LIBROS DEL AUTOR: martin nicholson

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  • Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa
    Heinrich Barth / Johann Martin Bernatz / John Nicholson
    Embark on an extraordinary journey through the heart of 19th-century Africa with Heinrich Barth’s monumental 'Travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa, Vol. 4 (of 5).' This meticulously prepared print edition presents the fourth installment of Barth’s groundbreaking five-volume work, chronicling one of the most significant European expeditions into the continent.Serv...
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    32,79 €

  • ’Unbreakable union’
    Martin Nicholson
    This is the fifth, and final, volume of Martin Nicholson’s memoirs. It covers the period 1984 to his death. Sadly, he died early in 2025 with the volume unpublished. It is now published by his family.The period covers his unexpected return to Moscow for a third posting, the rise of Mikhail Gorbachev, the rivalry between him and Boris Yeltsin and the dramatic break-up of the So...
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    15,61 €

  • The Power Makers’ Challenge
    Martin Nicholson
    The Power Makers - the producers of our electricity - must meet the demands of their customers while also addressing the threat of climate change. There are widely differing views about solutions to electricity generation in an emission constrained world. Some see the problem as relatively straight forward, requiring deep cuts in emissions now by improving energy efficiency, en...
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    136,04 €

  • Activities Incompatible
    Martin Nicholson
    Activities Incompatible, the third volume of Martin Nicholson’s memoirs, covers the years 1963 to 1971, when the author started his career as an analyst of Soviet political affairs in the Research Department of the Foreign Office in London and continued in the Russian Secretariat of the British Embassy, Moscow. In 1971 he took his wife and two children to Moscow for his second ...
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    8,46 €

  • Memories of Childhood
    Martin Nicholson
    Martin Nicholson was born in 1937 in Rio de Janeiro, where his father was working for Shell. He had sailed across the Atlantic twice before he was three years old, the second time just days after the start of the Second World War when the family returned to South America to live near Buenos Aires in Argentina. They returned to England in 1946 to experience the realities of ’aus...
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    17,35 €

  • On the Fringes of Europe
    Martin Nicholson
    This second volume of Martin Nicholson’s projected four volume autobiography takes the author through his student years between 1956 and 1963, during the Cold War. Martin did his National Service in the Royal Navy learning Russian. He took his degree in Russian and Spanish at Cambridge University and spent a year at Moscow State University under the auspices of the British Coun...
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    9,29 €

  • A new World
    John Nicholson] [from old catal [Martin
    Venture into the annals of exploration with 'A New World,' a captivating historical account. Published in 1892, this book offers a fascinating glimpse into the spirit of discovery and the expansion of human knowledge. While the author’s full identity remains partially obscured, the work stands as a testament to the era’s profound interest in charting unexplored territories and ...
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    15,58 €

  • Towards a Russia of the Regions
    Martin Nicholson
    This book is an important and timely study of relations between the federal and regional authorities in Russia. It offers detailed analysis of the key issues, and suggests several steps to improve the country’s constitutional framework. ...
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    64,27 €