The Court of the Caliphs
 Author: Hugh Kennedy Binding: Paperback EAN: 9780753818961 ISBN: 0753818965 Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: 2005-11-03 [... more]
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Wine: A Life Uncorked
Author: Hugh Johnson Binding: Paperback EAN: 9780753820926 ISBN: 0753820927 Number Of Pages: 448 Publication Date: 2006-09-06 [... more]
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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Amazon.com Review: British businessman and dedicated angler Paul Torday has found a way to combine a novel about fishing and all that it means with a satire involving politics, bureaucrats, the Middle East, the war in Iraq, and a sheikh who is really a [... more]
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The Stone of Heaven: The Secret History of Imperial ...
Author: Adrian Levy Author: Cathy Scott-Clark Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 549 EAN: 9780753813294 ISBN: 0753813297 Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: 2002-02-07 [... more]
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The Greeks and Greek Love: A Radical Reappraisal of ...
Worth a look but one-sided: Davidson is the young "David" out to slay the double-headed Goliath of Dover and Foucault. Is he successful? You be the judge. He certainly presents a plethora of sources and texts that if anything present a more [... more]
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Plotting Hitler's Death
Very Good Book: The author of this book, Joachim Fest, is one of the better know of the German World War 2 historians so I was expecting a well researched and factual book. What I found was just that. Fest first takes us through a history of a number of [... more]
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The Second Bounce of the Ball: Turning Risk into Opportunity
The Second Bounce of the Ball: Essential reading for anyone interested in becoming a successful entrepreneur. Ronald Cohen writes in an engaging, highly conversational style about the outstanding achievements of the private equity firm Apax which he co- [... more]
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The Complete Stories
Author: Alice Walker Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9780753819074 ISBN: 0753819074 Number Of Pages: 304 Publication Date: 2005-02-17 [... more]
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Where Shall We Go for Dinner?: A Food Romance
A Valentine for Cooks: This exquisitely written book would make a perfect Valentine's Day gift--even from you to you. I've long been a fan of Day-Lewis's cookbooks but this is more a tale of gastronomical adventures with supplemental recipes. Daughter of [... more]
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The Reason of Things
Relevant reflections on a much-changed world: This collection of essays is extraordinary and very thought provoking. Some of them are more interesting than others but in general, they make the reader think about a vast set of idea without trying to [... more]
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Greatest Day in History: How the Great War Really Ended
A Not Too Distant Mirror: November 11, 2008 will be the 90th anniversary of the Armistice that ended the fighting in World War I. Nicholas Best, a novelist, historian and former fiction critic for the Financial Times, delivers a well-written narrative of [... more]
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The Archimedes Codex: Revealing the Blueprint for Modern ...
Great Subject - Better Writing Needed: There is a spectacular story here. It needed far better authors to tell it. The authors of this work, Reviel Netz and William Noel have an absolutely spectacular subject. Literally over two thousand years in the [... more]
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