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National Geographic 125 Years

By Mark Collins Jenkins

Hardback

Published 20-Nov-2012


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Featuring show-stopping imagery and thrilling behind-the-scenes tales, this book reveals how much we've come to know about our world in the past 125 years, tapping key voices at the vanguard of ocean and space exploration, climate science, archaeology, mountaineering, and many other disciplines to celebrate the spirit of discovery.


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Taste of War

By Lizzie Collingham

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Published 26-Jan-2012


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Shows how food - and its lack - was central to the war's causes and continuation. This title explores how starvation was often a deliberate governmental policy, and reveals how the necessity of feeding whole countries leads to Pearl Harbour, Germany's invasion of Russia, and the Holocaust itself.


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A to Z of Mod

By Paolo Hewitt

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Published 26-Apr-2012


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This brilliantly illustrated book is a visual compendium on Mod style.


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Tiger Head, Snake Tails

By Jonathan Fenby

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Published 29-Mar-2012


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A complete and coherent picture of China by a world expert on the subject


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Future Perfect

By Steven Johnson

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Published 04-Oct-2012


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Provides a compelling portrait of a new model of political change that is already on the rise, and shows that despite Western political systems hopelessly gridlocked by old ideas, change for the better can happen, and that new solutions are on the horizon.


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Lights Out for the Territory

By Iain Sinclair

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Published 02-Oct-2003


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Introducing the streets of London, this title traces nine routes across the territory of the capital. Connecting people and places, redrawing boundaries both ancient and modern, reading obscure signs and finding hidden patterns, it intends to create a snapshot of the city. It offers us a picture of modern urban life of London.


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Self-made Man

By Norah Vincent

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Published 14-Sep-2006


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A memoir that tells how the author dated women, joined a bowling league, visited strip bars, retreated to a monastery, got a job in sales and even infiltrated a men's therapy group. It provides an account of what it is to be a man - and a woman - in the modern world.


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End of Overeating

By David Kessler

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Published 01-Apr-2010


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Explores how modern food manufacturers have hijacked the brains of millions by turning our meals into perfectly engineered portions of fat, salt and sugar, turning us into addicts in the process. With a focus on the problems in the UK and Europe, this title lays out a plan and tools for reclaiming control over our cravings.


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Tripe

By Marjorie Houlihan

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Published 31-Oct-2011


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An ingredient with a remarkable social history. Recipes from around the world. A new instalment in The English Kitchen series.


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Field Guide to Getting Lost

By Rebecca Solnit

Paperback

Published 06-Apr-2006


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Taking in subjects as eclectic as memory and mapmaking, Hitchcock movies and Renaissance painting, this title explores the challenges of living with uncertainty.


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