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Two Lives (SIGNED)
- £35.00
- TWO LIVES tells the remarkable story of Seth's great uncle and aunt. His great uncle Shanti left India for medical school in Berlin in the 1930s and lodged with a German Jewish family. In the household was a daughter, Henny, who urged her mother 'not to take the blackie'. But…
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Unreliable Sources: How the Twentieth Century was Reported
- £18.00
- Informative, amusing, sometimes shocking' Ð Giles Foden, The Guardian A critical examination of the British press over the last century, from legendary foreign correspondent John Simpson. Through many decades of groundbreaking journalism across the globe, John Simpson has become one of the most recognisable and trusted British reporters. In Unreliable…
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Unruly (SIGNED)
- £80.00
- Think you know your kings and queens? Think again. In UNRULY, David Mitchell explores how England's monarchs, while acting as feared rulers firmly guiding their subjects' destinies, were in reality a bunch of lucky sods who were mostly as silly and weird in real life as they appear today in…
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Van Gogh: From the Early Gloom-laden Paintings to the Works of His Final Years
- £20.00
- Vincent Van Gogh, who followed a variety of professions before becoming an artist, was a solitary, despairing and self-destructive man. This study follows the artist from the early gloom-laden paintings in which he captured the misery of peasants and workers in his home parts, to the work of his final…
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Venice
- £300.00
- Often hailed as one of the best travel books ever written, Venice is neither a guide nor a history book, but a beautifully written immersion in Venetian life and character, set against the background of the city's past. Analysing the particular temperament of Venetians, as well as its waterways, its…
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Venice: the most triumphant city
- £10.00
- Bull was a multi-talented and accomplished journalist, translator and art historian. This account of Venice was widely-regarded.
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Vermeer’s Family Secrets
- £35.00
- Johannes Vermeer, one of the greatest Dutch painters and for some the single greatest painter of all, produced a remarkably small corpus of work. In Vermeer's Family Secrets, Benjamin Binstock revolutionizes how we think about Vermeer's work and life. Vermeer, The Sphinx of Delft, is famously a mystery in art:…
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Victoria: A Life
- £25.00
- When Queen Victoria died in 1901, she had ruled for nearly sixty-four years. She was mother of nine and grandmother of forty-two, and the matriarch of Royal Europe, through the marriages of her children. To many, Queen Victoria is a ruler shrouded in myth and mystique - an aging, stiff…
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Vienna: How the City of Ideas Created the Modern World
- £40.00
- How can one European capital be responsible for most of the WestÕs intellectual and cultural achievements in the twentieth century? Viennese ideas saturate the modern world. From California architecture to Hollywood Westerns, modern advertising to shopping malls, orgasms to gender confirmation surgery, nuclear fission to fitted kitchens_every aspect of our…
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Vinyl Leaves: Walt Disney World and America
- £25.00
- Walt Disney World is a pilgrimage site filled with utopian elements, craft, and whimsy. ItÕs a pedestrianÕs world, where the streets are clean, the employees are friendly, and the trains run on time. All of its elements are themed, presented in a consistent architectural, decorative, horticultural, musical, even olfactory tone,…
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Voices by the Sea: the story of the Aldeburgh Festival Choir
- £12.00
- In 1947, when the UK was deep in the throes of post-war austerity, that the concept of the Aldeburgh festival was first conceived. The prime movers were the singer Peter Pears, the librettist Eric Crozier, and above all, the composer Benjamin Britten.
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War and the Future: Italy, France and Britain at War
- £20.00
- War and the Future (1917) is a work of war propaganda by H.G. Wells that was published in the North America under the title Italy, France, and Britain at War (the subtitle of the British original). Wells would have preferred the title The War of Ideas, but his publisher over-ruled…
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What does Jeremy Think? The Jeremy Heywood and the Making of Modern Britain
- £11.00
- Seasoned Whitehall watchers often remark: ÒIt wouldnÕt have been like this if Jeremy Heywood were still around.Ó É How could it be that the effectiveness of the once-revered civil service had become reliant on a single man?Õ Guardian ÔThis book should be read in a similar spirit to MantelÕs masterpieces…
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What They Heard: How The Beatles, The Beach Boys and Bob Dylan Listened to Each Other
- £12.00
- They were the artists who revolutionised popular music and took it to new levels of originality and influence. But they didnÕt do it in a bubble. In fact, The Beatles, Beach Boys and Bob Dylan remade modern music by listening to each other, and using what they heard to drive…
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Wide Awake: The Forgotten Force That Elected Lincoln and Spurred the Civil War
- £25.00
- A propulsive account of our history's most surprising, most consequential political club: the Wide Awake anti-slavery youth movement that marched America from the 1860 election to civil war. At the start of the 1860 presidential campaign, a handful of fired-up young Northerners appeared as bodyguards to defend anti-slavery stump speakers…
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Two Lives (SIGNED)
- £35.00
- TWO LIVES tells the remarkable story of Seth's great uncle and aunt. His great uncle Shanti left India for medical school in Berlin in the 1930s and lodged with a German Jewish family. In the household was a daughter, Henny, who urged her mother 'not to take the blackie'. But…
- Add to basket
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Unreliable Sources: How the Twentieth Century was Reported
- £18.00
- Informative, amusing, sometimes shocking' Ð Giles Foden, The Guardian A critical examination of the British press over the last century, from legendary foreign correspondent John Simpson. Through many decades of groundbreaking journalism across the globe, John Simpson has become one of the most recognisable and trusted British reporters. In Unreliable…
- Add to basket
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Unruly (SIGNED)
- £80.00
- Think you know your kings and queens? Think again. In UNRULY, David Mitchell explores how England's monarchs, while acting as feared rulers firmly guiding their subjects' destinies, were in reality a bunch of lucky sods who were mostly as silly and weird in real life as they appear today in…
- Add to basket
-
Van Gogh: From the Early Gloom-laden Paintings to the Works of His Final Years
- £20.00
- Vincent Van Gogh, who followed a variety of professions before becoming an artist, was a solitary, despairing and self-destructive man. This study follows the artist from the early gloom-laden paintings in which he captured the misery of peasants and workers in his home parts, to the work of his final…
- Add to basket
-
Venice
- £300.00
- Often hailed as one of the best travel books ever written, Venice is neither a guide nor a history book, but a beautifully written immersion in Venetian life and character, set against the background of the city's past. Analysing the particular temperament of Venetians, as well as its waterways, its…
- Add to basket
-
Venice: the most triumphant city
- £10.00
- Bull was a multi-talented and accomplished journalist, translator and art historian. This account of Venice was widely-regarded.
- Add to basket
-
Vermeer’s Family Secrets
- £35.00
- Johannes Vermeer, one of the greatest Dutch painters and for some the single greatest painter of all, produced a remarkably small corpus of work. In Vermeer's Family Secrets, Benjamin Binstock revolutionizes how we think about Vermeer's work and life. Vermeer, The Sphinx of Delft, is famously a mystery in art:…
- Add to basket
-
Victoria: A Life
- £25.00
- When Queen Victoria died in 1901, she had ruled for nearly sixty-four years. She was mother of nine and grandmother of forty-two, and the matriarch of Royal Europe, through the marriages of her children. To many, Queen Victoria is a ruler shrouded in myth and mystique - an aging, stiff…
- Add to basket
-
Vienna: How the City of Ideas Created the Modern World
- £40.00
- How can one European capital be responsible for most of the WestÕs intellectual and cultural achievements in the twentieth century? Viennese ideas saturate the modern world. From California architecture to Hollywood Westerns, modern advertising to shopping malls, orgasms to gender confirmation surgery, nuclear fission to fitted kitchens_every aspect of our…
- Add to basket
-
Vinyl Leaves: Walt Disney World and America
- £25.00
- Walt Disney World is a pilgrimage site filled with utopian elements, craft, and whimsy. ItÕs a pedestrianÕs world, where the streets are clean, the employees are friendly, and the trains run on time. All of its elements are themed, presented in a consistent architectural, decorative, horticultural, musical, even olfactory tone,…
- Add to basket
-
Voices by the Sea: the story of the Aldeburgh Festival Choir
- £12.00
- In 1947, when the UK was deep in the throes of post-war austerity, that the concept of the Aldeburgh festival was first conceived. The prime movers were the singer Peter Pears, the librettist Eric Crozier, and above all, the composer Benjamin Britten.
- Add to basket
-
War and the Future: Italy, France and Britain at War
- £20.00
- War and the Future (1917) is a work of war propaganda by H.G. Wells that was published in the North America under the title Italy, France, and Britain at War (the subtitle of the British original). Wells would have preferred the title The War of Ideas, but his publisher over-ruled…
- Add to basket
-
What does Jeremy Think? The Jeremy Heywood and the Making of Modern Britain
- £11.00
- Seasoned Whitehall watchers often remark: ÒIt wouldnÕt have been like this if Jeremy Heywood were still around.Ó É How could it be that the effectiveness of the once-revered civil service had become reliant on a single man?Õ Guardian ÔThis book should be read in a similar spirit to MantelÕs masterpieces…
- Add to basket
-
What They Heard: How The Beatles, The Beach Boys and Bob Dylan Listened to Each Other
- £12.00
- They were the artists who revolutionised popular music and took it to new levels of originality and influence. But they didnÕt do it in a bubble. In fact, The Beatles, Beach Boys and Bob Dylan remade modern music by listening to each other, and using what they heard to drive…
- Add to basket
-
Wide Awake: The Forgotten Force That Elected Lincoln and Spurred the Civil War
- £25.00
- A propulsive account of our history's most surprising, most consequential political club: the Wide Awake anti-slavery youth movement that marched America from the 1860 election to civil war. At the start of the 1860 presidential campaign, a handful of fired-up young Northerners appeared as bodyguards to defend anti-slavery stump speakers…
- Add to basket