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The Social Animal
This is the happiest story you’ve ever read. It’s about two people who led wonderfully fulfilling lives. They had engrossing careers, earned the respect of their friends, and made important contributions to their neighbourhood, their country, and their world.
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Notes on Them and Us
Notes on Them & Us is a wry account of the transatlantic friendship as it actually exists today and Justin Webb is perfectly placed to comment. more
The Baskerville Legacy
When a young journalist, Bertram Fletcher Robinson, meets his writer hero Arthur Conan Doyle on a troop ship coming back from South Africa, he is delighted – especially when the creator of Sherlock Holmes suggests they collaborate on a ‘real creeper’ of a story. more
Calamities, Catastrophes and Cock-Ups
In this fascinating, revelatory book, Derek Wilson picks the ten very worst years in world history – from the destruction of the Roman Empire in 541 to the march on Leningrad in 1942. more