Product Description: This book provides a range of essays on aspects of the British Conservative Party from the late 19th century to the present day. It offers fresh perspectives on Margaret Thatcher and Thatcherism; Britain and Europe; Uk policy towards Ireland; Conservatism and reform, and the conservative ideology, to name only a few of the key issues explored...read more

Product Description: What is One Nation politics? What has it been, and what should be it be today? Since Ed Miliband’s speech at the 2012 Labour Party Conference these questions have been much asked, but not so often clearly answered. Outlining the historical context, and offering suggestions for contemporary thinkers, this comprehensive overview shows how all three major UK political parties have made a significant contribution to the One Nation agenda over the past century and a half...read more

Product Description: Between 1918 and 1939, 448 men who performed uniformed service in the First World War became Conservative MPs. This relatively high-profile cohort have been under-explored as a distinct body, yet a study of their experiences of the war and the ways in which they - and the Conservative Party - represented those experiences to the voting public reveals much about the political culture of Interwar Britain and the use of the Great War as political capital...read more

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Product Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work...read more

Product Description: Poetry. The story of a drug dealer looking for his grandson, the poems in ACE follow four family members--Ace, Carol, Miss Princess, and Little Ace--through estrangement and tragedy. In each of the book's four sections, one family member tells his or her version of the story, starting with Ace's quest and concluding with the extraordinary journey of Little Ace...read more

Product Description: Gritty poems about street characters by this award-winning rising star of poetry.

Product Description: Spare yet evocative, the poems in Mister Martini pair explorations of a father-son relationship with haiku-like martini recipes. The martini becomes a daring metaphor for this relationship as it moves from the son's childhood to the father's death...read more

Product Description: Wyndedanse is a historical novel about Siam_s decline from her consolidation and relative ascendancy in the 16th century, her gradual decline in the 17th century, to her fall in the next century at the hand of Burmese invaders, terminating in the destruction of Ayutthaya, Siam_s old capital...read more

Shows and identifies the tartans of Scotland, explains how they are woven, and recounts the myths surrounding their origins

Product Description: HARPER'S GRAMMAR OF FRENCH is a valuable, class-tested reference volume with a pragmatic approach to French grammar. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)