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Soviet Communism – A New Civilisation
- £35.00
- Beatrice and Sidney Webb originally published 'Soviet Communism: A New Civilisation? - Vol. I' in 1935, detailing the social structure and principles of the USSR in the early part of the 20th century. Vol. II came out in 1936, with this combined volume published the following year (notably dropping the…
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Soviet Communism: A New Civilisation? Vol. I
- £25.00
- In a pioneering work of historical sociology, the Webbs detai the social structure and principles of the USSR in the early part of the 20th century. Printedby the authors for 'The Members and Students of the Workers' Educational Association and the Workers' Education Trade Union Committee. Sept 1935'.
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Spies and Commissars: Bolshevik Russia and the West
- £12.00
- In the immediate aftermath of the Revolution, the Western powers were anxious to prevent the spread of Bolshevism across Europe. Lenin and Trotsky were equally anxious that the Communist vision they were busy introducing in Russia should do just that. But neither side knew anything about the other. The revolution…
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St Francis of Assisi
- £15.00
- Francis of Assisi, born Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, informally named as Francesco, was an Italian Catholic friar, deacon and preacher. He founded the men's Order of Friars Minor, the women's Order of Saint Clare, the Third Order of Saint Francis and the Custody of the Holy Land. After Mary…
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St Thomas Aquinas
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- For Chesterton, Thomas Aquinas is a man of mystery, who though born into a noble Neapolitan family chose the life of a mendicant friar. Shy and lumbering, his classmates dubbed him "the Dumb Ox". However he was to lead a revolution in Christian thought. Chesterton's portrayal will engage, enlighten and…
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Studies in Midrash and Historiography (Gospel Perspectives III)
- £16.00
- Original edition of the important Tyndale House Gospels Research Project. Vol III has contributions from Richard Bauckham, F.F. Bruce, Leon Morris, Craig Blomberg, Douglas J. Moo et al.
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Studies of History and Tradition in the Four Gospels (Gospel Perspectives I)
- £16.00
- Original edition of the important Tyndale House Gospels Research Project. With contributions from F.F. Bruce, Williiam Lane Craig, Robert H. Stein et al.
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Studies of History and Tradition in the Four Gospels (Gospel Perspectives II)
- £16.00
- Original edition of the important Tyndale House Gospels Research Project. Vol II with contributions from D.A. Carson, Grant R. Osborne, William Lane Craig, et al.
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Sweet Adelaide, a Victorian Puzzle Solved
- £10.00
- In 1886 Adelaide Bartlett was tried at the Old Bailey on the charge of poisoning her husband Edwin. In Sweed Adelaide Julian Symons offers an imaginative interpretation of this famous case, ending with a solution of an affair which remains a mystery. Did the adjective 'sweet' apply to Adelaide, or…
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Tales my Father Taught Me: an Evocation of Extravagant Episodes
- £20.00
- SIR OSBERT SITWELL's five-volume autobiography, Left Hand, Right Hand! is accepted as one of the great literary accomplishments of our time; the work of an artist, polished, witty, brilliant; a piece of social history, full of vivid characterization of people, above and below stairs, with their graces and oddities. From…
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Testament of Youth: an autobiographical study of the years 1900-1925 (SIGNED)
- £275.00
- In 1914 Vera Brittain was eighteen and, as war was declared, she was preparing to study at Oxford. Four years later her life - and the life of her whole generation - had changed in a way that was unimaginable in the tranquil pre-war era. TESTAMENT OF YOUTH, one of…
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The Age Of Nothing: How We Have Sought To Live Since The Death Of God
- £15.00
- From one of EnglandÕs most distinguished intellectual historians comes Òan exhilarating rideÉthat will stand the test of time as a masterful account ofÓ (The Boston Globe) one of the WestÕs most important intellectual movements: Atheism. In 1882, Friedrich Nietzche declared that ÒGod is deadÓ and ever since tens of thousands…
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The Ascent of Everest
- £25.00
- This is the story of how, on 29 May, 1953, two men, both endowed with outstanding stamina and skill, reached the top of Everest and came back unscathed to rejoin their comrades. 'Yet this will not be the whole story, for the ascent of Everest was not the work of…
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The Ascent of Everest (SIGNED by Hillary and Evans)
- £2,000.00
- This is the story of how, on 29 May, 1953, two men, both endowed with outstanding stamina and skill, reached the top of Everest and came back unscathed to rejoin their comrades. 'Yet this will not be the whole story, for the ascent of Everest was not the work of…
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The Berlin Wall Story: Biography of a Monument
- £15.00
- Where did the Berlin Wall actually stand? Why was it built? How did people keep managing to escape across it? And how many died in the attempt? Why did it come down in the end? Numerous previously unknown photographs document the construction of this barrier system of barbed wire, alarm…
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Soviet Communism – A New Civilisation
- £35.00
- Beatrice and Sidney Webb originally published 'Soviet Communism: A New Civilisation? - Vol. I' in 1935, detailing the social structure and principles of the USSR in the early part of the 20th century. Vol. II came out in 1936, with this combined volume published the following year (notably dropping the…
- Add to basket
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Soviet Communism: A New Civilisation? Vol. I
- £25.00
- In a pioneering work of historical sociology, the Webbs detai the social structure and principles of the USSR in the early part of the 20th century. Printedby the authors for 'The Members and Students of the Workers' Educational Association and the Workers' Education Trade Union Committee. Sept 1935'.
- Add to basket
-
Spies and Commissars: Bolshevik Russia and the West
- £12.00
- In the immediate aftermath of the Revolution, the Western powers were anxious to prevent the spread of Bolshevism across Europe. Lenin and Trotsky were equally anxious that the Communist vision they were busy introducing in Russia should do just that. But neither side knew anything about the other. The revolution…
- Add to basket
-
St Francis of Assisi
- £15.00
- Francis of Assisi, born Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, informally named as Francesco, was an Italian Catholic friar, deacon and preacher. He founded the men's Order of Friars Minor, the women's Order of Saint Clare, the Third Order of Saint Francis and the Custody of the Holy Land. After Mary…
- Add to basket
-
St Thomas Aquinas
- £15.00
- For Chesterton, Thomas Aquinas is a man of mystery, who though born into a noble Neapolitan family chose the life of a mendicant friar. Shy and lumbering, his classmates dubbed him "the Dumb Ox". However he was to lead a revolution in Christian thought. Chesterton's portrayal will engage, enlighten and…
- Add to basket
-
Studies in Midrash and Historiography (Gospel Perspectives III)
- £16.00
- Original edition of the important Tyndale House Gospels Research Project. Vol III has contributions from Richard Bauckham, F.F. Bruce, Leon Morris, Craig Blomberg, Douglas J. Moo et al.
- Add to basket
-
Studies of History and Tradition in the Four Gospels (Gospel Perspectives I)
- £16.00
- Original edition of the important Tyndale House Gospels Research Project. With contributions from F.F. Bruce, Williiam Lane Craig, Robert H. Stein et al.
- Add to basket
-
Studies of History and Tradition in the Four Gospels (Gospel Perspectives II)
- £16.00
- Original edition of the important Tyndale House Gospels Research Project. Vol II with contributions from D.A. Carson, Grant R. Osborne, William Lane Craig, et al.
- Add to basket
-
Sweet Adelaide, a Victorian Puzzle Solved
- £10.00
- In 1886 Adelaide Bartlett was tried at the Old Bailey on the charge of poisoning her husband Edwin. In Sweed Adelaide Julian Symons offers an imaginative interpretation of this famous case, ending with a solution of an affair which remains a mystery. Did the adjective 'sweet' apply to Adelaide, or…
- Add to basket
-
Tales my Father Taught Me: an Evocation of Extravagant Episodes
- £20.00
- SIR OSBERT SITWELL's five-volume autobiography, Left Hand, Right Hand! is accepted as one of the great literary accomplishments of our time; the work of an artist, polished, witty, brilliant; a piece of social history, full of vivid characterization of people, above and below stairs, with their graces and oddities. From…
- Add to basket
-
Testament of Youth: an autobiographical study of the years 1900-1925 (SIGNED)
- £275.00
- In 1914 Vera Brittain was eighteen and, as war was declared, she was preparing to study at Oxford. Four years later her life - and the life of her whole generation - had changed in a way that was unimaginable in the tranquil pre-war era. TESTAMENT OF YOUTH, one of…
- Add to basket
-
The Age Of Nothing: How We Have Sought To Live Since The Death Of God
- £15.00
- From one of EnglandÕs most distinguished intellectual historians comes Òan exhilarating rideÉthat will stand the test of time as a masterful account ofÓ (The Boston Globe) one of the WestÕs most important intellectual movements: Atheism. In 1882, Friedrich Nietzche declared that ÒGod is deadÓ and ever since tens of thousands…
- Add to basket
-
The Ascent of Everest
- £25.00
- This is the story of how, on 29 May, 1953, two men, both endowed with outstanding stamina and skill, reached the top of Everest and came back unscathed to rejoin their comrades. 'Yet this will not be the whole story, for the ascent of Everest was not the work of…
- Add to basket
-
The Ascent of Everest (SIGNED by Hillary and Evans)
- £2,000.00
- This is the story of how, on 29 May, 1953, two men, both endowed with outstanding stamina and skill, reached the top of Everest and came back unscathed to rejoin their comrades. 'Yet this will not be the whole story, for the ascent of Everest was not the work of…
- Add to basket
-
The Berlin Wall Story: Biography of a Monument
- £15.00
- Where did the Berlin Wall actually stand? Why was it built? How did people keep managing to escape across it? And how many died in the attempt? Why did it come down in the end? Numerous previously unknown photographs document the construction of this barrier system of barbed wire, alarm…
- Add to basket
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