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38 produkter
Downing Street Years
Häftad, 2012
227 kr
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This first volume of Margaret Thatcher's memoirs, which encompasses the entirety of her career as Prime Minister.Margaret Thatcher was the towering figure of late-twentieth-century British politics. This is the story of her remarkable life in her own words.This first volume of her memoirs is a …
Age of Wonder
How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
Häftad, 2009
176 kr
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Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize and winner of the Royal Society Prize for Science Books, Richard Holmes’s dazzling portrait of the age of great scientific discovery is a groundbreaking achievement. The book opens with Joseph Banks, botanist on Captain Cook’s first Endeavour voyage, who …
China
A History
Av John Keay
Häftad, 2009
218 kr
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Three thousand years of Chinese history in an accessible and authoritative single volume.Despite the recent rise of China to a position of dominance on the world economic stage, Chinese history remains an elusive subject. Yet it is this vast narrative of appalling loss, superhuman endeavour and …
Bicycle Book
Häftad, 2012
148 kr
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“You can keep the internet. You can keep the computer and the mobile phone. In the bicycle humanity has its most perfect invention of the last three hundred years and in Bella Bathurst the bike has found the best and brightest booster so far.” BORIS JOHNSON‘At last – a bicycle book for the rest of …
Sissinghurst
An Unfinished History
Häftad, 2009
172 kr
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A fascinating account from award-winning author Adam Nicolson of the history of Nicolson’s own national treasure, his family home: Sissinghurst.Sissinghurst is world-famous as a place of calm and beauty, a garden slipped into the ruins of a rose-pink Elizabethan palace. But is it entirely what its …
Liberty’s Exiles
The Loss of America and the Remaking of the British Empire.
Häftad, 2012
195 kr
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‘More than just a work of first-class scholarship, Liberty’s Exiles is a deeply moving masterpiece that fulfils the historian’s most challenging ambition: to revivify past experience.’ Niall FergusonLiberty’s Exiles was shortlisted for the 2011 BBC Samuel Johnson Prize.Early in the afternoon of 25 …
Read My Heart
Dorothy Osborne and Sir William Temple, a Love Story in the Age of Revolution
Av Jane Dunn
Häftad, 2009
176 kr
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From the bestselling author of ‘Elizabeth and Mary’, the remarkable love story of Dorothy Osborne and Sir William Temple, set against the turbulence and romance of 17th-century England.Sir William Temple (1628-99), handsome and intelligent, son of a staunch Parliamentarian, become a celebrated …
Birth of Modern Britain
A Journey Through Britain’s Remarkable Recent Archaeology
Häftad, 2012
147 kr
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From the author of ‘Britain BC’, ‘Britain AD’ and ‘Britain in the Middle Ages’ comes the fourth and final part in a critically acclaimed series on Britain's hidden pastThe relevance of archaeology to the study of the ancient world is indisputable. But, when exploring our recent past, does it have …
Path to Power
Häftad, 2012
2,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
232 kr
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The extraordinary account of Margaret Thatcher’s life up to her dramatic election as the first woman Prime Minister of England in 1979.Margaret Thatcher was the towering figure of late-twentieth-century British politics. This is the story of her remarkable life in her own words.In this second …
Moral Combat
A History of World War II
Häftad, 2011
224 kr
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A clear, chronological narrative exploring many of the ethical dilemmas posed for real people during and after the Second World War.Literature on the Second World War is voluminous. In ‘Moral Combat’, however, Michael Burleigh achieves what few historians can claim to have done; by exploring the …
What Works
Success in Stressful Times
Av Hamish McRae
Häftad, 2011
147 kr
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Using examples ranging from Ikea to the slums of Mumbai, leading economic expert Hamish McRae studies which businesses, organisations and initiatives have what it takes to succeed, and what it is that distinguishes them in an increasingly competitive global marketplace.Calling on years of …
Survivors
The Animals and Plants That Time Has Left Behind
Häftad, 2012
155 kr
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An awe-inspiring journey through the eons and across the globe in search of visible traces of evolution in the living creatures that have survived from earlier times.In this groundbreaking book, prize-winning science writer Richard Fortey chronicles life’s history not through the fossil record, but …
Soldiers
Army Lives and Loyalties from Redcoats to Dusty Warriors
Häftad, 2012
242 kr
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From the redcoat who served Charles II to the modern, camouflage-clad guard at Camp Bastion, from battlefield to barrack-room, this is a magisterial social history of the British soldier.Since 1660 the army has evolved and adapted, but the social organisation of the men has changed less, with the …
Tarte Tatin
More of La Belle Vie on Rue Tatin
Av Susan Loomis
Häftad, 2006
250 kr
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Further adventures on life in a small French town from Susan Loomis, cookery book writer and author of On Rue Tatin.On Rue Tatin was a delightful discovery, and every reader asked for more. The life on Rue Tatin seemed like a dream fulfilled.Now in Tarte Tatin, Susan Loomis shares with us how she, …
Selling Your Father’s Bones
One Tribe's Flight Through the Great American West
Häftad, 2009
189 kr
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Shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize 2008.Part historical narrative, part travelogue through the wilds of the West and part environmental polemic, ‘Selling Your Father’s Bones’ is a thrilling journey through the history and wilderness of the stunning area of landscape that is Continental …
Small Wars Permitting
Dispatches from Foreign Lands
Häftad, 2008
190 kr
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An extraordinary collection of reportage that tells the story of some of the most important world events of the past 16 years, from one of the most talented and intrepid female journalists at work today.Since leaving England aged 21 with an invitation to a Karachi wedding and a yearning for …
Did You Really Shoot the Television?
A Family Fable
Av Max Hastings
Häftad, 2011
148 kr
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The extraordinary story of the eccentric family of Britain's most outstanding military historian, Max Hastings.The author is the son of broadcaster and adventurer Macdonald Hastings and journalist and gardening writer Anne Scott-James. One of his grandfathers was a literary editor while the other …
Hellfire
Av Ed Macy
Häftad, 2010
151 kr
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The true story of one man's determination to master the world's deadliest helicopter and of a split-second decision that changed the face of modern warfare.May 2006. Pilot Ed Macy arrives in Afghanistan with a contingent of the Apache AH Mk1. It’s the first operational tour for the deadly machines …
Ground Truth
3 Para Return to Afghanistan
Häftad, 2010
147 kr
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Afghanistan, 2008. After their eighteen-month epic tour of Helmand Province, the troops of 3 Para are back. This time, the weight of experience weighs heavily on their shoulders.In April 2006 the elite 3 Para Battle Group was despatched to Helmand Province, Afghanistan, on a tour that has become a …
Back from the Brink
The Extraordinary Fall and Rise of the Conservative Party
Häftad, 2010
183 kr
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Lifting the lid on the most captivating story in British politics today, ‘Back from the Brink’ charts the Conservative Party's remarkable journey from the political wilderness to the threshold of power.Based on unprecedented access to key figures in the Conservative party, including every leader …
Cromwell’s Blessing
Häftad, 2014
177 kr
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The price for a country. The price for a King. The price for a marriage. The dramatic story of Tom Neave continues…The second book in the Tom Neave Trilogy, ‘Cromwell’s Blessing’ sees Tom still determined to fight for his principles – democracy, freedom and honour – despite the growing threat to …
King’s List
Häftad, 2015
177 kr
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What price betrayal? The bloody saga of revolution and republicanism reaches its climax in the final instalment of the Tom Neave trilogy.1659. Tom Neave, now Lord Stonehouse and feared spymaster for the republic, must do what he can to maintain the reins of power. With Oliver Cromwell dead, 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 …
Crazy for the Storm
A Memoir of Survival
Häftad, 2009
201 kr
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Set in the aftermath of a harrowing plane crash, this is the true story of one young boy’s fight for survival in nature’s most treacherous conditions.Eleven-year-old Norman Ollestad was a gifted skier. After winning the 1979 Southern California Slalom Skiing Championship, his father chartered a …
Talking to Terrorists
Face to Face with the Enemy
Av Peter Taylor
Häftad, 2011
190 kr
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A controversial and important book by BBC reporter and terrorism expert Peter Taylor. Newly updated to mark the tenth anniversary of 9/11 and to include the death of Osama Bin Laden.During his 40-year career, award-winning journalist Peter Taylor has come face-to-face with some of the world’s most …
Last of the Gentlemen Adventurers
Coming of Age in the Arctic
Häftad, 2009
224 kr
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In 1930 a sixteen-year-old boy left England to become one of the last of the 'gentlemen adventurers' – the fur traders of the Hudson's Bay Company. In the Arctic he found adventure, love and sadness as he came to grips with Eskimo life. Beautifully written, inspiring and funny, this is a boy's own …
On the Spartacus Road
A Spectacular Journey Through Ancient Italy
Häftad, 2011
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
135 kr
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In this inspiring and original book, former editor of The Times, Sir Peter Stothard, re-traces the journey taken by Spartacus and his army of rebels.In the final century of the first Roman Republic an army of slaves brought a peculiar terror to the people of Italy. Its leaders were gladiators. Its …
Chopin
Häftad, 2011
2,7 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (3)
172 kr
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A new edition of Adam Zamoyski’s definitive biography of Chopin, first published in 1979 and unavailable in English for many years.Few composers elicit such strong emotions as Chopin. Few have been more revered and cherished. And few have had so much sentimental nonsense written about …
Curfewed Night
A Frontline Memoir of Life, Love and War in Kashmir
Häftad, 2011
139 kr
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Longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and Winner of the Crossword Prize for Non-fiction‘“Curfewed Night” is a passionate and important book – a brave and brilliant report from a conflict the world has chosen to ignore.' Salman RushdieBasharat Peer was a teenager when the separatist movement …
Traveller’s Life
Av Eric Newby
Häftad, 2010
136 kr
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A chronicle of travels, some homely some exotic, from the man who can make a schoolboy holiday in Swanage as colourful as a walk in the Hindu Kush.Eric Newby's life of travel began in 1919, on pram-ride adventures with his mother into the dark streets of Barnes and the chaotic jungles of Harrods, …
