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Will Millard brings the illustrious Ordnance Survey archive to life in a fully-illustrated story of Britain that explores what these maps can tell us about where, why and how we have moved around this island over the centuries. We find disappearing villages, secretive smuggling paths, top-secret military plans and even the detailed maps of Buckingham Palace gifted to Queen Victoria on her 50th jubilee. Rich, rewarding and endlessly fascinating, the book is an unmissable record of how our landscape has changed – and how it might do so in the future.
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£20.00
‘Black Coffee and Red Lipstick’ is a collection of essays that weave ideas about our domestic and daily life – hence the black coffee – with thoughts on style and the way we present ourselves – hence the red lipstick. It combines anecdotes and observations from Alexandra Shulman’s 25 years spent editing British Vogue and her current life as a freelance writer and commentator. She draws on her experiences as a magazine editor but also a mother, daughter, sibling, girlfriend, housekeeper and lover of shopping. Alexandra left her job at Vogue in 2017 to embark on a different way of life and while this is in no way a book of self-discovery it does touch on the question of things or patterns of behaviour that make us who we are?
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Too often history focuses on the stories of kings, those (often men) who were given the credit, yet what fascinates most are the stories of those who have passed through the cracks of history, people like: Giuliana Coen, the greatest fashion designer you’ve never heard of, the women at Playtex and how their out-of-the-box thinking and incredible skill played a major role in getting the first man on the Moon, and the tale of the unknown war hero Tommy Brown, who helped the code breakers of Bletchley with his extraordinary act of bravery. But it’s not just the people, as the book also champions the curious back stories to everyday objects – the humble fork, the china cup, and the real history of tea to name but a few. This book presents a thoughtful and often funny, curated selection of fascinating forgotten histories that give insight into some of the Western world’s most important cultural moments.
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£25.00
The definitive, utterly engrossing history of Japanese organized crime, from the samurai era to the present
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£26.00
Inside the miraculous birth of British aviation
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£15.99
One of a trio of books that beloved Zen master and author Thich Nhat Hanh recommends keeping by our bedside for regular reflection and inspiration
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£16.99
The prestigious annual story anthology, featuring prize-winning stories by a diverse and exciting array of writers.
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The beloved actor and star of Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Sex and the City and more shares his utterly original account of his offbeat journey in Hollywood, his battles with fear and fame, and the projects that shaped him – and created a cult icon. Taking us to the heights of critical success for Blue Velvet to the depths of the backyard pool in his infamous (and delightful) Showgirls love scene, MacLachlan brings us into the mind of one of the most distinctive actors of his generation, offering profound insights on collaborators like David Lynch, Laura Dern, Dennis Hopper, Anthony Hopkins, and more. Featuring lessons learned the hard way about ambition, love, and fatherhood, this memoir is an honest look into the remarkable – and often unpredictable – life of an enduring and endearing Hollywood icon.
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‘Propulsive … A rousing tribute to the beauty and importance of old-fashioned journalism, a taut thriller of high stakes ‘hostage diplomacy,’ and a poignant meditation on the human struggle between hope and apathy under authoritarian rule’ PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE, bestselling author of London Falling
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We know Sylvester Stallone as one of the most revered actors, writers and directors of all time, yet his life story is every bit as dramatic, intense and inspiring as his greatest creations on screen. Bringing together a no-holds-barred account of a fascinating life with messages of hope, positivity and resilience, Sly gives readers an intimate and revealing glimpse into his own journey for the very first time.
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Why, when it comes to lethal violence, is America so different from the rest of the globe? The United States is wealthier, better educated, more technologically sophisticated, more religious than almost any of its peers in the developed world – all of which would suggest that it should also have the lowest levels of violence. Yet the opposite is true. Malcolm Gladwell outlines the paradox, then walks the reader through a series of stories drawn from every corner of American life and culture from emergency rooms to Hollywood westerns to big-city police departments to Supreme Court oral arguments – looking for answers.
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£14.95
A heart-warming and beautifully illustrated companion to The Velveteen Rabbit, sharing timeless lessons about love, resilience, authenticity, and self-acceptance.
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This is an urgent and necessary reckoning about what it means to live in the West today. As an immigrant, Omar El Akkad believed the West would be a place of freedom and justice for all. But in the past 20 years, reporting on the various Wars on Terror, Ferguson, climate change, Black Lives Matter protests, and more, and watching the unmitigated slaughter in Gaza, he has come to the conclusion that much of what the West promises is a lie. This work is a chronicle of that painful realization, a moral grappling with what it means, as a citizen of the US, as a father, to carve out some sense of possibility during these devastating times.
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£22.00
Collected voices on fatherhood
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Everybody has a fear, but with a little bit of bravery, fear can disappear – and become an adventure. A fear can be BIG or small, loud or quiet, far away or too near. This lyrical picture book explores the relationship we have with fear and how, with a little bit of bravery, we can all find the courage to overcome our fears. Written in lyrical verse by writer and poet Koleka Putuma, the story follows the children from the town of Possibility as they journey through their fears and find the bravery to face them.
Bordeaux Chronicle 
