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Sextant(2015) BARRIE, DAVIDIn the tradition of Dava Sobel's ‘Longitude’ comes sailing expert David Barrie's compelling and dramatic tale of invention and discovery – an eloquent elegy to one of the most important navigational instruments ever created, and the daring mariners who usVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Strange Laws Of Old England(2013) CAWTHORNE, NIGELAn entertaining tour of the wilder shores of the British legal systemVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Penguin Social History of Britain(1990) PORTER, ROYA portrait of 18th century England, from its princes to its paupers, from its metropolis to its smallest hamlet. The topics covered include - diet, housing, prisons, rural festivals, bordellos, plays, paintings, and work and wages.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Empire(2002) HOWE, STEPHEN (, TUTOR IN POLITICS AT RUSKIN COLLEGE, OXFORD)Although the great historic imperial systems have collapsed during the past, their legacies shape almost every aspect of life on a global scale. What has replaced the old territorial empires in world politics? Do the United States and its allies - the forVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Restoration London(2004) PICARD, LIZAFrom poverty to pets, medicine to magic, slang to sex and from wallpaper to women's rights - a glorious portrait of life in London from 1660-70, by the bestselling author of Elizabeth's London.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition(1995) BURG, B. R.Investigates the social and sexual world of these sea roversVezava: Mehka44,89 € -
Stranger in the House(2009) SUMMERS, JULIEA moving and revealing insight into the real experiences of women welcoming home their menfolk from the Second World WarVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Dr Johnson's London(2004) PICARD, LIZAThe everyday realities of life in the city of Hogarth, Fielding and Dr Johnson, by the author of the bestselling Elizabeth's London.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Georgian and Regency Houses Explained(2007) YORKE, TREVORA guide to the houses of the 18th and early 19th century, their exteriors, interiors and style. The book explains various aspects of the Georgian and Regency house and provides a comprehensive guide to the houses of this period.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Shakespeare's London(2011) PORTER, STEPHENEveryday life in the teeming metropolis during William Shakespeare's time in the city.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Life and Death of St. Kilda(2011) STEEL, TOMThe extraordinary story of the UK’s most gruelling and spectacularly beautiful islands. Tom Steel’s acclaimed portrait of the St Kildan’s lives is now updated in this reissued edition.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Europe's Inner Demons(1993) COHN, NORMANIn this ground-breaking book, Professor Norman Cohn traces popular beliefs about witches to their origins. He examines the fantasies that inspired the great European witch-hunt of the 16th and 17th centuries when thousands of innocent people were torturedVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Penguin Dictionary of First Names(2004) PICKERING, DAVIDNames have much to tell us about our past, our beliefs - even our personality traits. With 150 plus entries, this book takes a look at over 5,000 examples, ranging from the familiar to the comparatively obscure, drawn from different parts of the English-sVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Dress in Anglo-Saxon England(2010) OWEN-CROCKER, GALE RSplendid . . . the major overview of Anglo-Saxon clothing and textile from the 5th to 11th centuries. . . . Owen-Crocker has become the authority reconstructors call upon. . . . A wise and scholarly book. TOEBI NewsletterVezava: Mehka40,14 € -
People's War(1992) CALDER, ANGUSThe Second World War was, for Britain, a 'total war'. In this title, the author presents not only the great events and leading figures but also the oddities and banalities of daily life on the Home Front, and in particular the parts played by ordinary peoVezava: Mehka39,24 € -
Pol Pot Regime(2008) KIERNAN, BENOffering an account of the Cambodian revolution and genocide, this book includes a preface that takes the story up to 2008 and the UN-sponsored Khmer Rouge tribunal.Vezava: Mehka38,00 € -
Victorians(2003) WILSON, A.N.People, not abstract ideas, make history, and nowhere is this more revealed than in A. The 'global village' is a Victorian village and many of the ideas we take for granted, for good or ill, originated with these extraordinary, self-confident people. WilsVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Inventing the Victorians(2002) SWEET, MATTHEWAs Sweet shows us in this brilliant study, many of the concepts that strike us as terrifically new - political spin-doctoring, extravagant publicity stunts, hardcore pornography, anxieties about the impact of popular culture upon children - are VictorianVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Twirlymen(2013) RAJAN, AMOLThey are Twirlymen. Having himself failed through a combination of injury and indolence to become a leg-spinner of renown, Amol Rajan pays homage to that most eccentric of all sporting heroes - the spin bowler.Vezava: Mehka18,21 €
