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The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers

WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE

‘A brilliantly original book’ Financial Times

‘One of the masterpieces of modern historical writing’ Daily Telegraph

Paul Kennedy’s international bestseller is a sweeping account of five hundred years of fluctuating economic muscle and military might.

Shakespeare’s Little Book of Wisdom

Shakespeare’s Little Book of Wisdom offers more than 300 bite-size nuggets of inspiration and wisdom from the greatest writer in the English language and the most popular playwright across the globe.

The Wrong Kind of Shirts 1999 (TEXT ONLY)

Even Big Ron, man of a thousand, quips was hard pressed to do justice to the glories of the season: beaten 8-1 by Manchester United he nobly offered ‘I was expecting a nine-goal thriller’, proving that even with the firing squad loading up, there is room for wit at the sharp end of soccer’s dreams.

Knowledge is Beautiful

In this mind-blowing follow-up to the bestselling Information is Beautiful, the king of infographics David McCandless uses spectacular visuals to reveal unexpected insights into how the world really works.

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