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2) The Escape
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A unique memoir from British cyclings most fascinating competitorIn the summer of 2020 sportswriter David Walsh asked Pippa York if shed be interested to be his travelling companion for the Tour de France. The deal was that he would sort out the logistics beforehand, the hotels, the transport details and she would do the day to day tasks of getting them about and adding her insight occasionally. It would also mean she would return to the race she...
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From Martin Dugard, coauthor of the 'Killing' series with Bill O'Reilly, comes a soaring account of England's desperate fight to fend off German invasion. 'Taking London' puts the reader inside the action, telling the complex personal sagas of Churchill, Dowding, and legendary fighter pilots like Peter Townsend, Geoffrey Wellum, Richard Hillary, and American Billy Fiske.
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'Cunning Folk' provides a look at the historical context of magic and magical thinking in the Medieval and Renaissance periods, from Elizabeth I's reliance on astrology to the everyday reliance on mundane spells. Charming in every sense of the word, this book is an immersive reconstruction of a bygone world, and a thought-provoking commentary on the beauty and bafflement of being human.
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