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The Universe: The book of the BBC TV series presented by Professor Brian Cox
Author: Andrew Cohen Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 Every night, above our heads, a drama of epic proportions is playing out. Diamond planets, zombie stars, black holes...
Britain's Europe: A Thousand Years of Conflict and Cooperation
The essential book for understanding the history of Britain's place in Europe, from the Middle Ages to the present day Britain has always had a tangled, complex, paradoxical role in...
The Scapegoat: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham
*PLUTARCH AWARD FOR THE BEST BIOGRAPHY OF 2024* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE* ' SUBLIME ' A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 ' STUNNINGLY GOOD ' THE...
The Great University Gamble: Money, Markets and the Future of Higher
In 2010 the UK government imposed huge cuts and market-driven reforms on higher education. Proposals to raise undergraduate tuition fees lead to angry student-led protests. What will become of higher...
The Scapegoat: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham
*PLUTARCH AWARD FOR THE BEST BIOGRAPHY OF 2024* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE* ' SUBLIME ' A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 ' STUNNINGLY GOOD ' THE...
High-Tech Britain: Buildings of the Space Age
A showcase of Britain's most astonishing examples of High-Tech buildings from the late twentieth century and beyond. Like the Lotus Esprit, the Atari home computer and the sounds of the...
A History of Britain: v.1: At the Edge of the World? - 3000 BC-AD 1603
Change - sometimes gentle and subtle sometimes shocking and violent - is the dynamic of Schama's unapologetically personal history, especially the changes that wash over custom and habit, transforming our...
The Illustrated History of the Countryside
This companion guide to the British countryside shows how to find and interpret the clues to the past which lie hidden in the countryside. At the heart of the book...
I Should Know That: Great Britain: Everything You Really Should Know
I Should Know That: Great Britain covers a range of key topics on our fair land, including essential British history (Magna Carta, the Great Reform Act etc.), the current political...
Do Let's Have Another Drink: The Singular Wit and Double Measures of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Author: Gareth RussellFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 230g, 240 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2023A Times Best Book on the Royal Family of the Year 2022This is a biography of...
The Rise and Fall of the British Nation: A Twentieth-Century History
A revolutionary economic and political history of 20th century Britain Out of a liberal, capitalist, genuinely global power of a unique kind, there arose from the 1940s a distinct British...
The British Century: A Photographic History Of The Last Hundred Years
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Author: Brian MoynahanBinding: HardbackPublished: Random House, 1997Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling photographic history, The British Century: A Photographic History Of The Last Hundred Years, chronicles a...
Every Valley: The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times that Made
The extraordinary true story of intertwined lives that lies behind Handel's Messiah, the most performed piece of classical music ever written 'A delicious history of music, power, love, genius, royalty...
The Life of the Robin
The robin was hardly understood when David Lack Britain's most influential ornithologist started his scientific observations. This book is a landmark in natural history, not just for its discoveries, but...
A Brief History Of Crime
Crime is a political football - both left and right are terrified of seeming "soft" on the issue, but for all their efforts, or apparent efforts, crime rates continue to...
Christian obedience in the university: studies inthe life ofthe Student Christian Movement of Great Britain & Ireland 1930-1950.
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Author: J. Davis MccaugheyBinding: HardbackPublished: London, SCM Press, 1958Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis book explores Christian obedience within the university setting, specifically focusing on the Student...
Orchid Summer: In Search of the Wildest Flowers of the British Isles
A heady celebration of the beauty and history of the wild orchid species of the British Isles, embraced in one glorious and kaleidoscopic summer-long hunt by naturalist Jon Dunn From...
Elizabeth II: Portrait of a Monarch
The book titled Elizabeth II: Portrait of a Monarch by the author Douglas Keay. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Great British Street Names: The Weird and Wonderful Stories Behind Our
Bestselling author Christopher Winn takes a closer look at our Roads, Avenues, Groves, Gardens, Hills and Lanes. There are around 800,000 streets in the UK and the name of each...
The Armed Forces of the United Kingdom: 1996-97
This book covers all the vital aspects of th e organisations and equipment of the UK Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force. There are also chapters on the role...
That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor
One of Britain's most distinguished biographers turns her focus on one of the most vilified women of the twentieth century. Historian Anne Sebba has written the first full biography by...
Spirit of Place: Artists, Writers and the British Landscape
Author: Susan OwensFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 580g, 352 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2021When we look at the landscape, what do we see? Do we experience the...
Backroom Boys: Personal Stories of Britain's Air War 1939-45
What was it like, making history? What sense did these individuals have of what they were doing, either at the time or later? Did they feel they were caught up...
Exit Through the Fireplace: Great Days of the Rep
A nostalgic and humorous evocation of the days of local rep through the memories of those who worked in it. Many of today's best known actors pay tribute to rep...
Armed Forces of the United Kingdom 2010 -2011, The
This comprehensive pocket guide includes full and up-to-date details of all British military organisations and structures. This edition includes detail regarding all of the UK MoD's latest future force proposals....
Metronome: The 'unputdownable' BBC Two Between the Covers Book Club
Shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award Longlisted for the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award 'Imagined with an impressively detailed three-dimensional solidity' Sunday Times 'I loved it ... You could...
Queer Georgians: A hidden history of lovers, lawbreakers and
The real people that inspired Gentleman Jack and the gay romances in Bridgerton, long written out of the nation's story and now lovingly restored. Based on original archival research by...
Poor Girls: Meet the female Peaky Blinders in this gripping and darkly
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCIATION HISTORICAL DAGGER AWARD 'Funny, fast-paced and dark... with dialogue that absolutely crackles' ELODIE HARPER...