Fisher, David.
The War Magician: How Jasper Maskelyne and his Magic Gang Altered the Course of World War II
(Coward McCann, New York, 1983).
Britain's most bizarre secret weapon of WWII - he made the Suez canal disappear. Became an assassination target of Hitler's regime during WWII. A very scarce title. Hardback. Slight bumping to corners, otherwise very good in chipped, slightly discoloured, slightly worn dustwrapper. First Edition in 315pp. Order No. NSBK-A4731
Keywords: 0698111400, magic, conjuring, maskelyne, illusions, music hall, theatre, David Devant, jasper, Neville, war, Hitler, illusion, conjurer, warfare, war, magic gang, magician, magicians, magical, illusionist, jasper maskelyne, illusionists, Second World War, great britain, great british, england, english, war magician, history, david fisher, egyptian hall, illusions, deceptions, deception, deceptionist, deceptionists, decept, deceptive, deceptor, world war, wartime, war magician, magic gang, history, magic history, conjurers, conjured, J.N Maskelyne, white magic, World War II, World War Two, Inter-war, Interwar, Inter war
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Lewis, Jon E.
True World War I Stories: Sixty Personal Narratives of the War
(Robinson, rpt, 1999).
Paperback. Spine creased, otherwise good+. 425pp. Order No. NSBK-A14176
Keywords: 1841190950, World War 1, World War One, World War I, First World War, Great War, wars, warfare, twentieth century, 20th, autobiographies, autobiography, memories, Somme, Loos, Ypres, Western Front
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Brydon, Lynne & Chant, Sylvia.
Women in the Third World: Gender Issues in Rural and Urban Areas
(Edward Elgar, rpt, 1993).
Paperback. Very good. 327pp. Order No. NSBK-C6810
Keywords: 1852781904, gender, rural, countryside, Third World, development, developing countries, women, urban, towns, urban planning, town planning, women's issues, household, reproduction, migration, rural development policy, Brazil, South America, South East Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa, African, East Africa, poverty, poor
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Townsend, Colin & Eileen.
War Wives: a Second World War Anthology
(Leisure Circle, Grafton Books, 1989).
Hardback. Very good in slightly marked dustwrapper. xvi + 297pp. Order No. NSBK-C4844
Keywords: 0246133880, war, Second World War, World War II, people, class, Britain, British, England, English, history, women's history, wives, wife, marriage, marriages, weddings, wedding, oral history, domesticity, housewives, home front
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Ouditt, Sharon.
Fighting Forces, Writing Women: Identity and Ideology in the First World War
(Routledge, 1994).
Very good. x + 246pp. Order No. NSBK-C15575
Keywords: 9781138151529, women writers, Great War, literature, history, World War I
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Boardman, John; Griffin, Jasper; Murray, Oswyn, ed.
The Roman World:
(OUP, rpt, 1990).
Oxford History of the Classical World. Vol 2. Paperback. Good+. vi + 456pp. Order No. NSBK-A13988
Keywords: 0192821660, ancient world, Rome, Roman, Oxford History of the Classical World, classical world
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Summerfield, Penny and Peniston-Bird, Corinna.
Contesting Home Defence: Men, Women and the Home Guard in the Second World War
(MUP, 2007).
Cultural History of Modern War Series. Paperback. Fine, as new. xviii + 307pp. Order No. NSBK-C14504
Keywords: 0719062020, home guard, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, home defence, World War II, Second World War, Dad's Army, oral history, women, Blitz, national identity
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Silkin, Jon, ed.
First World War Poetry:
(Penguin, 2nd edit., rpt, 1986).
Paperback. Spine & corners creased, light edge wear, otherwise good. 287pp. Order No. NSBK-A2891
Keywords: 0140080325, war, First World War, World War I, Great War, literature, poetry, poet, Britain, British, England, English, history, WWI, WW1, fighting, battles, trenches, The Great War
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Davies, Martin, ed.
Columbus in Italy: an Italian Versification of the Letter on the Discovery of the New World. With facsimiles of the Italian and Latin Editions of 1493
(British Library, 1991).
Hardback. Card covers slightly soiled, otherwise good. 56pp. Order No. NSBK-A6874
Keywords: 0712302638, New World, discovery of New World, Christopher Columbus, fifteenth century, American, America, Americas, voyages of exploration, medieval, mediaeval, Middle Ages, early modern, history, Spain, Spanish, Giuliano Dati, poems, poetry, poets, Italian, Italy, Rome, British Library
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Griffiths, Sian, ed.
Beyond the Glass Ceiling: Forty Women Whose Ideas Shape the Modern World
(MUP, 1996).
With an introduction by Helena Kennedy. Paperback. Crease to spine, otherwise very good. v + 282pp. Order No. NSBK-C12698
Keywords: 0719049547, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, women's work, women and work, employment, glass, ceiling, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, world, Times Higher Education Supplement, Camille Paglia, Marina Warner, bell hooks, Anita Desai, Mary Warnock, Catharine Mackinnon, Mary Daly, Kay Davies, Jane Goodall, Julie Theriot, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Jacqueline Rose, Ann Oakley, Marilyn Strathern, Shirley Williams
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