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❦History of the WorldJ.M. Roberts

History of the World

J.M. Roberts · 1976

❦How to be toppRonald Searle

How to be topp

Ronald Searle · 1954

Kelly

Kelly

Clarence L. Johnson · 1988

Mohammed and Charlemagne

Mohammed and Charlemagne

Henri Pirenne · 1937

Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon · 1796

Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of Constantinople

Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of Constantinople

Geoffrey de Villehardouin · 1207

❦My forty years with FordCharles E Sorensen

My forty years with Ford

Charles E Sorensen · 1956

My family and other animals.

My family and other animals.

Gerald Durrell · 1956

Moab Is My Washpot

Moab Is My Washpot

Stephen Fry · 1997

Born Red

Born Red

Gao Yuan · 2009

Sir Roger De Coverley Papers from The Spectator

Sir Roger De Coverley Papers from The Spectator

Joseph Addison

The man who knew infinity

The man who knew infinity

Robert Kanigel · 1991

❦The Inimitable JeevesPG Wodehouse

The Inimitable Jeeves

PG Wodehouse · 1923

❦World We Have LostPeter Laslett

World We Have Lost

Peter Laslett · 1965

The New Penguin Atlas of Ancient History

The New Penguin Atlas of Ancient History

Colin McEvedy · 1988

The harmless people.

The harmless people.

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas · 1959

❦Mathematician's DelightW. Sawyer

Mathematician's Delight

W. Sawyer · 1943

❦Euclid's elements of geometryEuclid

Euclid's elements of geometry

Euclid

❦The German Generals TalkBasil H. Liddell Hart

The German Generals Talk

Basil H. Liddell Hart · 1948

❦The Complete Novels of Jane AustenJane Austen

The Complete Novels of Jane Austen

Jane Austen

❦Painting and Experience in Fifteenth-Century ItalyMichael Baxandall

Painting and Experience in Fifteenth-Century Italy

Michael Baxandall · 1972

Sunset atBlandings

Sunset atBlandings

PG Wodehouse · 2009

❦Clocks and culture, 1300-1700.Carlo M. Cipolla

Clocks and culture, 1300-1700.

Carlo M. Cipolla · 1967

Richard Feynman

Richard Feynman

John Gribbin · 1997

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