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diary Tom Holland biography Tim Stanley

King: The Life of Martin Luther King Jonathan Eig Jason Burke

Assad: The Triumph of Tyranny Con Coughlin David Dwan

Orwell: The New Life D J Taylor Rupert Christiansen

Goodbye Russia: Rachmaninoff in Exile Fiona Maddocks Miranda Seymour

Thoroughly Modern: The Pioneering Life of Barbara KerSeymer, Photographer, and Her Brilliant, Bohemian Friends Sarah Knight the state we’re in Richard V Reeves

End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites and the Path of Political Disintegration Peter Turchin Robert Ser vice

The Russo-Ukrainian War Serhii Plokhy David Gelber

Abolish the Monarchy: Why We Should and How We Will Graham Smith sickness & health Ben Gummer

Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines and the Health of Nations Simon Schama Paul Broks

Travellers to Unimaginable Lands: Dementia, Carers and the Hidden Workings of the Mind Dasha Kiper Matthew Smith

Allergic: How Our Immune System Reacts to a Changing World Theresa MacPhail history Munro Price

France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain Julian Jackson Nicholas Vincent

Henry III: Reform, Rebellion, Civil War, Settlement – 1258– 1272 David Carpenter