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In their own words
Fritz Fischer

In their own words

World War II
This is the diary of a young German soldier who was drafted into the army towards the end of the Second World War, and the memories of his older sister who had to flee from the advancing Russian army. She also put her experiences and hardships on paper.
€19.98
Paperback - English - 9789403738772
Beyond the Spotlight
Willow Williams

Beyond the Spotlight

The Untold Story of Marilyn Monroe
Dynamic and iconic actress and model with a legacy spanning decades. Known for captivating performances, an indelible screen presence, and a cultural impact that transcends generations. Adept at conveying emotion, charm, and depth in roles across genres.
€7.90
Paperback - English
Robby - The Scottish Years
Rob Dijksman

Robby - The Scottish Years

Robby has 526 pages, 160,000 words and 1,100 illustrations. It tells about eighty years of Rob Dijksman’s travel, photography, nature trips, cultural meetings, rugby and cricket, magazines, communication and public relations.
€11.33
Paperback - English
Letters from the Past
Michael Pantlin

Letters from the Past

An English Family in the 19th & 20th Century
'Letters from the Past' is about the lives of four generations of the Handley family in Shropshire and Liverpool. The reader is taken through their lives, bringing their thoughts, beliefs, feelings and suffering together in a clear and captivating way.
€18.99
Paperback - English - 9789403682907
Julius Caesar
Jacob Abbott

Julius Caesar

Alexander was the hero of the Greeks. He was King of Macedon, a country lying north of Greece proper. He headed an army of his countrymen, and made an excursion for conquest and glory into Asia. He made himself master of all that quarter of the globe.
€22.99
Paperback - English - 9786256014374
Historic Boyhoods
Rupert Sargent Holland

Historic Boyhoods

Historic Boyhoods (1909) This book, re-edited and illustrated by e-kitap projesi and published again in ebook format. In this book, telling that Boyhood stories of the Most famous persons in the world, and so These 21 famous persons lay out from Christoph
€22.99
Paperback - English - 9786256014138
Great Astronomers
Robert Stawell Ball

Great Astronomers

(Isaac Newton)
Isaac Newton was born on the 25th of December (old style), 1642, at Woolsthorpe, in Lincolnshire, about a half-mile from Colsterworth, and eight miles south of Grantham. His father, Mr. Isaac Newton, had died a few months after his marriage.
€15.99
Paperback - English - 9786256004658
Four Great Americans
James Baldwin

Four Great Americans

When George Washington was a boy there was no United States. The land was here, just as it is now, stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific; but nearly all of it was wild and unknown.
€22.99
Paperback - English - 9786256004474
Capitaine Baptiste
Kenneth J. A. MacKenzie

Capitaine Baptiste

SOE wireless operator and Maquis leader
Memoir of "Capitaine Baptiste" (Kenneth Yves Marcel MacKenzie) an SOE wireless operator and Maquis leader in the Morvan, France, in 1944.
£18.80
Paperback - English - 9789403624365
Twelve Great Years
David Phillips

Twelve Great Years

My time in the Royal Air Force
Following the peace after the end of WWII, the UK was in the process of rebuilding its armed forces and there was a need to recruit and train more pilots. This book is David’s personal account of his time spent serving as a pilot in the Royal Air Force.
£9.99
Paperback - English - 9789403747637
One life, a thousand dreams and me
Mariana Afonso

One life, a thousand dreams and me

I was just a girl... A real story with lifelong scars
€20.00
Paperback - English
PERONISTAS AND NEW DEALERS
GLENN J DORN

PERONISTAS AND NEW DEALERS

US-ARGENTINE RIVALRY AND THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE (1946-1950)
This work employs a corporatist analytical framework meshed with a comparative approach to examine inter-American relations during the early years of the Cold War. The emergence of Juan and Eva Perón in Argentina provoked a major ideological crisis.
€21.95
Paperback - English - 9781952799556
A Ride Across Palestine
Anthony Trollope

A Ride Across Palestine

Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. He wrote penetrating novels on political, social, and gender issues and conflicts of his day.
€14.99
Paperback - English - 9786057566249
Barchester Towers
Anthony Trollope

Barchester Towers

Barchester Towers concerns the leading clergy of the cathedral city of Barchester. The much loved bishop having died, all expectations are that his son, Archdeacon Grantly, will succeed him. Owing to the passage of the power of patronage..
€32.99
Paperback - English - 9786057566263
The Duckworths of Queensbury
Alan Duckworth

The Duckworths of Queensbury

A brief account of the Duckworth family of Queensbury with photographs.
£13.99
Paperback - English - 9789403614892
Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass
frederick Doouglass

Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass

AN AMERICAN SLAVE. WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (in English, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave) is an 1845 memoir and treatise on abolition written by the African-American orator and former slave F Douglass...
€19.45
Paperback - English - 9789403744261
Just the ticket
Dave Wright

Just the ticket

Eastern Counties Omnibus Company Revisited
An insight into bus driving in rural Norfolk in the late sixties and early seventies.
€11.47
Paperback - English - 9789403723884
UNITED NATIONS PROTECTION FORCE
Heinz Duthel

UNITED NATIONS PROTECTION FORCE

Cambodia to ex Yugoslavia
UNITED NATIONS PROTECTION FORCE Cambodia to ex Yugoslavia Prepared by Heinz Duthel. Full Rank Colonel, KNU - as of September 1986.
€13.19
Paperback - English - 9789464858655
HEZBOLLAH, THE PARTY OF GOD SHEIKH HASSAN NASRALLAH
Heinz Duthel

HEZBOLLAH, THE PARTY OF GOD SHEIKH HASSAN NASRALLAH

حسن نصر Ottoman Empire, Shia organizations, Ayatollah Khomeini, PLO, Hafez al-Assad
Hezbollah – Party of God – THE PARTY OF GOD SHEIKH HASSAN NASRALLAH حسن نصر Ottoman Empire, Shia organizations, Ayatollah Khomeini, PLO, Hafez al-Assad
€15.19
Paperback - English
From the Jungle to the Deep Blue Sea
Jim Hindle

From the Jungle to the Deep Blue Sea

Securing the Borders in Belize
From the Jungle to the Deep Blue Sea is a book about British Forces serving in Belize from the 1960s up to the withdrawal of forces in the early 1990s. This was the main period of confrontation with Guatemala and contains individual memories of that time.
€14.18
Paperback - English - 9789464853865
From the Jungle to the Deep Blue Sea
Jim Hindle

From the Jungle to the Deep Blue Sea

Securing the Border in Belize
From the Jungle to the Deep Blue Sea is a book about British Forces serving in Belize from the 1960s up to the withdrawal of forces in the 1990s. This was the main period of confrontation with Guatemala and contains individual memories of that time
€28.41
Paperback - English - 9789464853834
Eastern Front – 500 Letters from War
Dirk Chervatin

Eastern Front – 500 Letters from War

The true Story of a German Soldier's incredible Journey in World War 2 – War Service, Captivity, then a Staggering Escape
Read the Painfully Realistic, Shocking, Yet Moving Tale of a German Soldier Whose Love for His Family Kept Him Going.
€20.36
Paperback - English - 9789403682044
James Randi:  Vida e Legado
Joiron Tony Mann

James Randi: Vida e Legado

Este livro é dedicado a James Randi, um renomado investigador de fraudes e defensor do ceticismo. Explore sua vida, desafios e descobertas neste fascinante relato.
€29.00
Paperback - English
USAlogies
J P Dalmeida

USAlogies

American History in Poems
In this book the history of the United States of America is told in poems.
€16.59
Paperback - English - 9789464857191
Phanês: Journal for Jung History, Vol. 5 (2022)
Phanês Press

Phanês: Journal for Jung History, Vol. 5 (2022)

Special Issue: The Correspondence Between Mircea Eliade and Henry Corbin (1950-1981), edited by Matei Iagher and Florent Serina
Critical edition of the correspondence between Henry Corbin and Mircea Eliade. Main topics: C. G. Jung, Eranos, Hermeneutics, Esotericism, Exile, French and Romanian politics, Literature, Islamic philosophy.
€15.06
Paperback - English
THE CYNUIT FACTOR
Nick Hubbard

THE CYNUIT FACTOR

THINKING ABOUT THE BATTLE OF EDINGTON 878AD (OR ETHANDUN - OR EÞANDUNE) AND THE BEGINNING OF ENGLAND
Revisiting the story if the Battle of Edington 878AD. Exploring a hugely important fight at Cynuit a few weeks before, in which an important Danish leader was killed. Alfred began to unite England and defeated the Danes. Where did these events take place?
£10.00
Paperback - English - 9789403656670
TAWNEY of Oxford
Martin K Thompson

TAWNEY of Oxford

and their Relatives
These biographical notes and family trees describe the Tawney family from the 16th to 20th centuries, and relations such as Treacher, Morrell, Wharton and Whorwood. They include the 5 Tawneys became Mayor of Oxford and a sixth was Mayor of Banbury.
€17.54
Paperback - English - 9789403656625
The Descendants of Seftel Marcus
Martin Lessem

The Descendants of Seftel Marcus

Descendant book for Seftel Marcus
€25.30
Paperback - English - 9789403670591
covid-19 a virus that dominated the world
Leon Cullen

covid-19 a virus that dominated the world

This book is about my time in covid and about boris johnson
€11.63
Paperback - English
RESISTANCE
Didi van Frits

RESISTANCE

101 essays from A to Z
Didi van Frits has written essays in magazines. In the last decade, he has posted on social media too. Now, aged 76, he takes a final look back, 1945-2021, combining his writing, photo archive, discussions on social media, and his guitar repertoire.
€15.69
Paperback - English - 9789403648200