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A Shop for all Besoms
Rivets, Trivets and Galvanised Buckets: Life in the Village Hardware Shop
By Tom Fort
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The Best Fun You Can Have Standing Up
Casting Shadows: Fish and Fishing in Britain
By Tom Fort
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Tears of a Wombat Owner
The Animal's Companion: People and their Pets, a 26,000 Year-Old Love Story
By Jacky Colliss Harvey
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From the August 2019 Issue
Courage under Fire
Madame Fourcade’s Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France’s Largest Spy Network Against Hitler
By Lynne Olson
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of WWII’s Most Dangerous Spy, Virginia Hall
By Sonia Purnell
The Volunteer: One Man, an Underground Army, and the Secret Mission to Destroy Auschwitz
By Jack Fairweather
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From the February 2019 Issue
Paws for Thought
The Wolf Within: The Astonishing Evolution of the Wolf into Man’s Best Friend
By Bryan Sykes
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Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them
Yeti: An Abominable History
By Graham Hoyland
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From the March 2017 Issue
No Elephant in the Room
Ivory: Power and Poaching in Africa
By Keith Somerville
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From the November 2016 Issue
Voice from the Western Front
From Eton to Ypres: The Letters and Diaries of Lt Col Wilfrid Abel Smith, Grenadier Guards, 1914–15
By Charles Abel Smith (ed)
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From the October 2016 Issue
Cataholics & Catophobes
The Trainable Cat: How to Make Life Happier for You and Your Cat
By John Bradshaw & Sarah Ellis
Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer
By Peter P Marra & Chris Santella
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From the July 2016 Issue
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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From the May 2016 Issue
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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From the December 2015 Issue
Long Live the King?
Lions in the Balance: Man-Eaters, Manes, and Men with Guns
By Craig Packer
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