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  • Mishandel, misbruik, misken: Joey Haarhoff was my ma

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  • Miss Muriel Matters: The fearless suffragist who fought for equality

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    In 1908 Muriel Matters, known as 'that daring Australian girl', chained herself to an iron grille in the House of Commons to demand votes for women...

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  • Mmusi Maimane: Prophet or puppet?

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  • Mrs Ronnie: The society hostess who collected kings

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    Margaret Greville of Polesden Lacey, who styled herself 'Mrs Ronnie', rose from obscure and humble origins to become a fabulously wealthy and ambit...

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  • Nathaniel's Nutmeg: How One Man's Courage Changed the Course of History

    Giles Milton
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    In 1616, an English adventurer, Nathaniel Courthope, stepped ashore on a remote island in the East Indies on a secret mission - to persuade the isl...

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  • Nelson Mandela: A Jacana pocket biography (Paperback)

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    Jacana is delighted to announce the forthcoming publication of a new pocket biography of Nelson Mandela by the renowned South African historian, Co...

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    Out of the Holocaust (Paperback)

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    The details of my (and my brother’s) birth are unknown. My memories begin in Latvia. DNA tests strongly indicate that we are of Belarusian-Jewish o...

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  • Patriot or Traitor: The Life and Death of Sir Walter Ralegh

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    A BBC History Magazine Book of the Year A writer, soldier, politician, courtier, spy and explorer, Sir Walter Ralegh lived more lives than most in...

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  • Playing To The Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror

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  • Prince Albert

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    Chosen as a Book of the Year in The Times and the Daily Mail 'Highly entertaining' Sunday Times 'Enthralling' Daily Telegraph For more tha...

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  • Ramaphosa: Path to power

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  • RFK Jr.

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    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. inherited his assassinated father's piercing blue eyes and Brahmin style, earning a reputation as the nation's foremost envir...

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  • Sandworm TPB

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  • Shackleton (A Ladybird Expert Book)

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    Part of the new Ladybird Expert series, Shackleton is a clear, simple and enlightening introduction to perhaps the most extraordinary survival stor...

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  • SISTERS OF AUSCHWITZ BPB

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    Perfect for readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Cilka's Journey and The Librarian of Auschwitz - this is the international bestselling and life-...

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  • SONG OF SIMON DE MONTFORT PB

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    'Alive with human detail and acute political judgement, this book marks the arrival of a formidably gifted historian.' - Dan Jones, author of The P...

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  • SS Officers Armchair

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    It began with an armchair. It began with the surprise discovery of a stash of personal documents covered in swastikas sewn into its cushion. The S...

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  • SS - Officers Armchair TPB

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    It began with an armchair. It began with the surprise discovery of a stash of personal documents covered in swastikas that had been sewn into its c...

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  • Stranger in the Shoguns City TPB

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    A vivid, deeply researched work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman in Edo - now known as Tokyo - and a portrait of a grea...

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  • Tea By The Nursery Fire: A Children's Nanny at the Turn of the Century

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    Emily Huckwell spent almost her entire life working for one family. Born in a tiny Sussex village in the 1870s, she went into domestic service in t...

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  • The Accidental President

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    'The story of Truman's accession to the presidency is worthy of a Hollywood melodrama, and A J Baime's zippy, well-judged and hugely readable book ...

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  • The Churchill Factor (Paperback)

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    As the country navigates a national crisis once again, read how Britain's Prime Minister was inspired by Winston Churchill.One man can make all the...

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    The class of '79: Three students who risked their lives to destroy apartheid

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    Out of the class of 1979 at Rhodes University one of the quietest girls in the class, Marion Sparg joined the armed wing of the African National Co...

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  • The Cut Out Girl: A Story of War and Family, Lost and Found: The Costa Book of the Year 2018

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    WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018WINNER OF THE SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2018A SUNDAY TIMES PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR 2019'A ma...

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