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1	A Man for All Seasons: A Play in Two Acts more books like this by Robert Bolt (Preface by) add to wishlist Robert Bolt's classic play about Thomas More, the Catholic saint beheaded by Henry VIII at the birth of the Church of England, is now in trade paperback for the first time. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.25! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Churchill: A Life more books like this by Sir Martin Gilbert add to wishlist This edition of the highly acclaimed one-volume CHURCHILL: A LIFE, is the story of adventure. It follows Winston Churchill from his earliest days to his moments of triumph. Here, the drama and excitement of his story are ever-present, as are his tremendous qualities in peace and war, not least as an orator and as a man of vision. Martin Gilbert ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $7.32! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	A Man Called Intrepid: The Secret War more books like this by William Stevenson add to wishlist "A Man Called Intrepid" is the chronicle of the world's first integrated intelligence operation and of its chief, William Stephenson, whose code name "Intrepid", and bold mission were given to him by Winston Churchill, who charged him to establish a worldwide intelligence network to challenge the Nazis. Photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage more books like this by Alfred Lansing add to wishlist Following two successful expeditions to the Antarctic, Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874-1922) led his crew to the region in order to lead a transantarctic trek in the summer of 1914. This book focuses on the several months of hardship followed by the destruction of their ship "Endurance". Diaries and interviews with the crew assist the author in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Principia: Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy more books like this by Sir Isaac Newton, Professor I Bernard Cohen (Translator), Anne Whitman (Translator) add to wishlist In his 1687 work "Philosphiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica", known as the "Principia", Isaac Newton laid out in mathematical terms the principles of time, force, and motion that have guided the development of modern physical science. This text is a translation, based on the third (1726) edition. see all copies from $27.95! new only from $50.00! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Their finest hour more books like this by Sir Winston Churchill add to wishlist In six volumes. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.60! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Gathering Storm more books like this by Winston Churchill add to wishlist Volume one of a six-volume work on World War II. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.43! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Great Match Race: When North Met South in America's First Sports Spectacle more books like this by John Eisenberg add to wishlist In a fast-paced narrative--colorful, rich, and full of record-setting performances and towering personalities--Eisenberg chronicles the tremendous story of the year in which two horses would come to embody a nation galloping inevitably toward civil war. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	A Friar's Bloodfeud more books like this by Michael Jecks add to wishlist Bailiff Simon Puttock's servant, Hugh, has been granted leave to look after his wife Constance and help raise her child. One day she is attacked and raped by a gang of men at her home. She sees her son being murdered and then her man, Hugh is struck down, before she is killed and the house set on fire. When Simon and Sir Baldwin Furnshill, Keeper ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Gipsy Moth Circles the World more books like this by Sir Francis Chichester add to wishlist 'Sir Francis Chichester has become a genuine hero - perhaps the greatest of the adventurers of his time' - "Time". From time immemorial, few narrative genres have had the power to so stir the emotions or captivate the imagination as the true account of a lone adventurer's triumph over the titanic forces of nature. Among the handful of such tales ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	List of 7 more books like this by Mark Frost add to wishlist From the co-creator/writer of Twin Peaks. An anonymous note sends Arthur Conan Doyle--rising young surgeon and demystifier of the occult--on the trail of a dangerous group of elite Satanists called the Brotherhod of the Dark. A rousing fiction debut for Frost. Summer 1994 film release from Universal. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.93! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	William Wallace: Brave Heart more books like this by James MacKay add to wishlist Sir William Wallace of Ellerslie, now the subject of a major film, is one of history's greatest heroes, and one of its greatest enigmas - a figure whose edges have been blurred by myth and legend. Even the date and place of his birth have been mis-stated. This biography tells of a man who, without wealth or noble birth, rose to become the Guardian ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The Bomber War: The Allied Air Offensive Against Nazi Germany more books like this by Robin Neillands add to wishlist The bomber campaign against Germany is one of the most contentious of World War II. Was anything achieved by the deaths of thousands of German civilians-many of them women and children? Or were all means justified against Nazi Germany? Acclaimed military historian Robin Neillands examines every detail of the allied campaign led by British Air ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Memoirs of the Second World War more books like this by Winston Churchill add to wishlist In honor of the sixtieth anniversary of the end of World War II, Nobel Prize winner Winston Churchill's essential, abridged memoirs of that time are reintroduced with an updated cover and a new low price. The quintessence of the war as seen by it's greatest player, in a one-volume abridged edition that captures all the drama of the original ... see all copies from $2.72! new only from $10.47! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Scarlet Pimpernel more books like this by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness add to wishlist For the condemned nobles during the French Revolution, there is a ray of hope: rescue by the Scarlet Pimpernel. His identity remains a mystery to his sworn enemy, the ruthless Chauvelin, and to his devoted admirer, the beautiful Lady Margaret {Blakeney}. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	My Early Life: 1874-1904 more books like this by Winston Churchill, William Manchester (Introduction by) add to wishlist "Here, in his own words, are the fascinating first thirty years in the life of one of the most provocative and compelling leaders of the twentieth century Winston Churchill" As a visionary, statesman, and historian, and the most eloquent spokesman against Nazi Germany, Winston Churchill was one of the greatest figures of the twentieth century. In ... see all copies from $5.91! new only from $10.78! \| SVS
17 view cover	Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton: The Secret Agent Who Made the Pilgrimage to Mecca, Discovered Teh Kama Sutra, and Brought the Arabian Nights to the West more books like this by Edward Rice add to wishlist "This masterpiece of history and biography turns the real-life adventures of Burton into a riveting taleThe last great word on the last great explorer of the colonial age." -Wall Street Journal. A New York Times best-seller when it was first published, Rice's biography is the gripping story of a fierce, magnetic, and brilliant man whose real-life ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.03! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Prophecy of Death more books like this by Michael Jecks add to wishlist 1325: There is turmoil in England. But could the Prophecy of St Thomas's Holy Oil save King Edward? It is believed that the king who is anointed with it will be a lion among men: he will conquer France, unite Christendom and throw the heathens from the Holy Land. King Edward II has rejected his wife, Queen Isabella, confiscated her income, exiled ... see all copies from $3.28! new only from $7.01! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Last Lion, The: Volume 1: Winston Churchill Visions of Glory 1874 - 1932 more books like this by William Manchester add to wishlist In "The Last Lion," the first volume of Manchester's two-volume biography, the Winston Spencer Churchill story is one of high adventure, bitter defeats, and the inner strength of the towering Englishman whose watchword was: "Never give in. Never, never, never, never give in." In historical crises his soaring prose and histrionic manner made superb ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $23.96! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Devil's Acolyte more books like this by Michael Jecks add to wishlist Amidst the myth and folklore of Tavistock, one tale above all others strikes fear into the hearts of the town's inhabitants - that of the murders on the Abbot's Way. Many years ago, a young acolyte led a group of fellow novices in the theft of their abbot's wine store. But his soul was destroyed with his first sip of illicit wine, and, as legend ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	The Tournament of Blood more books like this by Michael Jecks add to wishlist 1322: Lord Hugh de Courtenay's plan to host a tournament is a fantastic opportunity for the money-lenders of Oakhampton. When the defeated knights find themselves unable to pay the traditional ransoms to their captors, they will have only one avenue open to them -- and will accrue interest by the hour. But when the most prominent money-lender, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.38! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	The Volcano Lover: A Romance more books like this by Susan Sontag add to wishlist Based on the lives of Sir William Hamilton, his celebrated wife, Emma, and Lord Nelson, the young British admiral who was the greatest hero of the time, this novel is about revolution, nature, emotions, the condition of women, and above all, love. Sontag is the acclaimed author of AIDS and Its Metaphor. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Endurance; an epic of polar adventure more books like this by F. A. Worsley add to wishlist The astounding and inspiring true story behind the forthcoming Wolfgang Petersen film of the same name. First published in 1931, "Endurance" is the full account of a doomed expedition to the Antarctic and the incredible rescue that followed. 20 illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.77! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Roosevelt and Churchill 1939-1941: The Partnership That Saved the West more books like this by Joseph P Lash add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.50! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Dispensation of Death more books like this by Michael Jecks add to wishlist January 1325, London near Thorney Island. An assassin is observing Westminster. He's on his way to meet with his lord and master, Hugh le Despenser. At the New Temple, he learns who he's being asked to kill. There are feverish moves afoot. To maintain peace, the French king is demanding he receives homage from King Edward II in Paris. The king is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| SVS

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