Giles Macdonogh 38969

Berlin. A Portrait of Its history, Politics, Architecture and Society

St Martin's Press, 1997. Gekartonneerd met stofomslag. Pp: 540. ISBN: 9780312185374. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Giles Milton 47309

Big Chief Elizabeth

Hodder & Stoughton, 2000. Gekartonneerd met stofomslag. Pp: 416. In April 1586, Queen Elizabeth I acquired a new and exotic title. A tribe of North American Indians had made her their weroanza - 'big chief'. The news was received with great joy, both by the Queen and her favourite, Sir Walter Ralegh. His first American expedition had brought back a captive, Manteo, whose tattooed face had enthralled Elizabethan London. Now Manteo was returned to his homeland as Lord and Governor. Ralegh's gamble would result in the first English settlement in the New World, but it would also lead to a riddle whose solution lay hidden in the forests of Virginia. A tale of heroism and mystery, Big Chief Elizabeth is illuminated by first-hand accounts to reveal a remarkable and long-forgotten story. ISBN: 9780340748817. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Giles Milton 47309

Big Chief Elizabeth

Groothandel / BESTEL, 2001. Paperback. Pp: 384. With the quite brilliant }Nathaniel's Nutmeg{, Giles Milton established himself as a writer of quality popular history, and this book is a worthy successor. Documenting the establishment of the first English settlement in the new world, it gives a fascinating insight into Elizabethan life, and of their first experiences of the American continent. ISBN: 9780340748824. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Giles Kristian 44162

The Bleeding Land

CORGI BOOKS. Paperback. Pp: 528. ISBN: 9780552162401. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Giles Chapman 44456

Cars That Time for Got

Parragon Book Service Limited, 1999. Paperback. Pp: 96. ISBN: 9780752525396. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Giles Milton 47309

Checkmate in berlin: the cold war showdown that shaped the modern world

John Murray. Paperback. Pp: 416. A compulsive page-turner about the battle for Berlin and control of the Western world in the aftermath of the Second World War. From the high politics of Yalta to the desperate scramble to break the Soviet stranglehold of Berlin, this is the epic story of the first battle of the Cold War and how it shaped the modern world. ISBN: 9781529393163. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Giles Milton 47309

Checkmate in Berlin. The First Battle of the Cold War

John Murray Press. Paperback. Pp: 416. A compulsive page-turner about the battle for Berlin and control of the Western world in the aftermath of the Second World War from 'the master of narrative history'. ISBN: 9781529393170. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Giles Milton 47309

Churchills ministerie van onfatsoenlijke oorlogsvoering. Een handvol merkwaardige uitvinders hielp om de nazi's ten val te brengen

Xander Uitgevers B.V. Paperback. Pp: 384. Een fascinerend stuk onbekende geschiedenis van de Tweede Wereldoorlog. De soms bizarre verhalen over 'Real life Q's'Aan de vooravond van de Tweede Wereldoorlog werd in het voorjaar van 1939 een ultrageheime organisatie opgericht in Londen. Haar doel was het Duitsland van Hitler een halt toe te roepen door spectaculaire sabotageacties.De guerillacampagne die hieruit voortkwam, was minstens zo buitengewoon als de mannen die ervoor verantwoordelijk waren. Een van hen, Cecil Clarke, was een vindingrijk ingenieur die in de jaren dertig naam had gemaakt als de ontwerper van futuristische caravans. Zijn talenten werden nu ingezet voor dodelijke doeleinden. Zo was hij de bedenker van een drijvende mijn die dood en verderf zaaide op de Rijn, een explosief dat 'de castrator' heette en onder toiletbrillen werd vastgeplakt, en uiteindelijk de bom die topnazi Reinhard Heydrich en Praag van het leven beroofde.William Fairbairn was een gezette pensionado met een ongebruikelijke passie: hij was de absolute specialist op het gebied van mensen met blote handen om het leven brengen. Onder leiding van de Schot Colin Gubbins, gestaald door strenge opvoeding in de Schotse Hooglanden, en gesteund door een breed scala aan fascinerende figuren, bracht deze groep de nazi's de ene na de andere gevoelige nederlaag toe. Churchill koos deze mannen en vrouwen persoonlijk uit en noemde hen liefkozend 'The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare'. ISBN: 9789045215259. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Giles Milton 47309

Edward Trencom's Nose

Macmillan, 2007. Hardcover. Pp: 391. Situated on London's Foster Lane, there is a quintessentially Georgian, redbrick house with a green door bearing the sign Trencoms, 1662. It's the home of the Trencom family's cheese store, a generational establishment begun by Humphrey Trencom that now, 303 years later, is run by Edward Trencom. Quaint though it may seem, it bears witness to a strange occurrence of "accidents" that seem to befall every generation of the curd-loving family. Edward Trencom has bumbled through life, relying on his trusty nose to turn the family cheese shop into the most celebrated fromagerie in England. This was no ordinary nose, but one long, aquiline, and furnishing the trademark circular bump over the bridge-the very same nose bestowed on all the Trencom men. It was extraordinary, able to discern the composition, maturity, and quality of cheese-and the Trencom noses had sniffed, whiffed, and judged the very best cheeses of the world. But on an ordinary day, Edward's world is turned upside down when he stumbles across a crate of family papers. To his horror, he discovers that nine previous generations of his family have come to sticky ends because of their noses. When he investigates-despite his grandfather's caveat never to look into the origin of his nose-Edward finds himself caught up in a Byzantine riddle to which there is no obvious answer. And like his ill-fated ancestors, he is hunted down by rival forces whose identity and purpose remain a total mystery. Trapped between the mad, the bad, and a cheese to die for, Edward Trencom's nose must make a choice-and for the last nine generations it has made the catastrophically wrong decision. ISBN: 9781405090803. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Giles Macdonogh 38969

Frederick the Great

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1999. Gekartonneerd met stofomslag. Pp: 436. Frederick the Great (1712-86) is one of the most successful and controversial European monarchs. He became King of Prussia at the age of 29, which he went on to weld into one of the most formidable powers of Europe. He created a Royal Court that was the envy of Europe, surrounding himself with intellectuals, musicians, artists, philosophers, and in many ways he was the embodiment of the enlightened monarch of the 18th century. He abolished physical punishment, he was the architect of his houses and several public buildings in Potsdam, he dabbled in musical composition, and was a brave and much-feared soldier. Admired and idolized in the 19th century, the defeat of the Germans after 1918 marked a downturn in his reputation with the creation of the bugbear of Prussian militarism: Frederick the Great was now seen as its founding father. In the Second World War he became the `Potsdam Fuhrer', the evil progenitor of Adolf Hitler - who kept a portrait of Frederick above his desk and had Goebbels read him extracts from Carlyle's biography of Frederick. In this authoritative biography MacDonogh examines Frederick's life in the round, unlike his two most recent biographers who concentrated on his military endeavours. For the first time his tortured private life and sexuality (Voltaire, whose Candide is based on Frederick's court, spread stories of his predilection for young soldiers) are thoroughly explored. Using many unpublished papers, which MacDonogh is the first biographer to see, family archives and diaries, he provides a fresh assessment of this remarkable man and his times, revealing a far more subtle and complex personality than that portrayed in previous accounts. ISBN: 9780297817772. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Giles Foden 56346

Freight Dogs

Orion Publishing Co. Paperback. Pp: 416. From the acclaimed author of The Last King Of Scotland, Freight Dogs explores the individual consequences of Africa's 'Great War', distilling a world-shaking conflict into the unputdownable story of one man's life. ISBN: 9781409137429. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Giles Tremlett 54490

Ghosts of Spain. Travels Through Spain and Its Silent Past

Walker & Company, 2007. Hardcover. Pp: 386. An eloquent odyssey through Spain's dark history journeys into the heart of the Spanish Civil War to examine the causes and consequences of a painful recent past, as well as its repercussions in terms of the discovery of mass graves containing victims of F. ISBN: 9780802715746. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Giles Norman 277517

Giles Norman. Twenty years of photography

Giles Norman Gallery, 2002. Gekartonneerd met stofomslag. Cond./Kwaliteit: Redelijk.

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Giles Sparrow 47778

The History of Our Universe in 21 Stars. (That You Can Spot in the Night Sky)

Headline Publishing Group. Paperback. Pp: 352. A complete introduction to the heavens through the tales of these 21 key stars. ISBN: 9781802795059. Cond./Kwaliteit: Ramsj.

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Giles Morgan 45292

The Holy Grail

Pocket Essentials, 2005. Gekartonneerd met stofomslag. Pp: 160. ISBN: 9781904048343. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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