{"product_id":"secondhand-history-culture-bargain-book-box-sp2909","title":"Secondhand History \u0026 Culture Bargain Book Box SP2909","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecondhand History \u0026amp; Culture Bargain Book Box SP2909\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTwenty-one books from the golden age of Pelican and Penguin non-fiction — history, biography, literature, espionage, and a Spike Milligan memoir alongside the worst journey in the world. It takes real confidence to curate a box this eclectic, and every title justifies its place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col dir=\"ltr\" class=\"[li_\u0026amp;]:mb-0 [li_\u0026amp;]:mt-1 [li_\u0026amp;]:gap-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-decimal flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3 print:block print:space-y-1\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eGlass Through the Ages — E. Barrington Haynes (Pelican) — a beautifully illustrated history of glassmaking from antiquity to the twentieth century.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eStrike Hard, Strike Sure — Ralph Barker (Pan, illustrated) — the RAF Bomber Command story told through the crews who flew the missions over Germany.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Most Dangerous Moment: The Japanese Assault on Ceylon 1942 — Michael Tomlinson — the largely forgotten turning point in the Pacific War, when Japan's naval air power was at its most destructive.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Fall of Singapore — Timothy Hall — a comprehensive account of the greatest military disaster in British history and the human stories behind it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe History of Surrealism — Maurice Nadeau (Pelican) — the definitive history of the movement, from its Dada roots to its global influence, still essential reading.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Crowning Privilege: Lectures and Essays on Professional Standards in Poetry — Robert Graves (Pelican) — Graves's characteristically combative views on what poetry is for and who writes it well.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eA Word from Paris: Radio Broadcasts from the Sixties — Alister Kershaw (Imprint Travel) — an Australian expatriate in Paris broadcasting his observations of French life in the decade that changed everything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Penguin Story — the history of one of the twentieth century's most transformative publishing houses, from Allen Lane's sixpenny paperbacks to a global empire.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe End of the Russian Empire — Michael T. Florinsky — a scholarly account of the forces that brought down the Romanovs and the world they ruled.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003ePhilby: The Long Road to Moscow — Patrick Seale and Maureen McConville — the definitive biography of Kim Philby, Britain's most damaging spy, and the double life he sustained for decades.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eJ.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography — Humphrey Carpenter — the authorised biography, drawing on unprecedented access to Tolkien's papers, letters, and family. Essential for any Tolkien reader.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Older Hardy — Robert Gittings (Penguin) — a biography of Thomas Hardy's later life, tracing the poet and novelist through his long second chapter.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Worst Journey in the World — Apsley Cherry-Garrard (Penguin) — the great classic of polar exploration: Cherry-Garrard's account of Scott's fatal Antarctic expedition.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eMussolini: His Part in My Downfall — Spike Milligan — the fourth volume of Milligan's war memoirs, as funny and as savage as the others, covering the Italian campaign.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Autobiography of Michel de Montaigne — selected and edited by Marvin Lowenthal (Vintage) — Montaigne as autobiographer, assembled from the Essays, revealing the man behind the method.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eEurope of the Dictators 1919-1945 — Elizabeth Wiskemann (Fontana History of Europe) — a lucid account of how Europe's democracies fell to authoritarian governments between the wars.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eVatican Finances — Corrado Pallenberg (Pelican) — a penetrating investigation into the financial operations of the Holy See.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Renaissance — Wallace K. Ferguson (Berkshire Studies in European History) — a scholarly but readable history of the period that remade European civilisation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eRussian Literature Since the Revolution — Edward J. Brown — a comprehensive survey of what Soviet-era writers managed to create under the conditions they faced.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eCut Stones and Crossroads: A Journey in Peru — Ronald Wright (Penguin Travel Library) — the Canadian author of A Short History of Progress travels the Inca road, past and present overlapping at every turn.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eHarpo Speaks! — Harpo Marx — the riotous autobiography of the most lovable Marx Brother, full of stories that explain why everyone who ever met him adored him.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49056537575643,"sku":"SP2909","price":120.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/sp2909.jpg?v=1785665436","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/secondhand-history-culture-bargain-book-box-sp2909","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}