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NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW: 125 Years of Literary History
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EXPEDITIONS AND ENDEAVOURS: Images of Nature
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HEROIC ANIMALS: 100 Amazing Creatures Great & Small
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Book number: 96094
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'A History of Cobham Park, Surrey and Its Owners and Occupiers', this entertaining book tells the absorbing stories of the colourful characters whose lives, actions and changing fortunes all helped...
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Book number: 96101
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Emerging from three years of painting and drawing in Africa, this book brings the lion into your living room with its 100 studies of the king of animals resting, running, playing, hunting and looki...
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Book number: 96106
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Meet the best rum-makers on the planet and the most exciting mixes that can be made from the spirit. How about upgrading your mulled wine to a Hot Spiced Pear and Ginger concoction with Stone's Gin...
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Book number: 96110
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Once upon a time there were seven washerwomen. Every day they went down to the river with their baskets of washing on their heads. They were the best washerwomen for miles, but they were not happ...
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Book number: 95933
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'From Studios Established 1930-1985' is the sub-title of this thorough exploration of the designer-silversmiths behind the post-war British silver revival. Covering a complete generation of crafts...
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Book number: 95935
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In terms of plant and nature photography, this book remains unsurpassed in its study of how fungi makes our world. It is a lavish visual journey in a beautiful new edition of the Sunday Times best...
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Book number: 95937
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Prince Albert's quest for the hand of Elizabeth Bowes Lyon was less a courtship than a campaign. He conducted it for 30 months and used spontaneous charges, tactical retreats, and evidently well-c...
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Book number: 95944
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Eva Sereny was a film director and photographer who had access to all the big names in cinema and cultural giants of the later 20th century - Hepburn, Brando, Burton and Taylor, Fonda, Spielberg an...
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Book number: 96120
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What in our glands, genes, childhoods explain our species capacity for both altruism and brutality? Why do we do the things we do? This is the topic of this landmark, award winning and genre-defyi...
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Book number: 96121
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Ornithological illustration from the 18th and 19th centuries is beautifully celebrated. It was a period of scientific, artistic and geographic discovery when people began to fully appreciate the i...
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Book number: 96123
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Beginner level for ages eight to adult and with real tools inside, the 120 pieces which are Meccano-style and compatible are easy to assemble. Illustrations and assembly instructions are included,...
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Book number: 96178
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'High above the city, on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince. He was gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold, for his eyes he had two bright sapphires, and a large red ruby gl...
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Book number: 96182
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We all like to get swept along by our favourite movies, but it's also a lot of fun to look at them in a different way, spotting the inconsistencies, homage to other films, re-used sets, gaps in the...
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Book number: 96189
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On the New York Public Library's 125th anniversary in 2021 a public exhibition of its treasures was opened, and this sumptuous volume is the exhibition catalogue, showcasing a shared heritage of 46...
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Book number: 96197
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How did the rebellious girl from Huddersfield who always wanted to be a shepherdess achieve her dreams? Packed with amusing anecdotes, unforgettable characters not to mention chickens, pigs, horse...
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Book number: 96214
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In the 1980s, fashion wanted to make a statement and found in legendary British fashion photographer David Bailey its perfect chronicler. After Bailey shaped the style of the Swinging Sixties, fas...
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Book number: 95966
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'What Animals on Earth Reveal About Aliens - and Ourselves', from noted Cambridge zoologist is a wildly fun and scientifically sound exploration of what alien life must be like, using universal law...
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Book number: 96072
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'Walter Mauny and His Legacy' is the sub-title of this accurate summation of the life and career of a loyal servant of the king who distinguished himself as a soldier, naval commander and diplomat....
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Book number: 96076
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The appearance of John the Baptist in all four Gospels and reference to his baptism in the Acts of the Apostles suggests that John was regarded by early Christian communities as inextricably linked...
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Book number: 96082
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Two kings died in England in 1272 - King Henry III and his younger brother Richard, the Earl of Cornwall. Richard was also King of the Romans, an elective title he had pursued in the hope of becom...
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Book number: 96249
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Reissued in the run-up to the coronation of King Charles III, Sir Roy Strong's magisterial history is a well-researched delight. The anointing with oil was central from Anglo-Saxon times and was la...
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Book number: 96208
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An entire Galaxy in motion covering the sun, moon, mercury, Venus, Mars Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, here is the horoscope and the measure of time and entire celestial and terrestria...
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Book number: 96276
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Produced in association with Historic England this superb and heavyweight comprehensive guide explores over 500 significant post-war architectural landmarks from private homes to public buildings h...
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Book number: 96257
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Merv is a gateway between the East and the West, a hub of scholarship and trade and the greatest city in the world. Here is a tense, economic eurogame for one to four players, charting the rise a...
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Book number: 96337
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Every one of us have had an interest in the Stephensons since we became aware of their locomotive creation the 'Rocket'. Told chronologically, the book covers all the major work including the Stoc...
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Book number: 95575
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Heath Robinson achieved fame as the artist of ingenious contraptions rigged up precariously in order to accomplish simple tasks, gently satirising the love of British people for gadgets. Between th...
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Book number: 95914
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Enticing travellers with adventure and escapism on their doorsteps by Tube, Underground smaller posters have not previously been given the attention they deserve, even though the fame of their desi...
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Book number: 96363
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90 quick and easy energy-saving recipes, this comprehensive collection shows how you can cook just about anything in your air fryer. From breakfast to desserts, focussing on healthier alternatives...
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Book number: 96379
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A Book of the Year in the Sunday Times, Daily Mail, Spectator, New Statesman and the Irish Times, the book is the gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to murdering Margaret That...
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Book number: 96180
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The multi-million bestselling writer Ian Rankin has created Rebus, one of British crime writing's greatest characters alongside Holmes, Poirot and Morse. John Rebus stands accused - on trial for a...
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Book number: 95456
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"TASCHEN's outsize, close-up format works superbly for Rembrandt, who built his compositions on intricate details evoked in fabulously free, loose marks, every stroke its own drama, animating portr...
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Book number: 95662
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Alleviate stiff joints with around 100 exercises designed to keep you flexible, energised and active. Pain and stiffness can create fear and uncertainty in our ability to move, affecting quality o...
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STORY OF THE FACE: The Magazine that Changed Culture
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Book number: 96049
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Star of BBC children's television since the 1970s, John Craven began presenting TV's Countryfile in 1979, tackling rural and farming stories from foot-and-mouth disease to the ban on fox hunting. ...
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Book number: 96089
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These 47 quirky maps from a brilliant cartoonist's pen cover subjects such as Paris Argot, debt in Canary Wharf, a timeline of the Presidents of the USA, "Guardians of London's Lost Rivers", a play...
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Book number: 95947
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Known from the Antiques Roadshow, Geoffrey Munn has produced a lavishly illustrated history in his role as managing director of Wartski Ltd, the famous jewellery firm, to celebrate its 150th annive...
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Book number: 96114
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'The Last Major Interview with John Lennon & Yoko Ono' conducted by David Sheff, this book was originally published in 1981, just after Lennon's assassination. It is a rich and vivid interview wit...
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Book number: 96117
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More than 150 years after its initial publication, first compiled by John Bartlett, a bookseller in Cambridge Massachusetts as a commonplace book of only 258 pages, the original 1855 edition mainly...
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Book number: 96130
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In his million copy bestseller 'Guns, Germs and Steel', Jared Diamond examined how and why Western civilisations developed the technologies and immunities that allowed them to dominate much of the ...
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Book number: 96194
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In this beautifully illustrated book, author Russell Hayes looks back at production, design changes, motor sport exploits, custom scenes and after markets and pop-culture connections and illustrate...
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Book number: 96196
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Who knew that there may be a further 6,000 suits of armour yet to uncover in addition to the Chinese Imperial Terracotta Warriors already unearthed? Or that Kenya's Olduvai Gorge preserves footpri...
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Book number: 96221
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We are taken through the remarkable collection of photographic erotica amassed by Mark Rotenberg of New York, including some 1500 old erotic photos, dating from the 1870s to the 1950s. It is known ...
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Book number: 96226
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Mario Testino is one of the world's most successful fashion and portrait photographers, whose images are noted for their freshness and intimacy. Peruvian by birth, he has been fascinated by Rio de ...
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Book number: 96236
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100 Trips for Curious Minds from Agadir to Yogyakarta. Some travellers dig deep, with a sharp appetite for knowledge and minds wide open to what's old and what's new. In the latest newly published...
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Book number: 95952
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A breathtakingly beautiful clothbound slipcased gold tooled Bible with tipped-in stained glass illustrations in a gothic window shapes (two on the front and two on the back) depicting Adam and Eve,...
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Book number: 96069
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Robert Mazur was a Federal Agent for 27 years. During five years of his law enforcement career he was a long-term undercover agent operating in deep cover within the underworld as a high-level mon...
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Book number: 96269
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'Informed, impeccably researched and written' - Neil Oliver. In 390BC Celtic warriors defeated a Roman army and sacked Rome. It was a bold act of a people who had dominated central Europe for 300...
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Book number: 96270
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Intimidated by her father, the rector of Knype Hill, Dorothy Hare leads a monotonous and unfulfilling life, weighed down by the responsibilities and expectations placed upon her. Her thoughts are ...
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Book number: 96283
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Simple tips to take your crystal collection to the next level, the book is packed with magical crystals like opal, sapphire, garnet for life, sodalite with its rich blue and white patterns, purple ...
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Book number: 96296
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Some names will be familiar like Bakst, Kandinsky, Malevich, the wonderful Ilya Repin, and Valentin Serov and other artists may not be so familiar in the West but the often haunting and mesmerising...
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Book number: 96259
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Developed in collaboration with NASA Astronaut Dan Tani, take one small step for man and one giant leap for mankind with this very special family game for science, technology and space fans. Go on...
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Book number: 96334
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Millions of people were held captive during the Second World War, including those in the armed services and civilians who were classified as enemy aliens or potentially dangerous foreigners. They ...
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Book number: 96338
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Focussing on the Granite Industries of Aberdeen and North East Scotland, the great granite quarries are now silent as virtually all of the 100 granite yards that existed in Aberdeen around the year...
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Book number: 96340
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'A Smart Guide to What Birds Do and Why' is the sub-title of a book which draws on classic examples and the latest research to offer a close-up look at the many ways birds conduct themselves in the...
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Book number: 96347
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Spanning 200 years here are 18 true murder cases and an historical analysis exploring how violence shaped moder Ireland, from land wars to revolutionary times. An instant Top 5 Irish Times Bestsel...
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Book number: 96393
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A fun-filled activity book celebrating naturalist Sir David Attenborough through games, trivia and puzzles including animal guessing games and the Attenborough Drinking Game. It is a highly divert...
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Book number: 96146
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Are you sitting comfortably? The average person spends three years of their life on the loo. Pooing between three times a day and three times a week is considered normal and a third of people flu...
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Book number: 96147
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From a fierce Tyrannosaurus to a winged Pteranodon, a woolly mammoth, the terrible crocodile Deinosuchus, or the armoured Ankylosaurus, discover how to build your own awesome LEGO dinosaurs. Here ...
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Book number: 96148
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From sauce-stirring to breast-feeding, teeth-cleaning to masturbation, getting dressed to getting married, this book will make you see your home with new eyes. Popular TV historian Lucy Worsley ta...
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Book number: 96157
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A sparkling account of one of the most important rulers in history filled with new ideas and revelations. It is a groundbreaking biography of Justinian giving an insight into both the Emperor and ...
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Book number: 94986
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$40
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Among the destinations many of us have on our bucket list are the monuments of Abu Simbel, the Terracotta Army, the Sistine Chapel, the giant tortoises of the Galapagos or the monumental rock forma...
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Book number: 96231
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Sexy, sensual and softly surreal setting in gorgeous colour, the nude photography of Ralph Gibson frames the female form while also innovating in the arena of erotic imagery, calling out for tactil...
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Cartoon Celebrating our 300th Issue of our Mail Order Catalogue. Now we're over 400 since 1978!
Book number: 95956
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Book number: 95963
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£22.99
Book number: 95929
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£35.00
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£48
Book number: 95938
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£39.00
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£50
Book number: 95941
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£22.50
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$60
Book number: 95946
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£85
Book number: 96096
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£17.50
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£35
