Tefula Michael: How to Get a First: Insights and Advice from a First-Class Graduate

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Carter Susan: Structuring Your Research Thesis

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Getting to Grips with Doctoral Research

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Black Jeremy: A History of the British Isles

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Jenkins Philip: A History of the United States

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Cottrell Stella: The Exam Skills Handbook: Achieving Peak Performance

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Smith Susan: Elizabeth Taylor

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Rose Jean: The Mature Student's Guide to Writing

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Cook Pam: Nicole Kidman

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Peck John: The Student's Guide to Writing: Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar

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Morris Neil: Study Skills Connected: Using Technology to Support Your Studies

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Peck John: Write it Right: The Secrets of Effective Writing

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Berridge G.R.: The Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Diplomacy

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Nunan David: What is This Thing Called Language

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Harrison Mark: Improve Your Grammar

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O'Grady Gerard: Key Concepts in Phonetics and Phonology

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June Breton Fisher: When Money Was in Fashion

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William Shakespeare: Titus Andronicus and Timon of Athens: Two Classical Plays

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Kathryn Bolkovac: The Whistleblower

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William Shakespeare: The Two Gentlemen of Verona

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