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  • What We Owe the Future: The Million-Year View

    William MacAskill
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    We are remarkably early in the story of human civilisation. We are still five hundred million years away from the sterilisation of the Earth by the...

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    A History of War: From Ancient Warfare to the Global Conflicts of the 21st Century

    Chris McNab
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    Author: Chris McNab / Supplier: Phambili Agencies CC

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  • I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year

    Carol D. Leonnig
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    THE NO. 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'A blockbuster . . . Essential reading' GUARDIAN 'Packed with hair-raising revelations' OBSERVER The definiti...

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  • The History of Western Art

    Janetta Rebold Benton
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    A concise, reader-friendly illustrated survey of Western art and architecture from prehistory to the present day. Acknowledging how architecture...

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  • A Short History of the World in 50 Lies

    Natasha Tidd
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    Taking readers on a global journey through human history, Natasha Tidd examines how lies can change the world around us, from Julius Caesar's decep...

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    How To Enjoy Art

    Ben Street
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    How to Enjoy Art: A Guide for Everyone provides the tools to understand and enjoy works of art. Debunking the pervasive idea that specialist knowle...

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  • Philosophy and Life: Exploring the Great Questions of How to Live

    Philosophy and Life: Exploring the Great Questions of How to Live

    A. C. Grayling
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    How should I live my life? What values shall I live by? What sort of person should I be? What shall I aim for?In this summation of a lifetime think...

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  • Potent Pastimes: Sport and Leisure Practices in Modern Afrikaner History

    Potent Pastimes: Sport and Leisure Practices in Modern Afrikaner History

    Albert Grundlingh
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    Author: Albert Grundlingh / Supplier: Protea Boekhuis

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  • Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle

    Ben MacIntyre
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    The Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller on the incredible true story of WW2's most infamous Nazi prison, and the colourful characters behind its walls ...

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  • The Russo-Ukrainian War: From the bestselling author of Chernobyl

    Serhii Plokhy
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    An illuminating account of the war in Ukraine - its historical roots, its course, its possible outcomes - from the bestselling, award-winning autho...

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  • SAS Great Escapes Two: Six Untold Epic Escapes Made by World War Two Heroes

    Damien Lewis
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    'Damien Lewis is both a meticulous historian and a born storyteller' Lee ChildAgainst insurmountable odds, SAS men crossed deserts, evaded revenge ...

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  • The Last Train: A Family History of the Final Solution

    Peter Bradley
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    'Haunting.' Jonathan Freedland 'Powerful.' Daniel Finkelstein The profoundly moving and deeply intimate story of one Jewish family's fate in the H...

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  • Spies: The epic intelligence war between East and West

    Calder Walton
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    The riveting story of the hundred-year intelligence war between Russia and the West with lessons for our new superpower conflict with China. Esp...

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  • Hitler as Military Commander

    John Strawson
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    Was Hitler 'the greatest strategic genius of all time' as Nazi propaganda had it, or just an amateur? Why was the startling success of his campaig...

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  • The Forgers: The Forgotten Story of the Holocaust's Most Audacious Rescue Operation

    The Forgers: The Forgotten Story of the Holocaust's Most Audacious Rescue Operation

    Roger Moorhouse
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    Author: Roger Moorhouse / Supplier: Penguin Random House

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  • The Hunt: The True Story of the Secret Mission to Catch a Taliban Warlord

    The Hunt: The True Story of the Secret Mission to Catch a Taliban Warlord

    Andy McNab
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    From master storyteller Andy McNab, this is the opening book in an adventure-filled and action-packed new series telling, for the first time ever, ...

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  • The Fighter of Auschwitz: The incredible true story of Leen Sanders who boxed to help others survive

    The Fighter of Auschwitz: The incredible true story of Leen Sanders who boxed to help others survive

    Erik Brouwer
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    'He had the dream again last night... He taps the gloves of his unbeaten Polish opponent. There are rumours that the loser will be sent to the gas ...

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  • On War (Paperback)

    Carl Von Clausewitz
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    Author: Carl Von Clausewitz / Supplier: Topline Books

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  • Chris Hani: A Life of Courage and Compassion (Trade Paperback)
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    Chris Hani: A Life of Courage and Compassion (Trade Paperback)

    Zakes Mda
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    PRE-ORDER NOW! The estimated release date is 21 October 2026. Please note your complete order will only ship once the Pre-Order item becomes availa...

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  • Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Desperadoes Who Plotted Hitler's Downfall, Giving Birth to Modern-Day Black Ops
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    Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Desperadoes Who Plotted Hitler's Downfall, Giving Birth to Modern-Day Black Ops

    Damien Lewis
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    Author: Damien Lewis / Supplier: Jonathan Ball

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  • The History of African Art

    The History of African Art

    Suzanne Preston Blier
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    A concise, accessible and up-to-date overview of the arts of Africa from prehistoric times to the present day. This indispensable introductory g...

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  • The Death of a Soldier Told by His Sister: A Ukrainian Story
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    The Death of a Soldier Told by His Sister: A Ukrainian Story

    Olesya Khromeychuk
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    WITH A FOREWORD BY PHILIPPE SANDS AND AN INTRODUCTION BY ANDREY KURKOV'If you read only one book about the war, this is the one to read.' -Henry Ma...

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  • Revisiting Sol Plaatje's Mafeking Diary

    Revisiting Sol Plaatje's Mafeking Diary

    Sabata-mpho Mokae
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    Sol Plaatje's Mafeking Diary, written (in English) during the famous siege of 1899-1900, is one of South Africa's finest pieces of writing, inspire...

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  • Why Banks Fail

    Why Banks Fail

    David Buckham
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    Author: David Buckham / Supplier: Jacana Media

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  • Long Walk to Freedom (Paperback)

    Nelson Mandela
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    'Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand history - and then go out and change it' Barack Obama 'The authentic voice of Mandela shin...

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    The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation around the World

    Antony Loewenstein
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    Israel's military industrial complex uses the occupied Palestinian territories as a testing ground for weaponry and surveillance technology that th...

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  • Gatsha Buthelezi Chief with a Double Agenda

    Mzala Nxumalo
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    Author: Mzala Nxumalo / Supplier: Central Books Ltd

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  • Black Pioneers: The Untold Stories Of African Merchants

    Phakamisa Ndzamela
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    Author: Phakamisa Ndzamela / Supplier: Ingram UK

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  • Great Johannesburg - What happened?

    Nickolaus Bauer
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    The city of gold is in a death spiral. Award-winning journalist, inner-city activist, and municipal civil servant Nickolaus Bauer takes a deep div...

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  • Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries (Paperback)

    Kate Mosse
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    History, completed.'A must-have for history lovers and feminists' - GlamourMoving, illuminating and deeply personal, Warrior Queens & Quiet Rev...

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  • Moral Ambition (Trade Paperback)

    Rutger Bregman
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    A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE SUMMER 2025THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Gives us hope, humour and guidance at a time when all are in short supply' TI...

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  • Wabi Sabi

    Andrew Juniper
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    Developed out of the aesthetic philosophy of cha-no-yu (the tea ceremony) in fifteenth-century Japan, wabi sabi is an aesthetic that finds beauty i...

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  • Attacking The Heart Of Apartheid: The ANC's MK Special Operations Unit (Trade Paperback)

    Yunus Carrim
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    For over three decades, the remarkable story of Umkhonto we Sizwe's Special Operations Unit has remained largely untold. Formed under the direct co...

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  • Timeless Wisdom Distilled: Meditations (Hardcover)

    Marcus Aurelius
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    THE MOST IMPACTFUL LESSONS OF MARCUS AURELIUS PAIRED WITH THOUGHTFUL ANALYSIS AND MODERN APPLICATIONS IN AN ELEGANT AND ACCESSIBLE FORMATMarcus Aur...

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    Mare (Paperback)

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    PRE-ORDER NOW! The estimated release date is 30 October 2026. Please note your complete order will only ship once the Pre-Order item becomes availa...

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    85 Seconds to Midnight (Paperback)

    Carlo Rovelli
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