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Rebel Prince: The Power, Passion and Defiance of Prince Charles - the
'The pampered, petulant, self-pitying Prince. A devastating book by Britain's top investigative author' Daily Mail 'Explosive new book delves inside the bizarre, ultra luxury world of Prince Charles' The Sun...
Sisters First: Stories from Our Wild and Wonderful Life
Born into a political dynasty, Jenna and Barbara Bush grew up in the public eye. As small children, they watched their grandfather become president; just twelve years later they stood...
Mad and Bad: Real Heroines of the Regency
Discover a feminist pop history that looks beyond the Ton and Jane Austen to highlight the Regency women who succeeded on their own terms and were largely lost to history...
Politics On the Edge
A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from former Cabinet minister Rory Stewart Over the course of a decade from 2010, Rory Stewart went from being a...
Lincoln's Code
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Pulitzer Prize Finalist Bancroft Prize Winner ABA Silver Gavel Award Winner A New York Times Notable Book of the Year In the closing days of 1862, just three weeks before...
I Seek a Kind Person: My Father, Seven Children and the Adverts that
'I SEEK A KIND PERSON WHO WILL EDUCATE MY INTELLIGENT BOY, AGED 11.' In 1938, Jewish families are scrambling to flee Vienna. Desperate, they take out adverts offering their children...
From Manassas To Appomattox: Memoirs Of The Civil War In America
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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe...
Oblivion: A Memoir
Now the basis for the acclaimed film Memories of My Father , directed by Fernando Trueba. "An irreplaceable testimony of the struggle for democracy and tolerance in Latin America." --El...
The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public...
East and West
In June of 1997, over a century and a half of British rule in Hong Kong came to an end. Chris Patten writes about his experiences as the last governor...
Freedom's Battle: The Origins of Humanitarian Intervention
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This gripping and important book brings alive over two hundred years of humanitarian interventions. Freedom's Battle illuminates the passionate debates between conscience and imperialism ignited by the first human rights...
Henry Clay: America's Greatest Statesman
In a critical and little-known chapter of early American history, a fearless young Kentucky lawyer threw open the doors of Congress during the nation's formative years and prevented dissolution of...
Military Memoirs Of A Confederate
General Edward Porter Alexander was the master gunner of the Confederacy, and undeniably one of the great American artillerists. He was involved in nearly all of the great battles of...
Two Lives of Charlemagne
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Two fascinating biographical accounts of the great medieval ruler Einhard's Life of Charlemagne is an absorbing chronicle of one of the most powerful and dynamic of all medieval rulers, written...
Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, And The Coming Of The Great War
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Author: Robert K. MassieBinding: PaperbackPublished: Jonathan Cape, 1992Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Spine has light wear and light creasing to bottom corner front from general use...
A History Of Private Life: Revelations Of The Medieval World
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Author: Georges DubyBinding: PaperbackPublished: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Light creasing on cover. This...
Classic Art: An Introduction To The Italian Renaissance
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Author: WölfflinBinding: PaperbackPublished: Phaidon Press, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: YellowedMarkings: Reading copy with markingsThis seminal work of art history presents a profound analysis of the Italian Renaissance, focusing on the High...
A History Of Denmark
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Author: Palle LauringBinding: PaperbackPublished: Host & Son, Copenhagen, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Some creasing on cover. Clean text. This comprehensive...
Cities Of Childhood: Italian Colonies Of The 1930S
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Author: De MARTINO Stefano & WALL Alex (compiled by)Binding: PaperbackPublished: Architectural Association, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. General creasing on corners...
Renaissance Drawings From The Uffizi
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Author: Annamaria Petrioli Tofani, Graham Smith, Ilaria CiseriBinding: PaperbackPublished: American Federation International, Inc.; The Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1995Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition...
Warbirds Worldwide Directory: An International Survey Of The World's Warbird Population, Past And Present
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Author: John Chapman & Geoff GoodallBinding: PaperbackPublished: Warbirds Worldwide, 1989Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Minor stain on book block. This comprehensive...
The Development Of Modern France: 1870-1939
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Author: Sir Denis BroganBinding: PaperbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Spine and cover is scratched and...
Napoleon: Revolution To Empire
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Author: Eugenie Baulch, Penny MansleyBinding: PaperbackPublished: The Council of Trustees of the National Gallery of Victoria., 2012Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in...
The Man From Poland
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Author: Jel De Roeck, Jack RiedeBinding: PaperbackPublished: Methuen Publications., 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight peeling in corners of cover."The Man From Poland" provides...
When War Came: The Story Of One Man's Escape From Nazi-Occupied Poland, His Remarkable Survival In The Soviet Union And Uzbekistan, And His Journey To Australia
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Author: Mendel Matthew FactorBinding: PaperbackPublished: Southwood Press., 2005Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Front end-page has tear in it.This compelling historical memoir, "When War Came," chronicles Mendel...
Esso Presents Rubens And The Italian Renaissance
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Author: Jaffe, DavidBinding: PaperbackPublished: Australian National Gallery, 1992Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis art history text, "Esso Presents Rubens And The Italian...
Esso Presents Rubens And The Italian Renaissance
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Author: David Jaffe (ed.)Binding: PaperbackPublished: Australian National Gallery, 1992Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Slight sign of dog-earred pages, slight...
A History Of Venice
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Author: John Julius NorwichBinding: PaperbackPublished: Penguin Books, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsJohn Julius Norwich's "A History of Venice" is a comprehensive work of non-fiction, presenting a detailed...
France In The Age Of Louis xiii And Richelieu
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Author: Victor-L. TapiéBinding: PaperbackPublished: Cambridge University Press, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Page edges slightly yellowed and sun damaged...
The Novels Of The German Romantics
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Author: Eric A. BlackallBinding: PaperbackPublished: Cornell University Press., 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor stains in end-pages.This academic text offers a comprehensive analysis of the German Romantic...
The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of
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PULITZER PRIZE WINNER * NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE From National Book Award finalist David I. Kertzer comes the gripping story of...
From the Gracchi to Nero: A History of Rome 133 BC to AD 68
Scullard's clear and comprehensive narrative covers the period from 133 BC to 69 AD, exploring the decline and fall of the Republic, and the establishment of the Pax Romana under...
The Fixer
A new work of 'comics journalism' by the acclaimed author of Palestine. In The Fixer Joe Sacco returns to Bosnia, the setting for his first masterpiece, Safe Area Gorazde. In...
The Rise and Fall of Athens: Nine Greek Lives
Nine Greek biographies illustrate the rise and fall of Athens, from the legendary days of Theseus, the city's founder, through Solon, Themistocles, Aristides, Cimon, Pericles, Nicias, and Alcibiades, to the...
Autobiography
One of the greatest prodigies of his era, John Stuart Mill (1806-73) was studying arithmetic and Greek by the age of three, as part of an astonishingly intense education at...
African Nights
Continuing the book "I Dreamed of Africa", this volume is written in episodes and covers Kuki's life over the last ten to 12 years. She refers glancingly to the deaths...
After The Victorians: The World Our Parents Knew
Follow-up to the bestselling The Victorians in which A. N. Wilson tells the story of the 'Decline and Fall' of Britain. When this book begins, in the reign of Edward...
Inherited Touch
There is a risk in telling another's story especially when passed down through the family and there are many layers to a life that each person may only glimpse part...
The Trials of Isabella Mary Kelly: Her Legend and the Truth
Who was Isabella Mary Kelly? Media sensationalism and colourful folklore labelled her a "wanton with a whip" and a "bitter sadistic hell-cat of a woman". Legends of her infamous adventures...
Boy from Boree Creek: The Tim Fischer story
June 30, 1999. Tim Fischer, Deputy PM and Leader of the National Party, rises in the House of Representatives to announce his resignation. Here was a politician at the height...
Bounce the Rhine: The Spellmount Siegfried Line Series Volume Nine
In September, 1944, Montgomery predicted that his armies would easily 'bounce the Rhine' to strike a final blow at the heart of Hitler's Reich. However, his confidence was misplaced; nearly...
West Wall: The Battle for Hitler's Siegfried Line: The Spellmount
An account of the battle for the Siegfried Line in the final year of World War II, which raged for six, long, bloody months along a front of 350 miles...
The Massacre of Glencoe
An historical account of the massacre, in February 1692, of the small Clan MacDonald of Glencoe by Campbell of Glenlyon's troops under orders from the English Government. It marked the...
Augustus Hervey's Journal
Augustus Hervey was born into the wildly eccentric family of the Earls of Bristol, a lineage so different from ordinary folk that it was said there were three sexes: men,...
Histories
Translated with Notes by George Rawlinson. With an Introduction by Tom Griffith. Herodotus (c480-c425) is 'The Father of History' and his 'Histories' are the first piece of Western historical writing....