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State Failure
Andrew Taylor provides an overview of the origins, evolution, and impact of state failure since the 1990s. Avoiding quickly outdated country-based case studies, he focuses on failure as a process rather than an event, putting contemporary usage in a wider historical context.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Waiting for the end of the world (Dougal #2)
William Dougal's job is to keep an eye on Dr. Verlag, the leader of the lunatic fringe survivalists. Then he finds himself involved in drug-smuggling, gun running and even the storming of a castle.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1985 -
Blacklist
Minor British Claybrook is killed by Turkish assassins because he was with former Soviet agent Tonanyev. Ministry of Defence troubleshooter Eric Blaines realises there is more to it when a large scale blackmail campaign seems to be linked with the murder.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1988 -
Textual Situations: Three Medieval Manuscripts and Their Readers (Material Texts)
Generations of scholars have meditated upon the literary devices and cultural meanings of The Song of Roland. But according to Andrew Taylor not enough attention has been given to the physical context of the manuscript itself. The original copy of The Song of Roland is actually bound with a Latin tr... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2002 -
The coal house
Alison is 13. Her mother has recently died; her father has bought a house (Coal House) miles away. She is determined to dislike it, but in the overgrown garden they detect a lonely presence, looking longingly up at the house.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1987 -
The NUM and British Politics: Volume 2: 1969–1995 (Studies in Labour History)
This book is the second of two volumes examining the place of the National Union of Mineworkers in post-war British politics. Covering the years 1969 to 1995, it charts reactions to the pit closures programme of the late 1950s and 1960s and the development of the NUM's reputation as the union that c... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2005 -
The NUM and British Politics: Volume 1: 1944-1968 (Studies in Labour History)
From its formation in 1944, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) was one of the most powerful and important players on the British political and industrial stage. Whilst the nation relied upon coal for its electricity production, domestic heating and railway transportation, the miners and their ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2003 -
The Pocket Guide to Poets and Poetry (Pocket Guides)
Continuing the success of the Pocket Guide series, Andrew Taylors Pocket Guide to Poets and Poetry starts with a history of poetry, setting the poets and their work in the context of their time and the influence of their work including political agenda, festivities and historical celebrations and th... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2011 -
The Trade Unions and the Labour Party (Routledge Library Editions: The Labour Movement #36)
First published in 1987. This book considers the Trade Unions-Labour Party relationship. It traces developments over the 1970s and early 1980s, and analyses the debate between those who argue for the Unions to take a more prominent lead within the Party and those who are against this. This title wil... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1987 -
The Long Sonata of the Dead (Bibliomysteries #10)
In pursuit of the find of a lifetime, an academic confronts an old rivalOnce visited by the likes of Charles Dickens, William Thackeray, and George Eliot, the London Library is a maze of books—a jumble of first editions and forgotten texts. For Tony, it is a refuge from the failure his life has beco... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Books that Changed the World: The 50 Most Influential Books in Human History
Books that Changed the World tells the fascinating stories behind 50 books that, in ways great and small, have changed the course of human history. Andrew Taylor sets each text in its historical context and explores its wider influence and legacy. Whether he's discussing the incandescent effect of T... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2008 -
Freelance Death: William Dougal Crime Series Book 5
The fifth part of the acclaimed William Dougal crime series, from the bestselling author of The American Boy and The Ashes of London. Rod Lorton wants revenge. After his wife's death, he discovers unsavoury truths about her and her former employer, PR chief Ivor Newley.Called in to investigate Lorto... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1987 -
Blood Relation: William Dougal Crime Series Book 6
The sixth instalment of the brilliant William Dougal crime series, from the bestselling author of The American Boy and The Ashes of London. William Dougal's life seems to be running smoothly. Now working with his old rival, Hanbury, his reputation is gaining him cases from every corner. But with ev... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
The Sleeping Policeman: William Dougal Crime Series Book 7
The seventh book in the acclaimed William Dougal crime series, from the bestselling author of The American Boy and The Ashes of London. When William Dougal is invited to the cottage of a young doctor to look into a case of blackmail, he soon discovers that the village community is not as quaint as i... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
Odd Man Out: William Dougal Crime Series Book 8
The eighth in the acclaimed William Dougal crime series, from the bestselling author of The American Boy and The Ashes of London. William Dougal is a respectable private detective, a hardworking citizen and a responsible father - and now he's also a killer. After a violent squabble takes a dangerous... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
Call The Dying: The Lydmouth Crime Series Book 7
'Andrew Taylor is a master story-teller' Daily Telegraph From the No.1 bestselling author of The Ashes of London and The Fire Court, this is the seventh instalment in the acclaimed Lydmouth seriesLove and need make unexpected bedfellows, and both are blind. As the grip of a long hard winter tightens... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2004 -
Where Roses Fade: The Lydmouth Crime Series Book 5
'Andrew Taylor is a master story-teller' Daily Telegraph From the No.1 bestselling author of The Ashes of London and The Fire Court, this is the fifth instalment in the acclaimed Lydmouth seriesWhen Mattie Harris's body is found drowned in the river, everyone in Lydmouth knows something is wrong. M... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2000 -
Naked to the Hangman: The Lydmouth Crime Series Book 8
'Andrew Taylor is a master story-teller' Daily Telegraph From the No.1 bestselling author of The Ashes of London and The Fire Court, this is the final instalment in the acclaimed Lydmouth seriesAs a young police officer in Palestine during the closing months of the Mandate - the cradle of Middle Eas... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2006 -
The Mortal Sickness: The Lydmouth Crime Series Book 2
'Andrew Taylor is a master story-teller' Daily Telegraph From the No.1 bestselling author of The Ashes of London and The Fire Court, this is the second instalment in the acclaimed Lydmouth seriesWhen a spinster of the parish is found bludgeoned to death in St John's, and the church's most valuable p... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1995 -
The Lover of the Grave: The Lydmouth Crime Series Book 3
'Andrew Taylor is a master story-teller' Daily Telegraph From the No.1 bestselling author of The Ashes of London and The Fire Court, this is the third instalment in the acclaimed Lydmouth seriesAfter the coldest night of the year, they find the man's body. He is dangling from the Hanging Tree on th... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1997 -
Death's Own Door: The Lydmouth Crime Series Book 6
'Andrew Taylor is a master story-teller' Daily Telegraph From the No.1 bestselling author of The Ashes of London and The Fire Court, this is the sixth instalment in the acclaimed Lydmouth seriesWhen the body of Rufus Moorcroft, a middle-aged widower with a distinguished war record, is found in his s... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2001 -
Waiting for the End of the World: William Dougal Crime Series Book 2
The second book in Andrew Taylor's acclaimed William Dougal crime series - from the Richard & Judy bestselling author of The American Boy and The Ashes of London. William Dougal is blackmailed into doing a job for his old adversary James Hanbury. All he has to do is keep an eye on Dr Vertag, the lea... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1984 -
Our Fathers' Lies: William Dougal Crime Series Book 3
The third instalment of the brilliant William Dougal series, from the bestselling author of The American Boy and The Ashes of London. There's unfinished business between William Dougal and his widowed father. Part of it has to do with Celia Prentisse, William's ex-girlfriend. When her historian fat... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1985 -
An Old School Tie: William Dougal Crime Series Book 4
The fourth book in the acclaimed William Dougal crime series, from the bestselling author of The American Boy and The Ashes of London.James Hanbury is a reformed character. Or he would like to be. He plans to marry into respectability: his bride Molly is both rich and of good family. But alas, on th... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1986 -
Caroline Minuscule: William Dougal Crime Series Book 1
The first book in the brilliant William Dougal crime series, from the bestselling author of The American Boy and The Ashes of London. William Dougal, a post-graduate expert in the medieval script of Caroline Minuscule, stumbles on the garroted corpse of his tutor - and finds himself embroiled in a h... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1982