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  • The Sea View Has Me Again

    Uwe Johnson in Sheerness

    de Patrick Wright ...
    The story of Uwe Johnson, one of Germany's greatest and most-influential post-war writers, and how he came to live and work in Sheerness, Kent in the 1970s.Towards the end of 1974, a stranger arrived in the small town of Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. He could often be found sitting at the bar in the Napier Tavern, drinking lager and smoking Gauloises while flicking through the pages of ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • Behind Diplomatic Lines

    Relations with Ministers

    de Patrick Wright ...
    Patrick Wright's memoir opens on a diplomatic crisis. A growing number of countries are threatening to boycott the Commonwealth Games in protest of the British government's handling of South African apartheid. And the problems only get worse.Patrick Wright was one of the pre-eminent diplomats of his day, putting him at the forefront of some of the late twentieth century's most important global ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Getting A Better Night's Sleep

    de Patrick Wright ...
    Have you ever found yourself lying in bed, counting sheep but somehow ending up at sunrise? Or waking up feeling like you just survived an exhausting round of the "Insomnia Olympics"? If so, you're not alone!In this book, we're about to embark on a journey to unlock the secrets of a better night's sleep, transforming each night into a cozy dream adventure. Sleep is not just about lying down and ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • The Village That Died for England

    Tyneham and the Legend of Churchill's Pledge

    de Patrick Wright ...
    A reissue of Patrick Wright's 1995 classic about the military takeover of the village of Tyneham, with a new introduction taking in Brexit and a new wave of British nationalism.Shortly before Christmas in 1943, the British military announced they were taking over a remote valley on the Dorset coast and turning it into a firing range for tanks in preparation for D-Day. The residents of the village ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • A Journey Through Ruins

    The Last Days of London

    de Patrick Wright ...
    A unique evocation of Britain at the height of Margaret Thatcher's rule, A Journey Through Ruins views the transformation of the country through the unexpected prism of every day life in East London. Written at a time when the looming but still unfinished tower of Canary Wharf was still wrapped in protective blue plastic, its cast of characters includes council tenants trapped in disintegrating ... Leer más

    $26.99 USD

  • Passport to Peking

    A Very British Mission to Mao's China

    de Patrick Wright ...
    President Nixon's famous 1972 trip has gone down in history as the first great opening between the West and Communist China. However, eighteen years previously, former prime minister Clement Attlee had also been to China to shake Chairman Mao by the hand. In the second half of 1954, scores of European delegations set off for Beijing, in response to Prime Minister Chou En-lai's invitation to 'come ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD

  • On Living in an Old Country

    The National Past in Contemporary Britain

    de Patrick Wright ...
    The hulk of Henry VIII's flagship is raised from the seabed in an operation that captures the mind of the nation. The leader of the Labour party wears an informal coat at the Cenotaph and provokes a national scandal. An elderly lady whose ancient house is scheduled for demolition dismantles it, piece by piece, and moves it across the country... On Living in an Old Country probes such apparently ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD

  • Iron Curtain

    From Stage to Cold War

    de Patrick Wright ...
    'From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. . .' With these words Winston Churchill famously warned the world in a now legendary speech given in Fulton, Missouri, on March 5, 1946. Launched as an evocative metaphor, the 'Iron Curtain' quickly became a brutal reality in the Cold War between Capitalist West and Communist East. Not ... Leer más

    $25.99 USD

  • Iron Curtain

    From Stage to Cold War

    de Patrick Wright ...
    'From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. . .' With these words Winston Churchill famously warned the world in a now legendary speech given in Fulton, Missouri, on March 5, 1946. Launched as an evocative metaphor, the 'Iron Curtain' quickly became a brutal reality in the Cold War between Capitalist West and Communist East. Not ... Leer más

    $25.99 USD

  • More Alternative Truths

    de Bob Brown, Gwyndyn T. Alexander, Lou J. Berger, Rebecca McFarland Kyle, Adam-Troy Castro, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, Bobby Lee Featherston, Brad Cozzens, Bruno Lombardi, Colin Patrick Ennan, David Brin, David Gerrold, Debora Godfrey, Edd Vick, Msnny Frishberg, Edward Ahern, Susan Murrie Macdonald, Eric M. Witchey, Esther Friesner, Vonda N. McIntyre, Irene Radford, Jane Yolen, Jill Zeller, Jim Wright, John A. Pitts, K.G. Anderson, Karen L. Frank, Kerri-Leigh Grady, Kurt Newton, Lou Antonelli, Lou J Berger, Melinda LaFevers, MIchael Haynes, Mike Morgan, Philip Brian Hall, Rebecca Mix, Rivka Jacobs, Stephanie L Weippert, V. E. Mitchell, Stuart Hardy, Tais Teng, Wondra Vanian, C. A. Chesse ...
    More Alternative Truths is an exploration of the potential consequences of today’s politics in our daily lives. More than our individual lives, but our American identity.This exploration defines this anthology. So many of the stories ask what has America become? What will it be in the future? Will it devolve into a Russian style oligarchy, or will we rise to the challenge and use our hearts, our ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Audiolibro

    Truth Of A Kaleidoscope Mind, The

    de Patrick Bryce Wright ...
    Narrado por Digital Voice Matt G ...

    Completo

    8 hora 42 minutos

    This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Can one man reconcile his past, or will the shadows consume him?In the oppressive silence of a 1950s Craftsman house, where the air hangs heavy with the echoes of the dead, Fredrick Michael Anderson faces an unsettling task. Tasked with preparing his late mother's home for auction, Fredrick, haunted by memories of a bitter childhood war over his gender ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • México: 500 años

    Descubrimiento, Conquista y mestizaje

    de Solagne Alberro, Patrick Johansson, Antonio Rubial García, Miguel Ibáñez Aristondo, Marck Thouvenot, René Molina Cruz, Pablo Escalante Gonzalbo, Aban Flores Morán, Guillermo Correa Lonche, David Charles Wright Carr, María del Carmen Martínez Martínez, Salvador Rueda Smithers, Ana Rita Valero de García Lascuráin, Félix Báez-Jorge, Ángeles González Gamio, Rafael Tena Martínez, Rodrigo Martínez Barac, Fermín Del Pino-Díaz ...
    Este libro reúne 17 trabajos inéditos sobre aspectos y pasajes específicos relativos a los tres siglos de dominación colonial, pero también de resistencia, resiliencia y persistencia indígena. ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus