Sökt på: Böcker av Michael Vickers
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The Gifts of Reading
With contributions by: William Boyd, Candice Carty-Williams, Imtiaz Dharker, Roddy Doyle, Pico Iyer, Robert Macfarlane, Andy Miller, Jackie Morris, Jan Morris, Sisonke Msimang, …
Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
The Georgetown Journal of International Affairs is the official publication of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Founded to serve as an …
By All Means Available: Memoirs of a Life in Intelligence, Special Operations, and Strategy
A vivid insider's account of a life in intelligence, special operations, and strategy from the Cold War to the war with al-Qa'ida - " An] illuminating and richly detailed memoir." …
Aristophanes and Alcibiades
The conventional view of Aristophanes bristles with problems. Important testimony for Alcibiades' paramount role in comedy is consistently disregarded, and the tradition that …
Precarity and Ageing
What risks and insecurities do older people face in a time of both increased longevity and widening inequality? This edited collection develops an exciting new approach to …
Scythian and Thracian Antiquities in Oxford
The Scythians were nomads who roamed the Steppes of Russia during the first millennium BC before settling in the region to the north of the Black Sea, where they came into friendly …
Not just Porridge: English Literati at Table
The essays presented in Not just Porridge address both the scholar and the bold, adventurous cook. They offer the crumbs of what might be found in great and famous works of …
The Windsors I Knew: An American Private Secretary's Memoir of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor Nassau, Bahamas 1940-1944
This memoir of an American private secretary to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor provides a rare, vivid and first-hand account of their day-to-day lives during their time as Royal …
The Bumper Book of Operatic Disasters
Gathers together some of the author's favourite anecdotes of operatic disasters. This book includes: the Tosca who bounced; the soprano who sang an entire aria stuck upside down in …
The Text, the Play, and the Globe
The purpose of this book is to honor the scholarly legacy of Charles R. Forker with a series of essays that address the problem of literary influence in original ways and from a …
New Perspectives on Handel's Music
An international collaboration between leading scholars showcases a broad spectrum of observations on Handel and his music, covering many aspects of modern interdisciplinary and …
The Arundel and Pomfret Marbles in Oxford
The largest surviving portion of the first major collection of Classical antiquities in Britain -- the sculptures and inscriptions collected in the early 17th century by Thomas …