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An English Affair: Sex, Class And Power In The Age Of Profumo
- £20.00
- WINNER OF THE POLITICAL BOOK AWARDS POLITICAL HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014. Published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the Profumo scandal, An English Affair is a sharp-focused snapshot of a nation on the brink of social revolution. Britain in 1963 Harold Macmillan was the Prime Minister of…
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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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Changing Shape: The Faith Lives Of Millennials
- £15.00
- The generation known as ÔmillennialsÕ are now emerging into adulthood. They face opportunities and challenges no generation has previously faced. For the church they are the Ômissing generationÕ. Ruth PerrinÕs landmark study of emerging adults who as teenagers described themselves as Christians, reveals what has happened to this apparently Òlost…
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God’s Architect: Pugin and the Building of Romantic Britain
- £14.00
- Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852) was one of Britain's greatest architects, and his short career one of the most dramatic in architectural history. Born in 1812, the son of a French draftsman, at 15 Pugin was working for King George IV at Windsor Castle. By the time he was 21…
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Great-Uncle Harry: A tale of war and empire (SIGNED)
- £70.00
- From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, Harry, who died in tragic circumstances, he was determined to find out more about him. The quest that followed involved hundreds of hours of painstaking detective work. Michael dug out every bit of…
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Life on the English Manor: A Study of Peasant Conditions 1150-1400
- £10.00
- This classic gives a picture of the daily and yearly round of the English peasant in the Middle Ages. H. S. Bennett explains the feudal system which linked the poor man to the soil and to the service of his lord and the church in a pattern of customary dues…
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Looking For A New England 1975-1986
- £12.00
- What happened to UK cinema and TV when swinging London ended? Looking for a New England covers the period 1975 to 1986, from Slade in Flame to Absolute Beginners. A carefully researched exploration of transgressive films, the career of David Bowie, dystopias, the Joan Collins ouevre, black cinema, the origins…
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Love and Let Die: Bond, the Beatles and the British Psyche
- £18.00
- The Beatles are the biggest band there has ever been. James Bond is the single most successful movie character of all time. They are also twins. Dr No, the first Bond film, and 'Love Me Do', the first Beatles record, were both released on the same day - Friday, 5…
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Notes on Thought, Preceded by a Biographical Sketch
- £80.00
- Charles Buxton (1822-1871) was an MP and son of the renowned Abolitionist MP Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton. He was a brewer and writer as well as politician. This is a posthumously published book of his commonplace book, complete with Llewellyn Davies's brief biography at the start.
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Philip: The Final Portrait: The Final Portrait
- £12.00
- This is the story of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh - the longest-serving consort to the longest-reigning sovereign in British history. It is an extraordinary story, told with unique insight and authority by an author who knew the prince for more than forty years. Philip - elusive, complex, controversial, challenging,…
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Robert Peel: a Biography
- £20.00
- Robert Peel, as much as any man in the nineteenth century, transformed Great Britain into a modern nation. He invented our police force, which became a model for the world. He steered through the Bill which allowed Catholics to sit in Parliament. He reorganised the criminal justice system. He put…
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Roots To Reckoning
- £80.00
- This seminal photo-book hows the works of three Jamaican-born British photographers, Neil Kenlock, Armet Francis and Charlie Phillips. Through their striking and moving images, the book traces their own individual journeys as they search for their own identities as black Londoners, as well as the children of Caribbean immigrants.
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Sad Little Men: Private Schools and the Ruin of England
- £12.00
- The most important book I've read this year' Adam Rutherford, author of Control In 1975, as a child, Richard Beard was sent away from his home to sleep in a dormitory. So were Boris Johnson and David Cameron. In those days a private boys' boarding school education was largely the…
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Seven Ages of Britain: The story of our nation revealed by its treasures
- £35.00
- What does the delicate beauty of the Wilton Diptych reveal about medieval Britain? How do Henry Moore's sensuous forms reflect the social upheavals of the twentieth century? Are there any similarities between the minds that produced the Bayeaux Tapestry and Gillray's satirical prints? Why do St Paul's Cathedral and the…
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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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An English Affair: Sex, Class And Power In The Age Of Profumo
- £20.00
- WINNER OF THE POLITICAL BOOK AWARDS POLITICAL HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014. Published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the Profumo scandal, An English Affair is a sharp-focused snapshot of a nation on the brink of social revolution. Britain in 1963 Harold Macmillan was the Prime Minister of…
- Add to basket
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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
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Changing Shape: The Faith Lives Of Millennials
- £15.00
- The generation known as ÔmillennialsÕ are now emerging into adulthood. They face opportunities and challenges no generation has previously faced. For the church they are the Ômissing generationÕ. Ruth PerrinÕs landmark study of emerging adults who as teenagers described themselves as Christians, reveals what has happened to this apparently Òlost…
- Add to basket
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God’s Architect: Pugin and the Building of Romantic Britain
- £14.00
- Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852) was one of Britain's greatest architects, and his short career one of the most dramatic in architectural history. Born in 1812, the son of a French draftsman, at 15 Pugin was working for King George IV at Windsor Castle. By the time he was 21…
- Add to basket
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Great-Uncle Harry: A tale of war and empire (SIGNED)
- £70.00
- From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, Harry, who died in tragic circumstances, he was determined to find out more about him. The quest that followed involved hundreds of hours of painstaking detective work. Michael dug out every bit of…
- Add to basket
-
Life on the English Manor: A Study of Peasant Conditions 1150-1400
- £10.00
- This classic gives a picture of the daily and yearly round of the English peasant in the Middle Ages. H. S. Bennett explains the feudal system which linked the poor man to the soil and to the service of his lord and the church in a pattern of customary dues…
- Add to basket
-
Looking For A New England 1975-1986
- £12.00
- What happened to UK cinema and TV when swinging London ended? Looking for a New England covers the period 1975 to 1986, from Slade in Flame to Absolute Beginners. A carefully researched exploration of transgressive films, the career of David Bowie, dystopias, the Joan Collins ouevre, black cinema, the origins…
- Add to basket
-
Love and Let Die: Bond, the Beatles and the British Psyche
- £18.00
- The Beatles are the biggest band there has ever been. James Bond is the single most successful movie character of all time. They are also twins. Dr No, the first Bond film, and 'Love Me Do', the first Beatles record, were both released on the same day - Friday, 5…
- Add to basket
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Notes on Thought, Preceded by a Biographical Sketch
- £80.00
- Charles Buxton (1822-1871) was an MP and son of the renowned Abolitionist MP Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton. He was a brewer and writer as well as politician. This is a posthumously published book of his commonplace book, complete with Llewellyn Davies's brief biography at the start.
- Add to basket
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Philip: The Final Portrait: The Final Portrait
- £12.00
- This is the story of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh - the longest-serving consort to the longest-reigning sovereign in British history. It is an extraordinary story, told with unique insight and authority by an author who knew the prince for more than forty years. Philip - elusive, complex, controversial, challenging,…
- Add to basket
-
Robert Peel: a Biography
- £20.00
- Robert Peel, as much as any man in the nineteenth century, transformed Great Britain into a modern nation. He invented our police force, which became a model for the world. He steered through the Bill which allowed Catholics to sit in Parliament. He reorganised the criminal justice system. He put…
- Add to basket
-
Roots To Reckoning
- £80.00
- This seminal photo-book hows the works of three Jamaican-born British photographers, Neil Kenlock, Armet Francis and Charlie Phillips. Through their striking and moving images, the book traces their own individual journeys as they search for their own identities as black Londoners, as well as the children of Caribbean immigrants.
- Add to basket
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Sad Little Men: Private Schools and the Ruin of England
- £12.00
- The most important book I've read this year' Adam Rutherford, author of Control In 1975, as a child, Richard Beard was sent away from his home to sleep in a dormitory. So were Boris Johnson and David Cameron. In those days a private boys' boarding school education was largely the…
- Add to basket
-
Seven Ages of Britain: The story of our nation revealed by its treasures
- £35.00
- What does the delicate beauty of the Wilton Diptych reveal about medieval Britain? How do Henry Moore's sensuous forms reflect the social upheavals of the twentieth century? Are there any similarities between the minds that produced the Bayeaux Tapestry and Gillray's satirical prints? Why do St Paul's Cathedral and the…
- 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