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Av Snorri Sturluson, Anthony Faulkes
Häftad, 2008
144 kr
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The only English translation to include the complete work - a must-have for all students of early Norse literature.Over a period of twenty years, Snorri Sturluson, scholar, courtier and poet, compiled the prose EDDA as a textbook for young poets who wished to praise kings. His work surveys the …
By Tank into Normandy
Av Stuart Hills
Häftad, 2003
152 kr
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'One of the best half-dozen personal accounts of the Normandy campaign' - Richard HolmesStuart Hills embarked his Sherman DD tank on to an LCT at 6.45 a.m., Sunday 4 June 1944. He was 20 years old, unblooded, fresh from a public-school background and Officer Cadet training. He was going to war. Two …
Choice Of Hercules
Pleasure, Duty And The Good Life In The 21st Century
Häftad, 2008
148 kr
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Duty or Pleasure? This was the legendary choice which faced Hercules and which pre-eminent philosopher A.C. Grayling uses as the starting point of this masterful book.He shows us how much more people can understand about themselves and their world by reflecting on today's moral challenges. Above …
Frances Partridge
The Biography
Häftad, 2010
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
180 kr
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Frances Partridge: the last survivor of the Bloomsbury group - the authorised biography.Frances Partridge was one of the great British diarists of the 20th century. She became part of the Bloomsbury group encountering Virginia Woolf, Lytton Strachey, the Bells, Roger Fry, Maynard Keynes, Dora …
Channel
The Remarkable Men and Women Who Made It the Most Fascinating Waterway in the World
Häftad, 2022
137 kr
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'A wonderfully quirky history' SUNDAY TIMES'The perfect read while you wait for your summer holiday to begin' MAIL ON SUNDAY'Quippy anecdotes are woven with historical reference and geographical context to give full colour' IRISH TIMESA bulwark against invasion, a conduit for exchange and a …
After the Fall
Crisis, Recovery and the Making of a New Spain
Av Tobias Buck
Häftad, 2020
130 kr
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Tobias Buck arrived in Madrid in December 2012, in time to celebrate the bleakest Christmas the city had seen in a generation. Capital and country were reeling from a series of economic shocks that had brought Spain to the brink of ruin. The housing boom had dramatically turned to bust, a large …
Call Him Mine
A Telegraph Thriller of the Year
Häftad, 2020
145 kr
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A TELEGRAPH THRILLER OF THE YEAR 'A wild ride' Ian Rankin'Tough and uncompromising: you'll be glad you read it' Lee Child'Hilarious, gripping, poetic. I loved it' Adrian McKinty, author of The Chain 'Gripping from beginning to end' Independent'Intoxicating and chilling' Observer 'Pacy and exciting' …
Three-a-Penny
Radio 4 Book of the Week
Häftad, 2019
487 kr
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A rediscovered classic memoir - a fascinating insight into the life of a crime writer during and after the First World War - a woman ahead of her time.With a new introduction by Sophie HannahTHREE-A-PENNY describes what it is like to be a woman in a man's world - about the ups and downs of earning …
Trees and Woodland in the British Landscape
Häftad, 2020
203 kr
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A beautifully written classic of nature writing.'A masterly account...of supreme interest...a classic' Country LifeLong accepted as the best work on the subject, Oliver Rackham's book is both a comprehensive history of Britain's woodland and a field-work guide that presents trees individually and …
1939: The Last Season
Häftad, 2022
142 kr
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A wonderful portrait of British upper-class life in the Season of 1939 - the last before the Second World War.The Season of 1939 brought all those 'in Society' to London. The young debutante daughters of the upper classes were presented to the King and Queen to mark their acceptance into the new …
Lost City of the Incas
Av Hiram Bingham, Hugh Thomson
Häftad, 2011
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
151 kr
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First published in the 1950s, this is a classic account of the discovery in 1911 of the lost city of Machu Picchu.In 1911 Hiram Bingham, a pre-historian with a love of exotic destinations, set out to Peru in search of the legendary city of Vilcabamba, capital city of the last Inca ruler, Manco …
Mail Obsession
A Journey Round Britain by Postcode
Av Mark Mason
Häftad, 2016
119 kr
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'FASCINATING' Daily Mail'FULL OF AMAZING FACTS' The QI ElvesEach of the United Kingdom's 124 postcode areas has a story to tell, an unexpected nugget to dust off and treasure. Mark Mason has embarked on a tour of the country, immersing himself in Britain's history on a roundabout journey from AB to …
