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  • When the Lights Went Out

    What Really Happened to Britain in the Seventies

    par Andy Beckett ...
    The seventies are probably the most important and fascinating period in modern British political history. They encompass strikes that brought down governments, shock general election results, the rise of Margaret Thatcher and the fall of Edward Heath, the IMF crisis, the Winter of Discontent and the three-day week.But the seventies have also been frequently misunderstood, oversimplified and ... En savoir plus

    $12.99 CAD

  • Pinochet in Piccadilly

    par Andy Beckett ...
    In October 1998, the erstwhile Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet was arrested in London, charged with crimes against humanity by a Spanish magistrate. But over the 16 months that Pinochet was detained, intriguing questions went unanswered about his close ties with Britain. Why was Lady Thatcher so keen to defend the General? And why was Tony Blair's usually cautious government prepared to ... En savoir plus

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  • Mining Men

    Britain’s Last Kings of the Coalface

    par Emily P Webber ...
    The story of the last generation of British miners: fathers and sons, brothers and comrades, big hitters and broken men, strikers and scabs.'A compelling, unflinching account…full of tales of tragedy, gallows humour and camaraderie’ The TimesWhat happened to Britain's last generation of miners? Combining new personal interviews with extensive archival research, Emily P. Webber illuminates the ... En savoir plus

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  • Family Britain, 1951-1957

    par David Kynaston ...
    Collections series Tales of a New Jerusalem
    As in his highly acclaimed Austerity Britain, David Kynaston invokes an astonishing array of vivid, intimate and unselfconscious voices to drive his narrative of 1950s Britain. The keen-eyed Nella Last shops assiduously at Barrow Market as austerity and rationing gradually give way to relative abundance; housewife Judy Haines, relishing the detail of suburban life, brings up her children in ... En savoir plus

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  • The People

    The Rise and Fall of the Working Class, 1910-2010

    par Selina Todd ...
    THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'There was nothing extraordinary about my childhood or background. And yet I looked in vain for any aspect of my family's story when I went to university to read history, and continued to search fruitlessly for it throughout the next decade. Eventually I realised I would have to write this history myself.'What was it really like to live through the twentieth century? In ... En savoir plus

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  • Austerity Britain, 1945-1951

    par David Kynaston ...
    Collections series Tales of a New Jerusalem
    As much as any country, England bore the brunt of Germany's aggression in World War II, and was ravaged in many ways at the war's end. Celebrated historian David Kynaston has written an utterly original, and compellingly readable, account of the following six years, during which the country rebuilt itself. Kynaston's great genius is to chronicle the country's experience from bottom to top: ... En savoir plus

    $35.39 CAD

  • The Cold War

    A New Oral History of Life Between East and West

    par Bridget Kendall ...
    The Cold War is one of the furthest-reaching and longest-lasting conflicts in modern history. It spanned the globe - from Greece to China, Hungary to Cuba - and lasted for almost half a century. It has shaped political relations to this day, drawing new physical and ideological boundaries between East and West.In this meticulously researched account, Bridget Kendall explores the Cold War through ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

  • A History of the World

    par Andrew Marr ...
    Fresh, exciting and vividly readable, this is popular history at its very best.Our understanding of world history is changing, as new discoveries are made on all the continents and old prejudices are being challenged. In this truly global journey, political journalist Andrew Marr revisits some of the traditional epic stories, from classical Greece and Rome to the rise of Napoleon, but surrounds ... En savoir plus

    $21.99 CAD

  • Modernity Britain

    Book Two: A Shake of the Dice, 1959-62

    par David Kynaston ...
    Collections Livre 2 - Tales of a New Jerusalem
    Following Austerity Britain and Family Britain, the third volume in David Kynaston's landmark social history of post-war Britain'Triumphant ... A historian of peerless sensitivity and curiosity about the lives of individuals' Financial Times'This superb history captures the birth pangs of modern Britain ... It is a part of Kynaston's huge achievement that such moments of insight and pleasure ... En savoir plus

    $26.99 CAD

  • A 1960s Childhood

    From Thunderbirds to Beatlemania

    par Paul Feeney ...
    Do you remember Beatlemania? Radio Caroline? Mods and Rockers? The very first miniskirts? Then the chances are you were born in the or around 1960.To the young people of today, the 1960s seems like another age. But for those who grew up in this decade, school life, 'mod' fashions and sixties pop music are still fresh in their minds. From James Bond to Sindy dolls and playing hopscotch in the ... En savoir plus

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  • Leaving Berlin

    A Novel

    par Joseph Kanon ...
    **New York Times Notable Book * Named one of NPR and Wall Street Journal's Best Books of the Year *The acclaimed author of The Good German “deftly captures the ambience” (The New York Times Book Review) of postwar East Berlin in his “thought-provoking, pulse-pounding” (Wall Street Journal) New York Times bestseller—a sweeping spy thriller about a city caught between political idealism and the ... En savoir plus

    $18.99 CAD

  • A 1950s Childhood

    From Tin Baths to Bread and Dripping

    par Paul Feeney ...
    Do you remember Pathé News? Taking the train to the seaside? The purple stains of iodine on the knees of boys in short trousers? Knitted bathing costumes? Then the chances are you were born in or around 1950.To the young people of today, the 1950s seem like another age. But for those born around then, this era of childhood feels like yesterday. This delightful collection of photographic memories ... En savoir plus

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