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diary Richard Davenport-Hines in memoriam Robert Posner, 1950–2023 man & planet Peter Moore
A Cold Spell: A Human History of Ice Max Leonard Charles Foster
Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet Ben Goldfarb Nigel Andrew
Fire Weather: A True Story f rom a Hotter World John Vaillant history Christopher Tyerman
Templars: The Knights Who Made Britain Steve Tibble John Adamson
The Revolutionary Temper: Paris, 1748–1789 Robert Darnton Donald Rayfield
Blood on the Snow: The Russian Revolution 1914–1924 Robert Service Richard Overy
Don’t Let ’s Be Beastly to the Germans: The British Occupation of Germany, 1945–49 Daniel Cowling Dorian Lynskey
Beauty is in the Street: Protest and Counterculture in PostWar Europe Joachim C Häberlen literary lives Suleika Dawson
The Secret Life of John le Carré Adam Sisman Norma Clarke
A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing Hilary Mantel Dan Franklin
My Back Pages: An Undeniably Personal History of Publishing 1972–2022 Richard Charkin state of the nation Stewart Wood
Shattered Nation: Inequality and the Geography of a Failing State Danny Dorling Simon Nixon
You May Never See Us Again: The Barclay Dynasty – A Story of Survival, Secrecy and Succession Jane Martinson
