journalism
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The Book of Snobs Etc Etc
- £20.00
- The Book of Snobs is a collection of satirical works by William Makepeace Thackeray published in book form in 1848, the same year as his more famous Vanity Fair. The pieces first appeared in fifty-three weekly pieces from February 28, 1846 to February 27, 1847, as "The Snobs of England,…
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The Edinburgh Review or Critical Journal: for Nov 1814É Feb 1815 (vol XXIV)
- £50.00
- Started on 10 October 1802 by Francis Jeffrey, Sydney Smith, Henry Brougham, and Francis Horner, it was published by Archibald Constable in quarterly issues until 1929. It began as a literary and political review.
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The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A PeopleÕs History of Afghanistan (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- A sweeping and immersive history of modern Afghanistan Ð the first book from one of the worldÕs leading war correspondents. In 1969, the luxury Hotel Inter-Continental Kabul opened its doors: a glistening white box, high on a hill, that reflected AfghanistanÕs hopes of becoming a modern country, connected to the…
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The Grand Inquisitor (SIGNED)
- £20.00
- Robin Day's own story of his 34 years as a television interviewer. He offers a collection of opinions, ideas and anecdotes in this account of his rise as a reporter in the 1950s to becoming television's first knight.
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The Noble Liar: How and Why the BBC Distorts the News
- £8.00
- To some, it is the voice of the nation, yet to others it has never been clearer that the BBC is in the grip of an ideology that prevents it reporting fairly on the world. Many have been scandalised by its pessimism on Brexit and its one-sided presentation of the…
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The State of Us (SIGNED)
- £100.00
- A fascinating call to arms full of insight' Independent. After four decades broadcasting to the nation each night, Jon Snow gives vent to his opinions on the state of our nation . . . the good news and the bad news. It is rare in history that so many nations…
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They Knew: How a culture of conspiracy keeps America complacent
- £30.00
- In They Knew, New York Times best-selling author Sarah Kendzior explores the United StatesÕ Òculture of conspiracy,Ó putting forth a timely and unflinching argument: uncritical faith in broken institutions is as dangerous as false narratives peddled by propagandists. Conspiracy theories are on the rise because officials refuse to enforce accountability…
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This is London
- £45.00
- Selected transcripts of Murrow's famous CBS radio broadcasts from war-time London, which brought the war to the American audience and made him a celebrity here; still a compelling first-person account of the tension in pre-war England and of the early days of the war, when Britain stood alone.
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This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America’s Future
- £20.00
- The shocking, definitive account of the 2020 election and the first year of the Biden presidency by two New York Times reporters, exposing the deep fissures within both parties as the country approaches a political breaking point. This is the authoritative account of an eighteen-month crisis in American democracy that…
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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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Up in the Old Hotel: Reportage from “the New Yorker”
- £16.00
- The master of a journalistic style long vanished - urbane, lucid, courteous... A masterpiece of observation and storytelling' Ian McEwan. Mitchell is the laureate of old New York. The hidden corners of the city and the people who lived there are his subject. He captured the waterfront rooming-houses , nickel-a-drink…
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Waugh in Abyssinia
- £75.00
- In 1935 Italy declared war on Abyssinia and Evelyn Waugh was sent to Addis Ababa to cover the conflict. His acerbic account of the intrigue and political machinations leading up to the crisis is coupled with amusing descriptions of the often bizarre and seldom straightforward life of a war correspondent…
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The Book of Snobs Etc Etc
- £20.00
- The Book of Snobs is a collection of satirical works by William Makepeace Thackeray published in book form in 1848, the same year as his more famous Vanity Fair. The pieces first appeared in fifty-three weekly pieces from February 28, 1846 to February 27, 1847, as "The Snobs of England,…
- Add to basket
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The Edinburgh Review or Critical Journal: for Nov 1814É Feb 1815 (vol XXIV)
- £50.00
- Started on 10 October 1802 by Francis Jeffrey, Sydney Smith, Henry Brougham, and Francis Horner, it was published by Archibald Constable in quarterly issues until 1929. It began as a literary and political review.
- Add to basket
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The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A PeopleÕs History of Afghanistan (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- A sweeping and immersive history of modern Afghanistan Ð the first book from one of the worldÕs leading war correspondents. In 1969, the luxury Hotel Inter-Continental Kabul opened its doors: a glistening white box, high on a hill, that reflected AfghanistanÕs hopes of becoming a modern country, connected to the…
- Add to basket
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The Grand Inquisitor (SIGNED)
- £20.00
- Robin Day's own story of his 34 years as a television interviewer. He offers a collection of opinions, ideas and anecdotes in this account of his rise as a reporter in the 1950s to becoming television's first knight.
- Add to basket
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The Noble Liar: How and Why the BBC Distorts the News
- £8.00
- To some, it is the voice of the nation, yet to others it has never been clearer that the BBC is in the grip of an ideology that prevents it reporting fairly on the world. Many have been scandalised by its pessimism on Brexit and its one-sided presentation of the…
- Add to basket
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The State of Us (SIGNED)
- £100.00
- A fascinating call to arms full of insight' Independent. After four decades broadcasting to the nation each night, Jon Snow gives vent to his opinions on the state of our nation . . . the good news and the bad news. It is rare in history that so many nations…
- Add to basket
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They Knew: How a culture of conspiracy keeps America complacent
- £30.00
- In They Knew, New York Times best-selling author Sarah Kendzior explores the United StatesÕ Òculture of conspiracy,Ó putting forth a timely and unflinching argument: uncritical faith in broken institutions is as dangerous as false narratives peddled by propagandists. Conspiracy theories are on the rise because officials refuse to enforce accountability…
- Add to basket
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This is London
- £45.00
- Selected transcripts of Murrow's famous CBS radio broadcasts from war-time London, which brought the war to the American audience and made him a celebrity here; still a compelling first-person account of the tension in pre-war England and of the early days of the war, when Britain stood alone.
- Add to basket
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This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America’s Future
- £20.00
- The shocking, definitive account of the 2020 election and the first year of the Biden presidency by two New York Times reporters, exposing the deep fissures within both parties as the country approaches a political breaking point. This is the authoritative account of an eighteen-month crisis in American democracy that…
- 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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Up in the Old Hotel: Reportage from “the New Yorker”
- £16.00
- The master of a journalistic style long vanished - urbane, lucid, courteous... A masterpiece of observation and storytelling' Ian McEwan. Mitchell is the laureate of old New York. The hidden corners of the city and the people who lived there are his subject. He captured the waterfront rooming-houses , nickel-a-drink…
- Add to basket
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Waugh in Abyssinia
- £75.00
- In 1935 Italy declared war on Abyssinia and Evelyn Waugh was sent to Addis Ababa to cover the conflict. His acerbic account of the intrigue and political machinations leading up to the crisis is coupled with amusing descriptions of the often bizarre and seldom straightforward life of a war correspondent…
- Add to basket