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ISBN: 9780571235957 - What Price Liberty? What Price Liberty?
Ben Wilson

ISBN10: 0571235956  ISBN13: 9780571235957
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 04 Feb 2010
With fear of terrorism, crime and social chaos putting our ideal of individual liberty very much into retreat, how can we maintain the principles we fought so hard to attain? This title takes us through four centuries of civil liberty... More

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ISBN: 9780571224715 - The Laughter of Triumph The Laughter of Triumph
Ben Wilson

ISBN10: 0571224717  ISBN13: 9780571224715
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 20 Apr 2006
Satirist William Hone is the forgotten hero of the British press. In 1817, he was forced to defend himself against a censorious government. Through Hone's life, this book looks at the history of the struggle for free expression against repressive... More

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ISBN: 9781861268501 - Rugby Fitness Training Rugby Fitness Training
Ben Wilson

ISBN10: 1861268505  ISBN13: 9781861268501
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
Edition: illustrated edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 30 Jun 2006
Rugby is a sport that embraces players of every shape, size, and fitness level. The success a player achieves, no matter what position he plays, will depend on his physical abilities. This book explains how those abilities, and therefore playing... More

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ISBN: 9781609766658 - The Godson The Godson
Ben Wilson

ISBN10: 1609766652  ISBN13: 9781609766658
Publisher: Writers Literary & Publishing Services, Inc
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 08 May 2011

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ISBN: 9780297864080 - The Rise and Fall of the British Navy The Rise and Fall of the British Navy
Ben Wilson

ISBN10: 0297864084  ISBN13: 9780297864080
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 13 Jun 2013
Definitive history of the British Navy from Henry VIII and the Mary Rose to the 21st century. Although it pretends otherwise the capital city of Britain is a port. Its great building reflect a national fortune built on booty carried from the... More

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ISBN: 9781841073293 - The World Guide to Whale and Dolphin Watching The World Guide to Whale and Dolphin Watching
Ben Wilson, Angus Wilson

ISBN10: 1841073296  ISBN13: 9781841073293
Publisher: Colin Baxter Photography Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Aug 2006
Contains identification section on cetacean species, surface profiles, distribution maps and key facts for species identification. This book features a directory section describing the whale watching locations around the world. An expert and... More

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ISBN: 9780571224708 - The Laughter of Triumph The Laughter of Triumph
Ben Wilson

ISBN10: 0571224709  ISBN13: 9780571224708
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Edition: illustrated edition
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 21 Apr 2005
William Hone is the forgotten hero of the British Press. In 1817 he was compelled to defend himself against a government determined to enforce censorship. His fellow journalists, opposition MPs and the ministers believed that a verdict against... More

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ISBN: 9780571224685 - Decency and Disorder Decency and Disorder
Ben Wilson

ISBN10: 0571224687  ISBN13: 9780571224685
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Edition: illustrated edition
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 05 Apr 2007
We all see the Victorians as a respectable, well-mannered and sober people, yet a generation before Queen Victoria ascended the throne, the British were notorious for their boisterous pastimes, plain-speaking and drunkenness. This book talks about... More

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ISBN: 9780571224692 - Decency and Disorder Decency and Disorder
Ben Wilson

ISBN10: 0571224695  ISBN13: 9780571224692
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 03 Apr 2008
Explores a time when Britain tried to straighten out its moral code, ridding itself of its boisterous pastimes, plain-speaking and drunkenness - raising uncomfortable but fascinating parallels with our own age. This book is about the generation... More

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ISBN: 9780571235940 - What Price Liberty? What Price Liberty?
Ben Wilson

ISBN10: 0571235948  ISBN13: 9780571235940
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 04 Jun 2009
Takes us through British, American and European history, elaborating not just how civil liberties were constructed in the past, but how they were continually rethought - and re-fought - in response to modernity, and puts into context various... More