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An acclaimed classic of military history, now in paperback. It's a vivid account of the Battle of Poltava of 1708, which established the birth of t...

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An impassioned firsthand account of the Russian Revolution, which celebrates its 100th anniversary in March 2017 An American journalist and revolut...

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Publisher: International Publishers Co Inc., U.S.Author(s): John ReedNumber of pages: 464Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 133 x 203 x 29Cover type...

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The biography of Franz Stangl, commandant of the Treblinka extermination camp - a classic and utterly compelling study of evilOnly four men command...

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An explosive epic encompassing the Big Bang, other past booms and future cataclysms!

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FROM THE ACADEMY AWARD-NOMINATED SCREENWRITER OF DARKEST HOUR AND THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING COMES THE FASCINATING AND REVEALING TALE OF TWO VERY DIF...

A vital text for anyone studying the history of the Highland communities

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A biography of Nackey Scripps Loeb, the longtime publisher of the Manchester (NH) Union Leader, that traces connections between her influence and o...

A chilling true crime book that chronicles the wave of abductions that terrorized the U.S. during the Great Depression, including the most infamous...

The breakthroughs that have had the most transformative practical impacts, from thermodynamics to the Internet.Publisher: Icon BooksAuthor(s): Bria...

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In an Ireland still reeling from years of famine, with tenant farmers being evicted and left to starve for their inability to pay exorbitant rents,...

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When Scotland's 1846 potato crop was wiped out by blight, the country was plunged into crisis. The dramatic events that followed have long been ign...

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This new collection brings together four of Orwell's short sketches of English life with his masterful analysis of a crumbling English society.

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Historian and novelist John Tully tells the story of the previously relatively unknown Silvertown strike, arguing for its significance to both the ...

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Stuart Kelly's biography of Sir Walter Scott defies classification in terms of genre. Rather than a literary biography, or critical study, it is a ...

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