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Occasional papers of the Bibliographical Society volume no. 5
Publisher
Bibliographical Society
Pub. Date
1990
Language
English
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Publisher
Picador
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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The highly-anticipated portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, by the prize-winning, bestselling author of Say Nothing. The Sackler name adorns the walls of many storied institutions - Harvard; the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Oxford; the Louvre. They are one of the richest families in the world, known for their lavish donations in the arts and the sciences. The source of the family fortune was vague, however, until it emerged that the...
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English
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Michael Walker shows how football is the North-East of England's great uniting thread and uncovers stories about the game's rich lore. Part social history, part travelogue, this book examines the fascination, the connection to industry and the economy, and charts some of the individuals and clubs who have helped define a region.
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English
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1850s Shropshire. Returning to her mother's birthplace at the age of 18, Beatrice Ashford encounters a complex family she barely knows. Her great-grandmother Queenie adores her, but the privileged social position of Beatrice's family as masters of the local brickworks begins to make her uncomfortable. And then she meets Owen Malone: handsome, different, refreshing - and from a class beneath her own. They fall for each other fast, but an old family...
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Profile Books
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Kenneth Clark's 1969 BBC series Civilisation (note the singular) is perhaps the most celebrated documentary series ever made, except that it was entirely of its time: patrician to the exclusion of women and western to the exclusion of all other cultures. Spring 2018 sees an ambitious 10-part BBC re-make, presented by Britain's foremost historians, embracing global civilisations and exploring different themes in the universal histories of art and culture....
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