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The Last Lion Box Set
Av Paul Reid, William Manchester
2012
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (2)
1501 kr
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The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965
Av William Manchester, Paul Reid
Häftad, 2013
309 kr
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Goodbye Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War
Häftad, 2002
2,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
293 kr
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Arms of Krupp
Häftad, 2003
512 kr
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For the first time in Trade Paperback the massive, compelling book in which William Manchester brings to life Europe's richest, most powerful family, a 400-year dynasty that armed Germany in three major wars. Their cannon won the Franco-Prussian War in 1870. In 1871 they invented the first …
Last Lion, The: Winston Spencer Churchill Alone 1932-1940 - Volume 2
Inbunden, 1988
626 kr
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A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance - Portrait of an Age
Inbunden, 1992
366 kr
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Portrait of a President
Ljudbok, 2020
253 kr
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An up-close look at John F. Kennedy by one of his closest confidants, a New York Times–bestselling biographer Written by a prize-winning historian and biographer of such giants as Winston S. Churchill and Douglas MacArthur, this intimately detailed account provides a rare personal glimpse into the …
Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill
Visions of Glory, 1874-1932
E-bok, 2015
65 kr
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The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932 is the first volume in William Manchester's epic three volume The Last Lion - the best-selling and definitive biography of one of Britain's pre-eminent prime ministers. When Winston Churchill was born in Blenheim Palace, Imperial …
Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill
Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965
Av William Manchester, Paul Reid
Inbunden, 2015
509 kr
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"Masterful . . . The collaboration completes the Churchill portrait in a seamless manner, combining the detailed research, sharp analysis and sparkling prose that readers of the first two volumes have come to expect." - Associated PressSpanning the years 1940 to 1965, The Last Lion: Defender of the …
Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill
Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965
Av William Manchester, Paul Reid
Häftad, 2015
255 kr
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"Masterful . . . The collaboration completes the Churchill portrait in a seamless manner, combining the detailed research, sharp analysis and sparkling prose that readers of the first two volumes have come to expect." - Associated PressSpanning the years 1940 to 1965, The Last Lion: Defender of the …
Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill
Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965
Av William Manchester, Paul Reid
E-bok, 2015
146 kr
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"Masterful . . . The collaboration completes the Churchill portrait in a seamless manner, combining the detailed research, sharp analysis and sparkling prose that readers of the first two volumes have come to expect." - Associated PressSpanning the years 1940 to 1965, The Last Lion: Defender of the …
One Brief Shining Moment
Remembering Kennedy
Ljudbok, 2016
219 kr
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William Manchester was friends with John F. Kennedy for two decades before the President’s assassination. In this work, the bestselling author of Portrait of a President and The Death of a President puts aside the tragedy of JFK’s death to celebrate the brightness of his life. Manchester recalls in …
Controversy, and Other Essays in Journalism, 1950-1975
Ljudbok, 2017
337 kr
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The writing of Death of a President , William Manchester’s award-winning account of President Kennedy’s assassination, is the topic of the title essay in this collection, as it was a controversy like few others, pitting one of the most prominent historians of the day against Jackie Kennedy, the …
Arms of Krupp
1587–1968
Ljudbok, 2017
440 kr
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In this narrative of extraordinary richness, depth, and authority, America’s preeminent biographer/historian explored the German national character as no other writer has done. The Arms of Krupp brings to life Europe’s wealthiest, most powerful family, a four-hundred-year German dynasty that …
Death of a President
November 20–November 25, 1963
Av Edith Sheffer, William Manchester
Ljudbok, 2013
1154 kr
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As the world still reeled from the tragic and historic events of November 22, 1963, William Manchester set out, at the request of the Kennedy family, to create a detailed, authoritative record of President John F. Kennedy''s death, including the days immediately preceding and following the …
Death of a President
November 20–November 25, 1963
Av Edith Sheffer, William Manchester
Ljudbok, 2013
431 kr
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As the world still reeled from the tragic and historic events of November 22, 1963, William Manchester set out, at the request of the Kennedy family, to create a detailed, authoritative record of President John F. Kennedy''s death, including the days immediately preceding and following the …
World Lit Only by Fire
The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance; Portrait of an Age
Ljudbok, 2007
298 kr
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The preeminent popular history of civilization’s rebirth after the Dark Ages From tales of chivalrous knights to the barbarity of trial by ordeal, no era has been a greater source of awe, horror, and wonder than the Middle Ages. In handsomely crafted prose and with the grace and authority of his …
Goodbye, Darkness
A Memoir of the Pacific War
Ljudbok, 2006
343 kr
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The nightmares began for William Manchester twenty-three years after World War II. In his dreams he lived with the recurring image of himself as a battle-weary youth "angrily demanding to know what had happened to the three decades since he had laid down his arms." To find out, Manchester visited …
Disturber of the Peace, Second Edition
The Life of H. L. Mencken
Ljudbok, 2008
364 kr
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This fine biography of H. L. Mencken tells of how, for better or worse, he rose to his unique position as comic genius and preeminent critic of American culture. InDisturber of the Peace, one finds the facts of the stormy Mencken legend: his hectic and hilarious editorship with George Jean Nathan …
American Caesar
Douglas MacArthur 1880–1964
Ljudbok, 2007
510 kr
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"[Douglas MacArthur] was a great thundering paradox of a man, noble and ignoble, inspiring and outrageous, arrogant and shy, the best of men and the worst of men, the most protean, most ridiculous, and most sublime. No more baffling, exasperating soldier ever wore a uniform. Flamboyant, imperious, …
Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Vol. 3
Defender of the Realm, 1940–1965
Av Paul Reid, William Manchester
Ljudbok, 2012
521 kr
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Spanning the years 1940 to 1965, Defender of the Realm, the third volume of William Manchester’s The Last Lion, picks up shortly after Winston Churchill became prime minister—when his tiny island nation stood alone against the overwhelming might of Nazi Germany. The Churchill portrayed by …
Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Vol. 1
Visions of Glory, 1874–1932
Ljudbok, 1990
437 kr
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Winston Churchill is perhaps the most important political figure of the twentieth century. His great oratory and leadership during the Second World War were only part of his huge breadth of experience and achievement. Studying his life is a fascinating way to imbibe the history of his era and gain …
Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Vol. 2
Alone, 1932–1940
Ljudbok, 1990
447 kr
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This second volume in William Manchester’s three-volume biography of Winston Churchill challenges the assumption that Churchill’s finest hour was as a wartime leader. During the years 1932–1940, he was tested as few men are. Pursued by creditors (at one point he had to put up his home for sale), he …
Glory and the Dream
A Narrative History of America, 1932–1972
Ljudbok, 1994
437 kr
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This great time capsule of a book captures the abundant popular history of the United States from 1932 to 1972. It encompasses politics, military history, economics, the arts, science, fashion, fads, social change, sexual mores, communications, graffiti—everything and anything indigenous that can …
