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Benjamin Britten and Russia (Aldeburgh Studies in Music, 11)
- £50.00
- Explores Benjamin Britten's deeply-felt cultural affinity with Russia and influences on the 'Russian' Britten. This book explores Benjamin Britten's creative relationship with Russia throughout his life by examining his engagement with Russian composers, musicians and writers in the context of twentieth-century politics. The remarkable relationship between Britten and Shostakovich is…
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Benjamin Britten: Pictures from a Life 1913-1976
- £15.00
- Donald Mitchell has here gathered together over 400 photographs which fascinatingly document the life and times of Benjamin Britten, who died in 1976. This is not a picture book in the conventional sense. It sets out to document as faithully and revealingly as possible mamny majro aspects of the life…
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Berlin in the Cold War: 1959 to 1966
- £16.00
- With nearly 200 unique images photographed on the streets of Berlin by the author between 1959 and 1966, Berlin in the Cold War depicts a city which demonstrated the conflict between East and West at that time like no other. The photographs throw into focus the situation existing both before…
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Betwys-Y-Coed: A pictorial trip down memory lane (SIGNED)
- £35.00
- Take a fascinating and delightful trip down the memory lane of Betws-y-coed and compare yesterday with today.
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Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Rivalry That Unravelled the Middle East
- £12.00
- A timely and unprecedented examination of how the modern Middle East unravelled, and why it started with the pivotal year of 1979. Shortlisted for the Cundhill History Prize 2020 'What happened to us?' For decades, the question has haunted the Arab and Muslim world, heard across Iran and Syria, Saudi…
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Blitzkrieg: From the Rise of Hitler to the Fall of Dunkirk
- £10.00
- This is the story of the Nazi conquest of western Europe, from Hitler's rise to power and 'lightning-fast war', to his fatal mistake in halting the German advance on Dunkirk in 1940. Drawing on technical mastery and interviews with both Allied and German participants, Blitzkrieg sets out the technical thinking…
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Blitzkrieg: From the Rise of Hitler to the Fall of Dunkirk
- £20.00
- This is the story of the Nazi conquest of western Europe, from Hitler's rise to power and 'lightning-fast war', to his fatal mistake in halting the German advance on Dunkirk in 1940. Drawing on technical mastery and interviews with both Allied and German participants, Blitzkrieg sets out the technical thinking…
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Blood River: A journey to Africa’s Broken Heart (SIGNED)
- £65.00
- A compulsively readable account of an African country now virtually inaccessible to the outside world and one journalist's daring and adventurous journey. When Daily Telegraph correspondent Tim Butcher was sent to cover Africa he quickly became obsessed with the idea of recreating H.M. Stanley's famous expedition - but travelling alone.…
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Blood, Tears and Folly, In the darkest hours of the Second World War
- £15.00
- This study sets the drama of war on a world stage, and examines why, 50 years on, the lessons of World War II - when humanity was consumed by violence and destruction - still reverberate unheeded. Beginning with the political and industrial roots in the Great War of 1914-1918, Deighton…
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Branwell Brontë, a biography
- £25.00
- Winifred Gérin (1901-1981) was a noted literary biographer, known for writing on each of the Brontë siblings, as well as Horatio Nelson and Elizabeth Gaskell. While her seminal work was about Charlotte Brontë, this biography was greatly respected.
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British Columbia in the Making
- £100.00
- Account of the history, geography and economy of Canada's Western-most province. With many b/w photographs and diagrams
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Britten & Auden in the Thirties: The Year 1936
- £25.00
- A crucial year in the Britten/Auden relationship, which reshaped and redefined artistic direction in the immediate pre-war period. Benjamin Britten and W.H. Auden were key figures of the 1930s, and here Donald Mitchell traces their lives during one crucial year, 1936. They worked hard to establish themselves, first through the…
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BRIXMIS: The Last Cold War Mission
- £12.00
- BRIXMIS (British Commander-in-ChiefÕs Mission to the Group Soviet Forces of Occupation in Germany) is one of the most covert elite units of the British Army. They were dropped in behind Ôenemy linesÕ ten months after the Second World War had ended and continued with their intelligence-gathering missions until the fall…
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Byron: The Last Journey April 1823-April 1824
- £35.00
- Lord Byron's first epic poem, "Childe Harold", was published in 1812. Only 12 years later after a life including exile, marriage and fatherhood, he died aged 36 at Missolonghi in Greece. First written in 1924, this is an acclaimed narrative of the final months of Lord Byron's life when he…
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C. S. Lewis trilogy: Becoming C. S. Lewis; The Making of C. S. Lewis; The Completion of C. S. Lewis (3 vols)
- £95.00
- Becoming C. S. Lewis (3-Volume Set) by scholar Harry Lee Poe represents a landmark achievement in the study of one of the greatest Christian thinkers of the modern era. This groundbreaking trilogy provides an in-depth look into literary scholar, novelist, and apologist C. S. Lewis. Each book painstakingly unfolds Lewis's…
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Benjamin Britten and Russia (Aldeburgh Studies in Music, 11)
- £50.00
- Explores Benjamin Britten's deeply-felt cultural affinity with Russia and influences on the 'Russian' Britten. This book explores Benjamin Britten's creative relationship with Russia throughout his life by examining his engagement with Russian composers, musicians and writers in the context of twentieth-century politics. The remarkable relationship between Britten and Shostakovich is…
- Add to basket
-
Benjamin Britten: Pictures from a Life 1913-1976
- £15.00
- Donald Mitchell has here gathered together over 400 photographs which fascinatingly document the life and times of Benjamin Britten, who died in 1976. This is not a picture book in the conventional sense. It sets out to document as faithully and revealingly as possible mamny majro aspects of the life…
- Add to basket
-
Berlin in the Cold War: 1959 to 1966
- £16.00
- With nearly 200 unique images photographed on the streets of Berlin by the author between 1959 and 1966, Berlin in the Cold War depicts a city which demonstrated the conflict between East and West at that time like no other. The photographs throw into focus the situation existing both before…
- Add to basket
-
Betwys-Y-Coed: A pictorial trip down memory lane (SIGNED)
- £35.00
- Take a fascinating and delightful trip down the memory lane of Betws-y-coed and compare yesterday with today.
- Add to basket
-
Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Rivalry That Unravelled the Middle East
- £12.00
- A timely and unprecedented examination of how the modern Middle East unravelled, and why it started with the pivotal year of 1979. Shortlisted for the Cundhill History Prize 2020 'What happened to us?' For decades, the question has haunted the Arab and Muslim world, heard across Iran and Syria, Saudi…
- Add to basket
-
Blitzkrieg: From the Rise of Hitler to the Fall of Dunkirk
- £10.00
- This is the story of the Nazi conquest of western Europe, from Hitler's rise to power and 'lightning-fast war', to his fatal mistake in halting the German advance on Dunkirk in 1940. Drawing on technical mastery and interviews with both Allied and German participants, Blitzkrieg sets out the technical thinking…
- Add to basket
-
Blitzkrieg: From the Rise of Hitler to the Fall of Dunkirk
- £20.00
- This is the story of the Nazi conquest of western Europe, from Hitler's rise to power and 'lightning-fast war', to his fatal mistake in halting the German advance on Dunkirk in 1940. Drawing on technical mastery and interviews with both Allied and German participants, Blitzkrieg sets out the technical thinking…
- Add to basket
-
Blood River: A journey to Africa’s Broken Heart (SIGNED)
- £65.00
- A compulsively readable account of an African country now virtually inaccessible to the outside world and one journalist's daring and adventurous journey. When Daily Telegraph correspondent Tim Butcher was sent to cover Africa he quickly became obsessed with the idea of recreating H.M. Stanley's famous expedition - but travelling alone.…
- Add to basket
-
Blood, Tears and Folly, In the darkest hours of the Second World War
- £15.00
- This study sets the drama of war on a world stage, and examines why, 50 years on, the lessons of World War II - when humanity was consumed by violence and destruction - still reverberate unheeded. Beginning with the political and industrial roots in the Great War of 1914-1918, Deighton…
- Add to basket
-
Branwell Brontë, a biography
- £25.00
- Winifred Gérin (1901-1981) was a noted literary biographer, known for writing on each of the Brontë siblings, as well as Horatio Nelson and Elizabeth Gaskell. While her seminal work was about Charlotte Brontë, this biography was greatly respected.
- Add to basket
-
British Columbia in the Making
- £100.00
- Account of the history, geography and economy of Canada's Western-most province. With many b/w photographs and diagrams
- Add to basket
-
Britten & Auden in the Thirties: The Year 1936
- £25.00
- A crucial year in the Britten/Auden relationship, which reshaped and redefined artistic direction in the immediate pre-war period. Benjamin Britten and W.H. Auden were key figures of the 1930s, and here Donald Mitchell traces their lives during one crucial year, 1936. They worked hard to establish themselves, first through the…
- Add to basket
-
BRIXMIS: The Last Cold War Mission
- £12.00
- BRIXMIS (British Commander-in-ChiefÕs Mission to the Group Soviet Forces of Occupation in Germany) is one of the most covert elite units of the British Army. They were dropped in behind Ôenemy linesÕ ten months after the Second World War had ended and continued with their intelligence-gathering missions until the fall…
- Add to basket
-
Byron: The Last Journey April 1823-April 1824
- £35.00
- Lord Byron's first epic poem, "Childe Harold", was published in 1812. Only 12 years later after a life including exile, marriage and fatherhood, he died aged 36 at Missolonghi in Greece. First written in 1924, this is an acclaimed narrative of the final months of Lord Byron's life when he…
- Add to basket
-
C. S. Lewis trilogy: Becoming C. S. Lewis; The Making of C. S. Lewis; The Completion of C. S. Lewis (3 vols)
- £95.00
- Becoming C. S. Lewis (3-Volume Set) by scholar Harry Lee Poe represents a landmark achievement in the study of one of the greatest Christian thinkers of the modern era. This groundbreaking trilogy provides an in-depth look into literary scholar, novelist, and apologist C. S. Lewis. Each book painstakingly unfolds Lewis's…
- Add to basket