Lord Mansfield: Justice in the Age of Reason
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In the first modern biography of Lord Mansfield (1705-1793), Norman Poser details the turbulent...
Mary, Queen of Scots: A Study in Failure
Jenny Wormald and Anna Groundwater
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Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, has long been portrayed as one of history's romantically tragic...
Nancy: The Story of Lady Astor
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In 1919, Nancy Astor became the first woman to take a seat in parliament. She was not what had been...
No Nonsense: The Autobiography
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The Sunday Times bestseller is 'brilliant, gripping, beautifully written, real,' says Jonathan...
Green Capitalism: Why it Can't Work
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A lucid and rigorous demonstration that climate change cannot be overcome unless capitalism is...
Between Monopoly and Free Trade: The English East India Company, 1600-1757
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The English East India Company was one of the most powerful and enduring organizations in history....
Isabella of Castile: Europe's First Great Queen
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In 1474, a twenty-three year old woman ascended the throne of Castile, the largest and strongest...
Concrete Economics: The Hamilton Approach to Economic Growth and Policy
Stephen S. Cohen and J. Bradford DeLong
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"an excellent new book" -- Paul Krugman, The New York Times History, not ideology, holds the key to...
The Best Place to be Today: 365 Things to Do & the Perfect Day to Do Them
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Find the best thing to do every day of the year, from one-day events like India's Holi festival or...
Energy, the Subtle Concept: The Discovery of Feynman's Blocks from Leibniz to Einstein
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Energy is at the heart of physics and of huge importance to society and yet no book exists...
