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There’s no such thing as a former KGB man. Agents of Influence reveals the secret history of an intelligence agency gone out of control,...
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A groundbreaking new perspective on catastrophes throughout human history, with vital lessons for our future 'This book upended my understanding of the...
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A feminist reinterpretation of the myths surrounding Cleopatra casts new light on the Egyptian queen and her legacy&,nbsp,“A lucid and persuasive reinterpretation. Readers...
This is the story of the fall of an Empire – and the rise of another.Who spread Christianity, how, and why? In her...
An ambitious history of masculinity and family, from the Bronze Age to the contemporary 'crisis of men', Fatherhooddares to offer a more caring and affirmative...
Born almost a hundred years ago in Vienna - the cultural heart of a bourgeois Mitteleurope - Eric Hobsbawm, who was to become one of...
An epic history of the ‘other’ Europe, a place of conflict and coexistence, of faith and folklore. ‘Do not rush to bid...
Discover - or rediscover - the major achievements of Chinese culture and civilization. Great Books of China offers concise introductions - each of them accompanied...
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