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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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The Bible Student’s The Life of Our Lord
- £40.00
- Dr. Solomon Andrews said: ÒThis book was [first] published in 1862. That it has continued in request for so many years, shows at least that it meets a want not otherwise adequately met. It has seemed to me, therefore, little less than a duty carefully to revise it, and to…
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The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal
- £12.00
- WATERSTONES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH AUGUST 2018 AND A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'An astonishingly detailed picture of espionage in the 1980s, written with pacey journalistic verve and an eerily contemporary feel.' Ben Macintyre, The Times 'A gripping story of courage, professionalism, and betrayal in the secret world.' Rodric Braithwaite,…
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The Blast of War (1939-45) (SIGNED)
- £120.00
- The second volume of Macmillan's autobiography, covering the years of the Second World War, in which he participated as a senioar member of Churchill's War Cabinet. With multiple b/w photos and 4 maps (incl on endpapers)
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The Blunders of Our Governments
- £10.00
- Let us take a look back over three decades of outrageous political mishaps.A gross mistake; an error due to stupidity or carelessness. There are a handful of cock-ups that we remember all too well, from the poll tax to the Millennium Dome. However, the list is longer than most of…
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The Caliban Shore: the fate of the Grosvenor castaways (SIGNED)
- £45.00
- The Grosvenor was one of the finest East Indiamen of her day, but she ran aground on the treacherous coast of south-east Africa. An astonishing number of her crew and passengers, including women and children, reached the shore safely, but the castaways found themselves hundreds of miles from the nearest…
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The Cambridge Companion to Christian Mysticism
- £35.00
- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Mysticism is a multi-authored interdisciplinary guide to the study of Christian mysticism, with an emphasis on the third through the seventeenth centuries. The book is thematically organized in terms of the central contexts, practices and concepts associated with the mystical life in early, medieval and…
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The Cambridge Companion to Francis of Assisi
- £26.00
- Francis of Assisi (1181/82Ð1226) was one of the most vibrant and colourful personalities in the Middle Ages. The life of this remarkable reformer of the medieval Church was celebrated in art, drama, poetry, music, the new vernacular literature and architecture. His ideal was to enter into a restorative and enriching…
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The Canon Of The Old Testament
- £18.00
- Classic history of the biblical canon by J. C. Ryle's son Herbert, the noted theologian and bishop (after holding bishoprics of Exeter and Winchester, became Dean of Westminster).
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The Caxton Edition of Raemaekers’ Cartoons
- £50.00
- Louis Raemaekers (1869Ð1956) was a Dutch painter, caricaturist and editorial cartoonist for the Amsterdam newspaper De Telegraaf during World War I, noted for his anti-German stance. Full colour page illustrations with commentary by a range of writers.
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The CIA Book Club: The Best-Kept Secret Of The Cold War
- £21.00
- The astonishing story of the ten million books that were smuggled across the Iron Curtain during the Cold War. For almost five decades after the Second World War, Europe was divided by the longest and most heavily guarded border on earth. The Iron Curtain, a near-impenetrable barrier of wire and…
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The Civilisation Of The Renaissance In Italy: An Essay (Folio)
- £24.00
- Carl Jacob Christoph Burckhardt (Basel, May 25, 1818 Ð August 8, 1897 in Basel) was a historian of art and culture, and an influential figure in the historiography of each field. He is known as one of the major progenitors of cultural history,albeit in a form very different from how…
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The Clue to Pascal
- £10.00
- Pascal was a great scientific thinker and inventor from whose work mankind still profits. He was also a great religious thinker and this is being recognised afresh today. The author of this study of his personality and work claims that Pascal was 'one of the profoundest thinkers of all time.'
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The Cold War: A Post-Cold War History, 3rd Edition
- £30.00
- Now available in a fully revised and updated third edition, The Cold War: A Post-Cold War History offers an authoritative and accessible introduction to the history and enduring legacy of the Cold War. Thoroughly updated in light of new scholarship, including revised sections on President NixonÕs policies in Vietnam and…
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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…
- 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
-
The Bible Student’s The Life of Our Lord
- £40.00
- Dr. Solomon Andrews said: ÒThis book was [first] published in 1862. That it has continued in request for so many years, shows at least that it meets a want not otherwise adequately met. It has seemed to me, therefore, little less than a duty carefully to revise it, and to…
- Add to basket
-
The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal
- £12.00
- WATERSTONES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH AUGUST 2018 AND A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'An astonishingly detailed picture of espionage in the 1980s, written with pacey journalistic verve and an eerily contemporary feel.' Ben Macintyre, The Times 'A gripping story of courage, professionalism, and betrayal in the secret world.' Rodric Braithwaite,…
- Add to basket
-
The Blast of War (1939-45) (SIGNED)
- £120.00
- The second volume of Macmillan's autobiography, covering the years of the Second World War, in which he participated as a senioar member of Churchill's War Cabinet. With multiple b/w photos and 4 maps (incl on endpapers)
- Add to basket
-
The Blunders of Our Governments
- £10.00
- Let us take a look back over three decades of outrageous political mishaps.A gross mistake; an error due to stupidity or carelessness. There are a handful of cock-ups that we remember all too well, from the poll tax to the Millennium Dome. However, the list is longer than most of…
- Add to basket
-
The Caliban Shore: the fate of the Grosvenor castaways (SIGNED)
- £45.00
- The Grosvenor was one of the finest East Indiamen of her day, but she ran aground on the treacherous coast of south-east Africa. An astonishing number of her crew and passengers, including women and children, reached the shore safely, but the castaways found themselves hundreds of miles from the nearest…
- Add to basket
-
The Cambridge Companion to Christian Mysticism
- £35.00
- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Mysticism is a multi-authored interdisciplinary guide to the study of Christian mysticism, with an emphasis on the third through the seventeenth centuries. The book is thematically organized in terms of the central contexts, practices and concepts associated with the mystical life in early, medieval and…
- Add to basket
-
The Cambridge Companion to Francis of Assisi
- £26.00
- Francis of Assisi (1181/82Ð1226) was one of the most vibrant and colourful personalities in the Middle Ages. The life of this remarkable reformer of the medieval Church was celebrated in art, drama, poetry, music, the new vernacular literature and architecture. His ideal was to enter into a restorative and enriching…
- Add to basket
-
The Canon Of The Old Testament
- £18.00
- Classic history of the biblical canon by J. C. Ryle's son Herbert, the noted theologian and bishop (after holding bishoprics of Exeter and Winchester, became Dean of Westminster).
- Add to basket
-
The Caxton Edition of Raemaekers’ Cartoons
- £50.00
- Louis Raemaekers (1869Ð1956) was a Dutch painter, caricaturist and editorial cartoonist for the Amsterdam newspaper De Telegraaf during World War I, noted for his anti-German stance. Full colour page illustrations with commentary by a range of writers.
- Add to basket
-
The CIA Book Club: The Best-Kept Secret Of The Cold War
- £21.00
- The astonishing story of the ten million books that were smuggled across the Iron Curtain during the Cold War. For almost five decades after the Second World War, Europe was divided by the longest and most heavily guarded border on earth. The Iron Curtain, a near-impenetrable barrier of wire and…
- Add to basket
-
The Civilisation Of The Renaissance In Italy: An Essay (Folio)
- £24.00
- Carl Jacob Christoph Burckhardt (Basel, May 25, 1818 Ð August 8, 1897 in Basel) was a historian of art and culture, and an influential figure in the historiography of each field. He is known as one of the major progenitors of cultural history,albeit in a form very different from how…
- Add to basket
-
The Clue to Pascal
- £10.00
- Pascal was a great scientific thinker and inventor from whose work mankind still profits. He was also a great religious thinker and this is being recognised afresh today. The author of this study of his personality and work claims that Pascal was 'one of the profoundest thinkers of all time.'
- Add to basket
-
The Cold War: A Post-Cold War History, 3rd Edition
- £30.00
- Now available in a fully revised and updated third edition, The Cold War: A Post-Cold War History offers an authoritative and accessible introduction to the history and enduring legacy of the Cold War. Thoroughly updated in light of new scholarship, including revised sections on President NixonÕs policies in Vietnam and…
- Add to basket