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The Holy Blood and
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~Michael Baigent, et al
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A nineteenth century French priest discovers something in
his mountain village at the foot of the Pyrenees, which
enabled him to amass and spend a fortune of millions of
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The Cold War
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The World Is Flat:
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When scholars write the history of the world twenty years
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Lions, Donkeys and
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Lewis Page's cover story in "Prospect" on the military's
most useless and expensive hardware set off a firestorm of
controversy, back pedalling, and accusations. In this
irreverent and provocative book, he gives us the full story:
how British soldiers are sent off to war with some of the
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The New East End
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One of the most influential non-fiction books of the 1950s
was "Family and Kinship in East London", which examined in
great depth the life of people living in the dockland areas
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Who Do You Think
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This is an accessible and modern guide to the hugely popular
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The Holy Blood and
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Michael Baigent, Henry Lincoln, and Richard Leigh, authors
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The Messianic Legacy, spent over 10 years on their
own kind of quest for the Holy Grail, into the secretive
history of early France. What they found, researched with
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The Lost Babes:
Manchester United and the Forgotten Victims of Munich
~Jeff
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in sporting history and its aftermath. The great manager
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The Assassins'
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~George
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Astonishing in its scale and ambition, this is the most
balanced and accomplished book about the Iraq war so far.
"The Assassins' Gate" recounts how the United States set
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The Nazis: A
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~Laurence Rees
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"The Nazis - a Warning from History" is a ground-breaking
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Rees, who also wrote and produced the accompanying BAFTA-winning
BBC TV series, describes how the Nazis rose to power,
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A Royal Affair:
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~Stella
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The young George III was a poignant figure, humdrum on the
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tried hard to be a father to his siblings and his nation.
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Guns, Germs and
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~Jared
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Life isn't fair--here's why: Since 1500, Europeans have, for
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