General Interest
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Modern World University Atlas
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Simply the best atlas for college and university students, Anthem’s ‘Modern World University Atlas’ is the essential reference resource for the contemporary world.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843313069
March 2009
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£19.95 / $19.95Simply the best atlas for college and university students, Anthem’s ‘Modern World University Atlas’ is the essential reference resource for the contemporary world.
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Anthem Guide to the Opera, Concert Halls and Classical Music Venues of Europe
foreword by Steven Isserlis
compiled byThis guide is a unique resource for music lovers with a passion for travel. Europe’s foremost concert halls and opera houses are presented here in a comprehensive, accessible and attractive collection.
Anthem Press
Paperback
9781843312727
March 2009
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£23.95 / $23.95This guide is a unique resource for music lovers with a passion for travel. Europe’s foremost concert halls and opera houses are presented here in a comprehensive, accessible and attractive collection.
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What I Saw in America
G. K. Chesterton
introduction by Simon Newman‘What I Saw in America’ is an eloquent record of the polymath G. K. Chesterton’s experiences on a lecture tour of the US in 1921. This is a persuasive, revealing and essential work that overflows with wry humour, sympathy and intelligence playing devilishly against an irrepressible mischievousness.
Anthem Press
Paperback
9781843313007
February 2009
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£18.99 / $18.99‘What I Saw in America’ is an eloquent record of the polymath G. K. Chesterton’s experiences on a lecture tour of the US in 1921. This is a persuasive, revealing and essential work that overflows with wry humour, sympathy and intelligence playing devilishly against an irrepressible mischievousness.
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Action!
Interviews with Directors from Classical Hollywood to Contemporary Iran
Edited by Gary Morris
foreword by Jonathan Rosenbaum
introduction by Bert Cardullo‘Action!’ draws on the very best published and unpublished interviews of the ‘Bright Lights Film Journal’, and contains many gems, including the last ever interview given by Francois Truffaut, four months before he died.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843313120
February 2009
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Action!’ draws on the very best published and unpublished interviews of the ‘Bright Lights Film Journal’, and contains many gems, including the last ever interview given by Francois Truffaut, four months before he died.
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Excursions
Henry David Thoreau
foreword by Jeffrey S. Cramer
preface by Ralph Waldo EmersonThis choice collection of Thoreau’s nature writing includes the essays ‘The Succession of Forest Trees,’ ‘Walking’, and ‘Autumnal Tints’ – each one an explorative reach into the heart of the natural world.
Anthem Press
Paperback
9781843312918
October 2007
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£22.95 / $22.95This choice collection of Thoreau’s nature writing includes the essays ‘The Succession of Forest Trees,’ ‘Walking’, and ‘Autumnal Tints’ – each one an explorative reach into the heart of the natural world.
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A Blogger’s Manifesto
Free Speech and Censorship in a Digital World
Erik Ringmar
An expansive and captivating interrogation of free speech in the modern world, exploring the limitations of the digital age.
Anthem Press
Paperback
9781843312888
October 2007
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£14.99 / $14.99An expansive and captivating interrogation of free speech in the modern world, exploring the limitations of the digital age.
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Spies in the Empire
Victorian Military Intelligence
Stephen Wade
Stephen Wade’s enthralling book reveals the unsteady foundations of one of the country’s most prominent and renowned organizations, tracing the various elements that gradually composed the intelligence and political branches of Britain’s Secret Service.
Anthem Press
Paperback
9781843312628
July 2007
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£18.99 / $18.99Stephen Wade’s enthralling book reveals the unsteady foundations of one of the country’s most prominent and renowned organizations, tracing the various elements that gradually composed the intelligence and political branches of Britain’s Secret Service.
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How to Enjoy Paris in 1842
Francis Hervé
introduction by Andrew HusseyThis delightful text combines the practicalities of a travel guide with the revealing observations of social journalism.
Anthem Press
Paperback
9781843312666
March 2007
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£18.99 / $18.99This delightful text combines the practicalities of a travel guide with the revealing observations of social journalism.
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America Through the Spectacles of an Oriental Diplomat
Wu Tingfang
introduction by Jonathan SpenceA beguiling account of twentieth-century America through the eyes of an outsider, a remarkable inversion of the standard 'Westerner observing the exotic' travel writing formula.
Anthem Press
Paperback
9781843312697
March 2007
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£18.99 / $18.99A beguiling account of twentieth-century America through the eyes of an outsider, a remarkable inversion of the standard ‘Westerner observing the exotic’ travel writing formula.
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Moments in Hell
Notes of a War Correspondent
Richard Harding Davis
introduction by Janine Di GiovanniA war correspondent's breathtaking account of early twentieth-century wars, including the Greek-Turkish War (1897) and the Spanish-American War (1898).
Anthem Press
Paperback
9781843312635
March 2007
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£18.99 / $18.99A war correspondent’s breathtaking account of early twentieth-century wars, including the Greek-Turkish War (1897) and the Spanish-American War (1898).
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A Dictionary of Victorian London
An A-Z of the Great Metropolis
Lee Jackson
A wonderful A–Z of the fascinating world of Victorian London, full of amazing facts and curious humour.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843312307
August 2006
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£21.95 / $21.95A wonderful A–Z of the fascinating world of Victorian London, full of amazing facts and curious humour.
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The Case for Kosova
Passage to Independence
Edited by Anna Di Lellio
afterword by Ismaïl KadaréMakes the case for Kosova's independence; a challenging and unique book to inspire serious debate.
Anthem Press
Paperback
9781843312451
July 2006
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£24.95 / $24.95Makes the case for Kosova’s independence; a challenging and unique book to inspire serious debate.
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London’s Underworld
Thomas Holmes
introduction by Iain SinclairA thrilling exposé and a considered anthropological review of London's seedy underbelly.
Anthem Press
Paperback
9781843312192
April 2006
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£18.95 / $18.95A thrilling exposé and a considered anthropological review of London’s seedy underbelly.
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London: A Pilgrimage
Blanchard Jerrold
illustrated by Gustave Doré
introduction by Peter Ackroyd'London: A Pilgrimage' is a forgotten classic of social journalism, a frank and brutal look at the poverty striken, gin-swilling London of the nineteenth century, written in a perceptive, bold and gripping style.
Anthem Press
Paperback
9781843311935
September 2005
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£18.95 / $18.95‘London: A Pilgrimage’ is a forgotten classic of social journalism, a frank and brutal look at the poverty striken, gin-swilling London of the nineteenth century, written in a perceptive, bold and gripping style.
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Persian Pictures
Gertrude Bell
introduction by Liora Lukitz'Persian Pictures' is both travelogue and meditation, an elegiac and beautifully observed account of a spellbinding land.
Anthem Press
Paperback
9781843311690
May 2005
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£18.95 / $18.95‘Persian Pictures’ is both travelogue and meditation, an elegiac and beautifully observed account of a spellbinding land.
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Hollywood, the Pentagon and Washington
The Movies and National Security from World War II to the Present Day
Jean-Michel Valantin
A concerned investigation of the curious relationship between Hollywood and the US Department of Defense that exposes some distressing collaborations.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843311706
May 2005
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£115.00 / $115.00A concerned investigation of the curious relationship between Hollywood and the US Department of Defense that exposes some distressing collaborations.
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Subaltern Sports
Politics and Sport in South Asia
Edited by James H. Mills
A unique volume about the relationship between politics and sport in South Asia.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843311676
May 2005
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£115.00 / $115.00A unique volume about the relationship between politics and sport in South Asia.
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World Atlas of Sustainable Development
Economic, Social and Environmental Data
Anne-Marie Sacquet
Provides a revealing global overview of air pollution and its startling impact through graphical and visual representation of data.
Anthem Press
Paperback
9781843311669
March 2005
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£19.95 / $19.95Provides a revealing global overview of air pollution and its startling impact through graphical and visual representation of data.
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There is a Better Way
A New Economic Agenda for Labour
John Grieve Smith
This lively and controversial book is a timely contribution to the debate of the future of New Labour.
Anthem Press
Paperback
9781843311539
January 2005
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£22.50 / $22.50This lively and controversial book is a timely contribution to the debate of the future of New Labour.
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Homelands
War, Population and Statehood in Eastern Europe and Russia, 1918-1924
Edited by Nick Baron, Peter Gatrell
A comprehensive study of war, population and statehood in Eastern Europe and Russia, 1918–1924.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843311201
August 2004
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£115.00 / $115.00A comprehensive study of war, population and statehood in Eastern Europe and Russia, 1918–1924.
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Transforming China
Globalization, Transition and Development
Peter Nolan
A wide-ranging review of China's economic boom and the way in which it has been rapidly transformed beyond all recognition.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843311225
May 2004
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£115.00 / $115.00A wide-ranging review of China’s economic boom and the way in which it has been rapidly transformed beyond all recognition.
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Public Corruption
The Dark Side of Social Evolution
Robert Neild
A fascinating, confrontational investigation of the nature of corruption, its narcissistic origins and destructive future.
Anthem Press
Paperback
9781843310655
September 2002
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£24.95 / $24.95A fascinating, confrontational investigation of the nature of corruption, its narcissistic origins and destructive future.