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Burying the Bones Pearl Buck in China
Hilary Spurling
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Dreams in a Time of War
Ngugi Wa Thiong’o
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The Magnetic North
Sara Wheeler
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Soul of the Age The Life, Mind and World of William Shakespeare
Jonathan Bate
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Pompeii The Life of a Roman Town
Mary Beard
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A Fork in the Road A Memoir
Andre Brink
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The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work
Alain De Botton
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Science A Four Thousand Year History
Patricia Fara
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Darwin's Island The Galapagos in the Garden of England
Steve Jones
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A Book of Silence A journey in search of the pleasures and powers of silence
Sara Maitland
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The Man Who Invented History Travels with Herodotus
Justin Marozzi
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Hester The Remarkable Life of Dr Johnson's 'Dear Mistress'
Ian McIntyre