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Transit of Venus

Travels in the Pacific

by Julian Evans ...

With the potent myths of the Pacific Ocean in mind, Julian Evans journeys ever deeper into a world of gin-clear lagoons, palms and sand, in search of both remnants of the fabulous kingdoms of the nineteenth-century European imagination -fed by an abundance of fruits, fish and guilt-free sex -and their twentieth century reality. Ever since Captain Cook first went to Tahiti in 1769 to observe the ... Read more

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With the potent myths of the Pacific Ocean in mind, Julian Evans journeys ever deeper into a world of gin-clear lagoons, palms and sand, in search of both remnants of the fabulous kingdoms of the nineteenth-century European imagination -fed by an abundance of fruits, fish and guilt-free sex -and their twentieth century reality. Ever since Captain Cook first went to Tahiti in 1769 to observe the
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Military Archaeology

How Detectorists and Major Finds Improve our Understanding of History

by Tim Heath, Julian Evan-Hart ...

A valuable addition to the military and literary analysis of the archaeology of warfare from the Boudiccan uprising to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. Military and battlefield archaeology has always been viewed as a sub-discipline to that of traditional historical archaeology. Once considered the pursuit of learned history professors and their disciples today, military archaeology has flourished around ... Read more

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A valuable addition to the military and literary analysis of the archaeology of warfare from the Boudiccan uprising to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. Military and battlefield archaeology has always been viewed as a sub-discipline to that of traditional historical archaeology. Once considered the pursuit of learned history professors and their disciples today, military archaeology has flourished around
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Your Father's Room

by Michel Déon ...

Translated by Julian Evans ...

Artfully told... readers, propelled by Julian Evans silky-smooth translation, will find the ride in Déon s balloon exhilarating.' - Times Literary SupplementA vivid recreation of the interwar period, Michel Déon's fictionalised memoir is a touching and very true depiction of boyhood and how our early experiences affect us.Édouard (Michel Déon's real name) looks back on his 1920s childhood spent in ... Read more

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Artfully told... readers, propelled by Julian Evans silky-smooth translation, will find the ride in Déon s balloon exhilarating.' - Times Literary SupplementA vivid recreation of the interwar period, Michel Déon's fictionalised memoir is a touching and very true depiction of boyhood and how our early experiences affect us.Édouard (Michel Déon's real name) looks back on his 1920s childhood spent in
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The Foundling Boy

by Michel Déon ...

Translated by Julian Evans ...

It is 1919. On a summer's night in Normandy, a new-born baby is left in a basket outside the home of Albert and Jeanne Arnaud. The childless couple take the foundling in, name him Jean, and decide to raise him as their own, though his parentage remains a mystery. Though Jean's life is never dull, he grows up knowing little of what lies beyond his local area. Until the day he sets off on his ... Read more

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It is 1919. On a summer's night in Normandy, a new-born baby is left in a basket outside the home of Albert and Jeanne Arnaud. The childless couple take the foundling in, name him Jean, and decide to raise him as their own, though his parentage remains a mystery. Though Jean's life is never dull, he grows up knowing little of what lies beyond his local area. Until the day he sets off on his
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The Foundling's War

by Michel Déon ...

Translated by Julian Evans ...

In the aftermath of French defeat in July 1940, twenty-year-old Jean Arnaud and his ally, the charming conman Palfy, are hiding out at a brothel in Clermont-Ferrand, having narrowly escaped a firing squad. At a military parade, Jean falls for a beautiful stranger, Claude, who will help him forget his adolescent heartbreak but bring far more serious troubles of her own.Having safely reached ... Read more

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In the aftermath of French defeat in July 1940, twenty-year-old Jean Arnaud and his ally, the charming conman Palfy, are hiding out at a brothel in Clermont-Ferrand, having narrowly escaped a firing squad. At a military parade, Jean falls for a beautiful stranger, Claude, who will help him forget his adolescent heartbreak but bring far more serious troubles of her own.Having safely reached
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The Great and the Good

by Michel Déon ...

Translated by Julian Evans ...

From the acclaimed author of The Foundling Boy comes this new classic set in 1950s AmericaArthur Morgan is aboard the Queen Mary bound for the United States, where a scholarship at an Ivy League university awaits him, along with the promise of a glittering future.But the few days spent on the ship will have a defining effect on the young Frenchman, when he encounters the love of his life. ... Read more

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From the acclaimed author of The Foundling Boy comes this new classic set in 1950s AmericaArthur Morgan is aboard the Queen Mary bound for the United States, where a scholarship at an Ivy League university awaits him, along with the promise of a glittering future.But the few days spent on the ship will have a defining effect on the young Frenchman, when he encounters the love of his life.
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Undefeatable

Odesa in Love and War

by Julian Evans ...

'This is the account we've been starved of: an insight into Ukraine from an authoritative British writer who has skin in the country's game. 'Odesa is my discovered heart,' confesses Julian Evans, who fell in love with a woman from this constantly beguiling Black Sea port and started a family there, 'the place that's given me what I need for more than twenty-five years.' An outsider turned insider ... Read more

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'This is the account we've been starved of: an insight into Ukraine from an authoritative British writer who has skin in the country's game. 'Odesa is my discovered heart,' confesses Julian Evans, who fell in love with a woman from this constantly beguiling Black Sea port and started a family there, 'the place that's given me what I need for more than twenty-five years.' An outsider turned insider
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Encyclopedia of Forest Sciences

by Jeffery Burley ...

A combination of broad disciplinary coverage and scientific excellence, the Encyclopedia of Forest Sciences will be an indispensable addition to the library of anyone interested in forests, forestry and forest sciences. Packed with valuable insights from experts all over the world, this remarkable set not only summarizes recent advances in forest science techniques, but also thoroughly covers the ... Read more

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A combination of broad disciplinary coverage and scientific excellence, the Encyclopedia of Forest Sciences will be an indispensable addition to the library of anyone interested in forests, forestry and forest sciences. Packed with valuable insights from experts all over the world, this remarkable set not only summarizes recent advances in forest science techniques, but also thoroughly covers the
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A Sense of the Beginning

by Norbert Gstrein ...

Translated by Julian Evans ...

A poignant novel of political-religious awakening by one of Germany's literary starsAn anonymous phone call, an unattended bag discovered in the station of a small Austrian town, a piece of paper saying, "Repent!" and "Next time it will be for real!" A C.C.T.V. image of a young man. What was it that made the teacher think it was his old student, Daniel?Ten years earlier Daniel had spent time with ... Read more

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A poignant novel of political-religious awakening by one of Germany's literary starsAn anonymous phone call, an unattended bag discovered in the station of a small Austrian town, a piece of paper saying, "Repent!" and "Next time it will be for real!" A C.C.T.V. image of a young man. What was it that made the teacher think it was his old student, Daniel?Ten years earlier Daniel had spent time with
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A Sense of the Beginning

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A bomb threat is made at a provincial Austrian village station. An unattended bag placed next to three messages: "Repent!", "First and final warning!" and "Next time it will be for real!. But no-one takes it too seriously, not even the police. Then a teacher in the village thinks he recognises his favourite pupil Daniel on a wanted notice in a newspaper.The teacher befriended Daniel when they ... Read more

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A bomb threat is made at a provincial Austrian village station. An unattended bag placed next to three messages: "Repent!", "First and final warning!" and "Next time it will be for real!. But no-one takes it too seriously, not even the police. Then a teacher in the village thinks he recognises his favourite pupil Daniel on a wanted notice in a newspaper.The teacher befriended Daniel when they
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All the Light We Cannot See

A Novel

by Anthony Doerr ...

*NOW A NETFLIX LIMITED SERIES—from producer and director Shawn Levy (Stranger Things) starring Mark Ruffalo, Hugh Laurie, and newcomer Aria Mia Loberti*Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist, the beloved instant New York Times bestseller and New York Times Book Review Top 10 Book about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to ... Read more

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*NOW A NETFLIX LIMITED SERIES—from producer and director Shawn Levy (Stranger Things) starring Mark Ruffalo, Hugh Laurie, and newcomer Aria Mia Loberti*Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist, the beloved instant New York Times bestseller and New York Times Book Review Top 10 Book about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to
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Village of Secrets

Defying the Nazis in Vichy France

by Caroline Moorehead ...

Series Book 2 - The Resistance Quartet
“Le Chambon has long been mythologized in France for the actions of its inhabitants. . . . But, as this riveting history shows, the story is more complex. . . . If the picture Moorhead paints is messier than the myth, this only serves to enhance the heroism of the main actors.”— The New YorkerFrom the author of the New York Times bestseller A Train in Winter comes the absorbing story of a French ... Read more

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“Le Chambon has long been mythologized in France for the actions of its inhabitants. . . . But, as this riveting history shows, the story is more complex. . . . If the picture Moorhead paints is messier than the myth, this only serves to enhance the heroism of the main actors.”— The New YorkerFrom the author of the New York Times bestseller A Train in Winter comes the absorbing story of a French
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