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Music of Exile: The Untold Story of the Composers who Fled Hitler
What happens to a composer when persecution and exile means their true music no longer has an audience? In the 1930s, composers and musicians began to flee Hitler's Germany to...
Templars: The Knights Who Made Britain
A gripping account of the Knights Templar, challenging received wisdom to show how these devout medieval knights played a profound role in making modern Britain The Knights Templar have an...
A Cultural History of the British Empire
A compelling history of British imperial culture, showing how it was adopted and subverted by colonial subjects around the world As the British Empire expanded across the globe, it exported...
Traders in Men: Merchants and the Transformation of the Transatlantic
A sweeping new history that reveals how British, African, and American merchants developed the transatlantic slave trade "This is a landmark study given its clear status as easily the best...
Vergil: The Poet's Life
A biography of Vergil, Rome's greatest poet, by the acclaimed translator of the Aeneid The Aeneid stands as a towering work of Classical Roman literature and a gripping dramatization of...
Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans
The first full-scale history of Theoderic and the Goths in more than seventy-five years, tracing the transformation of a divided kingdom into a great power In the year 493, the...
Adventurers: The Improbable Rise of the East India Company: 1550-1650
The East India Company was the most powerful commercial enterprise in British history. Yet its speculative, highly risky origins are now all but forgotten. A revolution in commerce during the...
Tchaikovsky's Empire: A New Life of Russia's Greatest Composer
A thrilling new biography of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky-composer of some of the world's most popular orchestral and theatrical music "A lively, argumentative and thoughtful reflection on one of the 19th...
The Gulag Doctors: Life, Death, and Medicine in Stalin's Labour Camps
A pioneering history of medical care in Stalin's Gulag-showing how doctors and nurses cared for inmates in appalling conditions A byword for injustice, suffering, and mass mortality, the Gulag exploited...
China and Russia: Four Centuries of Conflict and Concord
A compelling, expansive history of the relationship between China and Russia, from the seventeenth century to the present Russia and China, the largest and most populous countries in the world,...
Hoax: The Popish Plot that Never Was
The extraordinary story of the Popish Plot and how it shaped the political and religious future of Britain In 1678, a handful of perjurers claimed that the Catholics of England...
The Maze of Ingenuity: Ideas and Idealism in the Development of
From cathedrals to star wars, Arnold Pacey looks at the interaction of technologies and society over the last thousand years and uses that survey to argue for a more humane...
DK Umbria
Be inspired and plan your next unforgettable trip with DK Eyewitness travel guides Get closer to Umbria with DK Eyewitness Enchanting hill towns. Wildlife-filled national parks. Ancient Roman ruins. There...
Newshawks in Berlin: The Associated Press and Nazi Germany
After the Nazis came to power in Germany in 1933, the Associated Press (AP) brought news about life under the Third Reich to tens of millions of American readers. The...
Our Nazi: An American Suburb's Encounter with Evil
The first book to lay bare the life of a Nazi camp guard who settled in a Chicago suburb and to explore how his community and others responded to discoveries...
Analog Superpowers: How Twentieth-Century Technology Theft Built the
A gripping history that spans law, international affairs, and top-secret technology to unmask the tension between intellectual property rights and national security. At the beginning of the twentieth century, two...
Space and Time under Persecution: The German-Jewish Experience in the
A new history of how the Nazi era upended German-Jewish experiences of space and time from eminent historian Guy Miron. In Space and Time under Persecution , Guy Miron considers...
The Experimental Fire: Inventing English Alchemy, 1300-1700
A 400-year history of the development of alchemy in England that brings to light the evolution of the practice. In medieval and early modern Europe, the practice of alchemy promised...
The Atheist's Bible: The Most Dangerous Book That Never Existed
A comprehensive biography of the Treatise of the Three Impostors , a controversial nonexistent medieval book. Like a lot of good stories, this one begins with a rumor: in 1239,...
Temptation Transformed: The Story of How the Forbidden Fruit Became an
A journey into the mystery behind why the forbidden fruit became an apple. How did the apple, unmentioned by the Bible, become the dominant symbol of temptation, sin, and the...
A Journey
The memoirs of Tony Blair - a worldwide publishing sensation In 1997, Tony Blair won the biggest Labour victory in history to sweep the party to power and end eighteen...
Patrick O'Brian: A Very Private Life
An intimate portrait of Patrick O'Brian, written by his stepson Nikolai Tolstoy. Patrick O'Brian was one of the greatest British novelists of the twentieth century, securing his place in literary...
The Book of Wonders: The Many Lives of Euclid's Elements
Euclid's Elements of Geometry was a book that changed the world. In a sweeping history, Benjamin Wardhaugh traces how an ancient Greek text on mathematics - often hailed as the...
The Other Europeans
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Condition remarks:Book: Acceptable , ex-libraryJacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed Markings: Ex-libraryThis book deals with the construction of the 'other' in European media at a time when the recently expanded EU...
The Clans and Tartans of Scotland
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis book provides a comprehensive guide to the clans and tartans of Scotland, detailing their histories, customs, and the significance...
The Reluctant Satellites
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Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: chipped and worn with some damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsThe Reluctant Satellites follows the story of Magdalena and her family living in a Honduran neighborhood of...
Spencer And Waterloo: The Letters Of Spencer Madan 1814-1816
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Condition remarks:Book: Acceptable Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: Reading copy with markingsSpencer And Waterloo: The Letters Of Spencer Madan 1814-1816 presents a compelling collection of personal correspondence from a...
Wellington At Waterloo
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed , price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerJac Weller's Wellington At Waterloo is a definitive historical account that chronicles the pivotal Battle of Waterloo through...
War And Peace
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slipcase: GoodWar And Peace chronicles the lives of aristocratic Russian families during the Napoleonic Wars, presenting a panoramic...
Neither King Nor Saint: A Man And His Daughter's Search For Peace
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis poignant narrative, Neither King Nor Saint: A Man...
Azincourt
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBernard Cornwell’s Azincourt plunges readers into the brutal realities of medieval warfare, chronicling the...
Lenin: A Biography
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis definitive biography, Lenin: A Biography, chronicles the tumultuous life and revolutionary impact of...
Fall Of The Roman Republic: Six Lives By Plutarch
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFall Of The Roman Republic: Six Lives By Plutarch presents a compelling collection of...
The Prosper Double-Cross
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Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Yellowed Markings: Previous ownerThis military history chronicles the controversial collapse of the "Prosper" resistance network in occupied France, uncovering the potential...
The Myth Of The Golden Age In The Renaissance
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerHarry Levin's The Myth Of The Golden Age In The Renaissance presents a compelling academic analysis of a pervasive cultural...
The Mysteries Of Mithra: The Definitive Account Of A Crucial Historical Moment When A Colorful Oriental Religion Swept Over The Roman Empire
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Map at rear intact. Franz Cumont's The Mysteries Of Mithra chronicles the fascinating...
Moscow Diary: A Revealing Memoir About The Communist World When Khrushchev Ruled
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerMoscow Diary chronicles the intricate political landscape and daily life within the Soviet Union during the tumultuous Khrushchev...
The Atelier Du Lys: An Art Student In The Reign Of Terror
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Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Yellowed Markings: Previous ownerSet against the tumultuous backdrop of the French Revolution, The Atelier Du Lys:...
Trial And Error: The Autobiography Of Chaim Weizmann
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Protective covering over cloth boards (removable), light bumping to corners, front...
Landmarks In Greek Literature
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis scholarly work, Landmarks In Greek Literature, presents a comprehensive overview of...
The Popes Against The Jews: The Vatican's Role In The Rise Of Modern Anti-Semitism
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageHistorian David I. Kertzer’s The Popes Against The Jews: The Vatican's Role In The...
Bligh: Master Mariner
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageRob Mundle's Bligh: Master Mariner presents a compelling biographical account of William Bligh, a...
Leonardo Da Vinci
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageD. M. Field's Leonardo Da Vinci chronicles the extraordinary life and unparalleled achievements of...
Barbarian In The Garden
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis collection of essays, Barbarian In The Garden, transports readers through the landscapes of classical antiquity and Renaissance Europe, offering...
The Poetry Of Survival: Post-War Poets Of Central And Eastern Europe
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis compelling literary study, The Poetry Of Survival: Post-War Poets Of Central And Eastern Europe, presents a profound examination of...
Trial And Error: The Autobiography
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Light bumping top right hand corner of front board, age tanning...
Journey Through A Haunted Land: The New Germany
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerAmos Elon's Journey Through A Haunted Land: The New Germany chronicles the complex and often painful process of...
August 1914
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsAlexander Solzhenitsyn's August 1914 presents a monumental historical narrative, meticulously reconstructing the opening salvos of World War I on the...