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Making of the English Working Class by E P Thompson Publisher Comments "Thompson's book has been called controversial, but perhaps only because so many have forgotten how explosive England was during the Regency and the early reign of Victoria. Without any reservation, The Making of the English Working Class is the most... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester Publisher Comments Simon Winchester delivers an account of the seventy-year odyssey and key players behind the making of the unrivalled Oxford English Dictionary.... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Law of the Constitution by Albert V. Dicey Publisher Comments A starting point for the study of the English Constitution and comparative constitutional law, The Law of the Constitution elucidates the guiding principles of the modern constitution of England: the legislative sovereignty of Parliament, the rule of law,... (read more) Available November 2009 Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper 
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The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--And How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson Staff Pick In 1854, as a cholera epidemic ravaged London, prevailing wisdom blamed "miasma"; in other words, "bad air" was spreading the disease. One prominent physician disagreed. It was Dr. John Snow's work outside of the lab, however ... (read more) Your price: $15.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Princes in the Tower by Alison Weir Publisher Comments "A SURPRISINGLY FRESH AND TREMENDOUSLY THOROUGH CONTRIBUTION to the debate...Weir's book is, no doubt, not the last on this subject, but it might be the best....[She] constructs a devastating case...[and] brilliantly illuminates the nature of late... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir Publisher Comments The tempestuous, bloody, and splendid reign of Henry VIII of England (1509-1547) is one of the most fascinating in all history, not least for his marriage to six extraordinary women. In this accessible work of brilliant scholarship, Alison Weir draws on... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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A Gambling Man: Charles II's Restoration Game by Jenny Uglow Publisher Comments The Restoration was a decade of experimentation: from the founding of the Royal Society for investigating the sciences to the startling role of credit and risk; from the shocking licentiousness of the court to failed attempts at religious tolerance... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $24.50 Used - Hardcover
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Behind Closed Doors: At Home in Georgian England by Amanda Vickery Publisher Comments In this brilliant new work, Amanda Vickery unlocks the homes of Georgian England to examine the lives of the people who lived there. Writing with her customary wit and verve, she introduces us to men and women from all walks of life: gentlewoman Anne... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $43.95 New - Hardcover
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Kent and the Battle of Britain by Robin J. Brooks Synopsis Memories and stories of those who took part, from fighter pilots and ground crew, to Civil Defence workers and ordinary Kentish men and women. All witnessed the battle fought out in the skies above Kent during the hot summer of 1940.... (read more) Your price: $21.25 New - Trade Paper
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Henry VIII: The King and His Court by Alison Weir Publisher Comments Stimulating and tumultuous, the court of Henry VIII attracted the finest minds and greatest beauties in Renaissance England. Meticulous in historic detail, narrated with high style and grand drama, Weir brilliantly brings to life the king, the court, and... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Scotland: The Story of a Nation by Magnus Magnusson Publisher Comments Kirkus Reviews hailed Magnus Magnusson's book as a "vast, superb history [that] relates Scotland's past over a dozen millennia." Drawing on a great deal of modern scholarship that has redefined the nation's story, Magnusson vividly re-creates the long... (read more) Your price: $22.50 New - Trade Paper
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Thunderstruck by Erik Larson Staff Pick In this remarkable follow-up to his hit thriller Devil in the White City, Erik Larson applies his considerable skill to craft a story of invention and murder. A tightly written page-turner.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Castles & Palaces of the Tudors & Stuarts: The Golden Age of Britain's Historic & Stately Houses by Charles Phillips Synopsis Divided into four chronological sections this book opens with the early Tudor palaces. The next section covers the so-called 'Prodigy Houses' of the Elizabethan era, which are followed by a selection of Jacobean palaces and stately homes. The final... (read more) Your price: $16.99 New - Trade Paper
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The Last Lion-Winston Spenser Churchill: Alone 1932-1940 by William Manchester Publisher Comments The long-awaited second volume of the best Churchill biography reveals the true portrait of this ambitious world leader. Discussion centers on the alarm he sounded about the terrible plot being hatched inside Hitler's deranged mind. Two 8-page photos... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Darts in England, 1900-39: A Social History (Studies in Popular Culture) by Patrick Chaplin Synopsis Drawing on an eclectic range of primary and secondary sources Chaplin examines the development of darts in the context of English society in the early twentieth century. He reveals how darts was transformed during the interwar years to become one of the... (read more) List Price $84.95 Your price: $83.25 New - Hardcover
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Consumerism and the Co-Operative Movement in Modern British History: Taking Stock by Lawrence (edt) Black Publisher Comments Despite the abundance and quality of recent historical writing on consumerism, it cannot be said that the modern Co-operative movement (Co-op) has been well served. It has also been by-passed in studies that locate Britons' identity in their consumption.... (read more) List Price $84.95 Your price: $83.25 New - Hardcover
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The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester From Powells.com Erudite noir. "A tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English Dictionary," as the book's subtitle explains, The Professor and the Madman tells the true story of Dr. W. C. Minor, a convicted murderer who from his book-lined cell at... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Derby Philosophers: Science and Culture in British Urban Society, 1700-1850 by Paul Elliott Publisher Comments This book focuses upon the activities of a group of Midland intellectuals that included the evolutionist and physician Erasmus Darwin, Rev. Thomas Gisborne the evangelical philosopher and poet, Robert Bage the novelist, Charles Sylvester the chemist and... (read more) List Price $95.00 Your price: $93.50 New - Hardcover
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Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya by Caroline Elkins Publisher Comments “An extraordinary act of historical recovery.”—The New Yorker As part of the Allied forces, thousands of Kenyans fought alongside the British in World War II. But just a few years after the defeat of Hitler, the... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Battle of Hastings: The Fall of Anglo-Saxon England by Harriet Harvey Wood Publisher Comments A compelling and contrary account of the Battle of Hastings on October 14, 1066athe most famous day in English history Harriet Harvey Woodas fascinating and accessible book will change forever our view of the Norman conquest of England. Although the... (read more) Your price: $26.95 New - Hardcover
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