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Invitation to the Classics: A Guide to Books You’ve Always Wanted to Read
- £40.00
- Practically a classic itself, Invitation to the Classics is a popular guide to those great works of literature that you always meant to read. Full color and engaging, this book is a gateway to the fulfilling pursuit of understanding our culture by exploring its most enduring writings. "These sparkling essays…
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Iran: A People Interrupted
- £15.00
- Praised by leading academics in the field as "extraordinary," "a brilliant analysis," "fresh, provocative and iconoclastic," Iran: A People Interrupted has distinguished itself as a major work that has single-;handedly effected a revolution in the field of Iranian studies. In this provocative and unprecedented book, Hamid Dabashi_the internationally renowned cultural…
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Is a River Alive? (SIGNED)
- £100.00
- From celebrated writer Robert Macfarlane comes this brilliant, perspective-shifting new book Ð which answers a resounding yes to the question of its title. At its heart is a single, transformative idea: that rivers are not mere matter for human use, but living beings Ð who should be recognized as such…
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Island Nights’ Entertainments
- £8.00
- Consisting Of The Beach Of Falesa, The Bottle Imp, The Isle Of Voices.
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It Can’t Happen Here
- £75.00
- Published during the heyday of fascism in Europe, It Can''t Happen Here is a chilling cautionary tale by one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century, which is still startlingly relevant almost a century later.Charting the rise to power of Berzelius ''Buzz'' Windrip, who whips his supporters into…
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It ends with Magic: a Milligan Family Story
- £30.00
- The story is based on the lives of Spike Milligan's own parents and of other members of his family. Set in the late Victorian era and illustrated with photographs from the family albums, it describes their life in India.
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It’s a Battlefield (Uniform edition)
- £12.00
- Drover, a Communist bus driver, is in prison, sentenced to death for killing a policeman during a riot at Hyde Park Corner. A battle for a reprieve with many participants ensues: the Assistant Commissioner, high-principled and over-worked; Conrad, a paranoid clerk; Mr Surrogate, a rich Fabian; Condor, a pathetic journalist…
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It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens
- £20.00
- ÒBoydÕs new book is layered and smart . . . ItÕs Complicated will update your mind.Ó_Alissa Quart, New York Times Book Review ÒA fascinating, well-researched and (mostly) reassuring look at how today's tech-savvy teenagers are using social media.Ó_People ÒThe briefest possible summary? The kids are all right, but society isnÕt.Ó_Andrew…
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It’s a Battlefield
- £135.00
- A book that Greene later described as his 'first overtly political novel' (rather than just an entertainment).
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It’s a Battlefield
- £85.00
- A book that Greene later described as his 'first overtly political novel' (rather than just an entertainment).
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Italian Journeys
- £25.00
- This personal travel book about Italy is written by the author of the prize-winning "Allegro Postillions" and "The Strangers' Gallery". The author's travels take him to an Italy of neglected grandeur, hidden beauty and preposterous paradox - where the past lies in wait for the present and where history is…
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Iuventus Mundi: The Gods and Men of the Heroic Age
- £60.00
- From the preface by the multi-termed Prime Minister, William Gladstone: In this work, which is mainly the produce of the two Recesses of 1867 and 1868, I have endeavoured to embody the greater part of the results at which I arrived in the ' Studies on Homer and the Homeric…
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Ivanhoe
- £50.00
- Sir Walter Scott's 1819 novel "Ivanhoe" is the story of one of the last remaining Saxon noble families. Set in 1194, after the end of the Third Crusade, this historical work of fiction is the story of Wilfred of Ivanhoe, who has fallen out of favor with his father due…
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Ivanhoe
- £20.00
- A pocket edition of Sir Walter Scott's 1819 novel, the story of one of the last remaining Saxon noble families. Set in 1194, after the end of the Third Crusade, this historical work of fiction is the story of Wilfred of Ivanhoe, who has fallen out of favor with his…
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J.S. Bach’s Great Eighteen Organ Chorales
- £40.00
- In lucid and engaging style, Stinson explores Bach's 'Great Eighteen' Organ Chorales - among Bach's most celebrated works for organ - from a wide range of historical and analytical perspectives, including the models used by Bach in conceiving the individual pieces, his subsequent compilation of these works into a collection,…
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Invitation to the Classics: A Guide to Books You’ve Always Wanted to Read
- £40.00
- Practically a classic itself, Invitation to the Classics is a popular guide to those great works of literature that you always meant to read. Full color and engaging, this book is a gateway to the fulfilling pursuit of understanding our culture by exploring its most enduring writings. "These sparkling essays…
- Add to basket
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Iran: A People Interrupted
- £15.00
- Praised by leading academics in the field as "extraordinary," "a brilliant analysis," "fresh, provocative and iconoclastic," Iran: A People Interrupted has distinguished itself as a major work that has single-;handedly effected a revolution in the field of Iranian studies. In this provocative and unprecedented book, Hamid Dabashi_the internationally renowned cultural…
- Add to basket
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Is a River Alive? (SIGNED)
- £100.00
- From celebrated writer Robert Macfarlane comes this brilliant, perspective-shifting new book Ð which answers a resounding yes to the question of its title. At its heart is a single, transformative idea: that rivers are not mere matter for human use, but living beings Ð who should be recognized as such…
- Add to basket
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Island Nights’ Entertainments
- £8.00
- Consisting Of The Beach Of Falesa, The Bottle Imp, The Isle Of Voices.
- Add to basket
-
It Can’t Happen Here
- £75.00
- Published during the heyday of fascism in Europe, It Can''t Happen Here is a chilling cautionary tale by one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century, which is still startlingly relevant almost a century later.Charting the rise to power of Berzelius ''Buzz'' Windrip, who whips his supporters into…
- Add to basket
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It ends with Magic: a Milligan Family Story
- £30.00
- The story is based on the lives of Spike Milligan's own parents and of other members of his family. Set in the late Victorian era and illustrated with photographs from the family albums, it describes their life in India.
- Add to basket
-
It’s a Battlefield (Uniform edition)
- £12.00
- Drover, a Communist bus driver, is in prison, sentenced to death for killing a policeman during a riot at Hyde Park Corner. A battle for a reprieve with many participants ensues: the Assistant Commissioner, high-principled and over-worked; Conrad, a paranoid clerk; Mr Surrogate, a rich Fabian; Condor, a pathetic journalist…
- Add to basket
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It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens
- £20.00
- ÒBoydÕs new book is layered and smart . . . ItÕs Complicated will update your mind.Ó_Alissa Quart, New York Times Book Review ÒA fascinating, well-researched and (mostly) reassuring look at how today's tech-savvy teenagers are using social media.Ó_People ÒThe briefest possible summary? The kids are all right, but society isnÕt.Ó_Andrew…
- Add to basket
-
It’s a Battlefield
- £135.00
- A book that Greene later described as his 'first overtly political novel' (rather than just an entertainment).
- Add to basket
-
It’s a Battlefield
- £85.00
- A book that Greene later described as his 'first overtly political novel' (rather than just an entertainment).
- Add to basket
-
Italian Journeys
- £25.00
- This personal travel book about Italy is written by the author of the prize-winning "Allegro Postillions" and "The Strangers' Gallery". The author's travels take him to an Italy of neglected grandeur, hidden beauty and preposterous paradox - where the past lies in wait for the present and where history is…
- Add to basket
-
Iuventus Mundi: The Gods and Men of the Heroic Age
- £60.00
- From the preface by the multi-termed Prime Minister, William Gladstone: In this work, which is mainly the produce of the two Recesses of 1867 and 1868, I have endeavoured to embody the greater part of the results at which I arrived in the ' Studies on Homer and the Homeric…
- Add to basket
-
Ivanhoe
- £50.00
- Sir Walter Scott's 1819 novel "Ivanhoe" is the story of one of the last remaining Saxon noble families. Set in 1194, after the end of the Third Crusade, this historical work of fiction is the story of Wilfred of Ivanhoe, who has fallen out of favor with his father due…
- Add to basket
-
Ivanhoe
- £20.00
- A pocket edition of Sir Walter Scott's 1819 novel, the story of one of the last remaining Saxon noble families. Set in 1194, after the end of the Third Crusade, this historical work of fiction is the story of Wilfred of Ivanhoe, who has fallen out of favor with his…
- Add to basket
-
J.S. Bach’s Great Eighteen Organ Chorales
- £40.00
- In lucid and engaging style, Stinson explores Bach's 'Great Eighteen' Organ Chorales - among Bach's most celebrated works for organ - from a wide range of historical and analytical perspectives, including the models used by Bach in conceiving the individual pieces, his subsequent compilation of these works into a collection,…
- Add to basket