The Counterweight Handbook by Helen Pluckrose
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Category: social issues
Over the last several years, organisations and institutions throughout the West - both public and private - have adopted comprehensive diversity and inclusion policies and new forms of employee and student training on antiracism, unconscious bias, gender diversity, cultural sensitivity and other related ...Show more
Pixel Flesh: How Toxic Beauty Culture Harms Women by Ellen Atlanta
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Category: social issues
'I am surrounded by women who are emblems of modern feminism and #Girlboss culture. These same women admit to me in private that the hardest part of the day is getting dressed, that they Facetune their photos, obsess over diets, break down over their appearance and spend thousands on invasive treatments ...Show more
Richard III: The Maligned King by ANNETTE CARSON
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Category: History
A new and updated edition of this classic work, brought right up to date. In 2012 Annette Carson formed part of the team that discovered King Richard III's mortal remains, verified in 2013 by forensics including DNA matching. In response to the recent upsurge of interest, her 2009 paperback has been upd ...Show more
All Mapped Out: How Maps Shape Us by Mike Duggan
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Category: History
A unique approach to maps, exploring how they have shaped society and culture. Maps go far beyond just showing us where things are located. All Mapped Out is an exploration of how maps impact our lives on social and cultural levels. This book takes you on a journey through the fascinating history of map ...Show more
The Stalin Affair: The Impossible Alliance that Won the War by Giles Milton
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Category: History
'Terrific' Anthony Horowitz From internationally bestselling historian Giles Milton comes the remarkable true story of the Allies' secret mission to wartime Moscow. In the summer of 1941, as Hitler invaded the Soviet Union, Stalin's forces faced a catastrophic defeat which would make the Allies' liber ...Show more
La Serenissima: The Story of Venice by Jonathan Keates
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Category: History
A stunningly illustrated history of Venice, from its beginnings as 'La Serenissima' - 'the Most Serene Republic' - to the Italian city that continues to enchant visitors today. 'Everything about Venice,' observed Lord Byron, 'is, or was, extraordinary - her aspect is like a dream, and her history is li ...Show more
Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire by Michael Palin
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Category: History
Michael Palin recreates the extraordinary life and tragic death of a First World War soldier - his great-uncle Harry. 'An important historical record and a well-paced story in its own right, Great-Uncle Harry is also much more than that- a tremendous act of love.' Guardian ______________________________ ...Show more
The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society by Joseph Stiglitz
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Category: social issues
A major reappraisal, by the Nobel-prizewinning economist, of the relationship between capitalism and freedom Despite its manifest failures, the narrative of neoliberalism retains its grip on the public mind and the policies of governments all over the world. By this narrative, less regulation and more ...Show more
Henry VIII: The Heart and the Crown by Alison Weir
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Category: History
The Sunday Times top 10 bestseller. Six wives. One King. You know their stories. Now it's time to hear his. In grand royal palaces, Prince Harry grows up dreaming of knights and chivalry - and the golden age of kings that awaits his older brother. But Arthur's untimely death sees Harry crowned King Henr ...Show more
Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution by Tania Branigan
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Category: social issues
An indelible exploration of the Cultural Revolution and how it shapes China today, Red Memory uncovers forty years of silence through the rarely heard stories of individuals who lived through Mao's decade of madness. SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2023WINNER OF THE CUNDILL HIS ...Show more
Cleopatra's Daughter: Egyptian Princess, Roman Prisoner, African Queen by Jane Draycott
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Category: Ancient History/Mythology
Cleopatra Selene, daughter of Cleopatra VII of Egypt and Mark Antony, was the only member of the Ptolemaic dynasty to survive after her parents were defeated by the future Roman emperor Augustus at the Battle of Actium. Paraded as a prisoner in a Roman triumph, then brought up in the household of August ...Show more
Seven Against Thebes The Quest of the Original Magnificent Seven by Stephen Dando-Collins
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Category: Ancient History/Mythology | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
Oedipus, who famously killed his father and married his mother, solving the riddle of the Sphinx to become king of Thebes. His devastated wife Jocasta. Their sons, the power-hungry Eteocles and the betrayed Polynices. Their loyal sisters Antigone and Ismene. And the Seven, most famous warrior band in Gr ...Show more