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  • Blood Legacy

    Reckoning With a Family’s Story of Slavery

    by Alex Renton ...
    LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE'An incredible work of scholarship' Sathnam SangheraThrough the story of his own family’s history as slave and plantation owners, Alex Renton looks at how we owe it to the present to understand the legacy of the past. When British Caribbean slavery was abolished across most of the British Empire in 1833, it was not the newly liberated who received ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • The Food Programme: 13 Foods that Shape Our World

    How Our Hunger has Changed the Past, Present and Future

    by Alex Renton ...
    Vital stories for hungry minds.In the first official book from BBC Radio 4's hit series The Food Programme, award-winning writer Alex Renton tells the stories of 13 key staples such as spice, oil, cocoa, bread and tomatoes, exploring their history, evolution and how our ever-growing hunger for them continues to alter our world. Look at food in a new light - as a weapon, an art form, a tool of ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

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    Blood Legacy

    Reckoning With a Family’s Story of Slavery

    by Alex Renton ...
    Narrated by Alex Renton ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 3 min

    LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE'Alex Renton has done Britain a favour and written a brutally honest book about his family's involvement with slavery. Blood Legacy could change our frequently defensive national conversation about slavery/race' Sathnam Sanghera'Utterly gripped – An incredible book. Alex's work is my book in practice' Emma DabiriThrough the story of his own family’s h... ... Read more

    $37.99 USD

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    White Debt

    The Demerara Uprising and Britain’s Legacy of Slavery

    Narrated by Ben Onwukwe, Mark Meadows ...

    Unabridged

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    When Thomas Harding discovered that his mother's family had made money from plantations worked by enslaved people, what began as an interrogation into the choices of his ancestors soon became a quest to learn more about Britain's role in slavery. It was a history that he knew surprisingly little about - the myth that we are often taught in schools is that Britain's role in slavery was as the ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

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    The Wrath to Come

    Gone with the Wind and the Lies America Tells

    Narrated by Sarah Churchwell ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 15 min

    The history America never wanted you to read.'The narrative took my breath away' Philippe Sands'An extraordinarily and shockingly powerful read' Peter Frankopan'One of the must-reads of the year' Suzannah Lipscomb'Brilliant and provocative' Gavin EslerSarah Churchwell examines one of the most enduringly popular stories of all time, Gone with the Wind, to help explain the divisions ripping the ... Read more

    $17.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • City of Silk

    The Times Historical Fiction Book of the Month - 'Enjoyable and immersive'

    by Glennis Virgo ...
    'My favourite kind of historical fiction ... So beautifully atmospheric ... I loved this book and can't wait to read more from Glennis Virgo' - Frances Quinn, author of That Bonesetter WomanBologna, 1575.A talented seamstressA powerful merchantA fierce battle of willsBologna, 1575. A talented seamstress. A powerful merchant. A fierce battle of wills.... ... Read more

    $6.79 USD

  • The Language of War

    A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEARWhen everyday life becomes a state of emergency, how can yesterday’s words suffice?‘We were so happy and didn’t know it…’A thirty-three-year-old writer lives in a quiet European suburb with his wife and his dog. His parents have bought an apartment nearby. On weekends they go out for brunch, cook and see friends. Life is good; it is normal. Then the invaders come.The ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • Turning Points

    Crisis and Change in Modern Britain

    The Times – Best Politics and Current Affairs Books of the YearAn entertaining and revealing history of modern British politics – and the pivotal moments that got us where we are now. From Steve Richards, broadcaster, journalist, and author of The Prime Ministers We Never Had.Every few weeks in British politics, a columnist will reach for the word ‘unprecedented’ as a cabinet minister resigns or ... Read more

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  • Interesting Stories about Curious Words

    From Stealing Thunder to Red Herrings

    by Susie Dent ...
    Join Susie Dent, lexicographer extraordinaire and Queen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner, on a curious and exceedingly interesting adventure through all the very best RED HERRINGS, COCK AND BULL STORIES and NINE-DAY WONDERS in the English language.Who was SWEET FANNY ADAMS?What's the dramatic true story behind STEALING THUNDER?Why is it CHANCING YOUR ARM when you take a risk?What do bears ha... ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Look Away

    A True Story of Murders, Bombings, and a Far-Right Campaign to Rid Germany of Immigrants

    by Jacob Kushner ...
    A thrilling narrative investigation into the National Socialist Underground (NSU)—a German terror organization that targeted immigrants—and how a government failed to stop it.Not long after the Berlin Wall fell, three teenagers became friends in the East German town of Jena. It was a time of excitement, but also of deep uncertainty: some four million East Germans found themselves out of work. The ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Otherlands

    A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds

    “Immersive . . . bracingly ambitious . . . rewinds the story of life on Earth—from the mammoth steppe of the last Ice Age to the dawn of multicellular creatures over 500 million years ago.”—The EconomistLONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE • “One of those rare books that’s both deeply informative and daringly imaginative.”—Elizabeth Kolbert, author of Under a White SkyONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Understanding Media

    Communication, Power and Social Change

    Series series Pelican Books
    An authoritative and accessible guide to the world’s most influential force – the contemporary mediaOur lives are more mediated than ever before. Adults in economically advanced countries spend, on average, over eight hours per day interacting with the media. The news and entertainment industries are being transformed by the shift to digital platforms. But how much is really changing in terms of ... Read more

    $14.29 USD