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42 produkter
Enemies Within
Communists, the Cambridge Spies and the Making of Modern Britain
Häftad, 2019
2,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
198 kr
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What pushed Blunt, Burgess, Cairncross, Maclean and Philby into Soviet hands?With access to recently released papers and other neglected documents, this sharp analysis of the intelligence world examines how and why these men and others betrayed their country and what this cost Britain and its …
Titanic Lives
Migrants and Millionaires, Conmen and Crew
E-bok, 2012
102 kr
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Marking the centenary of the Titanic disaster, `Titanic Lives’ is an utterly compelling exploration of the lives of the passengers and crew on board the most famous ship in history.The RMS Titanic was built as one of the world's largest and most luxurious liners. A marine Ritz, it was a …
Titanic Lives
Migrants and Millionaires, Conmen and Crew
Häftad, 2012
165 kr
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Marking the centenary of the Titanic disaster, ‘Titanic Lives’ is a fresh investigation of the lives of the passengers and crew on board the most famous ship in history.On the night of 14 April 1912, midway through her maiden voyage, the seemingly unsinkable Titanic hit an iceberg, sustaining a …
English Affair
Sex, Class and Power in the Age of Profumo
Häftad, 2013
153 kr
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WINNER OF THE POLITICAL BOOK AWARDS POLITICAL HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014. Published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the Profumo scandal, An English Affair is a sharp-focused snapshot of a nation on the brink of social revolution.Britain in 1963 – Harold Macmillan was the Prime …
English Affair
Sex, Class and Power in the Age of Profumo
E-bok, 2012
96 kr
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WINNER OF THE POLITICAL BOOK AWARDS POLITICAL HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014.Published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the Profumo scandal, An English Affair is a sharp-focused snapshot of a nation on the brink of social revolution.Britain in 1963 – Harold Macmillan was the Prime …
Titanic Lives
Migrants and Millionaires, Conmen and Crew
Ljudbok, 2012
240 kr
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Marking the centenary of the Titanic disaster, Titanic Lives is an utterly compelling exploration of the lives on board the most famous ship in history.On the night of 14 April 1912, midway through her maiden voyage, the seemingly unsinkable Titanic hit an iceberg, sustaining a 300-feet gash as six …
Enemies Within
Communists, the Cambridge Spies and the Making of Modern Britain
E-bok, 2018
136 kr
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What pushed Blunt, Burgess, Cairncross, Maclean and Philby into Soviet hands?With access to recently released papers and other neglected documents, this sharp analysis of the intelligence world examines how and why these men and others betrayed their country and what this cost Britain and its …
Universal Man
The Seven Lives of John Maynard Keynes
E-bok, 2015
112 kr
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From the bestselling and award-winning author of `An English Affair’, a dazzlingly original thematic biography which throws fresh light on the greatest economist of the twentieth century.John Maynard Keynes saved Britain from financial crisis twice over the course of two World Wars, and instructed …
Universal Man
The Seven Lives of John Maynard Keynes
Häftad, 2015
188 kr
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From the bestselling and award-winning author of ‘An English Affair’, a dazzlingly original thematic biography which throws fresh light on the greatest economist of the twentieth century.John Maynard Keynes is the man who saved Britain from financial crisis not once but twice – over the course of …
Universal Man
The Seven Lives of John Maynard Keynes
Ljudbok, 2015
240 kr
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From the bestselling and award-winning author of ‘An English Affair’, a dazzlingly original thematic biography which throws fresh light on the greatest economist of the twentieth century.John Maynard Keynes saved Britain from financial crisis twice over the course of two World Wars, and instructed …
Enemies Within
Communists, the Cambridge Spies and the Making of Modern Britain
Ljudbok, 2018
403 kr
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What pushed Blunt, Burgess, Cairncross, Maclean and Philby into Soviet hands?With access to recently released papers and other neglected documents, this sharp analysis of the intelligence world examines how and why these men and others betrayed their country and what this cost Britain and its …
History in the House
Some Remarkable Dons and the Teaching of Politics, Character and Statecraft
Inbunden, 2024
313 kr
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A Spectator Best Book of the Year; An Aspects of History Best Book of the Year; An Engelsberg Ideas Best Book of the Year Five hundred years ago, Thomas Wolsey endowed in Oxford a foundation he called Cardinal‘s College. Henry VIII, the monarch who dismissed and ruined him, re-established it as …
History in the House
Some Remarkable Dons and the Teaching of Politics, Character and Statecraft
E-bok, 2024
102 kr
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A Spectator Best Book of the Year; An Aspects of History Best Book of the Year; An Engelsberg Ideas Best Book of the Year Five hundred years ago, Thomas Wolsey endowed in Oxford a foundation he called Cardinal‘s College. Henry VIII, the monarch who dismissed and ruined him, re-established it as …
History in the House
Some Remarkable Dons and the Teaching of Politics, Character and Statecraft
Ljudbok, 2024
282 kr
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A Spectator Best Book of the Year; An Aspects of History Best Book of the Year; An Engelsberg Ideas Best Book of the YearFive hundred years ago, Thomas Wolsey endowed in Oxford a foundation he called Cardinal‘s College. Henry VIII, the monarch who dismissed and ruined him, re-established it as …
History in the House
Some Remarkable Dons and the Teaching of Politics, Character and Statecraft
Häftad, 2025
160 kr
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A Spectator Best Book of the Year; An Aspects of History Best Book of the Year; An Engelsberg Ideas Best Book of the Year Five hundred years ago, Thomas Wolsey endowed in Oxford a foundation he called Cardinal‘s College. Henry VIII, the monarch who dismissed and ruined him, re-established it as …
Voyagers of the Titanic
Passengers, Sailors, Shipbuilders, Aristocrats, and the Worlds They Came From
Häftad, 2013
283 kr
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Voyagers of the Titanic
Passengers, Sailors, Shipbuilders, Aristocrats, and the Worlds They Came From
E-bok, 2012
103 kr
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"The story of the Titanic has been told many times; this one takes a sociological perspective, with the confident, graceful prose of fine fiction." —Wall Street JournalIt has been over one hundred years since the sinking of the passenger liner Titanic in the North Atlantic, yet worldwide …
Voyagers of the Titanic: Passengers, Sailors, Shipbuilders, Aristocrats, and the Worlds They Came from
Häftad, 2012
367 kr
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Voyagers of the Titanic
Passengers, Sailors, Shipbuilders, Aristocrats, and the Worlds They Came From
Ljudbok, 2012
398 kr
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It has been one hundred years since the sinking of the passenger liner Titanic in the North Atlantic, yet worldwide fascination with the epic tragedy remains as strong as ever. With Voyagers of the Titanic , Richard Davenport-Hines gives us a magnificent history of the people intimately connected …
Edward VII (Penguin Monarchs)
The Cosmopolitan King
Häftad, 2018
68 kr
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Like his mother Queen Victoria, Edward VII defined an era. Both reflected the personalities of their central figures: hers grand, imperial and pretty stiff; his no less grand, but much more relaxed and enjoyable. This book conveys Edward's distinct personality and significant influences. To the …
One Hundred Letters From Hugh Trevor-Roper
Av Adam Sisman, Richard Davenport-Hines
E-bok, 2013
182 kr
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The one hundred letters brought together for this book illustrate the range of Hugh Trevor-Roper''s life and preoccupations: as an historian, a controversialist, a public intellectual, an adept in academic intrigues, a lover of literature, a traveller, a countryman. They depict a life of rich …
One Hundred Letters From Hugh Trevor-Roper
Av Adam Sisman, Richard Davenport-Hines
E-bok, 2013
176 kr
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The one hundred letters brought together for this book illustrate the range of Hugh Trevor-Roper''s life and preoccupations: as an historian, a controversialist, a public intellectual, an adept in academic intrigues, a lover of literature, a traveller, a countryman. They depict a life of rich …
One Hundred Letters From Hugh Trevor-Roper
Av Richard Davenport-Hines, Adam Sisman
Inbunden, 2013
367 kr
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The one hundred letters brought together for this book illustrate the range of Hugh Trevor-Roper's life and preoccupations: as an historian, a controversialist, a public intellectual, an adept in academic intrigues, a lover of literature, a traveller, a countryman. They depict a life of rich …
One Hundred Letters From Hugh Trevor-Roper
Av Richard Davenport-Hines, Adam Sisman
Häftad, 2015
249 kr
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The one hundred letters brought together for this book illustrate the range of Hugh Trevor-Roper's life and preoccupations: as an historian, a controversialist, a public intellectual, an adept in academic intrigues, a lover of literature, a traveller, a countryman. They depict a life of rich …
Edward VII (Penguin Monarchs)
The Cosmopolitan King
E-bok, 2016
57 kr
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Like his mother Queen Victoria, Edward VII defined an era. Both reflected the personalties of their central figures: hers grand, imperial and pretty stiff; his no less grand, but much more relaxed and enjoyable. This book conveys Edward's distinct personality and significant influences. To the …
Pursuit of Oblivion
A Global History of Narcotics
Häftad, 2004
436 kr
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Spanning five centuries and several continents in a sweeping portrait of addiction, The Pursuit of Oblivion traces the history of the use and abuse of narcotics, revealing their subtle transformation from untested medicines to sources of idle pleasure and, relatively recently, to illegal …
Night at the Majestic
Häftad, 2007
212 kr
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One May night in 1922, in a grand hotel in Paris, five of the greatest artists of the 20th century sat down to supper. It would be the only time that novelists Joyce and Proust, the young painter Picasso, choreographer Diaghilev and the composer Stravinsky were in a room together. Each of these …
Capital, Entrepreneurs and Profits
Inbunden, 1990
787 kr
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First Published in 1990. This volume starts with an introduction to the first works on business history since 1924 looking at the work of Francis Hyde in Liverpool and Harvard. This is a collection of articles reprinted from the first 25 year of the journal 'Business History' which was bi-annually …
