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Confronting Leviathan: A History of Ideas
'Bracingly intelligent ... a wonderful read' - Guardian 'Incredibly timely ... presented [with] wonderful elegance and clarity' - Irish Times Based on the History Of Ideas podcast series by Talking...
The Illegals: Russia's Most Audacious Spies and the Plot to Infiltrate
The Cold War had been over for two decades when, in 2010, ten Russian agents were arrested in the United States after a decade-long FBI operation. Among the spies were...
Earthshot: How to Save Our Planet
The Earthshot concept is simple: Urgency + Optimism = Action . We have ten years to turn the tide on the environmental crisis, but we need the world's best solutions...
Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and China's Superpower Future
'Compelling and informative... a useful gateway into [Xi Jinping's] mind' Rana Mitter, Literary Review From one of the most admired reporters covering China today, a vital new account of the...
Taking the Lead: A Dog at Number 10
Cedric Sapin-Defour's memoir of his dog, Ubac, has become the surprise best seller in France this year. Prepare to Meet Thy Dog will take this genre to a new level....
How Tyrants Fall: And How Nations Survive
AN ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF 2024 'Thought-provoking, vivid and often entertaining' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Compelling' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Thought-provoking' THE ECONOMIST 'Gripping . . . Essential and captivating' BRADLEY HOPE HOW DO...
Hitler and Churchill: Secrets of Leadership
Adolf Hitler and Winston Churchill were two totally opposite leaders- both in what they stood for and in the way in which they seemed to lead. Award-winning historian Andrew Roberts...
Roosevelt
Part of a series of often controversial biographies of statesmen and women who have shaped the modern world, this book features Franklin Delano Roosevelt who served 12 years in the...
De Gaulle
The book titled De Gaulle by the author Julian Jackson. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Kingmaker: Pamela Churchill Harriman's astonishing life of seduction,
An electrifying re-examination of one of the twentieth century's greatest unsung power players, from the bestselling author of A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE 'Supremely enjoyable . . . With a...
The View from the Kremlin
The book titled The View from the Kremlin by the author Boris Yeltsin. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Jack and Eve: Two Suffragettes in Love and at War
Vera Holme, known as Jack, left a career as a jobbing actress to become Emmeline Pankhurst's chauffeur and mechanic. Evelina Haverfield was a classic beauty, the daughter of a baron...
Is Peace Possible?
Kathleen Lonsdale was a groundbreaking chemist who was instrumental in developing the science of crystallography. She was also a midlife convert to Quakerism who campaigned for peace and prison reform....
In the Long Run: The Future as a Political Idea
'Exhilarating' Financial Times'A profound meditation on how and why democracy must keep its faith in the future and the future must keep its faith in democracy' David RuncimanDemocracy is future-oriented...
Licensed to Lie
This true legal thriller debunks everything the media and the government told us about the Department of Justice's destruction and prosecution of the venerable accounting firm Arthur Andersen, Merrill Lynch...
The US and the Cold War, 1945-63
The Cold War is a vast and complex topic in recent international history. The author of this title has delineated the role of the United States from the global conflict,...
Beyond The Pale: Sir Oswald Mosley 1933-1980
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor sun-fading to spine.Beyond The Pale: Sir Oswald Mosley 1933-1980 presents a compelling biographical account of one of...
John Adams: Party Of One
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis compelling biography John Adams chronicles the extraordinary life and political career of America's second president. It presents a meticulous account...
The Memoirs Of The Rt. Hon. Sir Anthony Eden: Full Circle
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Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed , price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling memoir, The Memoirs Of Sir Anthony Eden: Full Circle, chronicles the distinguished political career...
House of Bush House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the
This is a PB of the acclaimed "House of Bush House of Saud". Expanded with new material and a new Afterword by Craig Unger, this book reveals new evidence of...
The Case for Democracy: The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny and
One of the leading figures in the Soviet human rights movement who became a major political voice in Israel writes about democracy, about which he has earned the right to...
Unholy Babylon: The Secret History Of Saddam's War
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Condition remarks:Book: Acceptable Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: FEP missing Markings: No markingsUnholy Babylon: The Secret History Of Saddam's War chronicles the intricate and often brutal political...
From Castlereagh To Gladstone 1815-1885
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Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing , price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis authoritative historical account chronicles a pivotal era in British politics, tracing...
Rights And Wrongs In The Arab-Israeli Conflict: To The Anatomy Of The Forces Of Progress And Reaction In The Middle East
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Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing , price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Soiled boards with modearted marks and specks. Chipped...
The Broederbond
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Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Remainder markCondition remarks: Worn boards. Some bumping on corners....
The Pesticide Conspiracy
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. Aged and worn DJ with small tears. Binding remains tight. Clean and bright copy....
Asylum To Action: Family Action 1851-1991: A History Of Services And Policy Development For Families In Times Of Vulnerability (SIGNED)
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Yellowed Markings: SignedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Light creasing on spine. Slight insect damage on fep, otherwise clean text. This comprehensive...
England And Italy 1859–60
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Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsThis historical account, England And Italy 1859-60, chronicles the intricate diplomatic and...
Intent to Destroy: Russia's Two-Hundred-Year Quest to Dominate Ukraine
Dominating Ukraine has been the cornerstone of Russian policy for centuries - now, we are witnessing a genocide. The Russian invasion of Ukraine brought large-scale warfare to Europe, reshaped relations...
At The Barricades
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Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing , price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling memoir chronicles the extraordinary life of Wilfred Burchett, a journalist renowned for his unconventional...
Mussolini
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Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsThis authoritative biography, Mussolini, chronicles the tumultuous life and political career of Italy's fascist dictator. It...
Lincoln At Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis Pulitzer Prize-winning historical analysis, Lincoln At Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America, meticulously...
The Dogs Of War
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsFrederick Forsyth's The Dogs Of War plunges readers into the high-stakes world of mercenary warfare and...
Jfk and Art
This volume, a comprehensive study of how the myth and mystique of the Camelot years coincided with the rise of pop art, reveals the pervasive influence that the Kennedy presidency...
The Unwinding: Thirty Years of American Decline
Just over a decade into the new millennium, America is beset by a sense of crisis. The seismic shifts that occurred in the space of a generation have created a...
Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit
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A passionate defender of the environment, Vice President Al Gore described in this now classic best-selling book how the engines of human civilization have brought us to the brink of...
The Idea of India
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When in 1948 the British departed from their most prized imperial possession, handing over the Indian state they created in 1947 to a small nationalist elite led by Nehru, the...
Loyalists And Loners (SIGNED)
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Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: SignedCondition remarks: Previous owner's inscription on fep. Flat signed on title page. Loyalists And Loners by Michael Foot presents...
Transatlantic Divide: Comparing American and European Society
The book describes, interprets, and analyzes the key features of European society and American society and major social trends in the United States and in the European Union in the...
Rendezvous with Destiny
Drawing on vast archival research, Rendezvous with Destiny is narrative history at its most delightful, stirring and important. 'From 1939 to 1941, with Europe at war and the United States...
A Quick And Dirty Guide To War: Briefings On Present And Potential Wars
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis incisive non-fiction work offers a comprehensive analysis of contemporary global conflicts and future military landscapes. It presents detailed briefings...
Boris Yeltsin: From Bolshevik to Democrat
This book examines Yeltsin's past, measuring his own autobiographical recollections against the record. It illuminates his rise as a political maverick who provokes contradictory feelings among Russians and foreigners alike....
Murder In The Oval Office
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis gripping political mystery, Murder In The Oval Office, plunges readers into a high-stakes investigation within the very heart of...
The Disenlightenment: Politics, Horror, And Entertainment
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Great playwright and filmmaker, DAVID MAMET, just wrote an incredible new book, The Disenlightenment, Politics, Horror, and Entertainment . David is a special man...
Felicia: The Political Memoirs Of Don Dunstan
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsThis political memoir, Felicia: The Political Memoirs Of Don Dunstan, chronicles the remarkable career of a pivotal figure...
Rumsfeld
A behind-the-scenes portrait of the Secretary of Defense chronicles his achievements at the Pentagon, in the War on Terror, and during the military campaign against Iraq, noting his relationships with...
The Trial Of Callista Blake
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Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed , price clippedMarkings: No markingsIn the compelling speculative fiction novel The Trial Of Callista Blake, Edgar Pangborn chronicles a woman's...