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“robert orr ewing”

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  • A Compendium of Contrarians

    Those Who Stand Out By Not Fitting In

    by Robert Orr-Ewing ...
    What do Winston Churchill, Rosa Parks, Emile Zola, Billy Beane and Christopher Hitchens have in common? They are all Contrarians. This book is about the people who do not quietly slip into the shadows, who revel in playing devil's advocate, who zig when everyone else zags and who dare ask the question: 'Yes, but just supposing that everyone else is wrong?' They are not always successful all of the ... Read more

    $30.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • A History of Modern Britain

    by Andrew Marr ...
    A History of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr confronts head-on the victory of shopping over politics. This edition also includes an extra chapter charting the course from Blair to Brexit.It tells the story of how the great political visions of New Jerusalem or a second Elizabethan Age, rival idealisms, came to be defeated by a culture of consumerism, celebrity and self-gratification. In each decade, ... Read more

    $18.89 USD

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  • The English and Their History

    by Robert Tombs ...
    A New York Times 2016 Notable BookRobert Tombs’s momentous The English and Their History is both a startlingly fresh and a uniquely inclusive account of the people who have a claim to be the oldest nation in the world. The English first came into existence as an idea, before they had a common ruler and before the country they lived in even had a name. They have lasted as a recognizable entity ever ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • … And What Do You Do?

    What The Royal Family Don't Want You To Know

    by Norman Baker ...
    The royal family is the original Coronation Street – a long-running soap opera with the occasional real coronation thrown in. Its members have become celebrities, like upmarket versions of film stars and footballers. But they have also become a byword for arrogance, entitlement, hypocrisy and indifference to the gigantic amount of public money wasted by them.The monarchy itself is an important ... Read more

    $8.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Britain Alone

    The Path from Suez to Brexit

    by Philip Stephens ...
    NEW AND UPDATED EDITIONA magisterial and profoundly perceptive survey of Britain's post-war role on the global stage, from Suez to Brexit.'The fullest long-run political and diplomatic narrative yet of Britain's fateful, tragi-comic road to Brexit.'DAVID KYNASTON'An instant classic . . . Stephens is a master of historical codebreaking.'PETER HENNESSEYAward-winning Financial Times journ... ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

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  • What Might Have Been?

    Leading Historians on Twelve 'What Ifs' of History

    Edited by Andrew Roberts ...
    A dozen star historians on what might have happened at history's turning points if the dice had fallen differently.'Stimulating, provocative and playful' Literary ReviewThroughout history, great and terrible events have often hinged upon luck. Andrew Roberts has asked a team of twelve leading historians and biographers what might have happened if major world events had gone differently? Each ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • The Queen

    by A. N. Wilson ...
    In this unusual and vibrant examination of the life and times of Britain's most iconic living figure, A. N. Wilson considers the history of the monarchy, drawing a line that stretches from Queen Victoria to the bloody history of Europe in the 20th century, examining how and why the Royal Family has survived. He paints a vivid portrait of "Lilibet" the woman, and of her reign, throughout which she ... Read more

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  • Remember, Remember (The Fifth of November)

    The History of Britain in Bite-Sized Chunks

    by Judy Parkinson ...
    Series Book 4 - I Used to Know That
    A bestseller in 2008, Remember Remember has continued to enlighten and entertain readers wanting to brush up on their history. Lively, exciting, full of great stories and humorous asides, this book looks at the key events in British history, covering all the important dates, people and events. Each subject is presented in short, self-contained 'articles', designed to be dipped into on the readers ... Read more

    $7.19 USD

  • The Celebrated Pedestrian and Other Historical Curiosities

    by BBC History Magazine ...
    Who is the Downing of Downing Street? What did the first illuminated adverts in Piccadilly Circus advertise? Was Oliver Cromwell actually Welsh? Questions like these and many more are answered in this, the first ever miscellany from the editors of BBC History Magazine.The Celebrated Pedestrian - the title refers to people in Victorian times who walked for sport - collects a wide variety of ... Read more

    $17.89 USD

  • George V (Penguin Monarchs)

    The Unexpected King

    by David Cannadine ...
    Series series Penguin Monarchs
    For a man with such conventional tastes and views, George V had a revolutionary impact. Almost despite himself he marked a decisive break with his flamboyant predecessor Edward VII, inventing the modern monarchy, with its emphasis on frequent public appearances, family values and duty. George V was an effective war-leader and inventor of 'the House of Windsor'. In an era of ever greater media ... Read more

    $6.19 USD

  • The Churchill Complex

    The Curse of Being Special, from Winston and FDR to Trump and Brexit

    by Ian Buruma ...
    **“Stimulating and highly readable. . . . The Churchill Complex is a rich and rewarding book.” —Wall Street JournalFrom one of its keenest observers, a brilliant, witty journey through the "Special Relationship" between Britain and America that has done so much to shape the world, from World War II to Brexit.**It is impossible to understand the last seventy-five years of American history, through ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Supermac

    The Life of Harold Macmillan

    by D R Thorpe ...
    Great-grandson of a crofter and son-in-law of a Duke, Harold Macmillan (1894-1986) was both complex as a person and influential as a politican. Marked by terrible experiences in the trenches in the First World War and by his work as an MP during the Depression, he was a Tory rebel - an outspoken backbencher, opposing the economic policies of the 1930s and the appeasement policies of his own ... Read more

    $33.59 USD