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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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Lords of Finance 1929, The Great Depression, and The Bankers Who Broke The World
Liaquat Ahamed
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The Lost City of Z
David Grann
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The Age of Wonder How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
Richard Holmes
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Soul of the Age The Life, Mind and World of William Shakespeare
Jonathan Bate
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A Fork in the Road A Memoir
Andre Brink
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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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Hester The Remarkable Life of Dr Johnson's 'Dear Mistress'
Ian McIntyre
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The Wisdom of Whores Bureaucrats, Brothels and the Business of AIDS
Elizabeth Pisani
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The House of Wittgenstein A Family at War
Alexander Waugh