Jenny Diski - The Sixties by Jenny Diski
$12.00 NZD
Category: Essays | Reading Level: very good
This is Jenny Diski at her essayistic best in a highly personal and entertaining exploration of the twentieth century's most colourful decade. Many books have been written on the Sixties: tributes to music and fashion, sex, drugs and revolution. In "The Sixties", Jenny Diski breaks the mould, wryly dism ...Show more
The Transformation of St Pancras Station by Alastair Lansley
$20.00 NZD
Category: Architecture | Reading Level: very good
At the end of 2007, St Pancras became the new London terminus for the high-speed channel tunnel rail link to continental Europe, taking over from Waterloo International. Central to this change, the entire structure and area around St Pancras have been renovated and transformed as one of the largest civi ...Show more
The Stones of London - A History in Twelve Buildings by Leo Hollis
$20.00 NZD
Category: Architecture | Reading Level: very good
In a sweeping narrative, from its mythic origins to the glittering towers of the contemporary financial capital, THE STONES OF LONDON tells the story of twelve London buildings in a kaleidoscopic and unexpected history of one of the world's most enigmatic cities. From the Roman forum to the Gherkin, Reg ...Show more
The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon, Containing, I. An Account of the Chancellor's Life from his Birth to the Restoration in 1660. II. A Continuation of the same, and of his History of the Grand Rebellion, from the Restoration to his Banishment in 1667
$200.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: good-very good
Fortress Kent by Roy Ingleton
$25.00 NZD
Category: United Kingdom | Reading Level: very good
Since the dawn of civilization, Britain has been menaced by foreign powers and invasive hordes, anxious either to pillage and plunder or to invade and rule over this green and pleasant land.
The End Game - The Final Chapter in Britain's Great Game in Afghanistan by Susan Loughhead
$16.00 NZD
Category: United Kingdom | Reading Level: very good
Beginning by drawing parallels between the author's experiences at the British Embassy in Kabul from 2010 to 2013 and her grandfather's experiences of the same just after Indian Independence from 1948 to 1950, this book takes a thematic approach to analyse the role of Britain in Afghanistan since the co ...Show more
Elizabeth's Spymaster - Francis Walsingham and the Secret War That Saved England by Robert Hutchinson
$10.00 NZD
Category: United Kingdom | Reading Level: good-very good
Francis Walsingham was the first 'spymaster' in the modern sense. His methods anticipated those of MI5 and MI6 and even those of the KGB. He maintained a network of spies across Europe, including double-agents at the highest level in Rome and Spain - the sworn enemies of Queen Elizabeth and her Protesta ...Show more
Henrietta Howard - King's Mistress, Queen's Servant by Borman, Tracy
$16.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
A History of the Bailiwick of Guernsey - The Islanders' Story by L James Marr
$25.00 NZD
Category: United Kingdom | Reading Level: very good