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British history
Socialist Way
By Roy Hattersley
Paperback
Published 30-May-2013
| RRP: | £14.99 |
| Our price: | £11.99 |
| You save: | £3.00 |
Containing high-profile contributions from journalists, academics, policy-makers and think tanks, this book provides directions for electoral success and seeks to show that there need not be a trade-off between power and principle. It includes chapters that cover a wide range of issues and provide new perspectives in the areas of economic.
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Sketchbook War
By Richard Knott
Hardback
Published 01-Jun-2013
| RRP: | £20.00 |
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City of London
By David Kynaston
Paperback
Published 01-Nov-2012
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Tells a story as dramatic as any novel, while explaining the mysteries of the financial world in a way that we can all understand. This book is a story of booms, busts and bankruptcies, dress codes, eating habits, pay, humour, changing architecture and the unique culture of the Square Mile which brings us up to the modern age.
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London in the Twentieth Century
By Jerry White
Paperback
Published 03-Jan-2008
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Tells the story not just of London, but of Londoners too. This book examines the changes on the worlds of work, transport, popular culture, politics and government and shows how London affects its inhabitants, shaping their lives and being shaped in turn by them.
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Set on a Hill
By Robin Bell
Paperback
Published 01-Jun-2012
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'Set on a Hill' is an engrossing and entertaining book which looks at the broad sweep of Scotland's history from the perspective of just one small Scottish town - Auchterarde - an area that has been of surprising strategic historical importance for thousands of years.
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Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England
By Ian Mortimer
Paperback
Published 01-Oct-2009
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Explains what life was like in the most immediate way, through taking readers, to the middle ages, and showing various things from the horrors of leprosy and war to the ridiculous excesses of roasted larks and haute couture.
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Austerity Britain: A World to Build
By David Kynaston
Paperback
Published 03-Mar-2008
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Presents a pictures of post-war Britain through the eyes of those who lived there - Judy Haines, a Chingford housewife, struggling daily with food rationing; Henry St John, a self-serving civil servant in Bristol; and, the young Glenda Jackson, taking her 11-plus.
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Losing Small Wars
By Frank Ledwidge
Paperback
Published 18-May-2012
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Examines the British involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan, asking how and why it went so wrong. This title looks at the failures of strategic thinking and culture that led to defeat in Britain's 'small wars'. It provides an analysis of the causes of military failure, and its enormous costs.
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History of Everyday Life in Scotland, 1600 to 1800
By Elizabeth Foyster
Paperback
Published 01-Feb-2010
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This volume explores the experience of everyday life in Scotland during a period of immense political, social and economic change.
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March, Women, March
By Lucinda Dickens Hawksley
Hardback
Published 09-May-2013
| RRP: | £18.99 |
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Explores the women's movement in Britain, from the passing of the Marriage and Divorce Act in 1857 to women attaining the vote in 1928. This book uses anecdotes and accounts by famous and hitherto lesser known suffragettes and suffragists to explore how the voice of women came to be heard throughout the land in pursuit of equal votes for females.
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