Military History

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodBehind every great spy thriller lies a real-world figure more fascinating than fiction — and Maxwell Knight, the enigmatic MI5 spymaster who inspired Ian...

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Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the fall of Troy, one man is chosen by fate to carry the legacy of a dying civilization across storm-tossed seas and...

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Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodBehind the Iron Curtain, one man dared to speak truth to power — and paid a devastating price. History's Carnival is the unflinching...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerIn the fog of middle-aged longing and quiet desperation, As A Man Grows Older chronicles the ill-fated romantic obsession of Emilio Brentani,...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageNestled in the cobblestoned heart of nineteenth-century Prague, Malá Strana Stories is a masterwork of Czech literature that...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the height of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897, the British Empire stood as the most powerful...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageHeaven's Command: An Imperial Progress is a sweeping, magisterial chronicle of the British Empire at its zenith, tracing...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageHenrik Ibsen, the father of modern drama, unleashed a storm of controversy upon the Victorian world with Ghosts,...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the autumn of 1943, a young British soldier escapes from an Italian prisoner-of-war camp and finds himself...

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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the shadow of the Kremlin's shifting power, Soviet Politics Since Khrushchev presents a rigorous and...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the turbulent crossroads of art, society, and political upheaval, nineteenth-century France produced a remarkable cast of writers...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the brutal theatre of the Pacific War, thousands of Australian soldiers endured unimaginable suffering as prisoners of...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of ideology and transformation, USSR: Reorganisation and Renewal presents a compelling insider's account of the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner,Remainder markIn the frigid, pressure-crushed depths of the North Atlantic, two Cold War adversaries engage in a deadly game of cat and...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsIn the sun-scorched villages of eighteenth-century southern France, a wandering preacher named Jean-l'ont-pris weaves a tale that binds together the...

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Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodAt the heart of twentieth-century Europe lies one of history's most haunting and enduring crises: the mass displacement of millions of men, women, and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the turbulent decades between the Franco-Prussian War and the outbreak of the First World War, France became the crucible of a cultural revolution...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerWhat happens to the life of the mind when the state decides it owns it?...