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The Best Fun You Can Have Standing Up
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Tears of a Wombat Owner
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Courage under Fire
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A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of WWII’s Most Dangerous Spy, Virginia Hall
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The Volunteer: One Man, an Underground Army, and the Secret Mission to Destroy Auschwitz
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Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them
Yeti: An Abominable History
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No Elephant in the Room
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Voice from the Western Front
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By Charles Abel Smith (ed)
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The Trainable Cat: How to Make Life Happier for You and Your Cat
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Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer
By Peter P Marra & Chris Santella
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Turf Wars
Mr Darley’s Arabian: High Life, Low Life, Sporting Life – A History of Racing in Twenty-Five Horses
By Christopher McGrath
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Mixing with Vixens
Foxes Unearthed: A Story of Love and Loathing in Modern Britain
By Lucy Jones
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Lions & Tigers & Bears
The Georgian Menagerie: Exotic Animals in Eighteenth-Century London
By Christopher Plumb
Menagerie: The History of Exotic Animals in England 1100–1837
By Caroline Grigson
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Long Live the King?
Lions in the Balance: Man-Eaters, Manes, and Men with Guns
By Craig Packer
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