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Urban Italian: Simple Recipes and True Stories from a Life in Food
While waiting for construction to finish on his restaurant A Voce, Andrew Carmellini faced an unusual challenge. After a brilliant career in professional kitchens (including a 6-year tour as chef...
Perspectives
Art, scandal, and murder in Renaissance Florence as a great art historian is charged to investigate the murder of a painter - from the author of the international bestseller HHhH....
A Quiet Death in Italy
'An English private investigator with local establishment connections and a potent mix of doggedness and naivete. You can smell the ragu... You can feel the fear of those who fall...
Operation Pimento: My Great-Grandfather's Great Escape - a gripping
On 14 August 1943, Adam Hart's great-grandfather Frank Griffiths took off from RAF Tempsford, the SOE 'Special Duties' airbase in rural England. Frank and his crew were on a secret...
The Balkans since 1453
With a new introduction by TRAIAN STOIANOVICH A monumental work of scholarship, The Balkans Since 1453 stands as one of the great accomplishments of European historiography. Long out of print,...
The Secret Queen: Eleanor Talbot, the Woman Who Put Richard III on the
NEW EVIDENCE ON THE FATE OF THE 'PRINCES IN THE TOWER' When Edward IV died in 1483, the Yorkist succession was called into question by doubts about the legitimacy of...
Sea Harrier Over The Falklands
Sharkey Ward commanded 801 Naval Air Squadron, HMS Invincible, was senior Sea Harrier adviser to the Command, flew over sixty missions and was awarded DSC. Yet had he followed all...
Remembering Absence: The Sense of Life in Island Greece
Drawing on research conducted on Chios during the sovereign debt crisis that struck Greece in 2010, Nicolas Argenti follows the lives of individuals who symbolize the transformations affecting this Aegean...
Sharpe's Honour: The Vitoria Campaign, February to June 1813 (The
* SHARPE'S COMMAND , the brand new novel in the global bestselling series, is available to pre-order now* Major Sharpe finds himself a fugitive, hunted by enemy and ally alike....
Governing The Metropolis: Melbourne 1850-1891
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the turbulent decades between 1850 and 1891, Melbourne transformed from a fledgling colonial outpost into one of the most prosperous and ambitious cities...
English History 1914-1945
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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodA landmark of twentieth-century historiography, English History 1914-1945 by A.J.P. Taylor chronicles one of the most turbulent and transformative periods...
The Lion & The Union: The Anglo-American War 1812-1815
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodIn the turbulent decades following American independence, two proud nations — one bearing the ancient crown of the British lion, the other...
The Meaning Of Hitler
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodFew figures in modern history have provoked as much analysis, horror, and bewilderment as Adolf Hitler, yet Sebastian Haffner's The Meaning of Hitler cuts through...
The End: Germany 1944-45
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the dying months of the Second World War, as Allied forces closed in from both east and...
The Grand Canal: Palaces And Families
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageVenice's Grand Canal is one of the world's most storied waterways, and The Grand Canal: Palaces and Families...
Economic History Of Europe
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodCondition remarks: Removable protective plastic coveringFrom the medieval trade routes of the Mediterranean to the thundering factories of the Industrial Revolution, Economic History of Europe presents...
Bloody Mary
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodBehind the notorious epithet lies a woman of extraordinary complexity — and Carolly Erickson's Bloody Mary presents the definitive biographical portrait of...
Church And Government In The Middle Ages
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodA landmark collection of scholarly essays, Church and Government in the Middle Ages assembles some of the finest medieval historical writing in...
The Rise Of The Artist: In The Middle Ages And Early Renaissance
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodLong before the Renaissance genius became a cultural icon, the medieval craftsman toiled in near-total anonymity — and yet it is from this shadowed...
Emma: The Life Of Lady Hamilton
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodBorn in poverty as Amy Lyon, the daughter of a Cheshire blacksmith, Emma Hamilton rose through scandal, patronage, and sheer force of personality to...
Port Phillip Gentlemen: And Good Society In Melbourne Before The Gold Rushes
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodCondition remarks: minor nick/tear on the fepBefore the gold rushes transformed Melbourne into a boomtown of frantic ambition and immigrant masses, a small, self-conscious...
The Eighteenth Brumaire Of Louis Bonaparte
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOne of the most electrifying works of political analysis ever written, The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte chronicles...
Somme
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodOn the first day of July 1916, nearly 60,000 British soldiers were killed, wounded, or reported missing — making it the bloodiest single day...
King Charles Ii
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew monarchs in British history have captivated the popular imagination as completely as Charles II — the exiled prince who reclaimed his throne, ruled...
Shakespeare's Eden: The Commonwealth Of England 1558-1629
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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of literature and political history stands a period so turbulent and transformative that...
Gallipoli: The Classic Account Of The Dardanelles Campaign With A New Introduction By The Author
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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn one of the most catastrophic and haunting military operations of the First World War, Allied forces were...
The Early And The Later Churchills
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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerFew families have shaped the destiny of Britain as profoundly as the Churchills, and A. L. Rowse presents...
Modern England: From The 18Th Century To The Present
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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the turbulent politics of the Georgian era to the complex social upheavals of...
The Middle Ages
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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew epochs in human history have captivated the imagination quite like the medieval world — an age of...
Opening Moves: August 1914
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe guns of August 1914 announced not merely the beginning of a war, but the violent end of...
The Scourge Of The Swastika
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew books have confronted the machinery of Nazi war crimes with such unflinching clarity as The Scourge of...
Les Misérables
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodFew novels in the Western canon carry the moral weight and sweeping grandeur of Les Misérables, Victor Hugo's monumental 1862 masterpiece set against the turbulent backdrop...
OPA!: Recipes inspired by Greek tavernas
'OPA' is a phrase that captures the warmth of Greek culture, an expression that can carry many meanings based on the context it's used in - from joy to excitement,...
Amsterdam: A brief life of the city
A delightful journey through time and through the streets of one of the greatest cultural capitals in Europe. A magnet for trade and travellers from all over the world, stylish,...
Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to
In The Origins of Political Order , Francis Fukuyama took us from the dawn of mankind to the French and American Revolutions. Here, he picks up the thread again in...
The Man Who Lost Himself
All through the summer of 1874, "The Times" devoted an entire page everyday to the great Tichborne trial, the longest-running and most mesmerizing legal trial of the 19th century. This...
Bitter Honey: Discover your favourite new book club read
PRAISE FOR LOLA AKINMADE 'Lola Akinmade crafts sharply written and deeply moving characters, raising brutal questions and steering clear of easy answers.' Taylor Jenkins Reid 'The queen of messy characters!'...
The Novice's Tale: A historical adventure full of intrigue and
A young girl's disappearance hints at a disturbing truth... When novice Emma Thorgold goes missing from Godstow Abbey in the summer of 1353, the hunt is on throughout the Oxfordshire...
The Thistle and The Rose
Margaret Tudor, the elder sister of her more famous brother Henry VIII, is the single most important Tudor figure of this era that historians have consistently overlooked. Married at thirteen...
Norway's War: A People's Struggle Against Nazi Tyranny, 1940-45
In the early morning of 9 April 1940, a fleet of German battleships entered the Oslofjord. Norwegian artillery delayed them long enough for King Haakon VII and his cabinet to...
The Happiest Boy on Earth: The incredible story of The Happiest Man on
Life can be beautiful if you make it beautiful. It is up to you. Eddie lived with his family and adorable dachshund, Lulu, in the beautiful city of Leipzig in...
Cook's Tour of France: Regional French Recipes
The gastronomy of France is quite simply superb. Its outstanding fish and seafood, excellent wines and liqueurs, extraordinary cheeses, unique range of charcuteries, delicious bread, cakes and p tisseries are...
33 Place Brugmann: The international bestseller
An unforgettable historical debut set in Second World War Brussels: exploring love, resistance and courage in all their forms 'I adored it ... It finds courage and love amidst the...
Young Queens: The gripping, intertwined story of three queens,
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION WATERSTONES' BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: HISTORY The boldly original, dramatic intertwined story of Catherine de' Medici, Elisabeth de Valois and Mary, Queen...
Battle for the Island Kingdom: Vikings, Anglo-Saxons & Normans,
SHORTLISTED FOR MILITARY HISTORY MATTERS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 Rich with period sources, this is a fast-paced narrative of the years leading up to 1066 when Vikings, Anglo-Saxons and...
Agincourt: Battle of the Scarred King
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 HISTORICAL WRITERS' ASSOCIATION NON-FICTION CROWN AWARD 'It's quite a feat to write an account of England's most famous battle that makes the reader feel like they're...