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In 1453, Mehmed the Conqueror entered Constantinople on a white horse. This was the start of the Ottoman love affair with the city that lasted until 1924, when the last...

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Author: Philip ManselBinding: HardbackPublished: JOHN MURRAY, 2010Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: small dents on back of bindingThis sweeping historical narrative chronicles the...

Levant is a book of cities. It describes Smyrna, Alexandria and Beirut when they were windows on the world, escapes from nationality and tradition, centres of wealth, pleasure and freedom....

The Habsburg courtier Charles-Joseph Prince de Ligne seduced and symbolized eighteenth-century Europe. Speaking French, the international language of the day, he travelled between Paris and St Petersburg, charming everyone he...

Author: Philip Mansel & Robin W WinksBinding: HardbackPublished: Cassell London, 1981Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Spine/ edges bumped. Light yellowing...

A Financial Times Book of the Year 'Thoroughly researched.' Sunday Times 'To be devoured.' Philip Mansel 'This book is a treat for fans of well-told history.' Washington Post History is...

Author: E.G.C. BeckwithBinding: HardbackPublished: Privately Printed, London, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. Yellowed endpapers. Light foxing on book block. The...

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Author: Christopher Capozzola Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 Ever since US troops occupied the Philippines in 1898, generations of Filipinos have served in and alongside the US armed forces....

Vol. 1: The Quest for the Perfect Watch (Patek Philippe Collection) Vol. 2: The Emergence of the Portable Timekeeper (Antique Collection) Innovation, exclusivity, and elegance define Patek Philippe, a family-owned...

The book titled Forgotten Fire by the author Joanna Mansell. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Jill's Mansell's heart-warming new book is the perfect escape from the winter weather. A beautiful Cornish setting, a chaotic family, a woman who's had enough of romance - or has...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: yellowed with signs of aging. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear. In June 1944, the vast expanse of the Pacific...

Author: Rafael Steinberg And The Editors Of Time-Life BooksBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life Books, 1981Condition:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsReturn To The Philippines chronicles the dramatic events surrounding the Allied forces' re-entry...

Author: Rafael SteinbergBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life Books, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical narrative chronicles the dramatic events surrounding the American re-entry into the Philippines during World War II....

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsThe Rebello Transcripts: Governor Phillip's Portuguese Prelude by Kenneth Gordon Mcintyre uncovers a crucial, often overlooked period in...

The book titled Philippe by the author Camille Laurens. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Author: Jill MansellBinding: HardbackPublished: Headline Publishing Group, 2024, First EditionCondition remarks:Book: ExcellentJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: SignedIn 'The Wedding of the Year', Jill Mansell weaves a captivating tale of love, friendship, and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodOne of the most flamboyant and extraordinary figures of the twentieth century, Baron Philippe de Rothschild lived a life so vast in its ambition and...

Anselm Kiefer and the Philosophy of Martin Heidegger is a work of cultural history that situates the art works of one of the most important contemporary painters in relation to...

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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: good/fair for age. Worn and sunned boards. Some bumping on spines and corners....

The extraordinary tale of Philip Augustus, one of medieval Europe's greatest monarchs, and the part he played in the downfall of four Plantagenet kings of England. Philip II ruled France...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThe Admiral's Wife opens a rare and intimate window into the life of Mrs Phillip Parker King, the...

Nicholas Tochka analyzes the role of rock music in the life of Charles Manson, the Family, and the August 1969 Tate-LaBianca killings, which also gives larger insight into Sixties counterculture....

Author: Charles DarwinBinding: PaperbackPublished: Norton, 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageDarwin: Texts Selected And Edited By Philip Appleman; Essays In Historical And...

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Delicious' Nigella Lawson 'Clever and beguiling' Guardian 'Sublime and immersive' Jojo Moyes Erica is eighteen and ready for freedom. It's the summer of 1960 when she...

When President Bush announced in a televised speech the week after September 11 that he wanted Osama bin Laden "dead or alive," a grieving America seeking justice and revenge roared...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat happens when a nation's desires, dreams, and bodies are conscripted into the machinery of global capital? Fantasy-Production:...

Making Sense of the City is a collection of essays from scholars in the humanities and the social sciences examining the city within the Philippine context. With Metro Manila bursting...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOne of the great semi-autobiographical novels of the twentieth century, Of Human Bondage chronicles the turbulent coming-of-age of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodIn A Fine Anger, Neil Philip delivers a rigorous and illuminating critical study of one of Britain's most enigmatic and celebrated authors, Alan Garner, whose...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAustralia's education system stands at a crossroads — and So Many Lessons to Learn: Failure in Australian Education...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOn the morning of 3 February 1967, Ronald Ryan became the last man to be hanged in Australia...

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Scrutinizing the political background of the movement, its sources and its common ground with other radical movements of the sixties, Women's Estate describes the organization of women's liberation in Western...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the golden age of aviation, one man's audacity redefined what it meant to conquer the skies. Ride on the Wind chronicles the extraordinary...