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Claudius the God
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Robert Graves | Random House

Claudius the God

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The British Empire and Commonwealth
George W. Southgate | J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd

The British Empire and Commonwealth

$25.00

$25.00

Tracks in the Snowy Forest
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Chu Po | Foreign Languages Press Peking

Tracks in the Snowy Forest

$50.00

$50.00

Chinese Looking Glass
Dennis Bloodworth | Penguin Books

Chinese Looking Glass

$30.00

$30.00

The British Empire and Commonwealth
George W. Southgate, B.A.  | J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd

The British Empire and Commonwealth

$22.00

$22.00

Beyond the New Deal: Harry S. Truman and American Liberalism
Alonzo L. Hamby | Columbia University Press

Beyond the New Deal: Harry S. Truman and American Liberalism

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The Shaping of Twentieth-Century America
Richard M. Abrams (Ed.), Lawrence W. Levine (Ed.)  | Little, Brown And Company

The Shaping of Twentieth-Century America

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China's Courts and Concubines - Thryft
China's Courts and Concubines - Thryft
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Bernard Llewellyn | George Allen & Unwin

China's Courts and Concubines

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$35.00

MI6: British Secret Intelligence Service Operations 1909-45 - Thryft
MI6: British Secret Intelligence Service Operations 1909-45 - Thryft
Nigel West | Weidenfeld And Nicolson

MI6: British Secret Intelligence Service Operations 1909-45

$30.00

$30.00

British Intelligence in the Second World War Volume 5 - Thryft
British Intelligence in the Second World War Volume 5 - Thryft
Michael Howard | Her Majesty's Stationery Office

British Intelligence in the Second World War Volume 5

$35.00

$35.00

Trial of The Major War Criminals Before The International Military Tribunal - Thryft
Trial of The Major War Criminals Before The International Military Tribunal - Thryft
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Trial of The Major War Criminals Before The International Military Tribunal

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$45.00

Confucius - Thryft
Confucius - Thryft
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D. Howard Smith | Paladin

Confucius

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$15.00

Reformation Europe 1517-1559 - Thryft
Reformation Europe 1517-1559 - Thryft
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G. R. Elton | Collins

Reformation Europe 1517-1559

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$20.00

The South in Northern Eyes 1831 to 1861 - Thryft
The South in Northern Eyes 1831 to 1861 - Thryft
Howard R. Floan | Mcgraw-hill Book Company

The South in Northern Eyes 1831 to 1861

$28.00

$28.00

Rice Bowl Women: Writings By and About the Women of China and Japan - Thryft
Rice Bowl Women: Writings By and About the Women of China and Japan - Thryft
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Dorothy Blair Shimer | New American Library

Rice Bowl Women: Writings By and About the Women of China and Japan

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$30.00

British Intelligence in the Second World War Volume 1 - Thryft
British Intelligence in the Second World War Volume 1 - Thryft
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F. H. Hinsley, E. E. Thomas, C. F. G. Ransom, R. C. Knight  | Her Majesty's Stationery Office

British Intelligence in the Second World War Volume 1

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$35.00

Intervention and the War - Thryft
Intervention and the War - Thryft
Richard H. Ullman | Princeton University Press

Intervention and the War

$30.00

$30.00

Vietnam: Anatomy of a War 1940-1975 - Thryft
Vietnam: Anatomy of a War 1940-1975 - Thryft
Gabriel Kolko | Allen And Unwin

Vietnam: Anatomy of a War 1940-1975

$38.00

$38.00

Dropshot - Thryft
Dropshot - Thryft
Anthony Cave Brown (Ed.) | The Dial Press/james Wade

Dropshot

$38.00

$38.00

Naples '44: An Intelligence Officer in the Italian Labyrinth - Thryft
Naples '44: An Intelligence Officer in the Italian Labyrinth - Thryft
Norman Lewis | Isis Publishing Ltd

Naples '44: An Intelligence Officer in the Italian Labyrinth

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$35.00

British Intelligence in the Second World War Volume 3, Part I - Thryft
British Intelligence in the Second World War Volume 3, Part I - Thryft
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F. H. Hinsley, E. E. Thomas, C. F. G. Ransom, R. C. Knight  | Her Majesty's Stationery Office

British Intelligence in the Second World War Volume 3, Part I

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$33.00

The Central Intelligence Agency: History and Documents - Thryft
The Central Intelligence Agency: History and Documents - Thryft
William M. Leary | The University Of Alabama Press

The Central Intelligence Agency: History and Documents

$40.00

$40.00

Independent Company: The Australian Army in Portuguese Timor 1941–43 - Thryft
Independent Company: The Australian Army in Portuguese Timor 1941–43 - Thryft
Bernard Callinan | William Heinemann Australia

Independent Company: The Australian Army in Portuguese Timor 1941–43

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$30.00

The Study of War and Society: Thucydides to the Eighteenth Century - Thryft
The Study of War and Society: Thucydides to the Eighteenth Century - Thryft
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The Study of War and Society: Thucydides to the Eighteenth Century

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$80.00

Russia Leaves the War - Thryft
Russia Leaves the War - Thryft
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George F. Kennan | Princeton University Press

Russia Leaves the War

$28.00

$28.00

The White House Years: Waging Peace 1956-1961 - Thryft
The White House Years: Waging Peace 1956-1961 - Thryft
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Dwight D. Eisenhower | Doubleday & Company, Inc.

The White House Years: Waging Peace 1956-1961

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$35.00

The Pentagon Papers Volume Five: Critical Essays and an Index to Volumes One-Four (The Senator Gravel Edition) - Thryft
The Pentagon Papers Volume Five: Critical Essays and an Index to Volumes One-Four (The Senator Gravel Edition) - Thryft
Noam Chomsky (Ed.), Howard Zinn (Ed.)  | Unitarian Universalist Association

The Pentagon Papers Volume Five: Critical Essays and an Index to Volumes One-Four (The Senator Gravel Edition)

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$80.00

MACV: The Joint Command in the Years of Escalation, 1962-1967 - Thryft
MACV: The Joint Command in the Years of Escalation, 1962-1967 - Thryft
Graham A. Cosmas | Center Of Military History

MACV: The Joint Command in the Years of Escalation, 1962-1967

$35.00

$35.00

The Pentagon Papers Volume 2 (The Senator Gravel Edition) - Thryft
The Pentagon Papers Volume 2 (The Senator Gravel Edition) - Thryft

The Pentagon Papers Volume 2 (The Senator Gravel Edition)

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$50.00

Papers on the War - Thryft
Papers on the War - Thryft
Daniel Ellsberg | Simon And Schuster

Papers on the War

$28.00

$28.00

The Espionage Establishment - Thryft
The Espionage Establishment - Thryft
David Wise, Thomas B. Ross  | Random House

The Espionage Establishment

$30.00

$30.00

The Rockefellers: An American Dynasty - Thryft
The Rockefellers: An American Dynasty - Thryft
Peter Collier, David Horowitz  | Holt, Rinehart, Winston

The Rockefellers: An American Dynasty

$35.00

$35.00

Operation Splinter Factor - Thryft
Operation Splinter Factor - Thryft
Stewart Steven | Hodder And Stoughton

Operation Splinter Factor

$27.00

$27.00

British Intelligence in the Second World War Volume 5 - Thryft
British Intelligence in the Second World War Volume 5 - Thryft
Michael Howard | Hmso

British Intelligence in the Second World War Volume 5

$38.00

$38.00

British Intelligence in the Second World War Volume 3 Part II - Thryft
British Intelligence in the Second World War Volume 3 Part II - Thryft
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F. H. Hinsley, E. E. Thomas, C. F. G. Ransom, C. A. G. Simkins  | Her Majesty's Stationery Office

British Intelligence in the Second World War Volume 3 Part II

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$37.00

British Intelligence in the Second World War Volume 2 - Thryft
British Intelligence in the Second World War Volume 2 - Thryft
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F. H. Hinsley, E. E. Thomas, C. F. G. Ransom, R. C. Knight  | Her Majesty's Stationery Office

British Intelligence in the Second World War Volume 2

$38.00

$38.00

Intervention - Thryft
Intervention - Thryft
George Mct. Kahin | Alfred A. Knoff, Inc.

Intervention

$35.00

$35.00

Cyprus: From Earliest Time to the Present Day - Thryft
Cyprus: From Earliest Time to the Present Day - Thryft
Franz Georg Maier, Peter Gorge (Ed.)  | Elek Books Limited

Cyprus: From Earliest Time to the Present Day

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$28.00

The Assassins - Thryft
The Assassins - Thryft
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Robert J. Donovan | Harper & Brothers, Publishers

The Assassins

$15.00

$15.00

Collective Leadership and Factionalism: An Essay on Ho Chi Minh's Legacy - Thryft
Collective Leadership and Factionalism: An Essay on Ho Chi Minh's Legacy - Thryft
Thai Quang Trung | Institute Of Southeast Asian Studies

Collective Leadership and Factionalism: An Essay on Ho Chi Minh's Legacy

$38.00

$38.00

Indonesia Between Myth and Reality - Thryft
Indonesia Between Myth and Reality - Thryft
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Lee Khoon Choy | Nile & Mackenzie Ltd

Indonesia Between Myth and Reality

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$40.00

My People My Country - Thryft
My People My Country - Thryft
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Bernard Sta Maria | The Malacca Portuguese Development Centre Publication

My People My Country

$140.00

$140.00

Portuguese Eurasian Communities in Southeast Asia - Thryft
Portuguese Eurasian Communities in Southeast Asia - Thryft
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Ronald Daus | Institute Of Southeast Asian Studies

Portuguese Eurasian Communities in Southeast Asia

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$78.00

Portuguese Eurasian Communities in Southeast Asia - Thryft
Portuguese Eurasian Communities in Southeast Asia - Thryft
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Ronald Daus | Institute Of Southeast Asian Studies

Portuguese Eurasian Communities in Southeast Asia

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$80.00

Singapore: The Ultimate Island (Lee Kuan Yew's Untold Story) - Thryft
Singapore: The Ultimate Island (Lee Kuan Yew's Untold Story) - Thryft
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Tamil Selvan | Freeway Books

Singapore: The Ultimate Island (Lee Kuan Yew's Untold Story)

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$35.00

Singapore Lifeline: The River and Its People - Thryft
Singapore Lifeline: The River and Its People - Thryft
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Singapore Lifeline: The River and Its People

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$35.00

Singapore 150 Years - Thryft
Singapore 150 Years - Thryft
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Tan Sri Dato' Mubin Sheppard (Ed.) | Times Book International

Singapore 150 Years

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$40.00

A Hundred Year History of the P. & O. Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company - Thryft
A Hundred Year History of the P. & O. Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company - Thryft
Boyd Cable | Ivor Nicholson And Watson

A Hundred Year History of the P. & O. Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company

$70.00

$70.00

Douglas MacArthur: The Philippine Years - Thryft
Douglas MacArthur: The Philippine Years - Thryft
Carol Morris Petillo | Indiana University Press Bloomington

Douglas MacArthur: The Philippine Years

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$65.00

The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939 - Thryft
The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939 - Thryft
Edward Hallett Carr | Harper Torchbooks

The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939

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$25.00

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