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Myanmar's Rohingya Genocide : Identity, History and Hate Speech€23.99
The genocide in Myanmar has drawn global attention as Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi appears to be presiding over human rights violations, forced migrations and extra-judicial killings on an enormous scale. Myanmar (Burma), Genocide & ethnic cleansing, Human rights, Political oppression & persecution
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The Lost Pianos of Siberia€13.99
Siberia's expansive history is traditionally one of exiles, bitter cold and suffering. Yet there is another tale to tell. . .
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A Queen for All Seasons : A Celebration of Queen Elizabeth II€24.99
A sparkling celebration of our much-loved Queen Elizabeth II including special writings and illuminating insights around key moments in her 70-year reign, introduced and edited by her biggest fan Joanna Lumley. In 2022 Queen Elizabeth II celebrated seventy years as Queen and Head of the Commonwealth.
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The Anarchy : The Relentless Rise of the East India Company (Paperback)€15.99
In August 1765 the East India Company defeated the young Mughal emperor and forced him to establish a new administration in his richest provinces.
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The Invention of the Jewish People€14.99
A historical tour de force, The Invention of the Jewish People offers a groundbreaking account of Jewish and Israeli history. Exploding the myth that there was a forced Jewish exile in the first century at the hands of the Romans, Israeli historian Shlomo Sand argues that most modern Jews descend from converts, whose native lands were scattered across the Middle East and Eastern Europe.
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The Virus in the Age of Madness€12.25
The author of American Vertigo serves up an incisive look at how COVID-19 reveals the dangerous fault lines of contemporary society.
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The Frayed Atlantic Edge : A Historian's Journey from Shetland to the Channel€12.99
Over the course of a year, leading historian and nature writer David Gange kayaked the weather-ravaged coasts of Atlantic Britain and Ireland from north to south: every cove, sound, inlet, island.
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Heroic Animals : Amazing Creatures that Changed Our World€11.99
Clare Balding's stories of daring, courageous, remarkable creatures who changed our world for the better: from the dog that inspired Lassie to the bear that fought the Nazis.
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Rag and Bone : A Family History of What We've Thrown Away€22.99
From relics of Georgian empire-building and slave-trading, through Victorian London's barged-out refuse to 1980s fly-tipping and the pervasiveness of present-day plastics, Rag and Bone traces the story of our rubbish, and, through it, our history of consumption.