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Opium and Empire: The Lives and Careers of William Jardine and James Matheson
Book
In 1832 William Jardine and James Matheson established what would become the greatest British...
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Sorting the Beef from the Bull: The Science of Food Fraud Forensics
Richard Evershed and Nicola Temple
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Horsemeat in burgers was hard to swallow, but there are far more sinister culinary crimes...
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The Stir-fry & Wok Bible: Over 180 Sensational Classic and Modern Dishes from East and West, Shown Step-by-step in More Than 700 Stunning Photographs
Sunil Vijayakar, Jenni Fleetwood and Becky Johnson
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This title features over 180 sensational classic and modern dishes from east and west, shown...
Contestations Over Gender in Asia
Lyn Parker, Laura Dales and Chie Ikeya
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This book brings together the work of scholars from around the world in a consideration of how...
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Intercity Transport and Climate Change: Strategies for Reducing the Carbon Footprint
Shigeru Morichi, Yoshitsugu Hayashi, Tae Hoon Oum and Werner Rothengatter
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While intercity passenger transport counts for about 2% of the total passenger transport volume the...
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Global Inequality: A New Approach for the Age of Globalisation
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One of the world’s leading economists of inequality, Branko Milanovic presents a bold new account...
Politics economics
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The Final Day
Book
A major release in the New York Times bestselling One Second After series, set in an alternate...
Science fiction
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Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom
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From an award-winning journalist, an explosive narrative investigation of the generic drug boom that...
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In The Plex
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It is best known for its search engine, but as Steven Levy explains, Google's ambitions go far...
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Birds of a Feather
Book
Children are innately curious about words, especially phrases that make them laugh ("Ants in your...
Children's Fiction Humour