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Explore how Alexis de Tocqueville dissects the decline of France’s old aristocratic order and the birth of revolutionary ideals, blending keen social observation with sharp political insight.
Explore how Germaine Greer reimagines the life of a woman beside Shakespeare, blending historical insight with feminist critique to reveal untold stories and hidden power dynamics in early modern England.
(9780300219838 / 25013319) | Becoming Freud
Transworld Publishers Ltd (9781910948033) - Dimensions: 129 x 198 x 19mm | 213g - Media tie-in - Film Tie-In - Mainstream Publishing - London, United Kingdom - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Format: Paperback | 304 pages | City markets
Pan Macmillan (9781447275541 / 40818079) - Chris Van Wyk - Abridged - UK ed. - London, United Kingdom - Pan MacMillan - Dimensions: 215 x 272 x 6mm | 354g - Format: 64 pages - ISBN: 9781447275541 - Languages: English | Walk to Freedom
Discover inspiring writings of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, promoting freedom and democracy in 'Freedom from Fear', available now in stores.
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(9781419732720) - Height: 210 mm - Spine width: 22 mm - Width: 140 mm - Abrams - Abrams Press - ISBN: 9781419732720 - Number of pages: 224 - Languages: English - Publication date: 23 Oct - Weight: 354 g
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(9780300238686 / 51967953) - Height: 130 mm - Spine width: 30 mm - Width: 198 mm - Yale University Press - ISBN: 9780300238686 - Number of pages: 304 - Languages: English - Publication date: 10 Aug 2018
(9780691184647 / 9780691184647) - Dimensions: 216 x 140 mm - ISBN: 9780691184647 - Number of pages: 320 - Princeton University Press | Britain and Ireland, Saint Patrick Retold, Patrick's career against & Britain and late
(9781780234953 / 20 black and white illustrations.) - Height: 131 mm - Spine width: 16 mm - Width: 200 mm - Reaktion Books - ISBN: 9781780234953 - Number of pages: 191 - Languages: English - Publication date: 01 Aug 2015
(9780522874518) - Biography: general - Hardback - Melbourne University Press - ISBN: 9780522874518 - Pages: 277 pages - Publication date: 05/03/2019
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(9780500343388) - Height: 227 mm - Spine width: 23 mm - Width: 250 mm - Thames and Hudson - Thames and Hudson Ltd - ISBN: 9780500343388 - Number of pages: 256 - Languages: English - Weight: 1312 g
HarperCollins Publishers (9780007516582) | David Barrie's, Navigational instruments
imusti (9780753829158 / 36) - Dimensions: 133 x 201 x 38 mm - ISBN: 9780753829158 - Number of pages: 624 - Orion Publishing Co - Weight: 484 g | Caesar Augustus, Murdered his opponents
A satirical chronicle of an Englishman’s ill‑fated attempt to rescue a friend in Ethiopia, blending sharp wit with vivid descriptions of colonial absurdity and the stark beauty of the African landscape.
(9780281076116) - Height: 131 mm - Spine width: 19 mm - Width: 189 mm - Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge - ISBN: 9780281076116 - Number of pages: 128 - Languages: English - Publication date: 13 Mar 2018
(9780281080366) - Andrew E. Adam - Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge - SPCK - Height: 130 mm - Spine width: 22 mm - Width: 197 mm - ISBN: 9780281080366 - Number of pages: 224 - Languages: English
(9780141441252 / 9780141441252) - Revised Edition - Penguin Classics - Penguin Books Ltd - Height: 197 mm - Spine width: 21 mm - Width: 129 mm - ISBN: 9780141441252 - Number of pages: 269 - Languages: English | Mary Wollstonecraft
(9780571341139) - New edition - Faber & Faber - Height: 131 mm - Spine width: 19 mm - Width: 198 mm - ISBN: 9780571341139 - Number of pages: 148 - Languages: English - Weight: 134 g | Book generated enormous
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(9781408872239 / FLIBD9781408872239)
Evolver Editions (9781583947326 / 4-page colour insert) - Dimensions: 151 x 224 x 31mm | 834g - Format: 304 pages - Evolver Editions - Berkeley, United States - North Atlantic Books,U.S. - ISBN: 9781583947326 | Cultural history
(9780141032726) - Malcolm X - Penguin Books Ltd - Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 31 mm - ISBN: 9780141032726 - Number of pages: 528 - Weight: 362 g | Black man, Black America
(9780522872835 / 28312286) - Dimensions: 154 x 233 x 17mm | 324g - Format: Paperback | 277 pages - Publication date: 05 Feb 2019 - ISBN: 9780522872835 - Languages: English - Carlton, Australia - Melbourne University Press
(9780141986593 / 32230171) - Robert Dallek | Franklin D
(9781786630155) - Dimensions: 137.16 x 208.28 x 17.78mm | 367g - Reprint - Verso - London, United Kingdom - Verso Books - Format: Paperback | 224 pages - Publication date: 21 Aug 2018 - Height: 140mm | Beyond Boundaries
(9780571336227) - Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 28 mm - Main - Faber & Faber - Height: 129 mm - Spine width: 39 mm - Width: 197 mm - ISBN: 9780571336227 - Number of pages: 444 - Languages: English - Publication date: 01 Aug 2019
Explore Isaiah Berlin’s incisive essays on freedom, identity and culture, tracing how Russian intellectuals shaped modern thought; a compelling blend of history, philosophy and vivid narrative that invites deep reflection.
(9780141035888 / 25029634) - Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 50 mm - ISBN: 9780141035888 - Number of pages: 1072 - Penguin Books Ltd - Weight: 843 g | Ian Kershaw, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH, DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY, Ian Kershaw's & Hitler biography
(9781419735110) - Viet Thanh Nguyen - Abrams - Abrams Books - Height: 138 mm - Spine width: 20 mm - Width: 208 mm - ISBN: 9781419735110 - Number of pages: 208 - Languages: English - Publication date: 16 Apr 2019
Explore Friedrich Nietzsche through vivid panels and concise commentary, blending philosophy with striking visuals that illuminate his ideas on morality, art, and the will to power in an engaging, accessible format.
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