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Dead Famous by Greg Jenner
Dead Famous by Greg Jenner
Greg Jenner

Fizzes with clever vignettes and juicy tidbits... [a] joyous romp of a book.' Guardian'A fascinating, rollicking book in...

Franci's War
Franci's War
Franci Epstein

What are you willing to do to survive? What are you willing to endure if it means you might live?'Achingly moving, gives...

London Made Us
London Made Us
Robert Elms

'London is a giant kaleidoscope, which is forever turning. Take your eye off it for more than a moment and you're lost.'...

Three Women
Three Women
Lisa Taddeo

The International No. 1 Bestseller'Cuts to the heart of who we are. I'm not sure that a book can do much more' Sunday Ti...

City on Fire : the fight for Hong Kong
City on Fire : the fight for Hong Kong
ANTONY. DAPIRAN

A long-term resident and expert observer of dissent in Hong Kong takes readers to the frontlines of Hong Kong's revoluti...

Wandering in Strange Lands
Wandering in Strange Lands
Morgan Jerkins

Named one of the most anticipated books of the year by ELLE, Buzzfeed, Esquire, Bitch Media, Good Housekeeping, Electric...

White Tears/Brown Scars
White Tears/Brown Scars
Ruby Hamad

Called "powerful and provocative" by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, author of the New York Times bestselling How to be an Antiracis...

Can't Even
Can't Even
Anne Helen Petersen

A BEST BOOK OF THE FALL AS SEEN IN: Apartment Therapy - Book Riot - Business Insider - BuzzFeed - Daily Nebraskan - Ente...

Caste : The Origins of Our Discontents
Caste : The Origins of Our Discontents
Isabel Wilkerson

"Magnificent . . . a trailblazing work on the birth of inequality . . . Caste offers a forward-facing vision. Bursting w...

The Address Book by Deirdre Mask
The Address Book by Deirdre Mask
Deirdre Mask

An exuberant work of popular history: the story of how streets got their names and houses their numbers, and why somethi...

Ten Doors Down
Ten Doors Down
Robert Tickner

The story of a federal minister's remarkable reunion with his birth parents.The story of a federal minister's remarkable...

A Black Women's History of the United States
A Black Women's History of the United States
Daina Ramey Berry

2021 NAACP Image Award Nominee: Outstanding Literary Work – Non-FictionHonorable Mention for the 2021 Organization of ...

Overground Railroad by Candacy A. Taylor
Overground Railroad by Candacy A. Taylor
Candacy Taylor

A New York Times Notable Book of 2020​ The first book to explore the historical role and residual impact of the Green ...

The Deviant's War by Eric Cervini
The Deviant's War by Eric Cervini
Eric Cervini

FINALIST FOR THE 2021 PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY. INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER.New York Times Book Review Editors' ...

Killing Crazy Horse by Bill O'Reilly
Killing Crazy Horse by Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly

The latest installment of the multimillion-selling Killing series is a gripping journey through the American West and th...

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
Shoshana Zuboff

The heady optimism of the Internet's early days is gone. Technologies that were meant to liberate us have deepened inequ...

(Download PDF) Lady in Waiting
(Download PDF) Lady in Waiting
Anne Glenconner

**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** 'Remarkable . . . If your jaw doesn't drop at least three times every chapter, you've no...

The Cut Out Girl
The Cut Out Girl
Bart van Es

The extraordinary true story of a young Jewish girl in Holland under Nazi occupation who finds refuge in the homes of an...

999 by Heather Dune Macadam
999 by Heather Dune Macadam
Heather Dune Macadam

A Pen America Literary Award FinalistA Goodreads Choice Awards NomineeAn Amazon Best of the Year Selection The untold s...

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race
Reni Eddo-Lodge

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERFOYLES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARBLACKWELL'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARWINNER OF THE JHAL...

Brit(ish) : On Race, Identity and Belonging
Brit(ish) : On Race, Identity and Belonging
Afua Hirsch

Where are you really from? You're British. Your parents are British. You were raised in Britain. Your partner, your chil...

The White Album by Joan Didion
The White Album by Joan Didion
Joan Didion

Annotation. This comprehensive edition brings together three seminal collections by legendary essayist and journalist Jo...

The Origins of Totalitarianism
The Origins of Totalitarianism
Hannah Arendt

'How could such a book speak so powerfully to our present moment? The short answer is that we, too, live in dark times' ...

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls 2
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls 2
Elena Favilli

"This amazing book shows girls they can be anything they want." - Melinda Gates A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! This sequel...

Homo Deus
Homo Deus
Yuval Noah Harari

Over the past century humankind has managed to do the impossible and rein in famine, plague, and war. For the first time...

Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates

In the 150 years since the end of the Civil War and the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment, the story of race and ...

The Lessons of History
The Lessons of History
Will Durant

A concise survey of the culture and civilization of mankind, The Lessons of History is the result of a lifetime of resea...

Below Stairs by Margaret Powell
Below Stairs by Margaret Powell
Margaret Powell

Brilliantly evoking the long-vanished world of masters and servants portrayed in Downton Abbey and Upstairs, Downstairs,...

Shadows of the Workhouse
Shadows of the Workhouse
Jennifer Worth

A fascinating slice of East End life, from the No.1 bestsellilng author of CALL THE MIDWIFE, soon to be a major BBC TV s...

Farewell to the East End
Farewell to the East End
Jennifer Worth

The third and final book in the bestselling CALL THE MIDWIFE series, the basis of the major BBC TV series. This final bo...

Call The Midwife
Call The Midwife
Jennifer Worth

Worth's books are full of fascinating social history: about living conditions in east London, the scale of poverty and v...

A Brief History of the Celts by Peter Ellis
A Brief History of the Celts by Peter Ellis
Peter Berresford Ellis

For centuries the Celts held sway in Europe. Even after their conquest by the Romans, their culture remained vigorous, e...

The Tipping Point
The Tipping Point
Malcolm Gladwell

The tipping point' is that magic moment when an idea, trend or social phenomenon crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads ...

The Road to Wigan Pier
The Road to Wigan Pier
George Orwell

A searing account of George Orwell's observations of working-class life in the bleak industrial heartlands of Yorkshire ...

Anne Frank : The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank : The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank

1. a) After the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands in May 1940, the Dutch people were immediately faced with the question ...