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Asa Briggs, one of Britain's foremost historians and the author of a widely acclaimed four-volume history of British broadcasting, here provides a concise account of the BBC's first fifty years...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodAt the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, Britain stood on the cusp of a transformation so profound it would reshape...

The book titled The Nobel Century: A Chronicle of Genius by the author Asa Briggs. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Author: Asa BriggsBinding: PaperbackPublished: London: Thames & Hudson (), 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Previous owner inscription on inside of front and end coverThis seminal work...

'Loose Ends and Extras' is the last in a trilogy of books Lord Briggs has completed since his 90th birthday in May 2011. Following on from 'Special Relationships: People and...

Lord Briggs has long been regarded as one of Britain's most important historians. However, until the publication of this remarkable book, he had never written about his time at Bletchley...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis seminal work of urban history, Victorian Cities, chronicles the dramatic transformation of British...

Author: Asa Briggs and John SavilleBinding: HardbackPublished: Croom Helm, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Light chipping to perimeter of DJ....

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingFew works in the canon of British historiography have shaped the popular understanding of English life as profoundly as G.M....

A compelling first-hand account of Britain's battle to crack the German codes Clearly demonstrates the methods used for cracking codes The first memoir detailing life at Bletchley Park's German Air...

Peppered with bouncers, expletives, and even the odd diplomatic incident, this is a rip-roaring journey through over a century of Ashes history. For a list of every Ashes century and...

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Part-essay and part-memoir, This Little Art is a manifesto for the practice of literary translation. Taking her experience translating Roland Barthes' lectures at the College de France as her starting...

Author: George McmanusBinding: HardbackPublished: Bonanza, 1973Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis classic collection, Bringing Up Father: Starring Maggie And Jiggs, presents the enduring humor of George McManus's iconic...

Author: R.W. Ketton-CremerBinding: PaperbackPublished: National Trust/ Century., 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling historical account chronicles the rich and varied past...

An intimate history of LGBTQ+ life over four decades, discovered in a stash of forgotten, handwritten notes. 'A fantastic journey through an overlooked archive bursting with humanity and real life...

Author: R. W. Ketton-CremerBinding: HardbackPublished: Rupert Hart-Davis., 1962Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Discoloured DJ with some tears and bumps, top-edge discoloured from tanning, foxed...

A brilliant recreation of the golden age of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia - its landscapes, peoples, conflicts, power structures and political geography. The eighth century has long been a...

From the co-creator of the Mighty Marvel Universe and some of the most popular comic book characters of all time, this fourth title in his best-selling comics making instruction series...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodWhat if the most extraordinary architecture on Earth was never designed by an architect? The Prodigious Builders by Bernard Rudofsky presents a...

FROM BRITAIN'S TOP-SELLING TRUE CRIME WRITER WINNER OF THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: The Times/Sunday Times , Financial Times , Spectator ,...

1883. Agrigento, Sicily. A city of spires and now broken hopes and bodies... With the orsine destroyed, Cairndale lies in ruins, and Marlowe has vanished. His only chance of rescue...

This superb commemorative edition showcases the Battle of Britain paintings of the world's finest aviation artist, Robert Taylor. It celebrates the 70th anniversary of the momentous aerial battle that took...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Slight creasing to corners. Few artistic traditions carry the weight of sixty thousand years...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLong before Darwin boarded the Beagle, humanity has been consumed by a singular, burning question: where do we...

'This compilation shows he was so much more than the sum of his television work' Spectator THE MAN BEHIND THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, TONY , STARRING DOMINIC SESSA & EMILIA...