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Patriotic titles for the Jubilee Year

 


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PEOPLES AND EMPIRES
ANTHONY PAGDEN    Book Number: 66051
Published price: £6.99
Bibliophile price: £1.00
Product format: Paperback

Pagden describes the European overseas migrations such as the growth of the British Empire, and the consequences of the initial encounters between 'civilised' Europeans and 'barbarian' Aborigines. ...
GREAT BRITISH SPEECHES:
SIMON HEFFER    Book Number: 67202
Published price: £8.99
Bibliophile price: £1.00
Product format: Paperback

Both inspiring and thought-provoking, here is an enthusiastic celebration of the rich tradition of British oratory that offers a unique perspective on seven centuries of our nation's history. The ...

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ROYAL DATES WITH DESTINY
ROBERT EASTON    Book Number: 67657
Published price: £20
Bibliophile price: £1.75
Product format: Hardback

Royalty has a certain mystique, so we should not be surprised to find that they often meet their maker in ways more exotic, unlikely, unlucky, horrifying or just plain silly than the rest of us. Th...

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MAMMOTH BOOK OF GREAT BRITISH HUMOR
EDITED BY MICHAEL POWELL    Book Number: 68512
Published price: $13.95
Bibliophile price: £5.50
Product format: Paperback

Nudge, nudge, wink, wink, say no more! The British sense of humour or - as this book would have it, 'humor' - is unique. It is choc-full of irony, biting sarcasm, caustic satire and painful put-d...

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THIS LITTLE BRITAIN:
HARRY BINGHAM    Book Number: 68784
Published price: £12.99
Bibliophile price: £5.00
Product format: Hardback

Who are the British? Well, it is a surprisingly tricky question to answer. A typical national assessment lists a series of good points regarding tolerance, inventiveness and not being French, but t...

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ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF PATRIOTISM:
GEORGE COURTAULD    Book Number: 69842
Published price: £15
Bibliophile price: £3.00
Product format: Hardback

When The Pocket Book of Patriotism was first published, it met with universal acclaim and was voted one of the top ten history titles of its year. Now it is republished in a new expanded format wi...
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS! All the Cool Bits in British History
MARTIN OLIVER    Book Number: 69849
Published price: £7.99
Bibliophile price: £2.00
Product format: Hardback

Starting with Stonehenge and ending with the Millennium Dome, the author zips at speed through British history in short, snappy paragraphs enlivened with cartoons. The Celts exuberantly combined b...

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WEIRD ENGLAND
MATT LAKE    Book Number: 69463
Published price: £14.99
Bibliophile price: £3.00
Product format: Hardback

If the Geordie Yeti and the Cannock Chase Bigfoot are the Wookies of the British Isles, then the Duergar are its Ewoks, tiny fur-covered creatures no taller than the waist of an adult. The legends...
THE BRITISH INVASION: The Music, The Times, The Era
BARRY MILES    Book Number: 69938
Published price: £19.99
Bibliophile price: £8.00
Product format: Hardback

For five years from 1964-1969 the American pop, fashion and film scenes were inundated and almost overpowered by British acts, designers and actors. Four mop-tops known as The Beatles made their f...

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SCENIC JOURNEYS ON BRITISH AND IRISH WATERWAYS: 3 DVD Set
READERS DIGEST    Book Number: 70200
Bibliophile price: £7.50
Product format: Unknown

We begin our journey with the DVD entitled Wales and the South and travel along Britain's longest river, the Severn and witness the remarkable Severn Bore. Discover the waterway history of Bath an...
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