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Published by BBC Books, 2002
ISBN 10: 0563534575ISBN 13: 9780563534570
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Hardback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
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Published by Ebury Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2000
ISBN 10: 0563384972ISBN 13: 9780563384977
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 'History clings tight but it also kicks loose,' writes Simon Schama at the outset of At the Edge of the World?, the first book in his three-volume journey into Britain's past. And change - sometimes gentle and subtle, sometimes shocking and violent - is the dynamic of Schama's unapologetically personal and grippingly written history. At its heart lie questions of compelling importance for Britain's future as well as its past: what makes or breaks a nation? To whom do we give our allegiance and why? And where do the boundaries of our community lie - in our hearth and home, our village or city, tribe or faith? What is Britain - one country or many? Has British history unfolded 'at the edge of the world' or right at the heart of it? Schama delivers these themes in a form that is at once traditional and excitingly fresh. The great and the wicked are here - Becket and Thomas Cromwell, Robert the Bruce and Anne Boleyn - but so are countless more ordinary lives, depicted in Schama's brilliant portrait of the life of the British people. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by Vintage Classics, 2019
ISBN 10: 1784875678ISBN 13: 9781784875671
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Published by Ebury Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2006
ISBN 10: 0563487100ISBN 13: 9780563487104
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 'Great art has dreadful manners.' Simon Schama observes at the start of his epic exploration of the power, and whole point, of art. 'The hushed reverence of the gallery can fool you into believing masterpieces are polite things, visions that soothe, charm and beguile, but actually they are thugs. Merciless and wily, the greatest paintings grab you in a headlock, rough up your composure and then proceed in short order to re-arrange your sense of reality.' With the same disarming force, Power of Art jolts us far from the comfort zone of the hushed art gallery, as Schama closes in on intense make-or-break turning points in the lives of eight great artists who, under extreme stress, created something unprecedented, altering the course of art forever. The embattled heroes - Caravaggio, Bernini, Rembrandt, Turner, Van Gogh, Picasso and Rothko - faced crisis with steadfast defiance. The masterpieces they created challenged convention, shattered complacency, shifted awareness and changed the way we look at the world. With powerfully vivid story-telling, Schama explores the dynamic personalities of the artists and the spirit of the times they lived through, capturing the flamboyant theatre of bourgeouis life in Amsterdam, the passion and paranoia of Revolutionary Paris, and the carnage and pathos of civil-war Spain. Most compelling of all, Power of Art traces the extraordinary evolution of eight world-class works of art. Created in a bolt of illumination, such works 'tell us something about how the world is, how it is to be inside our skins, that no more prosaic source of wisdom can deliver. And when they do that they answer, irrefutably and majestically, the nagging question of every reluctant art-conscript. "OK, OK, but what's art really for?". The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Ebury Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2001
ISBN 10: 0563537477ISBN 13: 9780563537472
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. To understand what Britain has become it is necessary to know what it has been. The second volume in this history takes the story of Britain from the Civil War to the Enlightenment. Each chapter focuses on a major theme. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1989
ISBN 10: 0670810126ISBN 13: 9780670810123
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Hardback. Condition: Fine.
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Published by Bbc Book Pub, 2003
ISBN 10: 0563487143ISBN 13: 9780563487142
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Paperback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
Published by Chivers Children's Audio Books, 2004
ISBN 10: 0754056708ISBN 13: 9780754056706
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Oberon Books, 2008
ISBN 10: 1840028041ISBN 13: 9781840028041
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by BBC Books 01/05/2003, 2003
ISBN 10: 0563487186ISBN 13: 9780563487180
Seller: AwesomeBooks, Wallingford, United Kingdom
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Published by BBC Books 01/05/2003, 2003
ISBN 10: 0563487194ISBN 13: 9780563487197
Seller: AwesomeBooks, Wallingford, United Kingdom
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Published by BBC Books 04/05/2006, 2006
ISBN 10: 0563493658ISBN 13: 9780563493655
Seller: AwesomeBooks, Wallingford, United Kingdom
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Published by Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom, London, 1991
ISBN 10: 0140142304ISBN 13: 9780140142303
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Simon Schama, the author of The Embarrassment of Riches and Citizens, sets out to tell the history of two certainties, of two deaths. In discussing the speculations surrounding them, he finds himself involved in a history he cannot classify - the unpredictable history of stories. On 13 September 1759, General James Wolfe, having led the British troops up the St Lawrence to victory in the Battle of Quebec, died on the Heights of Abraham. Schama examines this death, and how Wolfe was made to die again - through the spectacular painting by Benjamin West, and through the writings of the 19th-century historian Francis Parkman. Schama's second death concerns Parkman's uncle, George Parkman of Harvard Medical College, who disappeared in 1849 in mysterious circumstances and who was rumoured to have been murdered by a colleague. Through these incidents, Schama sheds light on the writing of history, the history of history, and the relationship of story to history. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C, 2004
ISBN 10: 0754056678ISBN 13: 9780754056676
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Vintage Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2011
ISBN 10: 0099546655ISBN 13: 9780099546658
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Passionate, provocative, entertaining and informative, Scribble, Scribble, Scribble ranges far and wide: from cookery and family to Barack Obama, from preaching and Shakespeare to Victorian sages, from Charlotte Rampling and Hurricane Katrina to 'The Fate of Eloquence in the Age of The Osbournes'. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom, London, 1994
ISBN 10: 0140172068ISBN 13: 9780140172065
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. From the author of "The Embarrassment of Riches", this is a history of the French Revolution. At the heart of this account is the story of the transformation of "subjects" to "citizens". The author aims to show a France infatuated with novelty and technology in the midst of dramatic economic change. The darkening of the original euphoric vision of liberty into a scenario of hunger, anger, terror and death is the author's theme, as he draws on available material of social and cultural history. "Citizens" was winner of the 1990 NCR Book Award for Non-Fiction, which is considered to be the most lucrative literary prize given in this country. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Vintage Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2009
ISBN 10: 0099520397ISBN 13: 9780099520399
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The American Future traces the history of a country whose most enduring trait is its capacity for self-renewal, especially at times of disaster. Examining issues of power, race and immigration, religious fervour and prosperity, this masterful portrait of the world's most controversial superpower looks backwards and forwards to understand why now, more than ever, the fate of America, and by extension the rest of the world, is hanging in the balance. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by Vintage Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2009
ISBN 10: 0099536072ISBN 13: 9780099536079
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Rough Crossings is the astonishing story of the struggle to freedom by thousands of African-American slaves who fled the plantations to fight behind British lines in the American War of Independence. With gripping, powerfully vivid story-telling, Simon Schama follows the escaped blacks into the fires of the war, and into freezing, inhospitable Nova Scotia where many who had served the Crown were betrayed in their promises to receive land at the war's end. Their fate became entwined with British abolitionists: inspirational figures such as Granville Sharp, the flute-playing father-figure of slave freedom, and John Clarkson, the 'Moses' of this great exodus, who accompanied the blacks on their final rough crossing to Africa, where they hoped that freedom would finally greet them. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by BBC Audiobooks Ltd, 2008
ISBN 10: 1405688831ISBN 13: 9781405688833
Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom
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Published by Bodley Head, 2008
ISBN 10: 1847920004ISBN 13: 9781847920003
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Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A tan to the pages. Small Tears to the Dust Jacket, Slipcase, or cover.
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Published by Bodley Head, 2010
ISBN 10: 1847921310ISBN 13: 9781847921314
Seller: Ammareal, Morangis, France
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Hardcover. Condition: Bon. Jaquette abîmée. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de cet article à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, Good. Damaged dust jacket. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.
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Published by Simon & Schuster UK, 2020
ISBN 10: 1471180123ISBN 13: 9781471180125
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
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Published by Ebury Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2005
ISBN 10: 0563522895ISBN 13: 9780563522898
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Pre-eminent author and art historian Simon Schama has written widely on art for many years to great acclaim. In Hang-Ups, a personal selection of his articles from, amongst others, The New Yorker, appears in Britain for the very first time. Brilliantly and lucidly written by one of the most singular voices in non-fiction, this volume of provocative and often idiosyncratic essays makes hugely satisfying reading for lovers of both art and social history. In contains pieces on artists as diverse as David Hockney, Rembrandt and Charles Rennie Mackintosh, and on such subjects as the unforgettable peculiarity of Stanley Spencer. From the author whose writing has been called sublime and whose ability to bring art and history vividly to life has earned him admiration worldwide, Hang-Ups is Schamas rallying cry for the art lover to look at familiar works of art and their artists and embrace a new way of seeing. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House, United Kingdom, London, 2003
ISBN 10: 0563494727ISBN 13: 9780563494720
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The story of Britain from the earliest settlements in 3000BC to the death of Elizabeth 1 in 1603. To look back at the past is to understand the present. In this vivid account of over 4000 years of British history Simon Schama takes us on an epic journey which encompasses the very beginnings of the nation's identity, when the first settlers landed on Orkney. From the successes and failures of the monarchy to the daily life of a Roman soldier stationed on Hadrian's Wall, Schama gives a vivid, fascinating account of the many different stories and struggles that lie behind the growth of our island nation. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by William Collins & Sons, 1987
ISBN 10: 000217801XISBN 13: 9780002178013
Seller: Zoom Books Company, Lynden, WA, U.S.A.
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Published by BBC Audiobooks Ltd, 2003
ISBN 10: 0563477849ISBN 13: 9780563477846
Seller: medimops, Berlin, Germany
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Published by BBC Audiobooks Ltd, 2003
ISBN 10: 0563536357ISBN 13: 9780563536352
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Published by BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House, United Kingdom, London, 2003
ISBN 10: 0563494735ISBN 13: 9780563494737
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Simon Schama's sweeping history of Britain breathes life into our past centuries, vividly depicting exactly what life was like for our ancestors and how their experiences have shaped modern British culture and identity. An informative and entertaining mixture of anecdote and analysis, Schama's work offers a real insight into what it is to be British. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Penguin Random House, 2018
ISBN 10: 0099590069ISBN 13: 9780099590064
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Published by Vintage Publishing, London, 2014
ISBN 10: 009954668XISBN 13: 9780099546689
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 'Unforgettable.a delicious cacophony of conversations and clamorous arguments echoing across history'Daily TelegraphThe landmark history of a people, culture and a world.It is a story like no other- an epic of endurance against destruction, of creativity in oppression, joy amidst grief, the affirmation of life against the steepest of odds.It spans the millennia and the continents - from India to Andalusia and from the bazaars of Cairo to the streets of Oxford. It takes you to unimagined places- to a Jewish kingdom in the mountains of southern Arabia; a Syrian synagogue glowing with radiant wall paintings; the palm groves of the Jewish dead in the Roman catacombs. And its voices ring loud and clear, from the severities and ecstasies of the Bible writers to the love poems of wine bibbers in a garden in Muslim Spain.Within these pages, the Talmud burns in the streets of Paris, massed gibbets hang over the streets of medieval London, a Majorcan illuminator redraws the world; candles are lit, chants are sung, mules are packed, ships loaded with spice and gems founder at sea.And a great story unfolds. Not - as often imagined - of a culture apart, but of a Jewish world immersed in and imprinted by the peoples among whom they have dwelled, from the Egyptians to the Greeks, from the Arabs to the Christians.Which makes the story of the Jews everyone's story, too. Not as often imagined of a culture apart, but of a Jewish world immersed in and imprinted by the peoples among whom they have dwelled, from the Egyptians to the Greeks, from the Arabs to the Christians.Which makes the story of the Jews everyones story, too. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.