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America's most acclaimed historian presents the intricate story of the year of the birth of the United States of America. 1776 tells two gripping stories: how a group of squabbling, disparate colonies became the United States, and how the British Empire tried to stop them. This book destroys many popular myths about... Read More »

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Helene Hanff's true story of her twenty year correspondence with London bookseller, Frank Doel, is a charming and bittersweet tale of two people united by a love of books. From her apartment in New York, Helene sends Frank her 'wishlist' of first editions and is delighted to receive such quietly efficient service. As... Read More »

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Genetically speaking, the big difference between men and women is that where women have two X chromosomes, men have one X and one Y. It is surprising that one chromosome difference out of our total of twenty-six can have such an important consequence. Is this relatively small genetic variance really sufficient to explain the... Read More »

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£17.99

Pigeons carrying vital messages to and from the beleaguered city during the Siege of Paris; horses and mules struggling through miles of fetid mud to bring ammunition to the front in the Great War; dogs sniffing out mines for the British invasion force in the Second World War - countless brave animals have played their part... Read More »

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A Black Swan is a highly improbable event with three characteristics: it is unpredictable; it has massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random and more predictable than it was. The astonishing success of Google was a Black Swan; so was 9/11. And why do we always ignore... Read More »

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For more than twenty years, Sultan Khan defied the authorities - whether Communist or Taliban - and supplied books to the people of Kabul. He was imprisoned by the Communists and had to stand by and watch as illiterate Taliban soldiers burned his books in the street. Award winning journalist Åsne Seierstad spent four... Read More »

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Cheating in casinos is illegal; card-counting - making a record of what cards have so far been dealt to enable the player to make some prediction of what cards remain in the deck - is not. But casinos understandably dislike the practice and make every effort to keep card-counters out of their premises, banning them and using... Read More »

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Dave Pelzer was brutally abused as a child by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother. She considered him a slave - no longer a boy, but an "it". He was physically and mentally tortured and starved. The outside world knew nothing of the nightmare he experienced behind closed doors, and his father was aware of the abuse... Read More »

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The portrayals of the ups and downs of her characters, often with a serious, unobtrusive point to make in each case, are written in such a light and relaxing style that it is easy to get drawn into their world. Read More »

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"Safari" in Swahili means a journey, typically a long one. In Dark Star Safari, Theroux's itinerary is African, from Cairo to Cape Town - down the Nile, through Sudan and Ethiopia, to Kenya, Uganda and beyond to South Africa. Journeying by train, boat and cattle truck, he passes through some of the most beautiful - and often... Read More »