Modern Languages: Why It Matters, Paperback - Katrin Kohl

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You're Not Listening is New York Times contributor Kate Murphy's eye-opening wake-up call about the worldwide epidemic of not listening. If you're ...

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In this incisive and fascinating book, Andrew Doyle addresses head-on the most common concerns of free speech sceptics, and offers a timely and rob...

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A provocative exploration of what it means to be a Muslim today.

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A short, powerful exploration of antisemitism - what it is, and why we urgently need to gain a firmer shared understanding

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From the fall of Rome to the rise of the Wild West, David Mountain brings colour and perspective to historical mythmaking.