Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History, Paperback

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A book about the joys and pleasures of running, the highs and lows of life, the history and landscape of Ireland, and so much more.

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The story of a son's journey across the middle east to meet his estranged father - from an acclaimed young journalist

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"Rebecca West's magnum opus . . . one of the great books of our time." --The New Yorker Written on the brink of World War II, Rebecca West's classi...

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The history of Chopin's 24 Preludes proves rich in stories and characters in this look at the instruments the Preludes were played on, the pianists...

A Journey Through Art is a global history of art with a time- travel twist, taking young readers on a expedition from the Paleolithic period to the...

A wide-ranging study of the history of the Jewish community and its impact in Europe.

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Will to Freedom is an eyewitness account of the social and political upheaval that shook Eastern Europe from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s. As an ...

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Reducere. In A Journey Through Childhood the author leaves behind Lydia Clark, a young widow, and her husband, George, who disappeared mysteriously. Their te...

The City of Abraham is a journey to the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and an account of the shared roots of the three great monotheist...

The first comprehensive history of felines--from the laps of pagan gods to present-day status as meme stars--as revealed by a very learned tabby wi...

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Dreamstreets. A Journey Through Britain's Village Utopias - Jacqueline Yallop

An intimate look at the personal garden of the Dutch landscape designer renowned for his plantings at the High Line in New York City, and Lurie Gar...

DescriptionWhat set the successful armies of Sparta, Macedon, and Rome apart from those they defeated? In this major new history of battle from the...

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Recalls the author's working-class Jewish childhood in the East End of London. This book describes the overcrowded tenements of Brick Lane and Whit...

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Equal parts travelogue and pandemic guide, journalist Ethan Lou examines the societal effects of COVID-19 and takes us on a mesmerizing journey aro...

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Tells the tale of the authors childhood spent in the city of Caliphs, Scheherazade and the land of the Garden of Eden, of traditions passed down ov...

The Great Cold War is arguably the most fascinating account yet written about the Cold War--and a timely enunciation of the lessons we need to lear...

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Take a nature walk with Dara McAnulty and learn all about our native birds, animals, trees and flowers

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