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Anarchist Seeds Beneath the Snow
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David Goodway |
From William Morris to Oscar Wilde to George Orwell, left-libertarian thought has long been an important but neglected part of British cultural and political history. In Anarchist Seeds beneath the S… |
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Gender and power in Britain, 1640-1990
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Susan Kingsley Kent |
Gender and Power in Britain is an original and exciting history of Britain from the early modern period to the present focusing on the interaction of gender and power in political, social, cultural a… |
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The two unions
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Alvin Jackson |
Alvin Jackson examines the two Unions--the Anglo-Scots Union of 1707 and the British-Irish of 1801--comparing their background, birth, and survival. In sustaining a comparison between the Unions, he … |
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In it together
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Matthew D'Ancona |
Tells the story of Britain's coalition government. With exclusive, unprecedented access to all the major senior figures, from David Cameron, George Osborne, Boris Johnson and Nick Clegg, this title t… |
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Packing up
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Brigid Keenan |
In the continuing adventures of Brigid Keenan, the "trailing spouse" of a diplomat, we find her dealing with life in Kazakhstan, navigating her daughters' weddings, coping with a cancer diagnosis, an… |
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Life in the United Kingdom
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Jenny Wales |
If you are planning on taking your Life in the UK test this official Study Guide will help you fully prepare for your test. It has been created to be used as a study aid for tests taken on or after 2… |
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Citizens and subjects
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Anthony Wright |
Citizens and Subjects is an essay on the nature and condition of democracy in Britain at the end of the twentieth century. It looks at the commonly held view that Britain is a model democracy, exposi… |
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The secret lives of Agent George Blake
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Roger Hermiston |
Drawing on hitherto unpublished records from Blake's trial, as well as original interviews with former spies and the man himself, 'The Greatest Traitor' sheds light on this most complex of characters… |
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The Duke of Portland
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Wilkinson, David. |
"David Wilkinson's analysis carefully dismantles many popular misconceptions about political life in this period, and breaks new ground in examining Portland's later career. After a protracted period… |
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Big boy rules
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Steve Fainaru |
Journey into Iraq's parallel, "outsourced" war--a world filled with tens of thousands of armed men roaming Iraq with impunity, doing jobs the military can't or won't do. They are "private security co… |
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Coming to England
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Floella Benjamin |
A fascinating and poignant account of the author's emigration to England with her family in the 1960s. |
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