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|author=Simon Wills

|title= The Wreck of the SS London

|rating=5

|genre=History

|summary= The sinking of the Titanic in 1912 was the ocean disaster against which all subsequent shipwrecks have come to be compared. Yet some forty years earlier, the people of mid-Victorian Britain and overseas were horrified by another loss at sea which at the time had a similar impact. In January 1866 SS London, a large new luxury liner en route to Australia, went down shortly after leaving England, with around 250 people dead, maybe more (the exact figure will never be known), and only three survivors.

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>144565654X</amazonuk>

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|author=John Van der Kiste

|summary= History can be perceived as a dusty academic backwater. Often viewed as an irrelevance in our modern world, as we race through the daily events of our lives. It is a subject that has suffered greatly in our education system, where there has always been a tendency to teach the subject in isolation, only focussing on the events that have shaped our own national identity. Michael Scott's new book offers a refreshing change. ''Ancient Worlds'' is thought provoking history for the general reader. Well researched and with a persuasive argument, he explores the interactions across three differing cultures. Interactions that provide a new perspective on our modern world.

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0091958814</amazonuk>

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~~|author= Alexandra Harris~~

~~|title= Weatherland: Writers and artists under English skies~~

~~|rating= 4.5~~

~~|genre= Reference~~

|summary=The story of English culture over a thousand years can be told as the story of changing ideas about the weather. A sweeping panorama, ''Weatherland'' explores how writers and artists, looking up at the same skies and walking in the brisk air, have felt very different things. A journey through centuries and cultures, Harris walks the reader through misty moor and foggy fen, lays with them on bright sunlit beaches, treks with them to stormy summits, and introduces them to a fascinating cast of writers, artists and cultural figures along the way.

~~|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0500292655</amazonuk>~~

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