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Tracks on the Ocean
A History of Trailblazing, Maps and Maritime Travel
2024 || Hardcover || Dr Sara Caputo || Profile Books Ltd
A vivid history of how the marks left on maps by travellers tell the story of the modern world
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Fabric
The Hidden History of the Material World
2024 || Paperback || Victoria Finlay || Profile Books Ltd
A magnificent work of original research, unwinding history through cloth - how we make it, use it and what it means to us.
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The Notebook
A History of Thinking on Paper: A New Statesman and Spectator Book of the Year
2024 || Hardcover || 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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Medieval Bodies
Life, Death and Art in the Middle Ages
2024 || Paperback || Jack Hartnell || Profile Books Ltd
A major new talent unveils a glittering and gruesome history of the body in the Middle Ages, from saints' relics to lovesick troubadours.
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The Hundred Years' War on Palestine
The International Bestseller
2024 || Paperback || Rashid I. Khalidi || Profile Books Ltd
This is the story of Palestine told from the inside.
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Vermeer's Hat
The seventeenth century and the dawn of the global world
2024 || Paperback || Timothy Brook || Profile Books Ltd
Offers an understanding of Vermeer's paintings and of the era they portray.
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1913
The Year before the Storm
2024 || Paperback || Florian Illies || Profile Books Ltd
From James Joyce to Coco Chanel, 1913 is an irreverent but poignant portrait of Europe on the brink of war.
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The Border
The Legacy of a Century of Anglo-Irish Politics
2024 || Paperback || Diarmaid Ferriter || Profile Books Ltd
The history and possible future of the border between the Republic and Northern Ireland.
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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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Fear
An Alternative History of the World
2024 || Paperback || Robert Peckham || Profile Books Ltd
A ground-breaking examination of the societal impact of fear that gives us a thrilling insight on world history