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philby was a dedicate desert explorer this book is about the rub' al khali desert, known as the 'empty quarter', the most savage and impenetrable desert of southern arabiasee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop macclesfield the empty quarter, by harry st john philby, century hutchinson, pp including index
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Other famous names include the spies kim philby and anthony bluntthis is a highly informative and interesting work covering a period of military history that has been largely neglectedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreby means of chronological chapters covering the major phases the author describes the roles of figures such as arthur koestler, ernest hemingway, pablo picasso, george orwell, esmond romilly, martha gellhorn (hemingway's lover), salvador dali, the poet federico lorca (who was killed) etcthe progress of the war is followed from the outbreak rebellion of summer , through seville, the war in the aragon mountains, madrid, malaga, the arrival of the international brigades in , the notorious destruction of guernika by the german condor legion, barcelona and franco?s victorious march, checked briefly on the ebrooxfam books & music bury stedmunds this book tells the tragic story of the spanish civil war through the eyes of writers, artists and musicians who were deeply involved and close to it
10 €
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Three months later, bruno pontecorvo, a physicist at harwell, britain's atomic energy lab, disappeared without a traceone of the most brilliant scientists of his generation, pontecorvo was privy to many secrets: he had worked on the anglo-canadian arm of the manhattan project, and quietly discovered a way to find the uranium coveted by nuclear powerssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop carlisle the memo landed on kim philby's desk in washington, dc, in julyyet when he disappeared mi5 insisted he was not a threatwhen he re-surfaced six years later, he was on the other side of the iron curtainnow, based on unprecedented access to archives, letters, surviving family members and scientists, award-winning writer and physics professor frank close exposes the truth about a man irrevocably marked by the advent of the atomic age and the cold war
4 €