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The Dawn of Everything
A new view of the history of humanity
Authors :
David Graeber , David Wengrow
Published: 2021
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An interpretation of the latest thinkingin human deep history and archaeology. It is not all an inevitable story of progress from cave to today - different ways were possible and can still be achieved.
Synopsis 108 words
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29 Apr '23
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29 Apr '23
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non-fiction
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The Anarchy
The Relentless Rise of the East India Company
Author :
William Dalrymple
Published: 2019
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The rise of the East India Company from small trading organisation to the first global corporation more powerful than a coumtry
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27 Feb '22
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27 Feb '22
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non-fiction
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Ask the Fellows Who Cut the Hay
unlisted author
Published: 1956
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Based on interviews with old people in a traditional Suffolk farming village (Braxhall, near Woodbridge) during the early 1950's - remembering the pre-mechanisation farming and village life.
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19 Jan '22
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19 Jan '22
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non-fiction
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The Last Kingdom
Author :
Bernard Cornwell
Published: 2004
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The wars between the Danes, the Saxons and the Britons as seen by a Northumberland lad.
Synopsis 56 words
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15 Jun '21
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15 Jun '21
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fiction
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Underland
Author :
Robert Macfarlane
Published: 2019
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Exploring beneath the ground as a way of exploring deep time
Synopsis 30 words
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30 Dec '19
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30 Dec '19
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non-fiction
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