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Lilliput Goes to War
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The book titled Lilliput Goes to War by the author Kaye Webb. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
A Question of Character: John F. Kennedy in Image and Reality
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Questioning how the less than exemplary life of JFK related to the actions and decisions of his public career, Thomas Reeves probes the bewildering vagaries of Kennedy's character. He shows...
To Arras, 1917: A Volunteer's Odyssey
A biography of the author's uncle, Ernest Reid, who died in 1917, an officer in the Black Watch, of wounds sustained in the Battle of Arras. Born and raised in...
Horses in the British Army 1750 to 1950
These days horses are mainly used for leisure activities the non-rider knows little about them in a modern context, let alone a historical one. For those who would like to...
The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life
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Part history, part cultural biography, and part literary mystery, "The Orientalist" traces the life of Lev Nussimbaum, a Jew who transformed himself into a Muslim prince and became a best-selling...
A Mother's Promise: My true story of surviving Auschwitz and the
'Mama, it's me.' I held her hand in mine, hoping it would give her the strength to hold on. Finally, she spoke, her voice barely above a whisper. ' Do...
Glasnost in Context
This truly unique volume brings together theoretical discussions of liberalizations with studies focused on literature, theatre and the visual arts. To the analysis of developments in selected Eastern European regions...
Peacemakers: The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 and Its Attempt to End
After the war to end all wars, men and women from all over the world converged on Paris for the Peace Conference. At its heart were the three great powers...
The Time of My Life
An autobiography of Britain's foremost politician who, in his range of interests, in the brilliance of his mind, and in his ability to write is probably unique among figures in...
Woodrow Wilson
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This new biography of our 28th president is pithy and intelligent; it is also hurried. As with other titles in the Penguin Lives series, the match up of author and...
The Rise And Fall Of Napoleon Vol 1: The Rise
The celebrated French general and emperor Napoleon I was born in Ajaccio in Corsica in 1769. France had acquired Corsica only 15 months before his birth, and in his early...
Yeltsin: a Revolutionary Life
The first freely elected head of state in Russia's 1000-year history, Boris Yeltsin ended Soviet military occupation of Eastern Europe, introduced the free market economy and, most importantly, forged and...
The Stonehenge Solution: The Secret Revealed
It's contents are as curious as its price: subtitled Language of the Megaliths' this is a book for believers in the Earth Mother, with corn dollies, megalithic art and sexual...
W. B. Yeats: A Life Vol.2: II: The Arch-Poet 1915-1939
The acclaimed first volume of this definitive biography of W. B. Yeats left him in his fiftieth year, at a cross-roads in his life. The subsequent quarter-century surveyed in The...
The Spirit of Prague
This is a collection of essays, charting five critical decades in the history of Czechoslovakia. Ivan Klima was a witness to the horrors of Nazi occupation, to the Stalinist regimes...
The Girl Bandits of the Warsaw Ghetto: The True Story of Five
A Holocaust historian, archivist, and history blogger adds a new dimension to the story of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising during World War II, shining a long overdue spotlight on five...
From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life
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The product of the author's lifetime, this powerful narrative, insterrsperses the author's analysis of wars, philosophy, science, manners, sex, religion, morals, art, et al, from the Reformation to the present...
France, 1815-1914: The Bourgeois Century
The book titled France, 1815-1914: The Bourgeois Century by the author Roger Magraw. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
The Pianist
The powerful memoir of a young Jewish pianist who survived the war in Warsaw against all odds. 'You can learn more about human nature from this brief account of the...
A History Of Hull
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA comprehensive work of regional history, A History of Hull chronicles the development of...
A Generation Of Wrath: A Story Of Embattlement, Survival And Deliverance During The Holocaust Of World War Ii
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA harrowing work of Holocaust memoir and historical narrative, A Generation of Wrath: A Story of Embattlement, Survival and Deliverance...
National Communism In Western Europe: A Third Way To Socialism?
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA rigorous work of political science and comparative European studies, National Communism in Western...
An Exhibition Of Modern European Paintings & Sculpture
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Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageUnknown
Historians And The Causes Of The French Revolution
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Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA landmark work of historiographical scholarship, Historians and the Causes of the...
Historical Memoirs Of The Duc De Saint-Simon: A Shortened Version
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.A landmark work of historical memoir and primary source literature, Historical Memoirs of...
Britain In Transition: The Twentieth Century
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA rigorous work of modern British history, Britain in Transition: The Twentieth Century chronicles...
Road To Volgograd
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA compelling work of travel writing and personal reflection, Road to Volgograd chronicles British novelist Alan Sillitoe's journey through the...
The Parisian Prowler: Le Spleen De Paris, Petits Poèmes En Prose
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Condition remarks:Book: Good , ex-libraryJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Ex-library with usual markingsA landmark of French literary modernism, The Parisian Prowler: Le Spleen de Paris, Petits Poèmes en Prose...
An Abridgment Of Bishop Burnet's History Of His Own Times
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.This landmark work of historical abridgment presents a condensed...
Wagner Writes From Paris...: Stories, Essays And Articles By The Young Composer
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA rich collection of primary source writings, Wagner Writes from Paris...: Stories, Essays and Articles by the Young Composer presents...
The Prisoner In The Mask
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA gripping work of historical adventure fiction, The Prisoner in the Mask chronicles the dangerous exploits of its protagonist set against the...
Pacific Islands: Volume I General Survey
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Back blank pages removed. Maps intact. Faded spine. Usual aging. A comprehensive geographical and strategic reference work, Pacific Islands: Volume...
Music In The 20Th Century: From Debussy Through Stravinsky
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA landmark work of musicology, Music in the 20th Century: From Debussy Through Stravinsky presents a sweeping and authoritative survey...
Daily Life In Spain In The Golden Age
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA richly detailed work of social history, Daily Life in Spain in the Golden Age transports readers to the vibrant and turbulent...
Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America
*THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* *A Financial Times Book of the Year* * Economist Book of the Year* 'A political epic' - Guardian 'This is the book Trump fears...
The She-Wolf Of France
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: DamagedPages: Good Markings: No markingsThe fifth installment in Maurice Druon's acclaimed historical fiction series The Accursed Kings, The She-Wolf of France chronicles the treacherous rise of...
The Gallo-Roman Muse: Aspects Of Roman Literary Tradition In Sixteenth-Century France
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA rigorous work of literary scholarship, The Gallo-Roman Muse: Aspects of Roman Literary Tradition in Sixteenth-Century France examines the profound...
Memoirs Of An Infantry Officer
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of autobiographical fiction rooted in the First World War, Memoirs of an Infantry Officer chronicles the harrowing experiences...
A Smaller History Of Rome From The Earliest Times To The Death Of Trajan
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Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: FEP missing Markings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Previous owner. Foxing and tanning. A foundational work in classical education, this...
The Revolution Of Cola Di Rienzo
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA landmark work of medieval political literature, The Revolution of Cola di Rienzo chronicles...
Modern German Poetry
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Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA landmark anthology in the study of German literature, Modern German Poetry presents a...
In Our Image And Likeness (Volume 1 & 2)
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Previous owner stamp and name (white out) on FEP - otherwise pages are clean and bright....
Visitor's Guide - The First Day of the Somme
Many guidebooks cover the Somme offensive in 1916, the five-month struggle that has come to be seen as one of the defining episodes in the history of the fighting on...
Spy of the Century: Alfred Redl and the Betrayal of Austria-Hungary
'The Redl Affair had everything: sex, espionage, betrayal, a fall from greatness and a sensational climax in which Redl went to his death like a figure of high tragedy.' The...
Germany in the Great War - The Opening Year: Mobilisation, the Advance
Germany in the Great War Illustrated - Mobilisation and the Western Advance is the first volume of a projected six-part series that details, graphically, the Central Powers - Germany and...
Black Livingstone: A True Tale of Adventure in the Nineteenth-Century
Black Livingstone is the first book to chronicle the remarkable life of William Henry Sheppard. As a twenty-four-year-old African American missionary in 1890, Sheppard departed for what was then the...
The New Women and the Old Men: Love, Sex and the Woman Question
Sexual politics is far from being a recent subject of debate. In the 1880s it occupied a position of central importance in certain radical circles in London, where intellectuals such...
Hitler's Last Gamble: The Battle of the Bulge, December 1944-January
The book titled Hitler's Last Gamble: The Battle of the Bulge, December 1944-January by the author Trevor Nevitt Dupuy. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information...