British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding Shortlist 2022
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British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding celebrates the best works of non-fiction that have contributed to public understanding of world cultures and their interaction.
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Translated by Sophie HughesWinner of The British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding 2022.“When Women Kill is a highly original and beautifully written work, which uncovers uncomfortable truths about a society…
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Translated by Shaun Whiteside***SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2021***A 2021 Book of the YearThe Times * Sunday Times * Telegraph * New Statesman * Financial Times * Irish Independent * Daily Mail'A masterpiece'…
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Translated by Peter GravesWinner of Sweden's prestigious August Prize'A simple, pared-back and down-to-earth masterpiece' James Rebanks'Fascinating ... I was riveted by these life stories of young and old ... A wonderful read' Lydia…
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‘Fascinating. The Invention of Miracles tells the story of how Alexander Graham Bell’s invention of the telephone was intertwined with his sincere but misguided passion for teaching the deaf how to speak. It’s a…
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'Superb' Sunday Times'Revolutionary' Alice Roberts'Hugely important' Jim Al-Khalili_______________A radical retelling of the history of science that foregrounds the scientists erased from historyIn this major retelling of the…
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A riveting, masterfully researched account of the bold innovators who adapted the Chinese language to the modern world, transforming China into a superpower in the processWhat does it take to reinvent the world's oldest living…
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