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1914-1918: Voices and Images of the Great War (Lyn MacDonald)
1914-1918: Voices and Images of the Great War
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Lyn MacDonald
800 Years of Women's Letters (Various)
800 Years of Women's Letters
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Various
Aristocrats (Stella Tillyard)
Aristocrats
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Stella Tillyard
The Art of the Pastel (Thea Burns & Philippe Saunier)
The Art of the Pastel
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Thea Burns & Philippe Saunier
The Assassin's Cloak (Irene & Alan Taylor)
The Assassin's Cloak
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Irene & Alan Taylor
Bad Science
Bad Science
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Beethoven (Lewis Lockwood)
Beethoven
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Lewis Lockwood
Birthday Letters
Birthday Letters
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The Blazing World
The Blazing World
9
The Book Lover's Anthology (Various)
The Book Lover's Anthology
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Various
Brewer's Rogues, Villains & Eccentrics (William Donaldson)
Brewer's Rogues, Villains & Eccentrics
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William Donaldson
Bring on the Empty Horses (David Niven)
Bring on the Empty Horses
12
David Niven
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman (Robert K. Massie)
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
13
Robert K. Massie
City of Nets: A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940's (Otto Friedrich)
City of Nets: A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940's
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Otto Friedrich
City of Sin: London and Its Vices (Catharine Arnold)
City of Sin: London and Its Vices
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Catharine Arnold
Civilization and Its Discontents (Sigmund Freud)
Civilization and Its Discontents
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Sigmund Freud
Cleopatra: A Life (Egypt)
Cleopatra: A Life (Egypt)
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Common Sense, the Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings
Common Sense, the Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings
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The Communist Manifesto (Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels)
The Communist Manifesto
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Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
Confessions (Saint Augustine)
Confessions
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Saint Augustine
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (Thomas De Quincey)
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
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Thomas De Quincey
The Country Girls (Edna O'Brien)
The Country Girls
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Edna O'Brien
Courtesans (Katie Hickman)
Courtesans
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Katie Hickman
De Profundis (Oscar Wilde)
De Profundis
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Oscar Wilde
Death in the Afternoon
Death in the Afternoon
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
26
Descartes' Meditations
Descartes' Meditations
27
Desert Island Discs (Sean Magee)
Desert Island Discs
28
Sean Magee
The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
The Devil's Dictionary
29
Ambrose Bierce
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
30
Anne Frank
Down and Out in Paris and London (George Orwell)
Down and Out in Paris and London
31
George Orwell
The Dyer's Hand
The Dyer's Hand
32
The Dynasties of China (Bamber Gascoigne)
The Dynasties of China
33
Bamber Gascoigne
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-And Rock N' Roll Generation Changed History (Peter Biskind)
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-And Rock N' Roll Generation Changed History
34
Peter Biskind
Elizabeth the Queen (Alison Weir)
Elizabeth the Queen
35
Alison Weir
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
36
Siddhartha Mukherjee
England's Mistress (Kate Williams)
England's Mistress
37
Kate Williams
Essays (Joseph Addison)
Essays
38
Joseph Addison
Essays (Thomas Carlyle)
Essays
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Thomas Carlyle
Essays (William Hazlitt)
Essays
40
William Hazlitt
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