Icon Books publishes a fantastic range of intelligent non-fiction.
101 Facts You Should Know About Food UK £ 6.99
An essential guide to the facts behind food.
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365: Great Stories from History for Every Day of the Year UK £ 9.99
Every day of the year has a story to tell. Who was assassinated, acceded to the throne, fled from their country? All this and more is in this browsable historical compendium.
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366: More Great Stories from History UK £16.99
The unputdownable sequel to 365 - highly addictive, bite-size chunks of history.
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50 Facts that Should Change the World UK £ 6.99
Hard-hitting facts and incisive analysis in this vivid picture of the inequalities and absurdities of our world.
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50 Facts that Should Change the World - 2007 Edition UK £ 8.99
Revised and updated edition of international bestseller.
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50 Facts You Need to Know: Europe UK £ 9.99
A shocking, surprising and enjoyable guide to the Europe you thought you knew.
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50 Facts You Need to Know: USA UK £ 9.99
A Tour Through the Real America
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A Mind of Its Own (paperback) UK £ 9.99
An enlightening tour of the less wholesome side of human psychology.
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After Blair: Conservatism Beyond Thatcher UK £12.99
Proudly unofficial manifesto for the centre-right in the UK
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American Dream, Global Nightmare UK £ 7.99
Celebrity, politics and the American Empire.
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Atom UK £12.99
The official book accompanying the BBC TV series telling the incredible story of perhaps the most important discovery in the history of science.
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Atom UK £ 8.99
A BBC TV tie-in, Atom is the thrilling human story of atomic theory - modern science's most exciting, fundamental and mind-bending ideas.
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Barnes Wallis - Dambuster UK £14.99
The extraordinary story of Barnes Wallis, inventor of the bouncing bomb.
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Best of Enemies: Britain and Germany - 100 Years of Truth and Lies UK £14.99
A fresh and engrossing study of a turbulent history and a painful national rivalry.
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Between You and I (paperback) UK £ 6.99
A little book of bad English.
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Beyond Coincidence - new extended edition UK £ 7.99
New expanded edition of the bestselling account of coincidences
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Beyond Coincidence (hardback) UK £12.99
Laura Buxton, aged ten, releases a balloon from her garden in Staffordshire. It lands 140 miles away in Wiltshire, in the garden of another Laura Buxton, aged ten. Coincidence? Or something beyond coincidence?
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Bird Flu: Everything You Need to Know UK £ 5.99
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Can You Trust the Media? UK £12.99
The insider's view on whether we really can believe what we read in the papers - with some surprising conclusions.
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China: Friend or Foe? UK £ 7.99
An accessible exploration of one of the biggest issues in the world today.
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Cowgirls, Cockroaches and Celebrity Lingerie: The World's Most Unusual Museums UK £ 9.99
A quirky and uplifting celebration of some of the world�s oddest and most interesting museums.
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Crunch Time: How Everyday Life is Killing the Future UK £ 9.99
Two award-winning journalists argue about the impact of our everyday actions on the future of our world.
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Dawkins vs. Gould: Survival of the Fittest UK £ 7.99
Updated edition of the international bestseller on the savage scientific battle over evolution.
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Dear All ... A Collection of Round Robins UK £ 9.99
A hilarious spoof of the round robins sent and received by many of us at Christmas
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Did David Hasselhoff End the Cold War? 50 Facts You Need to Know: Europe UK £ 7.99
An engaging and quirky portrait of contemporary Europe.
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Do Animals Have Rights? UK £ 7.99
Are some animals more equal than others?
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Enchantress of Nations: Pauline Viardot, Soprano, Muse and Lover UK £20.00
A portrait of one of the history of musics most magnetic, colourful and brilliant female stars.
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Every Woman’s Luck Book UK £ 9.99
Hilarious dating advice, 1930s style!
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Every Woman's Book of Love and Marriage and Family Life UK £ 9.99
The brilliant - and equally hilarous - sequel to Every Woman's Luck book
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Fatal Attraction: Magnetic Mysteries of the Enlightenment UK £ 9.99
The stories of three men who were lured by nature's strangest power.
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Forty-fied UK £ 9.99
An hilariously wry, observant guide for today's fortysomethings.
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Foul Play: What's Wrong with Sport UK £ 8.99
An acerbic, passionate and witty crusade for a sporting 'reformation'.
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From Atoms to Infinity: 88 Great Ideas in Science UK £ 6.99
Mary and John Gribbin take you on a mind-expanding trip to infinity and back.
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Good Taste: How What You Choose Defines Who You Are UK £16.99
An accessible and delightfully esoteric cultural history of taste.
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Googlies, Nutmegs & Bogeys: The Origins of Peculiar Sporting Lingo UK £ 9.99
A perfect companion to the glorious absurdities of sporting vocabulary that will enlighten and amuse.
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How Big is Your Brain? UK £ 5.99
Ingenious puzzles to test your brainpower.
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How to Give to Charity UK £ 6.99
All your moral and practical questions about giving to charity answered by the bestsellig author of 50 Facts that Should Change the World.
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Human Being to Human Bomb: Inside the Mind of a Terrorist UK £12.99
Suicide bombing is the most terrifying phenomenon of our times. This book gets beneath the skin in an attempt to explain - and then to cure.
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I Hate the Office UK £ 9.99
An A to Z journey through the daily grind that offers the reader the chance to fight back!
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I Hate the Office (paperback) UK £ 7.99
The essential weapon in the war against the angst of modern office life.
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In Search of Superstrings: Symmetry, Membranes and the Theory of Everything UK £ 7.99
An exhilarating trip along the cutting edge of modern science.
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In the Red: The Diary of a Recovering Shopaholic UK £10.99
An hilarious diary - full of fashion and frustration in which Alexis battles to transform herself from spending junkie to scrupulous saver.
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Introducing Freud - Special extended edition UK £ 7.99
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Introducing Freud (pocket-sized edition) UK £ 6.99
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Introducing Mind and Brain (pocket-sized edition) UK £ 6.99
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Introducing Philosophy (pocket-sized edition) UK £ 6.99
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Introducing Postmodernism (pocket-sized edition) UK £ 6.99
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Introducing Psychology (pocket-sized edition) UK £ 6.99
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Introducing Quantum Theory (pocket-sized edition) UK £ 6.99
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Iran: Everything You Need to Know UK £ 5.99
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Irony and Crisis - A Critical History of Postmodern Culture UK £11.99
Our culture is mired in irreversible decline, so postmodern theory tells us. Stuart Sim sifts through the evidence in a compelling investigation into the critical background to postmodernity.
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Issigonis: The Official Biography (paperback) UK £12.99
The definitive biography of the designer of the Mini and the Morris Minor cars
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It's Only Money UK £ 6.99
An accessible, humorous money miscellany
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Lewis Hamilton: The Full Story UK £16.99
The remarkable in-depth story of F1 phenomenon Lewis Hamilton - the man and the driver.
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Lisa B's Lifestyle Essentials: Get the most out of life UK £12.99
A modern woman's guide to attaining an aspirational lifestyle.
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Love @ First Site UK £ 5.99
The essential guide to the brave new world of internet romance.
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Making Time: Why Time Seems to Pass at Different Speeds and How to Control It UK £12.99
An astounding insight into the perception of time and how we can take charge of it.
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Nervous System: The Story of a Novelist Who Lost His Mind UK £12.99
The deeply personal, compelling memoir of a writers journey through mental illness.
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New World Order: Every Country on Earth. Sorted. UK £ 7.99
And nation shall rise against nation. And the nation with most words for 'moustache' shall win.
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New World Order: Every Country on Earth. Sorted. UK £ 9.99
The guide that nails down the essence of every single country on the planet.
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Nobel Lectures: 20 Years of the Nobel Prize for Literature Lectures UK £12.99
Twenty years of powerful lectures from previous Nobel Laureates.
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Number Freaking: The Surreal Sums Behind Everyday Life UK £ 7.99
The answers to all the essential questions you've never asked
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On a Darkling Plain - Journeys into the Unconscious UK £16.99
Freud shocked his contemporaries and is still controversial. But he and his followers vision is now often forgotten. Ten vibrant essays on psychoanalysis and the modern world.
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Perfect Copy - Unravelling the Cloning Debate UK £ 7.99
Religion finds it abhorrent; many politicians and scientists agree. But cloning is the most exciting science of our time. Perfect Copy explores this most vexed issue.
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Places to Hide ... In England, Scotland and Wales (paperback) UK £ 7.99
A guide to the ultimate rural, coastal, urban and mountainous getaways for when life gets a bit too much ...
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Places to Hide: In England, Scotland & Wales UK £ 9.99
The essential guide for those who want to dissapear for a bit.
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Possessing Genius: The Bizarre Odyssey of Einstein's Brain UK £14.99
Follow the incredible journey of the brain of the 20th century's greatest scientist as it roamed the world in mayonnaise jars and car boots...
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Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain UK £12.99
A pop science masterpiece on a subject that anyone who loves reading will be sure to find fascinating.
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Rucks, Pucks & Sliders: More Origins of Peculiar Sporting Lingo UK £ 9.99
The sequel to the bestselling Googlies, Nutmegs & Bogies by veteran BBC presenter and football legend Bob Wilson.
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Shakespearean Afterlives UK £ 8.99
Ten characters with a life of their own
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Stealing the Scream: The Hunt for a Missing Masterpiece UK £ 8.99
The award-winning true story of an audacious art theft, 'with all the pace and verve of a rollicking heist flick' (The Times).
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Stealing the Scream: The Hunt for a Missing Masterpiece UK £12.99
The incredible story of the theft of a great painting and the brilliant detective who gets it back.
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Surveillance Unlimited: How We've Become the Most Watched People on Earth UK £10.99
Nineteen Eighty-four's all-seeing eye is now a reality. Britain is a surveillance society, but in ways that Orwell could never have imagined.
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The Armchair Naturalist: How to be Good at Nature Without Really Trying UK £ 9.99
A nature guide for people to whom nature doesnt always come naturally.
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The Cause of Mosquitoes' Sorrow: Beginnings, Blunders and Breakthroughs in Science UK £ 7.99
A fascinating investigation into the defining eureka moments that have changed our world.
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The Chilling Stars: A Cosmic View of Climate Change UK £ 7.99
Controversial, compelling and necessary, The Chilling Stars has become, in the words of The Times, the new totem of the climate-change sceptics.
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The Chilling Stars: A New Theory of Climate Change UK £ 9.99
A brilliant, daring and controversial new theory that will provoke fresh thinking about global warming.
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The Comet Sweeper: Caroline Herschel's Astronomical Ambition UK £ 9.99
The engrossing story of Britains first female professional scientist.
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The Euro - Should Britain Join: Yes or No? UK £ 3.99
Whether to join the euro will probably be the most important economic decision Britain will make in the first half of the 21st century. This book asks all the big questions and explains both sides of all the arguments.
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The Father of Forensics: How Sir Bernard Spilsbury Invented Modern CSI UK £12.99
The fascinating story of the life and work of Bernard Spilsbury, history's greatest medical detective.
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The Globalisation Myth UK £ 7.99
Globalisation increases inequality, crushes dissent and subjugates government to the will of global capital. Right? Wrong, argues Alan Shipman
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The Grand Prix Companion UK £ 9.99
Essential reading for any Formula 1 fan.
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The Great Books - From the Iliad and the Odyssey to Goethe's Faust: A Journey Through 2,500 Years of the West's Classic Literature UK £20.00
A lavishly produced and beautifully illustrated work of both reference and general reading.
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The History of Britain Revealed (paperback) UK £ 7.99
A book to change the way you think about history, language and much else besides.
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The History of England UK £ 9.99
David Starkey introduces histories of England by Austen and Dickens, brought together here for the first time.
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The Intellectual (paperback) UK £ 6.99
Critically acclaimed essential guide to the life of a modern Intellectual.
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The Internet from A to Z UK £ 4.99
New and updated 2002 edition. Know your Dongle from your Node? Lost your SOCKS or your Bozo Filter? Frustrated with Craplets? Desperate for a Mappucino? Get the latest version of Icons best-selling Net introduction and dictionary.
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The Lives and Times of the Great Composers (paperback) UK £16.99
A grand and panoramic biographical history of the giants of classical music.
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The Lying Ape: An Honest Guide to a World of Deception UK £ 9.99
Explores the psychology and history of lying.
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The Lying Ape: An Honest Guide to a World of Deception UK £ 7.99
An amusing and revealing exploration of the natural deceit found everywhere in modern life.
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The Man Who Ate Bluebottles...and Other Great British Eccentrics UK £ 9.99
Meet the greatest ever British eccentrics here!
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The Man Who Ate Bluebottles...and Other Great British Eccentrics (paperback) UK £ 6.99
A celebration of true British loopiness through the ages.
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The Man Who Ran the Moon UK £16.99
The secret history of Project Apollo and the true cost of Americas victory in Space.
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The Man Who Ran the Moon (paperback) UK £ 8.99
The fascinating hidden story of the charismatic man who gave up everything to win the space race
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The New Rome: The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America UK £14.99
Vanity Fair's US editor-at-large pits the modern USA against the might of the Roman Empire - and finds two very similar opponents.
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The Pendulum Years UK £12.99
Sex, lies and politics in Sixties Britain by one of the most brilliant commentators of the time.
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The Real Oliver Twist UK £16.99
From a parish workhouse to the heart of the industrial revolution, Robert Blincoes political, personal and turbulent story illuminates the Dickensian age like never before.
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The Real Oliver Twist (paperback) UK £ 8.99
From a parish workhouse to the heart of the industrial revolution, Robert Blincoes political, personal and turbulent story illuminates the Dickensian age like never before.
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The Red Bodyguard: The Amazing Health-Promoting Properties of the Tomato UK £ 5.99
A deft mixture of fascinating popular science and practical health advice relating to the humble tomato.
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The Rich: A New Study of the Species UK £16.99
Insight into the lives and fortunes of the worlds wealthiest and most powerful people.
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The Science of Doctor Who UK £12.99
Discover the scientific reality behind the fiction of Doctor Who
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The Science of Doctor Who (paperback) UK £ 8.99
Explains the scientific reality behind the fiction in this highly acclaimed unofficial guide.
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The Top 100 Formula One Drivers of All Time UK £14.99
Sure to fire debate, a personal assessment of Formula 1's all-time best drivers from one of the sport's greatest sages.
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The Truth That Sticks: New Labour's Breach of Trust UK £16.99
Martin Bell delivers the definitive critique of the Blair years with precision and great passion.
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The Truth that Sticks: New Labour's Breach of Trust UK £ 8.99
One of the best-known names in TV journalism unleashes his fury - felt by millions - on New Labour's betrayal of trust.
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The Tunguska Fireball UK £12.99
The 20th century's greatest mystery - what was the Tunguska fireball?
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The Unfair Sex UK £ 9.99
All is fair in love and war, and for Nina Farewell the two are more similar than you might think...
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The Z-Z of Great Britain UK £ 9.99
A surreal new look at hidden Britain.
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The Z-Z of Great Britain (paperback) UK £ 7.99
The highly acclaimed, unique travelogue of the hidden Britain of the letter Z
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Torture Taxi: On the Trail of the CIA's Rendition Flights UK £ 9.99
The incredible story of how the CIA's darkest secret of the 'war on terror' - the 'extraordinary rendition' programme - was exposed.
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Walking in on Mum and Dad: Adventures in Embarrasment UK £ 9.99
Torrid tales of embarrassment providing enough real-life black humour to have you hiding behind your hands in horror.
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Websites from A to Z UK £ 4.99
Want information, but don't where to start? There are millions of Websites of varying quality and value. How do you know which are worthwhile and which don't bear a second look? This intelligent Net directory has the answers.
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What Every Man Wants UK £ 9.99
The ultimate guide to the world's most sought-after sporting prizes.
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Wholly Irresponsible Experiments! - Science That'll Blow You Away UK £ 7.99
Your chance to create some good honest mayhem in the name of science!
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Why Aren't They Here?: The Question of Life on Other Worlds UK £ 7.99
A brilliant outline of the historical, fictional, speculative and emerging scientific opinions on what alien life might be like.
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Why Aren't They Here?: The Question of Life on Other Worlds UK £12.99
A fast-moving book examining the history, dispelling myths and focusing on the possiblities lurking in space.
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Why Blame Israel? UK £ 8.99
Impartial expert Neill Lochery finds the truth behind the headlines about Israel
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Why Blame Israel? The Facts Behind the Headlines UK £12.99
A provocative new history of a troubled country at the centre of the world stage
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Why Do People Hate America? UK £ 7.99
A powerful and timely critique of the Land of the Free
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