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	Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World by Margaret Thatcher	"Thatcher covers a lot of ground - nothing less the entire world. Chapter by chapter, she surveys the great powers with strategic insight gained by years of spectacular performance at the helm of one of the most important of all countries, sprinkling at critical points a discerning knowledge of world history, which has not been evident in her previous books. She's even up to date, covering the Sept. 11 events among many others."
	John Major : The Autobiography by John Roy Major	"John Major's autobiography is one of the most personal and revealing ever written by a former British Prime Minister. Eagerly awaited, the remarkable story of his life, from an extraordinary childhood to becoming an influential leader at the forefront of global politics and subsequent fall, is candid, scrupulous, and unsparing."
no cover photo available	The Downing Street Years by Margaret Thatcher	"The Iron Lady tells all. Well, not exactly all; her memoirs reveal little of her personal life and, chronologically, cover only those years during which she was prime minister. Her book has already caused a stir in the U.K. and will be read with great enthusiasm on this side of the Atlantic not only by people involved in government, but also by general readers keen on foreign affairs."
no cover photo available	The British Prime Minister by Anthony King	comment coming soon
	The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy, Pamela Norris (Editor)	"Thomas Hardy's marvelous novel has all the elements of fine Shakespearean tragedy: a heroic figure who reaches a pinnacle of power, esteem and self-satisfaction, only to lose it all because of his folly and bad luck."
	The Prime Minister : The Office and Its Holders Snce 1945 by Peter Hennessy	"An entertaining and fiercely researched account by the leading authority on British executive government." - The Economist
	The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien	“One of the great fairy-tale quests in modern literature” - Time Magazine "An extraordinary work--pure excitement..." - The New York Times
	The Mists of Avalon - by Marion Zimmer Bradley	"This book was absolutely amazing to me. It was the kind of book that I found myself wishing it would never end. Even though I knew the tale of King Arthur, Bradley took the story and gave it so much depth and so many dimensions that I found myself riveted. Crying with them, laughing with them, and hating them all the same. Bradley took the mystical element out of the myth and made it real, poignant, and very human."
	The Hobbit (Illustrated Edition) by J. R. R. Tolkien	"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort."
	Fatherland by Robert Harris	"It is twenty years after Nazi Germany's triumphant victory in World War II and the entire country is preparing for the grand celebration of the Führer's seventy-fifth birthday, as well as the imminent peacemaking visit from President Kennedy..."
	Enigma by Robert Harris	"A gripping World War II mystery novel with a cryptographic twist, Enigma's hero is Tom Jericho, a brilliant British mathematician working as a member of the team struggling to crack the Nazi Enigma code. Jericho's own struggles include nerve -wracking mental labor, the mysterious disappearance of a former girlfriend, the suspicions of his co-workers within the paranoid high-security project, and the certainty that someone close to him, perhaps the missing girl, is a Nazi spy."
	Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen	"Sense and Sensibility is an excellent book. When I started it I really did not know what to expect, and was pleasantly surprised. I will say though that this book is hard to get through at times, due to the old language used. But if you stay with the book, it will be worth it. The characters are wonderful, and you will find yourself wanting them to be happy."
	The English Constitution by Walter Bagehot	"If this is the unaltered version of the book of the same name and same author that I read about 30 years ago [and it is], it is a classic. It describes how the classic English Constitution worked, before Britain joined the European Union. Especially it explained how it worked without being written down, largely by constitutional convention which was morally binding but (quite often) not legally binding."
no cover photo available	Barclays : The Business of Banking, 1690-1996 by Margaret Ackrill, Leslie Hannah	This item will be published in November 2001. You may order it now and we will ship it to you when it arrives.
	Thatcherism and British Politics 1975-1997 by Brendan Evans	comment coming soon
	New Labour and Thatcherism : Political Change in Britain by Richard Heffernan	"Labour's 1997 victory was widely credited to the party's reinvention of itself as New Labour. Richard Heffernan argues that the transformation of the Labour Party is best understood as the product of Thatcherism, and marks the emergence of a new consensus in British politics."
	Divided We Stand : How Al Gore Beat George Bush and Lost the Presidency by Roger Simon	"Bestselling author Roger Simon provides the first complete look at America's most bizarre and most explosive presidential campaign -- not just the final thirty-six days, but the two-year, three-way battle between George W. Bush, Al Gore, and, yes, Bill Clinton, to see who would dominate American politics."
	The Rise and Fall of the British Empire by Lawrence James	"A thoroughly researched, comprehensive history of the British Empire spans the years from 1600 to the present day, tracing the course of Britain's rise to a maritime superpower, its colonial heritage, and its gradual demise in this century. "
	Pax Britannica by Jan Morris	comment coming soon
	The Ideological Origins of the British Empire by David Armitage	comment coming soon
	The British Empire 1558-1995 by Trevor Owen, Lloyd	"This is a comprehensive survey of the entire history of the British empire. Lloyd describes the full sweep of expansion and decolonization from the voyages of discovery in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I to the achievement of independence in the second half of the twentieth century."
	Wellington at Waterloo by Jac Weller	"Classic account of one of the world's most famous battles & First paperback edition This best-selling, authoritative, and accessible study of the epic confrontation at Waterloo is now available for the first time in paperback. The armies of the period are brought to life and the battles recreated from the viewpoint of both Wellington and Napoleon."
	German Politics Today by Geoffrey K. Roberts	comment coming soon
	Helmut Kohl : The Man Who Reunited Germany, Rebuilt Europe, and Thwarted the Soviet Empire by Henrik Bering	"Despite American efforts to keep Germany weak following World War II, Helmut Kohl, the longest serving Chancellor in postwar Germany, has managed to make Germany a world power, to unite East and West Germany, and to become one of America's foremost advocates for freedom and democracy. "
no cover photo available	The Kohl Government and German Reunification : Crisis and Foreign Policy by Doris G. Wolfgramm	comment coming soon
no cover photo available	The Renaissance : Studies in Art and Poetry by Walter Pater, Adam Phillips (Editor)	"Oscar Wilde called this collection of essays the "holy writ of beauty." Published to great acclaim in 1837, it examines the work of Renaissance artists such as Winckelmann and the then neglected Botticelli, and includes a celebrated discussion of the Mona Lisa in a study of Da Vinci. The book strongly influenced art students and aesthetes of the day and is still valuable for the insights it offers and the beauty of the writing."
	Konrad Adenauer: The Father of the New Germany by Charles Williams	"A fascinating life of the father of the New Germany In an astonishing political career that spanned six decades-including fourteen years as chancellor of West Germany-Konrad Adenauer (1876-1967) was instrumental in shaping the modern political landscape, both of his own country and of Europe"
	MI6 : Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service by Stephen Dorril	"A most wonderful book.You won't have the chance of being bored even for one second. Every page is a blockbuster. Meticulously researched and I believe-the first of its kind in depth of analysis.It will surely be the reference book on the subject for years to come.John Le Carre, you are having a heavy contestant in your field. "
	Elizabeth : The Struggle for the Throne by David Starkey	"Starkey brings his expertise on the Tudor era for a new look at the young Elizabeth I from her birth through her coronation and the religious settlement that set the tone of her reign."
no cover photo available	The Wars of the Roses : The Soldier's Experience by Anthony Goodman	This item will be published on December 1, 2001. You may order it now and we will ship it to you when it arrives.
no cover photo available	The Crusades : Islamic Perspectives by Carole Hillenbrand	"This book is an excellent review of the most up-to-date knowledge we have about contemporary Islamic persepctives on the "Wars of the Cross." The author carefully sets our her purpose in writing this work, which includes both Muslim sources for the major figures and events, as well as Muslim perceptions of the Crusaders and how the Crusades have influenced Middle Eastern history."
	Inside the Third Reich : Memoirs by Albert Speer	"Long after their initial publication, Speer's memoir continues to provide one of the most detailed and fascinating portrayals of life within Hitler's inner circles, the rise and fall of the third German empire, and of Hitler himself."
	Churchill: A Biography by Roy Jenkins	"Winston Churchill was querulous, childish, self-indulgent, and difficult, writes English historian Roy Jenkins. But he was also brilliant, tenacious, and capable--in short, "the greatest human being ever to occupy 10 Downing Street." Jenkins's book stands as the best single-volume biography of Churchill in recent years."
	Britain Under Thatcher (Seminar Studies in History) by Anthony Seldon, Daniel Collings	"A fine introduction to a fascinating period of twentieth century British political history with chronology and sources to boot. A word of praise must also go to co-author, Daniel Collings, who made his publishing debut whilst still a finalist at Keble College, Oxford. His esteemed tutor, Larry Siedontrop - a prolific author in his own right, must be very proud. "
	The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli, et al	"When Lorenzo de' Medici seized control of the Florentine Republic in 1512, he summarily fired the Secretary to the Second Chancery of the Signoria and set in motion a fundamental change in the way we think about politics. The person who held the aforementioned office with the tongue-twisting title was none other than Niccolò Machiavelli, who, suddenly finding himself out of a job after 14 years of patriotic service, followed the career trajectory of many modern politicians into punditry. Unable to become an on-air political analyst for a television network, he only wrote a book."

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