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Bushido: the Soul of Japan by Inazo Nitobe

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Category: History | Series: Penguin Great Ideas Ser.

'What Japan was she owed to the samurai. They were not only the flower of the nation, but its root as well.' Inazo Nitobe's book, the most influential ever written on Bushido, or the samurai Way of the Warrior, argues that the philosophy of Bushido is the true key to understanding 'the soul of Japan'. O ...Show more

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The Narrative of Trajan's Column by Italo Calvino

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Category: History | Series: Penguin Great Ideas Ser.

'When the last fire goes out, time too will be finished' Italo Calvino was one of the most joyful and imaginative writers of the twentieth century. Here he muses on what the things we leave behind - whether waxworks or ancient graffiti, enigmatic maps or a crumbling Roman column - tell us about the gre ...Show more

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Three Japanese Buddhist Monks by Saigyo; Kamo no Chomei; Yoshida Kenko

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Category: History | Series: Penguin Great Ideas Ser.

'I have relinquished all that ties me to the world, but the one thing that still haunts me is the beauty of the sky' These simple, inspiring writings by three medieval Buddhist monks offer peace and wisdom amid the world's uncertainties, and are an invitation to relinquish earthly desires and instead ta ...Show more

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A Net for Small Fishes by Lucy Jago

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Based on the true scandal that rocked the court of James I, A Net for Small Fishes is the most gripping novel you'll read this year- an exhilarating dive into the pitch-dark waters of the Jacobean court. Frances Howard has beauty and a powerful family and is the most unhappy creature in the world. Anne ...Show more

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Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe

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Dark Emu argues for a reconsideration of the 'hunter-gatherer' tag for pre-colonial Aboriginal Australians and attempts to rebut the colonial myths that have worked to justify dispossession. Accomplished author Bruce Pascoe provides compelling evidence from the diaries of early explorers that suggests ...Show more

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The Rock: Looking into Australia's 'Heart of Darkness' from the Edge of Its Wild Frontier by Aaron Smith

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Journalist Aaron Smith's new memoir holds up a unique mirror to Australia. What he sees is at once amazing, disturbing and revealing. The Rock explores the failings of our nation's character, its unresolved past and its uncertain future from the vantage point of its most northerly outpost, Thursday Isla ...Show more

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Daughters of Yalta by Catherine Katz

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The brilliant untold story of three daughters of diplomacy: Anna Roosevelt, Sarah Churchill, and Kathleen Harriman, glamorous, fascinating young women who accompanied their famous fathers to the Yalta Conference with Stalin in the waning days of World War II. In Daughters of Yalta, Catherine Katz uncov ...Show more

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Hitler's Horses: The Incredible True Story of the Detective Who Infiltrated the Nazi Underworld by Arthur Brand

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The true story of a detective, two bronze horses and the dictator who set the world on fire. When detective Arthur Brand is summoned to a meeting with one of the most dangerous men in the art world, he learns that a clue has emerged that could solve one of the Second World War's unexplained mysteries- w ...Show more

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Learning from the Germans - Confronting Race and the Memory of Evil by Susan Neiman

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As the western world struggles with its legacies of racism and colonialism, what can we learn from the past in order to move forward? Susan Neiman's Learning from the Germans delivers an urgently needed perspective on how a country can come to terms with its historical wrongdoings. Neiman, who grew up ...Show more

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Radicals: Remembering the Sixties by Meredith Burgmann, Nadia Wheatley

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The Sixties -- an era of protest,free love, civil disobedience, duffel coats, flower power, giant afros and desert boots, all recorded on grainy black and white footage -- marked a turning point for change. A time when radicals found their voices and used them. While the initial trigger for protest was ...Show more

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Time's Monster - History, Conscience and Britain's Empire by Priya Satia

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'In this searing book, Priya Satia demonstrates, yet again, that she is one of our most brilliant and original historians' Sunil Amrith, author of Unruly Waters For generations, the history of the British empire was written by its victors. British historians' accounts of conquest guided the consolidati ...Show more

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A History of the Universe in 21 Stars - (and Three Imposters) by Giles Sparrow

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Expert science writer Giles Sparrow guides you through 21 stars you can see in the night sky and what they can teach us about our universe. On a clear evening, if you look up you can see thousands of stars shining in the dark sky, each with a story of their own. Taking 21 stars (and three imposters, th ...Show more

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Bushido: the Soul of Japan by Inazo Nitobe

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The Narrative of Trajan's Column by Italo Calvino

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Three Japanese Buddhist Monks by Saigyo; Kamo no Chomei; Yoshida Kenko