ReadThe Portobello Bookshop Gift Guide 2025

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Nick Thomas Author & Editor

Nick Thomas Lecturer in Twentieth-Century History,University of Nottingham

Science Between Space and Counterspace cover

Science Between Space and Counterspace

Nick Thomas - Paperback

£20.00

The Battle for the Etheric Realm cover

The Battle for the Etheric Realm

Nick Thomas - Paperback

£7.99

Man or Matter cover

Man or Matter

Ernst Lehrs - Paperback

£22.50

Raised by the Stars cover

Raised by the Stars

Nick Thomas - Paperback

£21.99

Protest Movements in 1960s West Germany cover

Protest Movements in 1960s West Germany

Nick Thomas - Paperback

£36.99

Hurricane Squadron Ace: The Story of Battle of Britain Ace, Air Commodore Peter Brothers, CBE, DSO, DFC and Bar cover

Hurricane Squadron Ace: The Story of Battle of Britain Ace, Air Commodore Peter Brothers, CBE, DSO, DFC and Bar

Nick Thomas - Hardback

£25.00

Eh Na? - An Inquiry into the Relationship Between Rationality and Mysticism cover

Eh Na? - An Inquiry into the Relationship Between Rationality and Mysticism

Nick Thomas - Paperback

£11.99

Freedom Through Love cover

Freedom Through Love

Nick Thomas - Paperback

£7.99

Protest Movements in 1960s West Germany cover

Protest Movements in 1960s West Germany

Nick Thomas - Hardback

£100.00