most famous classicist' (Guardian)
Sparta
The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Superpower
2025 || Hardcover || Andrew Bayliss || Profile Books Ltd