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<p><b>'A necessary book - and I can think of no writer better qualified to write it' Cal Flyn </b></p><p><b><i>What if Chernobyl was just the beginning?</i></b><br/><br/><b>The acclaimed winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize returns to Chernobyl to tell the gripping story of thirty-five days of war<br/><br/></b>On 24 February 2022, the first day of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, armoured vehicles approached the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine. It was the most direct way for them to reach the capital - and an extraordinarily reckless plan after the disaster that had taken place there three decades earlier. Russian occupation of the plant had begun. It would last thirty-five days.<br/><br/>Closely reported and narrated from multiple perspectives, this is the story of the Ukrainians who were held hostage and worked shifts for weeks instead of days to spare the world a new nuclear accident. We meet Valentyn Heiko, the foreman who had also been there for the clean-up of the Chernobyl accident in 1986 and turned sixty during the occupation; plant workers who found a way to celebrate International Women's Day despite all odds; Russian officers who had no knowledge of nuclear reactors; and four stalkers who were caught in the middle and stood in for the overworked cook.<br/><br/>Gripping and unforgettable, Chernobyl Roulette sounds the alarm about the dangers of nuclear sites in an unprecedented time, when plant workers are left to fight on their own while the world holds its breath. In a book that reads like a thriller, Serhii Plokhy tells a remarkable story about human nature, uncertainty and courage.</p>

<p> <strong>From the international bestselling author and notable journalist Aldo Cazzullo comes a brilliantly researched and extremely accessible journey through the history and legacy of the Roman Empire.</strong> </p> <p> <em>"The only way to narrate over a thousand years of history is to understand what it has left us. To tell the reasons, the things and the stories, thanks to which Roman civilization is alive".</em> </p> <p>From its mythical foundations and epic construction to its enduring historical and cultural impact, the ancient Roman Empire has long fascinated readers across the world. In <em>The Neverending Empire</em> esteemed Italian journalist Aldo Cazzullo describes an exciting new historical perspective: that the Roman Empire never fell. In fact, its influence reaches further and deeper than ever.</p> <p>Beginning with the origins of Rome, and the literary myth of Aeneas and Romulus, Cazzullo takes the reader on a page-turning voyage through ancient history, bringing to life the most captivating moments and characters of a dominant Empire: the republican age, with heroic men and women willing to die for their country. The adventure of coup plotters like Catiline and revolutionaries like Spartacus, the slave who inspired rebels of every age. The extraordinary stories of Julius Caesar and Octavian Augustus, two of the greatest leaders to have lived.</p> <p>Cazzullo goes on to draw fascinating parallels between the ancient and modern world, revealing how Rome lives on, across every facet of life and society. The ancient Romans have inspired poets, and artists, from Dante to Hollywood. They have dictated the rules of war, architecture, language and law. They have inspired America's democratic influence and the digital revolution led by Mark Zuckerberg, a great admirer of Emperor Augustus: the first man to lead a multi-ethnic community of people who didn't know each other but shared language, images and culture.</p> <p>From the Napoleonic to the British regimes, the ideas and philosophies of ancient Rome have been much imitated, but never surpassed. This is the remarkable story of an enduring Empire. An Empire that never died. An Empire that lives on, forever.</p>

<p><strong> 'A gorgeous, sweeping epic' </strong>ANN NAPOLITANO</p> <p> <strong>'A master of prose'</strong> <em>WASHINGTON POST</em> </p> <p>'<strong>One of my favourite writers' </strong>ROXANE GAY</p> <p><strong>'Spectacular' </strong>JOANNE SEFTON</p> <p><strong>'I didn't want it to end'</strong> SARA SHERIDAN</p> <p> <strong>A breathtaking historical novel following the incredible construction of the Panama Canal and casting light on the unsung people who lived and laboured in its shadow - by acclaimed author Cristina Henriquez.</strong> </p> <p>It is said that the Canal will be the greatest feat of engineering in history. But first, it must be built.</p> <p>Ada Bunting, a bold sixteen-year-old from Barbados, arrives alone in Panama as a stowaway alongside thousands of other West Indians seeking work in the grand building project of the Canal. Francisco, a local fisherman, resents the foreign nations clamouring for a slice of his country, but nothing is more upsetting for him than his son Omar's decision to work as a digger. For Omar, whose upbringing was quiet and lonely, this job offers a chance to finally find connection and independence. Scientist John Oswald has come from further afield. He has journeyed to Panama in pursuit of one goal: eliminating malaria. But everything hangs in the balance as his wife Marian falls ill herself.</p> <p>When John witnesses an act of bravery and compassion from Ada one day, he hires her on the spot as a caregiver for his wife. This fateful decision sets in motion a sweeping tale of ambition, loyalty, and sacrifice.</p> <p>Breathtaking and impossible to put down, <em>The Great Divide</em> explores the lives of the labourers, fishmongers, journalists, protesters, doctors and soothsayers who lived alongside the construction of the Canal - those rarely acknowledged by history even as they carved out its course.</p> <p><strong>'Henriquez writes gorgeously, creating indelible characters whom you'll never want to leave</strong>' Justin Torres, author of <em>Blackouts</em></p> <p><strong>'A masterful weaving together of different lives... I can't stop thinking about it'</strong> Hester Musson, author of <em>The Beholders</em></p> <p>'<strong>Henriquez writes beautifully ... Stunning</strong>' Haleh Agar, author of <em>Out of Touch</em></p>

Nuclear War [Bok / Pocket]

An African History Of Africa [Bok / Pocket]

<p><b>THE INSTANT <i>SUNDAY TIMES </i>BESTSELLER</b></p><p><br/><b>In his ground-breaking new book, Sathnam Sanghera traces the legacies of British empire around the world.</b><br/><br/><b>'A wonderful book'</b> Rory Stewart<br/><b>'Nuanced and deeply researched'</b> <i>Financial Times</i><br/><b>'Not just a welcome corrective but a book for our times'</b> Peter Frankopan<br/>_____________________________________________________<br/><br/>The British empire was built on slavery, but it also pioneered abolition.<br/>It spread democracy, but it also seeded geopolitical instability.<br/>It devastated nature but it also gave birth to modern notions of environmentalism.<br/>In this urgent sequel to <i>Empireland</i>, award-winning author and journalist Sathnam Sanghera extends his examination of British imperial legacies beyond Britain to the wider world.<br/><br/>Travelling across outposts of the former empire from Barbados and Mauritius to India and Nigeria and beyond, Sanghera puts to bed the conventional balance-sheet view of imperial history where the good is merely weighed up against the bad. In <i>Empireworld</i>, Sanghera instead seeks out nuance to reveal how contradictory forces of the British empire have shaped our world and what they mean for our place within it today.<br/>_____________________________________________________<br/><br/><b>'An absolute masterpiece'</b> James O'Brien<br/><b>'Puts Sanghera in the firmament of great imperial historians'</b> Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, <i>i </i><br/><b>'Profoundly moving'</b> Elizabeth Day<br/></p>

<p>At the heart of the extraordinary ferment of the High Renaissance stood a distinctive, strange and beguiling figure: the magus. An unstable mix of scientist, bibliophile, engineer, fabulist and fraud, the magus ushered in modern physics and chemistry while also working on everything from secret codes to siege engines to magic tricks.<br/><br/>Anthony Grafton's wonderfully original book discusses the careers of men who somehow managed to be both figures of startling genius and - by some measures - credulous or worse. The historical Faust, Marsilio Ficino, Pico della Mirandola, Johannes Trithemius and Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa are all fascinating characters, closely linked to monarchs, artists and soldiers and sitting at the heart of any definition of why the Renaissance was a time of such restless innovation. The study of the stars, architecture, warfare, even medicine: all of these and more were revolutionized in some way by the experiments and tricks of these extraordinary individuals.<br/><br/>No book does a better job of allowing us to understand the ways that magic, religion and science were once so intertwined and often so hard to tell apart.</p>