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Cooking and Baking

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Author: Molinaro, Joanne Lee
Year: 2021
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Avery
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Author: Swash, Joe
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Pavilion
Resource type: Physical
Note: The debut family cookbook from actor, presenter, King of the Jungle and MasterChef 2021 semi-finalist, Joe Swash.
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Author: Hassan, Hawa
Author: Turshen, Julia
Year: 2020
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
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Author: Townsend, Delois
Year: 2021
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Amazon
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Author: Bell, Annie
Year: 2020
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: One Boat
Resource type: Physical
Note: A beautiful full-colour cookbook featuring simple, tasty recipes to nourish your health and support the planet, based on a global scientific report. Originally published: as Eat to save the planet. 2020
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Gardening

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Author: Moore, Darryl
Year: 2022
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: The Pimpernel Press
Resource type: Physical
Note: An examination of the relationship between gardens and current environmental issues, and how ideas can be explored that create positive and holistic ways of engaging with the natural world.
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Author: Doherty, Jimmy
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Headline
Resource type: Physical
Note: 2022 sees the 20th anniversary of Jimmy's Farm and Wildlife Park in Suffolk, which started out as a farm for rare breed pigs in 2002. This book will celebrate the journey that Jimmy and his family have found themselves on over the years, and the many animals that now call the farm home.
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Author: Bricknell, Christopher
Year: 2022
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Limited
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Author: Titchmarsh, Alan
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Resource type: Physical
Note: National treasure and presenter of ITV's hugely popular Love Your Garden, Alan Titchmarsh brings us his month by month almanac of garden knowledge, facts, advice and inspiration. Here is seasonal advice on what to grow and sow, projects to engage in, as well as wildlife to spot, gorgeous gardens to visit, birds and flowers to celebrate, weather notes, and nature to reflect on in poems, music, and books.
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Author: Reynolds, Mary
Year: 2022
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Publisher: Timber Press
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Author: White, Roger
Year: 2023
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Yale University Press
Resource type: Physical
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Author: Segall, Barbara
Year: 2022
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Limited Publishers
Resource type: Physical
Note: This is a tour of some of the UK's most beguiling gardens in the counties of Kent, Sussex and Surrey, the counties that exemplify 'the garden of England'. In these three counties a wealth of history and horticulture has combined with geography in the shape of rolling landscapes, wooded valleys and meandering waterways.
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Author: McCann, Phil
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Limited Publishers
Resource type: Physical
Note: A comprehensive guide to one of Europe's largest and most ambitious gardening projects, the magnificent RHS Bridgewater.
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Author: Mary, Ellen
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Greenfinch
Resource type: Physical
Note: Transform your patch of earth into a thriving, vibrant garden with this failsafe guide. Gardening expert Ellen Mary takes you through every step of gardening, from the basics of understanding your space and decoding plant labels to common pests and how to manage them.
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Author: Booth, Robyn
Year: 2023
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: National Trust Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: Discover the joy of growing and using plants indoors and outdoors, no matter how limited your space. If one positive thing came out of the successive lockdowns of recent years, it was a renewed interest in gardening. While life slowed down, we were all looking for simple ways to connect with nature, improve our surroundings and lift our spirits.
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Author: Richards, Huw
Year: 2023
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Limited
Resource type: Physical
Note: In just one raised bed, author Huw Richards, shows you exactly how to grow vegetables organically, abundantly and inexpensively so you have something to harvest every month of the year.
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Author: Maguire, Kay
Author: Han, Sally Soweol
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Magic Cat Publishing
Resource type: Physical
Note: Getting your hands into soil can make you think more clearly and feel happier. Enjoy simple, mindful activities and everyday moments, from sowing your veg patch in April to picking tomatoes in August and harvesting pumpkins in October. With easy-to-follow instructions for every month, this book will inspire children to get outside all year round.
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0719841704
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Author: Edmondson, Alan
Author: Edmondson, Bryn
Year: 2023
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: The Crowood Press
Resource type: Physical
Note: The seaside can be a stunning setting for a garden, but it can be difficult to find plants that will thrive. Salt-laden winds make the careful selection of plants and landscaping materials vital. This book provides a step-by-step process, as used by professional garden designers, that will help you design, build and plant a beautiful, sustainable garden.
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Author: Cox, Martyn
Year: 2022
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Mitchell Beazley
Resource type: Physical
Note: One of the keys to happy gardening is knowing what to do and when for the best results. In this handy guide, experienced horticulturalist and gardening writer Martyn Cox takes you through the gardening year month by month, offering wise, clear and helpful advice on the essential tasks and how to avoid problems along the way.
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Year: 2023
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: BBC Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: Even with the best planning and care, every garden can run into a problem or two. Whether you are beset with beetles or blighted by blackspot, 'The Gardeners' World Problem Solver' has the solution. Guided by the team at Gardeners' World - including advice from Monty Don, Alan Titchmarsh, Carol Klein, Arit Anderson, Adam Frost and more - this volume contains practical tips, tricks and techniques to deal with the obstacles that every home gardener has to face.
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Author: Masset, Claire
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Batsford
Resource type: Physical
Note: Whether you seek sanctuary in your potting shed, find paradise amongst your patio plants or enjoy the simply solace of your hands in the soil, there is beauty, peace and happiness to be found for every gardener in this thoughtful and entertaining collection.
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Author: Don, Monty
Author: Moore, Derry
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: BBC Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: Few world cities hold the romance and historical sweep of Venice. Thousands visit every year - and a mixture of crowds and climate leave it vulnerable, so much so it is often said to be in danger of sinking - but away from the usual tourist haunts around St.
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Author: Farrimond, Stuart
Year: 2023
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Limited
Resource type: Physical
Note: Exploding myths and offering research-backed advice, this book provides a shortcut to decades of gardening experience by explaining the science behind how a garden grows.
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Author: Bannerman, Isabel
Year: 2022
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Pimpernel Press Ltd
Resource type: Physical
Note: Isabel Bannerman reflects on the gardens she and her husband, Julian, have made together for the various houses in which they have lived, and the garden they are making now, at Ashington Manor in Somerset.
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1784728454
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Author: Nex, Sally
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Mitchell Beazley
Resource type: Physical
Note: This easy Q&A format book is suited to both beginner and more experienced growers, and encompasses a wide range of subjects to take readers beyond the basics of fruit and vegetable growing.
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Biographies

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Author: Campbell, Rod
Year: 2021
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Resource type: Physical
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Author: Pattenden, Marc
Year: 2021
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Limited
Resource type: Physical
Note: Find out about the life of a fox.
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0711254370
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Author: Sanchez Vegara, Ma Isabel
Year: 2021
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Resource type: Physical
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Year: 2021
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Step by Step International Publishi
Resource type: Physical
Note: Children's interactive and activity board book
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Author: Ross, Andrew
Year: 2021
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Fantom Films Limited
Resource type: Physical
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Author: S&S Alliance
Year: 2021
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Step by Step International Publishing
Resource type: Physical
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Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
Year: 2021
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Resource type: Physical
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0711255512
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Author: Sanchez Vegara, Ma Isabel
Year: 2021
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Resource type: Physical
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0711259364
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Author: Sanchez Vegara, Ma Isabel
Year: 2021
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Resource type: Physical
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Author: Brooks, Bobbie
Author: Hennon, Carrie
Year: 2021
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Imagine That
Resource type: Physical
Note: Touch, feel, and tickle the friendly jungle animals in this interactive book that is full of playful fun.
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Author: Fletcher, Tom
Author: Abbott, Greg
Year: 2021
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Puffin Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: There's a little dragon in your book! She's oh-so cute, but watch out for her fiery sneezes.
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Author: Bateman, Roger
Year: May 2021
Media class: Paperback
Resource type: Physical
10p: illus.,
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Author: Andersen, Maja
Year: 2021
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Limited
Resource type: Physical
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Author: Brooks, Felicity
Year: 2021
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
Resource type: Physical
Note: Meet 1 gentle giraffe, 2 tigers on a tandem, 3 trundling tractors and much more in this delightful board book. Gorgeous illustrations, irresistible finger trails and alliterative text combine to help very young children learn number names and shapes, and practise counting.
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Author: Smith, Joe
Author: Knight, Martin
Year: 2021
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: London Books
Resource type: Physical
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Author: Spiro, Ruth
Year: 2020
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Charlesbridge
Resource type: Physical
Note: Baby loves trying new foods. How does she taste their flavors?
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Author: Pead, Patrick John
Year: 2020
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Resource type: Physical
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Author: Sharratt, Nick
Year: 2020
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Scholastic Children's Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: Do you need a plaster? Then send for Ness the nurse.
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Author: Alperin, Mara
Year: 2020
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Egmont UK Limited
Resource type: Physical
Note: Oh no! Thomas' brakes are jammed, and he can't stop. Look out, its a runaway engine. Sound the horn and lift the flaps to clear the tracks for Thomas
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Year: 2020
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Scholastic
Resource type: Physical
Note: Join baby shark as he ready for bed in this playful song and story
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Arts and Crafts

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Author: Westwood, Vivienne
Author: Fury, Alexander
Year: 2021
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Resource type: Physical
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Author: Love, Audrey
Year: 2021
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Welbeck
Resource type: Physical
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Author: Swearingen, Lindsay
Year: 2021
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Page Street Publishing
Resource type: Physical
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Author: Bateman, Zoe
Year: 2020
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Ilex Press
Resource type: Physical
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Author: Kreiner, Megan
Year: 2021
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Cedar Lane Press
Resource type: Physical
Note: From Megan Kreiner, best-selling author and popular crochet designer, 'Construction Vehicles to Crochet' is packed with creative projects to help your favorite construction fan play all day.
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Health and Wellbeing

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Author: Yalom, Irvin D
Author: Leszcz, Molyn
Year: 2021
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Basic Books
Resource type: Physical
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Author: Hogarth, Angela
Year: 2019
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Tricorn Books
Resource type: Physical
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Author: Cook, Erica
Author: Wood, Lynne
Year: 2021
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Routledge
Resource type: Physical
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Author: Biram, Tracy
Year: 2021
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Independence Educational Publishers
Resource type: Physical
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Author: Perrow, Susan
Year: 2021
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Publisher: Hawthorn Press
Resource type: Physical
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Author: Kasumu, Samuel
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Resource type: Physical
Note: Samuel Kasumu was the most senior black advisor in Boris Johnson's government, until he left in April 2021. Throughout his time in Whitehall, Samuel became increasingly aware that he was an outsider - that his own experiences, assumptions and language were so different to many of those he found himself surrounded by in Downing Street.
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Author: Anderson, Grahame
Year: 2021
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Publisher: Blue Tao Publishing
Resource type: Physical
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Author: Pilbery, Richard
Author: Lethbridge, Kris
Year: 2019
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Class Professional Publishing
Resource type: Physical
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Author: Bastow, Clem
Year: 2021
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Hardie Grant Books
Resource type: Physical
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Author: Ward, Tara
Year: 2021
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Publisher: Arcturus
Resource type: Physical
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Author: Hustwaite, Bridget
Year: 2021
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Resource type: Physical
Note: This is a vibrant, empowering guide to surviving and thriving with endometriosis, from presenter and endometriosis advocate Bridget Hustwaite.
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Author: McLeod, John
Year: 2019
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Resource type: Physical
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Author: Smith, Barbara
Author: Field, Linda
Year: 2020
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Routledge
Resource type: Physical
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Author: Southgate, Gareth
Year: 2020
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: An inspirational book of life lessons for young people and parents, by England Manager Gareth Southgate. Two summers ago at the World Cup, Gareth's leadership and his 'anything is possible' mind-set helped bring the nation together, leading the England Men's team to one of their best performances at a tournament in decades. Gareth's humble, positive
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Author: Knight, John
Author: Nigam, Yamni
Author: Cutter, Jayne
Year: 2020
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Learning Matters
Resource type: Physical
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Author: Purkis, Yenn
Author: Masterman, Tanya
Year: 2020
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Resource type: Physical
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Author: Brooks, David
Year: 2020
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Resource type: Physical
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Author: Merry, Tony
Author: Haugh, Sheila
Year: 2020
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: PCCS Books
Resource type: Physical
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Author: Minett, Pamela
Author: Ginesi, Laura
Year: 2020
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Lantern
Resource type: Physical
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Author: Clack, Beverley
Year: 2020
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Resource type: Physical
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History

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Author: Paterson, Lawrence
Year: 2020
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Greenhill Books
Resource type: Physical
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Author: Hoffman, David E.
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Icon Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: Oswaldo Paya was seven years old when Fidel Castro seized power, promising to create a 'free, democratic, and just Cuba'. But Castro instead created an authoritarian regime and crushed all dissent. The dream of democracy became Paya's life work. Sent to Castro's forced labour camps, he could not stay silent, and formed a pro-democracy movement.
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Author: Pomereu, Jean De
Author: McCahey, Daniella
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Conway
Resource type: Physical
Note: This powerfully relevant work tells the history of Antarctica through 100 varied and fascinating objects drawn from collections around the world. Retracing the history of Antarctica through 100 varied and fascinating objects drawn from collections across the world, this book is published to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the first crossing.
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Author: Richards, Anthony
Year: 2022
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Imperial War Museums
Resource type: Physical
Note: In the summer of 1940, the Nazi Blitzkrieg had blown through much of western Europe, seizing control of territory right up to the French coast and preparing to invade Britain. Standing in their way was Fighter, Bomber and Coastal Commands and the Royal Navy, all determined to prevent invasion, fighting off enemy forces in the air and in the water
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Author: Willis, John
Year: 2022
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Mensch Publishing
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Author: Mazzeo, Tilar J.
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Scribe UK
Resource type: Physical
Note: In 1943, Edda Mussolini, daughter of the fascist dictator, gave her father and Hitler an extraordinary ultimatum: release her husband, Italy's former foreign minister, Galeazzo Ciano, from prison, or risk her leaking her husband's incendiary diaries to the press.
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Author: Martin, Jonathan
Author: Burns, Alexander
Year: 2022
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Resource type: Physical
Note: This is the authoritative account of an eighteen-month crisis in American democracy that will be seared into the country's political memory for decades to come. With stunning, in-the-room detail, New York Times reporters Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns show how both our political parties confronted a series of national traumas, including the coronavirus pandemic, the January 6 attack on the Capitol, and the political brinksmanship of President Biden's first year in the White House.
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Author: Brookes, Adam
Year: 2022
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Resource type: Physical
Note: The gripping true story of the intrepid curators who saved China's finest art from the ravages of the Sino-Japanese War and World War II.
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Author: Zelensky, Volodymyr
Year: 2022
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Hutchinson Heinemann
Resource type: Physical
Note: Bringing together a new introduction by Volodymyr Zelensky with his most powerful war speeches, this book recounts Ukraine's story through the words of its president. It is the story of a nation valiantly defending itself from Russian aggression. And it is the story of a people leading the world in the struggle for democracy.
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Author: Gillies, Midge
Year: 2022
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Two Roads
Resource type: Physical
Note: From the moment they emerge, blinking from the underground station, visitors to Piccadilly Circus face a sensory assault. Its streets and alleyway create an intoxicating thoroughfare, with the power to propel an individual onwards to adventure, romance, or something more sinister. And, ever since its iconic Eros statue appeared in 1893, the junction has been a vibrant meeting place.
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147462457X
Hardback
Author: Jones, Dylan
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: White Rabbit
Resource type: Physical
Note: Decades tend to crest halfway through, and 1995 was the year of the Nineties: peak Britpop (Oasis v Blur), peak YBA (Tracey Emin's tent), peak New Lad (when Nick Hornby published High Fidelity, when James Brown's 'Loaded' detonated the publishing industry, and when pubs were finally allowed to stay open on a Sunday).
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1668012715
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Author: Mendel, Iuliia
Year: 2022
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Atria/One Signal Publishers
Resource type: Physical
Note: When Ukrainian journalist Iuliia Mendel got the call she'd been hired to work for President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, she had no idea what was to come. In this frank and moving account, Zelenskyy's former press secretary tells the story of his improbable rise from popular comedian to the president of Ukraine.
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163624100X
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Author: Chatterton, Andrew
Year: 2022
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Casemate
Resource type: Physical
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1780277237
Hardback
Author: Goring, Rosemary
Year: 2022
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Birlinn
Resource type: Physical
Note: In this text, Rosemary Goring tells the story of Mary's Scottish years through the often dramatic and atmospheric locations and settings where the events that shaped her life took place and also examines the part Scotland, and its tumultuous court and culture, played in her downfall.
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1780277849
Hardback
Author: Gething, Paul
Author: Albert, Edoardo
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Birlinn
Resource type: Physical
Note: In 2000, archaeologist Paul Gething rediscovered a sword. An unprepossessing length of rusty metal, it had been left on a shelf for thirty years. But Paul had a suspicion that the sword had more to tell than appeared, so he sent it for further tests. When the results came back, he realised that he had in his possession what was possibly the finest,
288p ; 240mm
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1840918209
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Author: Muir, Robin
Author: Ross, Josephine
Year: 2022
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Conran Octopus
Resource type: Physical
Note: Four monarchs (crowned and uncrowned); one abdication; one royal investiture; a jewel box of jubilees and many, many royal marriages. British Vogue has borne witness to a century of royal history. Its first star photographer, Cecil Beaton, was entranced by the House of Windsor and the admiration was mutual. A younger star photographer, Antony Armstrong
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1789146178
Hardback
Author: Doyle, William
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: The French Revolution facilitated the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte, but after gaining power he knew that his first task was to end it. In this book William Doyle describes how he did so, beginning with the three large issues that had destabilized revolutionary France: war, religion, and monarchy.
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178946630X
Hardback
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: John Blake Publishing
Resource type: Physical
Note: 'A History of Treason' details British history from 1351 to 1945, covering major historical moments in a fascinating and innovative way, using the history of high treason and deception as its theme.
320p ; 240mm
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1803283793
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Author: Dore, Elizabeth
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Apollo
Resource type: Physical
Note: The story of the decline of the Cuban Revolution over the last four decades, told through the lives of five ordinary Cuban citizens.
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0241508924
Hardback
Year: 2022
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Limited
Resource type: Physical
Note: Revered, admired, and protected - every country and culture has certain artefacts that are prized above all others. This book brings together more than 200 of these objects, exploring the fascinating and unique stories behind each of them. From the Bust of Nefertiti to the Benin Bronzes, and the Altamira cave paintings to Van Gogh's Sunflowers.
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Travel Writing

1838695338
Hardback
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Lonely Planet
Resource type: Physical
Note: Buckle up and get ready to hit the road for 50 of the Americas' greatest drives. Ranging in duration from a few hours to a week or more, each route is graded according to difficulty and features a first-hand account accompanied by awe-inspiring photographs, illustrated maps, practical information and suggestions for other similar road trips.
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1847179762
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Author: Krieger, Carsten
Author: Creagh, Richard
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: The O'Brien Press
Resource type: Physical
Note: Take a photographic journey around Ireland's coast and explore the landscape, history, heritage and wildlife of the offshore islands. Photographers Carsten Krieger and Richard Creagh have a deep love for and knowledge of these special places.
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1474621627
Hardback
Author: Twigger, Robert
Year: 2022
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Resource type: Physical
Note: Robert Twigger, poet, artist and travel author, is a lover of uninhabited islands. A lifelong passion for the Lake District led him to embark on a mission to visit all 36 islands of the region - some little more than rocks, some home only to wildlife, some the perfect spot for a night of wild-camping. Armed only with an inflatable canoe, and inspired by Arthur Ransome, Wainwright, Wordsworth and other writers of the region.
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