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British history, the world wars, monarchies and dynasties: we are proud to publish history books by Helen Castor, Francis Spufford, Dan Jones and Jenny Uglow, among many others.

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A child comes of age against the violent background of Kenya’s struggle for independence.

Trapped in History: Kenya, Mau Mau and Me
Nicholas Rankin
£12.99
9780571391158

A powerful collection of journalism on race, racism and black life and death from one of the nation’s leading political voices.

Dispatches from the Diaspora: From Nelson Mandela to Black Lives Matter
Gary Younge
£10.99
9780571392070

The debut work by bestselling author of Demon Copperhead: a true story of female-led resilience during the Great Arizona Mine Strike…

Holding the Line: Women in the Great Arizona Mine Strike
Barbara Kingsolver
£16.99
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A cultural history of the nation’s favourite snack: Crunch: An Ode to Crisps is journalist Natalie Whittle’s love letter to the…

Crunch: An Ode to Crisps
Natalie Whittle
£18.99
9780571386987

A delightful, nostalgic ramble around the hostelries of London from a bygone age.

Back to the Local
Maurice Gorham
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9780571374489

The lively and ambitious story of the explosion of UK jazz in the context of race and cultural identity, and its…

Unapologetic Expression: The Inside Story of the UK Jazz Explosion
André Marmot
£25£21
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The first ever oral-history of Krautrock, the sound that changed modern music.

Neu Klang: The Definitive History of Krautrock
Christoph Dallach
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Arise, England

A lively, new and sweeping history of the rise of the state in Plantagenet England by Caroline Burt and Richard Partington.

Arise, England: Six Kings and the Making of the English State
Richard Partington
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Dance Your Way Home speaks to the heart of what it is that makes us move – wherever and whenever that may…

Dance Your Way Home: A Journey Through the Dancefloor
Emma Warren
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The definitive story of Anna May Wong, the first East-Asian Hollywood star, and how she blazed a trail for the Chinese…

Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong
Katie Gee Salisbury
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A luminous feat of time travel chronicling lives in a Sussex landscape from the prize-winning author of Romantic Moderns and Weatherland.

The Rising Down: Lives in a Sussex Landscape
Alexandra Harris
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The little-known success story of four working class girls who formed ‘the female Beatles’ in 1960s Liverpool

The Liverbirds: Our life in Britain’s first female rock ‘n’ roll band
Sylvia Saunders
£20.00
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From one of our leading experts on disinformation, the incredible true story of the complex and largely forgotten WWII propagandist Sefton…

How to Win an Information War: The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler
Peter Pomerantsev
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