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Oliver Baldwin: A Life of Dissent

Walker, Christopher J.
Oliver Baldwin: A Life of Dissent
This biography of soldier, statesman, and journalist Oliver Risdale Baldwin, second Earl Baldwin, examines Baldwin's life from his privileged days at Eton as the son of Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin to his dangerous assignment as correspondent for the Daily Mail covering the Spanish Civil War. Also covered are his contentious years in politics as a Socialist in the House of Commons, opposing his conservative father, his experiences in World W...

CHF 32.50

Foreday Morning

Dash, Paul
Foreday Morning
A leading visual artist relates the sharp contrast between a childhood in the harsh colonial environment of Barbados, followed by a move to the Oxford suburbs where he discovered working-class whites living in poverty and ignorance. With insight, compassion, and colorful imagery, Paul Dash depicts the difficult process of becoming an artist in the midst of culture clash and prejudice.

CHF 38.90

The Anointed

Arditti, Michael
The Anointed
Michal is a princess, Abigail a wealthy widow, and Bathsheba a soldier's bride, but as women in Ancient Israel their destiny is the same: to obey their fathers, serve their husbands and raise their children. Marriage to King David seems to offer them an escape, but behind the trappings of power they discover a deeply conflicted man. The legendary hero who slew Goliath, founded Jerusalem and saved Israel is also a vicious despot who murders his...

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