Duke in his domain

Duke in His Domain

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Duke

A witty and unconventional biography of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in his centenary year – perfect for fans of The Crown

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Duke

A witty and unconventional biography of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in his centenary year - perfect for fans of The Crown

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Anthropology in the Meantime

Providing a history of experimental methods and frameworks in anthropology from the 1920s to the present, Michael M. J. Fischer draws on his real worl

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Duke's Children

The death of his beloved wife leaves the Duke of Omnium, former Primer Minister, struggling to impose his will on his three children: in debt, and in

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Junot Diaz

José David Saldívar offers a critical examination of Junot Díaz, showing how his influences converged in his fiction and how his work radically cha

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African Rhythms

African Rhythms is the autobiography of the important jazz pianist, composer and band leader Randy Weston. He tells of his childhood in Brooklyn, his

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Sound and Silence

World-renowned author of novels, short stories, and essays Yan Lianke describes his literary project, reflects on censorship in China, and his perspec

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Black and Blur

In Black and Blur—the first volume in his consent not to be a single being trilogy—Fred Moten engages in a capacious consideration of the place and

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Fly-Fishing

From the northern Michigan lakeshore where he learned to fish as a child to casting flies in a New Orleans bayou, Christopher Schaberg ponders his lif

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Universal Machine

In the concluding volume to his landmark trilogy consent not to be a single being Fred Moten uses the work of Emmanuel Levinas, Hannah Arendt, and Fra

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Selected Writings on Marxism

This collection of Stuart Hall's key writings on Marxism surveys the formative questions central to his interpretations of and investments in Marxist

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Selected Writings on Marxism

This collection of Stuart Hall's key writings on Marxism surveys the formative questions central to his interpretations of and investments in Marxist

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Curating the Moving Image

In Curating the Moving Image, influential curator and theorist Mark Nash draws on his work at Documenta11, the Venice Biennale, and elsewhere to explo

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End of the Cognitive Empire

Boaventura de Sousa Santos further develops his concept of the "epistemologies of the South," in which he outlines a theoretical, methodological, and

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Revolution Squared

Drawing on historical analysis and his own participation in the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, Atef Shahat Said examines how limited reformist demands and

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Uncanny Rest

Focusing on his personal day to day experiences of the “shelter-in-place” period during the first months of the coronavirus pandemic, Alberto Moreir

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Stolen Life

In Stolen Life—the second volume in his landmark trilogy consent not to be a single being—Fred Moten engages with the work of thinkers ranging from

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Memories of a Gay Catholic Boyhood

Memories of a Gay Catholic Boyhood is John D'Emilio's coming-of-age story in which he takes readers from his working-class Bronx neighborhood and Colu

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Leon Blum

John Colton is a meticulous researcher and a fine craftsman. In his political biography of Leon Blum, these two qualities are beautiully blended; none of the available evidence appears to have been over looked, and the enormous mass of variegated material has been transmuted in a polished, richly tapestried, and absorbing narrative.

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Duke Ellington Studies

This book explores the rich and influential career of one of jazz music's central figures, from his work as a composer to his cultural legacy in jazz,

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Return Of His Promised Duchess

The Duke's Southern belle... Causing a stir in Society!

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Bridgerton: The Duke and I

In the ballrooms and drawing rooms of Regency London, rules abound. From their earliest days, children of aristocrats learn how to address an earl and curtsey before a prince - while other dictates of the ton are unspoken yet universally understood. A proper duke should be imperious and aloof. A young, marriageable lady should be amiable . . . but not too amiable.Daphne B...

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Lucky Luke 29 - The Grand Duke

A Russian nobleman is playing tourist in Kansas-and it's up to Lucky Luke to look after his safety.

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Harry Roy: Harry Roy and His Orchestra - Jazz - CD (4600383268439)

Hudební CD - Harry Roy a His Orchestra. Anglický jazz 30. let. Harry Roy a His Orchestra. Anglický jazz 30. let. Harry Roy and His Orchestra - Harry Roy,dirigent Seznam stop CD Bugle Call Rag (Shobel) / Sentimental Gentleman from Georgia (Perkins - Perish) / Alexander's Ragtime Band (Berlin) ELLINGTON, Edward K. „Duke” (1899-1974) Mood Indigo / New D...

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Bridgerton: The Duke and I (Bridgertons Book 1) - Julia Quinn

<p>The first novel in Julia Quinn's worldwide bestselling Bridgerton novels, now a series created by Shondaland for Netflix. This is the story of Daphne Bridgerton and the Duke: welcome to the ballrooms of Regency London . . . ________________________________________Can there be any greater challenge to London's Ambitious Mamas than an unmarried duke? Lady Whistledo...

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Bringing Down the Duke: swoony, feminist and romantic, perfect for fans of Bridgerton - Evie Dunmore

<p>'I have read the future of historical romance, and it's Evie Dunmore' Eva Leigh, author of Dare to Love a Duke Oxford, 1879. A beautiful bluestocking is about to teach a duke a lesson . . .Brilliant but destitute Annabelle Archer is one of the first female students at Oxford University. In return for her scholarship, she must recruit influential men to champion t...

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Bringing Down the Duke: swoony, feminist and romantic, perfect for fans of Bridgerton - Dunmore Evie

Anotace: `I have read the future of historical romance, and it`s Evie Dunmore` Eva Leigh, author of Dare to Love a Duke Oxford, 1879. A beautiful bluestocking is about to teach a duke a lesson . . .Brilliant but destitute Annabelle Archer is one of the first female students at Oxford University. In return for her scholarship, she must recruit influential men to champion ...

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Lincoln in the Bardo - Saunders George

Anotace: WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017 THE NO. 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2017 The American Civil War rages while President Lincoln`s beloved eleven-year-old son lies gravely ill. In a matter of days, Willie dies and is laid to rest in a Georgetown cemetery. Newspapers report that a grief-stricken Lincoln returns to the crypt s...

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Lincoln in the Bardo - George Saunders

<p>WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017 THE NO. 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2017 The American Civil War rages while President Lincoln's beloved eleven-year-old son lies gravely ill. In a matter of days, Willie dies and is laid to rest in a Georgetown cemetery. Newspapers report that a grief-stricken Lincoln returns to the crypt se...

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Boughton: The House, its People and its Collections

It was the dream of the Duke of Buccleuch’s ambitious forebear Ralph, 1st Duke of Montagu, to transform his ancestral home in Northamptonshire fr

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Bloodline

Richard Duke of York is dead, his ambitions in ruins, his head spiked on the walls of the city. King Henry VI is still held prisoner. His Lancastrian

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Service With a Smile

With the Duke of Dunstable trying to steal his pig to sell to Lord Tilbury, mischievous Church Lads camping in his park, his sister Constance bossing

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Wellington's Wars

Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington lives on in popular memory as the 'Invincible General', loved by his men, admired by his peers, formidable to his

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Late Scholar

A gripping murder mystery featuring Lord Peter Wimsey - now a Duke - and his wife Harriet Vane, set in an Oxford college in the 1950s.

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Apology for a Murder

Famed for having killed his cousin Alessandro, the Duke of Florence, in 1537, Lorenzino de’ Medici remains one of the most enigmatic figures of I

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Measure for Measure

In the Duke Vincentio's absence from Vienna, his strict deputy Angelo revives an ancient law forbidding sex outside marriage. The young Claudio, whose

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Marlborough

John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough (1644-1722), was one of the greatest military commanders and statesmen in the history of England. His descenda

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Henry VIII

Conspiracies and intrigue are rife in the court of Henry VIII as the Duke of Buckingham is executed for treason, having been tricked by his enemy Card

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Five Revenge Tragedies

Malcontent Vindice unleashes an escalating orgy of mayhem on a debauched Duke for his bride's murder, in a ferocious satire reflecting the mounting di

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Burgundian Wars

This book presents the European politics leading to the conflicts, then the Duke's campaigns against Liege starting in 1467, his siege of Neuss on the

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Conqueror

William the Bastard, base-born son of the Duke of Normandy, must fight the King of France to regain his Duchy. Spurned in love by the lovely Princess

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Brother to the Sun King

In battle he fought with legendary valor ...At court, dressed in silks and ribbons, he openly favored his male lovers ...Despised but feared by his brother, he was the perpetual loser in a lifelong sibling rivalry ...Brother to the Sun King: Philippe, Duke of Orleans.

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War of the Roses: Bloodline - Iggulden Conn

Anotace: Richard Duke of York is dead, his ambitions in ruins, his head spiked on the walls of the city. King Henry VI is still held prisoner. His Lancastrian Queen rides south with an army of victorious northerners, accompanied by painted warriors from the Scottish Highlands. With the death of York, Margaret and her army seem unstoppable.

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Twelfth Night

Separated from her twin brother Sebastian after a shipwreck, Viola disguises herself as a boy to serve the Duke of Illyria. Wooing a countess on his behalf, she is stunned to find herself the object of his beloved's affections. With the arrival of Viola's brother, and a trick played upon the countess's steward, confusion reigns in this romantic comedy of mistaken identity.

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The House On The Strand - du Maurier Daphne

Anotace: When Dick Young`s friend, Professor Magnus Lane, offers him an escape from his troubles in the form of a new drug, Dick finds himself transported to fourteenth-century Cornwall. There, in the manor of Tywardreath, the domain of Sir Henry Champerhoune, he witnesses intrigue, adultery and murder. The more time Dick spends consumed in the past, the more he withdraw...

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The House On The Strand - Maurier Daphne du

<p>When Dick Young's friend, Professor Magnus Lane, offers him an escape from his troubles in the form of a new drug, Dick finds himself transported to fourteenth-century Cornwall. There, in the manor of Tywardreath, the domain of Sir Henry Champerhoune, he witnesses intrigue, adultery and murder. The more time Dick spends consumed in the past, the more he withdraws...

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Black Cat DRAMA TEMPEST + CD (Green Apple)

Prospero, Duke of Milan, lives on a lonely island with his daughter Miranda, Caliban (a monster) and Ariel (a magic spirit). He learns to do magic and he wants to punish his bad brother, Antonio. He creates a magic storm – a tempest. All the people with Antonio on the ship land on Prospero’s island. Many strange things happen to them, but in the end they all come together...

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SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE DUKES SON - Doyle

Anotace: Dr Huxtable has a school for boys in the north of England. When the Duke of Holdernesse decides to send his young son there, that is good news for the school. The Duke is a very important person, and Dr Huxtable is happy to have his son in the school. But two weeks later Dr Huxtable is the unhappiest man in England. Why? And why does he take the train down to Lo...

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Black Prince of Florence

The year is 1531. After years of brutal war and political intrigue, the bastard son of a Medici Duke and a 'half-negro' maidservant rides into Florence. Within a year, he rules the city as its Prince. Backed by the Pope and his future father-in-law the Holy Roman Emperor, the nineteen-year-old Alessandro faces down bloody family rivalry...

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Fairy Tail 2

THE BOOK OF SECRETS In the second volume of Fairy Tail, beautiful celestial wizard Lucy as teamed up with the crazy fire wizard Natsu and his bizarre flying cat, Happy. Their job: to steal a book from the notorious Duke Everlue.But the eccentric Everlue has killed wizards before, and Lucy’s team is walking right into his death trap!Includes special extras after the story!...

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Fairy Tail (2) - neuveden

Anotace: THE BOOK OF SECRETS In the second volume of Fairy Tail, beautiful celestial wizard Lucy as teamed up with the crazy fire wizard Natsu and his bizarre flying cat, Happy. Their job: to steal a book from the notorious Duke Everlue. But the eccentric Everlue has killed wizards before, and Lucy`s team is walking right into his death trap! Includes special extras afte...

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Fairy Tail 2 - Hiro Mashima

<p>THE BOOK OF SECRETS In the second volume of Fairy Tail, beautiful celestial wizard Lucy as teamed up with the crazy fire wizard Natsu and his bizarre flying cat, Happy. Their job: to steal a book from the notorious Duke Everlue. But the eccentric Everlue has killed wizards before, and Lucy's team is walking right into his death trap! Includes special extras after...

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Bloodline

The third beautifully written novel in the "War of the Roses" series by bestselling author Conn Iggulden. 'Superbly plotted and paced' The Times - Winter 1461 - Richard Duke of York is dead, his ambitions in ruins, his head spiked on the walls of the city. King Henry VI is still held prisoner. His Lancastrian Queen rides south with an army of victorious northerners, acco...

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House Corrino (Prelude 3) - Brian Herbert

<p>The blood feud between Duke Leto of Caladon and Baron Vladimir Harkonnen reaches its climax, as the emperor Shaddam - leader of House Corrino - is finally forced to curb the powerful Harkonnens or risk losing his own throne. Menawhile, Duke Leto's beautiful concubie, the Bene Gesserit temptress Jessica,- has conceived the boy who become Paul Atreides (the hero of...

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Great Dune Trilogy - Frank Herbert

Anotace: Three of the greatest SF novels in the world in one bumper omnibus `An astonishing science fiction phenomenon' WASHINGTON POST Herbert's evocative, epic tales are set on the desert planet Arrakis, the focus for a complex political and military struggle with galaxy-wide repercussions. Arrakis is the source of spice, a mind-enhancing drug which makes ...

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The Second Great Dune Trilogy - Frank Herbert

<p>Three of the greatest SF novels in the world in one bumper omnibus ‘An astonishing science fiction phenomenon' WASHINGTON POST Herbert's evocative, epic tales are set on the desert planet Arrakis, the focus for a complex political and military struggle with galaxy-wide repercussions. Arrakis is the source of spice, a mind-enhancing drug which makes interstella...

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The Great Dune Trilogy : Dune, Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, 1. vydání - Frank Herbert

<p>Three of the greatest SF novels in the world in one bumper omnibus ‘An astonishing science fiction phenomenon’ WASHINGTON POST Herbert’s evocative, epic tales are set on the desert planet Arrakis, the focus for a complex political and military struggle with galaxy-wide repercussions. Arrakis is the source of spice, a mind-enhancing drug which makes interstella...

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King of Foxes

In the second instalment of The Conclave of Shadows. The Conclave demands its membership price from their new protege: Tal must gather information on the sinister magician Laso Varen. But, to do this means service with the sorcerer's master, Duke Kaspar of Olasko - the very man he suspects of killing his family. A POWERFUL NEW EPIC FANTASY SERIES FROM ONE OF THE GREAT MAS...

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King of Foxes (Conclave of Shadows 2) - Feist Raymond E.

Anotace: In the second instalment of The Conclave of Shadows.The Conclave demands its membership price from their new protege: Tal must gather information on the sinister magician Laso Varen. But, to do this means service with the sorcerer`s master, Duke Kaspar of Olasko - the very man he suspects of killing his family. A POWERFUL NEW EPIC FANTASY SERIES FROM ON...

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