Never Had it So Good: A History of Britain from Suez to the Beatles
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In 1956 the Suez Crisis finally shattered the old myths of the British Empire and paved the way for...
The Enemy Within
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The Enemy Within is set around the time of the 1980s miners' strike, a tumultuous era that continues...
Operation Garbo: The Personal Story of the Most Successful Spy of World War II
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Garbo was the British codename of Joan Puyol Garcia, perhaps the most influential spy of the Second...
Overpowered!: The Science and Showbiz of Hypnosis
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Hypnotism has fascinated and inspired people since the mid-1800s, when entertainers and medical...
A Land
Robert Macfarlane and Jacquetta Hawkes
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The Collins Nature Library is a new series of classic British nature writing - reissues of long-lost...
Curious History of the Crossword: 100 Puzzles from Then and Now
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2013 marks the 100th anniversary of the original crossword puzzle. Arthur Wynne was a British...
Mini: The True and Secret History of the Making of a Motor Car
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In 1959, the first Mini was produced on an assembly line at Cowley, near Oxford. It would take a...
Fish and Chips: A History
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Along with London buses, bowler hats and cricket, few things are considered more British than fish...
The Philosophy of Beards
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'The absence of Beard is usually a sign of physical and moral weakness.' 'Take two drawings of the...
James Bond: The Secret History
Sean Egan and Jeremy Duns
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James Bond entered the world in 1953 with the novel Casino Royale by Ian Fleming. Since then, the...