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Life Between the Lines
By John Izbicki
Paperback
Published 05-Jul-2012
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John Izbicki has an exciting story to tell. Berlin-born, he lived through the horrors of Nazi persecution. As a refugee he changed his name, learned english, and became the education correspondent for the Daily Telegraph. He held this responsible position for 18 years.
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Thomas Wyatt
By Susan Brigden
Hardback
Published 20-Sep-2012
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Thomas Wyatt (1503-1542) was the first modern voice in English poetry. Chieftain of a new company of courtly makers, he brought the Italian poetic Renaissance to England, but he was also revered as prophet-poet of the Reformation. This title presents his portrait.
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Sisters, Secrets and Sacrifice: The True Story of WWII Speci
By Susan Ottaway
Paperback
Published 28-Feb-2013
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Two sisters. Two special agents. One War. Sisters, Secrets and Sacrifice is the incredible true story of British special agents Eileen and Jacqueline Nearne, two sisters who risked everything to fight for our freedom during the Second World War.
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Deserter
By Charles Glass
Hardback
Published 28-Mar-2013
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The extraordinary story of the deserters of the Second World War. What made them run? And what happened after they fled?
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People's Car
By Berhard Rieger
Hardback
Published 19-Apr-2013
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Bernhard Rieger reveals how a car commissioned by Hitler and designed by Ferdinand Porsche became a global commodity on a par with Coca-Cola. The Beetle's success hinged on its uncanny ability to capture the imaginations of executives, engineers, advertisers, car collectors, suburbanites, hippies, and everyday drivers across nations and cultures.
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Map of a Nation
By Rachel Hewitt
Paperback
Published 07-Jul-2011
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The fascinating story of the creation of the Ordnance Survey map, told for the first time by a brilliant young historian.
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Keeping Up with the Germans
By Philip Oltermann
Paperback
Published 07-Feb-2013
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In 1996, in the middle of watching an ill-tempered football match between England and Germany, the author's parents tell him that they are going to leave their home city Hamburg behind and move to London. A number of worrying questions arise. How would English schoolboys take to a lanky 16-year-old German?
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Vanished Kingdoms
By Norman Davies
Paperback
Published 04-Oct-2012
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Europe's history is littered with kingdoms, duchies, empires and republics which have now disappeared but which were once fixtures on the map of their age. What happened to the once-great Mediterranean Empire of Aragon? This title lets you discover the stories of lost realms across the centuries.
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Brief History of Nakedness
By Philip Carr Gomm
Paperback
Published 14-Dec-2012
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Traces our preoccupation with nudity in three distinct areas of human endeavour: religion, politics and popular culture. This book explores new territory - revealing the ways in which religious teachers, politicians, protestors and cultural icons have used nudity to enlighten or empower themselves, or simply to entertain us.
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Confronting the Classics
By Mary Beard
Hardback
Published 07-Mar-2013
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Mary Bear explores our rich classical heritage in a series of essays - from Greek drama to Roman jokes, introducing some larger-than-life characters of classical history, such as Alexander the Great, Nero and Boudicca.
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