Authors starting with C from Allen Williams Books

Staplehurst: Spellmount, 2006 Few people are aware that Dennis Wheatley, in his day one of the biggest selling novelists in the world, spent the Second World War as a member of Winston Churchill's Joint Planning Staff. Wheatley's job was to confuse the enemy by writing 'plausible, official documents' and to feed them to the Nazis. Here is that little known and intriguing story, drawn on previously unpublished restricted papers - and with a foreword by one of today's best-selling authors.... more information

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Staplehurst: Spellmount, 2006 Few people are aware that Dennis Wheatley, in his day one of the biggest selling novelists in the world, spent the Second World War as a member of Winston Churchill's Joint Planning Staff. Wheatley's job was to confuse the enemy by writing 'plausible, official documents' and to feed them to the Nazis. Here is that little known and intriguing story, drawn on previously unpublished restricted papers - and with a foreword by one of today's best-selling authors.... more information

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London: 4th Estate, 2005 An account of the struggle to reach the moon between America’s chief rocket designer, German WWII scientist Wernher von Braun, and the obscure Russian engineer Sergei Korolev, a genius known only as the Chief Designer.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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King's Lynn: Heritage, 2006 This investigation into almshouses, charities for the residential care of the elderly poor, is based on detailed evidence from the historic county of the West Riding. The three centuries covered, 1600-1900, show the changes and continuities of the period between the Reformation and the Welfare State. A broader historical chapter sets these changes in context, from medieval origins to current concerns. The buildings are considered architectually and functionally for their evid... more information

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London: Rex Collings, 1979 Small tear in the rear of dust jacket.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Nr. Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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London: Headline, 1994 A guide to creating illuminated letters, which offers an overview of the various techniques and materials used today and includes step-by-step demonstrations using styles such as Celtic and Victorian Gothic. . 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Nr. Fine/Nr. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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London: Chatham Publishing, 2001 After two centuries of biographies and analyses, Admiral Lord Nelson speaks for himself in this collection of excerpts from his private letters and dispatches. Through Nelson's own words readers come to fully appreciate the admiral's insights and opinions. With chapters devoted to such subjects as duty, combat, politics, sea power, life and death, and Nelson's views of himself and his wife, Frances Nisbet, and mistress, Lady Hamilton, the book offers an array of ... more information

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New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher, 2005 1st Printing. Paperback. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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Lewes: The Book Guild, 1997 Gift inscription on ffep.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Nr Fine/Nr. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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Oxford: Osprey, 2006 Sieges played a central role in many conflicts of the ancient world, and generals such as Darius, Alexander the Great, Hannibal and Scipio Africanus successfully used siegecraft to gain their objectives. As siege tactics became an integral part of war, generals employed the minds of engineers and scientists to develop tactics that ranged from penetrating the defences or blockading the city through tricks and deception. This fascinating book explores the development of siege warfare in t... more information

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Sevenoaks: New English Library, 1983 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ... more information

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Isle of Colonsay: House of Lochar, 1998 A mystical love story full of symbolism, Celtic folklore, the second sight and other dreams and rituals. The narrator, Drost, tells the story of his life in Bronze Age Scotland from his childhood as the chosen companion and help-mate of his future "king" up to his own approaching death. The author has described how the action in the story and the feelings of the characters came to her through a series of waking dreams which may well explain the realism of th... more information

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Stroud: Tempus, 2005 First published in 2004. The story of one of the finest wicketkeeper-batsmen in the history of the game. Born in Dada in Bombay in 1938, Farokh Engineer quickly displayed a prodigious talent with both bat and gloves. Selected to play for the India Starlets in the late 1950s, he broke into the Test side in 1961. Having cemented his place and reputation with many fine performances - including a glorious rapid century against a formidable West Indies attack - he signed for Lancashire in 1... more information

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Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2004 Covering nearly one hundred years of Zulu military history, this book focuses on the creation, maintenance, development, tactics and ultimate destruction of the Zulu army. It studies the armies, weapons and tactics under the rule of the five Zulu kings from Shaka to Dinizulu. The rule of each of the five kings is examined in terms of their relationships with the army and how they raised regiments to expand their influence in the region. All the major battles and campaigns are... more information

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Shepperton: Ian Allan, 1986 1st Edition. Paperback. Nr. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ... more information

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London: Zed Books, 1999 The classical approach to environmental policy - of activists and government regulators pitted against polluting industries - has had impressive results. However, it can never achieve a sustainable society that integrates environmental values into everyday thinking and decision making. This book proposes a new model of cooperative environmental management which brings together government, business, citizens, and activists to negotiate long-term deals on policy. The model is based on ... more information

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Brussels: Lumiere Publishing Undated. . 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Picture Boards. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ... more information

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London: Verso, 1999 A collection of the author's essays on multicultural education, covering such topics as: the necessity for racially diverse school curricula; the construction of literary canons; Zora Neale Hurston's portraits of "the Folk"; C.L.R. James and Trinidadian nationalism; and black female blues artists.. 1st Edition. Paperback. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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London: Simon & Schuster, 2007 This is the return of the Apaches - a cadre of controversial, adrenaline-junkie former NYPD cops, first introduced in Lorenzo Carcaterra's previous novel APACHES. In this sequel, set three years after the events in the first novel, the surviving members of the team reunite to continue their battle against crime. Their new adventure starts with the machine-gun murder of innocent bystanders in a Manhattan restaurant. This incident ultimately propels our heroes into an in... more information

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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1939 The spine has faded a touch and has a tiny nick in the bottom. The boards are a little stained. The foldout at the back is still present.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ... more information

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