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DAN VAN DER VAT

Robin Gardiner

Byzantine Commonwealth DUMMY

Dimitri Obolensky

Elizabeth Taylor

Biographies & Memoirs

WALKER, Alexander

Arts & Literature

A Great scholar examines how history has shaped the identity of the Middle East. Most of the modern states of the Middle East are of recent origin, yet the region is the birthplace of 3 religions and many civilisations. Bernard Lewis, 1 of the world's most respected historians of the Middle East, discusses the countries and frontiers; their religions and communities; language and loyalties to place, and Middle Eastern perceptions of outsiders. He also considers the effect of alien ideas and influences including Liberalism, Nationalism, Fascism, Socialism and Democracy.

Multiple Identities of the Middle East

Lewis,Bernard

This is a book about the world in which Christianity emerged told in an extremely accessible way by one of the most outstanding ancient historians writing today. Its main thrust is to show how Christianity emerged in the market-place of competing religions. We can't understand the success of Christianity without understanding its rivals in the Jewish and Roman worlds. So we have to go back to Rome, Egypt, Syria to understand the passionate attachment which pagans had for their gods, temples, sacrifice, magic, and mystery rites. And we can't appreciate the innovations of Christianity without glimpsing the commitment and expectations of Jews. Keith Hopkins also shows in this book history in the making. Most books on Jesus defend a particular version of Christianity. Believers look back and find in earliest Christianity exactly the sort of Christianity they want now. Keith Hopkins argues that this is not how history unfolds. His view is that there is no such thing as one version of history  there never is just one story. He shows that the central story for Christianity  the Jesus story  exists not just in the gospels, but in dozens of magnificent variations: there isnt just one Jesus. One of the most extraordinary and contentious aspects of this book is the way Keith Hopkins tells the story of how Christianity emerged. He combines conventionally 'objective' analysis with letters from professors aghast at what he is writing, a TV drama about the Dead Sea Scrolls, memoirs of two time-travellers, and an invented correspondence between an ingenue Christian and his more sophisticated superior. 
This is a dazzlingly clever and truly entertaining book. Hopkins writes from the point of view of a non-believer and combines humour with a wonderful gift for telling stories. His aim is to allow the reader to live vicariously in antiquity without ever leaving the modern world and he does this brilliantly.

The World Full of Gods

History

Hopkins, Keith

Europe

Charting the whole Burma War, this book flows like a novel from the high command to the sharp end, setting out a myriad of facts and considerations in a clear and coherent narrative. Equal attention is paid to both sides of the conflict and the insights made into the Japanese plans and responses make the book uniquely informative, exciting and moving.  This classic history is the authoritative and most detailed book on an important part of the second world war.

Burma Longest War

Louis, Allen

Leading chefs and cookery writers give their favourite recipies in a one volume extensively illustrated cookbook - the big cookery title for Christmas 1997.

The Complete Master Chefs

Stein, Rick

Scicolone, Michele

OLNEY, RICHARD

Connery, Clare

CHAPMAN, Pat

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Everest the Hard Way

CHRIS BONINGTON

The years since Jackie Stewart won the Formula One Grand Prix Championship in 1973 for Great Britain have marked the era of the highly committed sporting Grand Prix professionals. This book details the personalities and exploits of 13 heroes who have raced at ever-increasing speeds.

Grand Prix Champions : From Jackie Stewart to Michael Schumacher

HENRY, Alan

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