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Lady Anne Barnard was a brave traveller, artist and observer. Stephen Taylor brings her brilliantly out of the shadows.' Stella TillyardLady Anne Barnard lived at the heart of Georgian society, yet was never... MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: X86896H Rageh Omaar / Only Half of Me : Being a Muslim in Britain (Hardback) A Muslim boy goes to a madrassa in Mogadishu to learn the Koran. His parents take him on two pilgrimages to Mecca. He arrives in Britain as a child just as Somalia collapses into a state of civil war, which will continue throughout his childhood and... MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: wW14119H Dan Snow / On This Day in History (Hardback) On which day was history's shortest war waged and won (in roughly 40 minutes)? How was Napoleon bested by a group of rabbits in 1807? Why did a dispute about beer in an Oxford pub lead to over 100 deaths and 470 years of penance? Why in... 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Wiebe - The Search For Order : The Making of America : 1877-1920 - PB ( American Century Series ) At the end of the Reconstruction, the spread of science and technology, industrialism, urbanization, immigration, and economic depressions eroded Americans' conventional beliefs in individualism and a divinely ordained social system. In The Search... MSRP: Now: €5.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: rR30574H Gordon Kerr / A Short History of the Middle East Situated at the crossroads of three continents, the Middle East has confounded the ambition of conquerors and peacemakers alike. Christianity, Judaism and Islam all had their genesis in the region but with them came not just civilisation and... 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Barnes - Irish-American Landmarks : A Traveller's Guide - PB A first-rate traveler's guide as well as an admirable addition to American ethnic studies". -- Chicago Tribune Take a tour of 3,000 sites and memorials of the Irish in America with this exciting travel book. More than just a travelogue, Irish-American... MSRP: Now: €10.00 Add to Cart Quick view sku: wW5937H Stephen Taylor / Defiance : The Life and Choices of Lady Anne Barnard (Hardback) 'An eccentric life, wonderfully told. Lady Anne Barnard was a brave traveller, artist and observer. Stephen Taylor brings her brilliantly out of the shadows.' Stella TillyardLady Anne Barnard lived at the heart of Georgian society, yet was never... MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: X86896H Rageh Omaar / Only Half of Me : Being a Muslim in Britain (Hardback) A Muslim boy goes to a madrassa in Mogadishu to learn the Koran. His parents take him on two pilgrimages to Mecca. 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Travis Elborough's compilation offers brilliantly candid and intimate insights not only into the headline-grabbing... MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: wW13098H Amy Goldstein / Janesville : An American Story (Hardback) Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year * Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize * 800-CEO-READ Business Book of the Year * A New York Times Notable Book * A Washington Post Notable Book * An NPR Best Book of 2017 * A Wall Street... MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: MED2887 Constitution of the United States of America - HB The Constitution of the United states, full text, with full text of amendments ( the last amendment ( ratified) being the 27th Amendment , 1992) Small format hardcover, 30 pages with red and white colour endpapers, , seal of the USA on the front... 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Barnes - Irish-American Landmarks : A Traveller's Guide - PB A first-rate traveler's guide as well as an admirable addition to American ethnic studies". -- Chicago Tribune Take a tour of 3,000 sites and memorials of the Irish in America with this exciting travel book. More than just a travelogue, Irish-American... MSRP: Now: €10.00 Add to Cart Quick view sku: wW5937H Stephen Taylor / Defiance : The Life and Choices of Lady Anne Barnard (Hardback) 'An eccentric life, wonderfully told. Lady Anne Barnard was a brave traveller, artist and observer. Stephen Taylor brings her brilliantly out of the shadows.' Stella TillyardLady Anne Barnard lived at the heart of Georgian society, yet was never... MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: X86896H Rageh Omaar / Only Half of Me : Being a Muslim in Britain (Hardback) A Muslim boy goes to a madrassa in Mogadishu to learn the Koran. His parents take him on two pilgrimages to Mecca. 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Bercuson / One Christmas in Washington : Churchill and Roosevelt Forge the Grand Alliance (Hardback) By Christmas Eve 1941 the war could hardly have been worse for Britain or the United States. The Japanese had entered the war, first bombing Pearl Harbor where they sank five US battleships; a few days later Japanese torpedo-bombers sank the Royal... MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: X86366H Travis Elborough / Our History of the 20th Century : As Told in Diaries, Journals and Letters (Hardback) What better way to understand Britain during the twentieth century than through the eyes of those who experienced it at first hand? Travis Elborough's compilation offers brilliantly candid and intimate insights not only into the headline-grabbing... MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: wW13098H Amy Goldstein / Janesville : An American Story (Hardback) Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year * Winner of the J. 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