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A History of Histories: Epics, Chronicles, and Inquiries from
Treating the practice of history not as an isolated pursuit but as an aspect of human society and an essential part of the culture of the West, John Burrow magnificently...
Secondhand History & Culture Bargain Book Box SP2886
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Secondhand History & Culture Bargain Book Box SP2886 Eighteen non-fiction titles spanning natural science, Renaissance art, Medici banking, WWII history, and literary biography — Darwin and da Vinci, Pasteur and...
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Author: John LeCarre Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 252 George Smiley faces his greatest challenge yet, unmasking a Soviet double agent at the heart of the British establishment George Smiley,...
Dark Victory: How a government lied its way to political triumph
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Jasper Johns: Pictures Within Pictures 1980-2015
Jasper Johns is one of the most important artists of our time. This book offers the first comprehensive study of his art since 1980, a period in which the artist...
Le Carre: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Author: John Le Carre Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 390 George Smiley, who is a troubled man of infinite compassion, is also a single-mindedly ruthless adversary as a spy. The...
John Gower, Trilingual Poet: Language, Translation, and Tradition
New essays demonstrate Gower's mastery of the three languages of medieval England, and provide a thorough exploration of the voices he used and the discourses in which he participated. John...
William S. Burroughs and the Cult of Rock 'n' Roll
Author: Casey Rae Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 William S. Burroughs's fiction and essays are legendary, but his influence on music's counterculture has been less well documented-until now. Examining...
Dark Victory: The Military Campaign to Re-Elect the Prime Minister
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Africa: Land of the Sun
Thirteen/WNET and National Geographic Television have joined forces to create a television event for Fall 2001 - Africa: Land of the Sun - and 8-hour film series showing the majesty...
Constable
No artist has rivalled John Constable (1776-1837) in his powers to express the beauties of the British countryside, especially the scenery of his native East Anglia. He sought above all...
Appeasing Jakarta: Australia's Complicity in the East: Quarterly Essay
In the second Quarterly Essay, John Birmingham takes apart the folly of twenty-five years of Australian policy on East Timor. How did Gough Whitlam and Richard Woolcott in 1975 saddle...
Uki and the Ghostburrow: The sixth in The World of Podkin One-Ear
'Why are you worried? You have us beside you! We've captured three spirits already. We've beaten Endwatchers, two clans, snakes, plagues and a whole ocean of disgusting maggots.' After capturing...
An Irresistible Temptation: The True Story of Jane New and a Colonial
Carol Baxter has written a work that captures the reader This is largely because of her skill as a narrative historian, her capacity to tell a good story.' - Gregory...
Farewell to Burracombe
The day that Hilary and David have been waiting for has finally arrived and as the church bells ring out for the arrival of the bride, everyone's fingers are crossed...
Aussie Ark
From the time he was old enough to focus on an object, Tim Faulkner has had his eyes glued on things that slither, climb, claw, wrap, shake, hop and burrow....