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Code Name: Kalistrat: Final Secrets of the Rosenberg Spy Case
A thriller, largely based on fact, that tells the inside story of the Rosenberg spy network and the fate of the famous couple that was sentenced to die on the...
People's Century: v.1: From the Dawn of the Century to the Start of
In previous centuries history was made by aristocracies and elites, but the masses are now much more influential than in the past, due to developments in education, communication and means...
The Australians at Geneva: Internationalist Diplomacy in the Interwar
Can Australians find their feet within the world's diplomatic manoeuvring? After the dubious justice of the Treaty of Versailles and the turmoil of the interwar years, the League of Nations...
Fundamentalism: A Very Short Introduction
Malise Ruthven tackles the polemic and stereotypes surrounding this complex phenomenon - one that eludes sim today, a conclusion impossible to ignore since the events in New York on September...
Fascism: A Warning
The #1 NYT BESTSELLER A personal and urgent examination of Fascism in the twentieth century and how its legacy shapes today's world, written by one of America's most admired public...
The War that Ended Peace: How Europe abandoned peace for the First
The First World War followed a period of sustained peace in Europe during which people talked with confidence of prosperity, progress and hope. But in 1914, Europe walked into a...
Less Than Zero
With an introduction by novelist Ottessa Moshfegh Eighteen-year-old college student Clay is back in his hometown of Los Angeles for Christmas break. Clay is three things: rich, bored and looking...
The Paris Gown: A Novel
"A glorious showstopper of a novel! With its glittering characters, intricately woven plot and chapters full of gorgeous Dior dresses, The Paris Gown will be turning all heads this year."--Natasha...
The Fourth Princess: A Gothic Novel of Old Shanghai
From the internationally bestselling author of The Porcelain Moon comes a haunting Gothic novel set in 1911 China. Two young women living in a crumbling, once-grand Shanghai mansion face danger...
The President's Man: The Memoirs of Nixon's Trusted Aide
In time for the 50 th anniversary of President Nixon's epic trips to China and Russia, as well as his incredible Watergate downfall, the man who was at his side...
After Nations: The Making and Unmaking of a World Order
'The twenty-first century's counterpart to Hobbes's Leviathan ' EMMANUELE COCCIA What has happened to the nation-state? From a prizewinning writer, After Nations offers a sweeping history of this most unquestioned...
Vintage Handbags: Collecting and wearing designer classics
Foreword by Anya Hindmarch Decade by decade, the lavishly illustrated Vintage Handbags recounts over 100 years of handbag history, from Elsa Schiaparelli's mesh bags for Whiting & Davis in the...
Kitty's Salon: Sex, Spying and Surveillance in the Third Reich
There is no book in English about the wartime Berlin 'salon' run by Kitty Schmidt under the secret control of Reinhard Heydrich, one of the architects of the Final Solution...
1941: Politics, Espionage and the Secret Pact between Churchill and
Prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, America had long been involved in a shadow war. Winston Churchill, England's beleaguered new Prime Minister, pleaded with Franklin D. Roosevelt for help....
The Militant Muse: Love, War and the Women of Surrealism
The Militant Muse documents what it meant to be young, ambitious and female in the context of an avant-garde movement defined by celebrated men whose educational, philosophical and literary backgrounds...
The Times Lives Behind the Silver Screen: Era-defining obituaries of
Delve into the glitz and glamour of Hollywood with this collection of obituaries from The Times . From the silent film era to Hollywood's golden age and beyond, this book...
A Sea Change
Most travellers are running from-or searching for-something. But not Shadowhunter Matthew Fairchild and his loyal golden retriever, Oscar Wilde. No. Matthew is searching for himself aboard the Majestic, a grand...
Seven Keys to Modern Art
As artists push further and further beyond their, and our, comfort zones, this book aims to help decipher the bizarre and often intimidating aspects of modern and contemporary art by...
Golden State: The Making of California
From Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Hiltzik, a definitive new history of California-from the Spanish conquistadors to the Gold Rush to the state's meteoric rise as a tech powerhouse and bulwark...
The Princess Spy: The True Story of World War II Spy Aline Griffith,
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES , WALL STREET JOURNAL , AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER "As exciting as any spy novel" ( Daily News , New York), The Princess Spy follows the...
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, now a Major Guy Ritchie Film:
One of the most remarkable stories in the history of Special Forces' operations - Daily Express In the bleak moments after defeat on mainland Europe in winter 1939, wartime leader...
White Debt: The Demerara Uprising and Britain's Legacy of Slavery
When Thomas Harding discovered that his mother's family had made money from plantations worked by enslaved people, what began as an interrogation into the choices of his ancestors soon became...
Playworld: 'A masterpiece' Observer
'A major literary achievement' Observer 'An astonishing, immersive novel that deserves a place in the pantheon of Great New York Novels' Brandon Taylor 'Read it slowly and savour its memoirish...
The Lady Tasting Tea: How Statisticians Revolutionized Science in the
At a summer tea party in Cambridge, England, a lady states that tea poured into milk tastes differently than that of milk poured into tea. Her notion is shouted down...
Paris After the Liberation: 1944 - 1949
A remarkable historical account of the celebration and chaos that followed the liberation of Paris in August, 1944 Post liberation Paris - an epoch charged with political and conflicting emotions....
The Kingdom by the Sea (HarperCollins Children's Classics)
The Guardian award-winning novel about courage, friendship and war. When a bomb during an air raid destroys Harry's home and kills his family, he knows that he is all alone...
The Times Lives Behind the Music: Era-defining obituaries of rock and
A must-read collection for all music fans. Delve into the tumultuous world of music stardom with this collection of obituaries from The Times . From the rock'n'roll pioneers of the...
Blood and Sand: Suez, Hungary and the Crisis That Shook the World
Over sixteen extraordinary days in October and November 1956, the twin crises of Suez and Hungary pushed the world to the brink of a nuclear conflict and what many at...
The Legacy of Douglas Grant: A Notable Aborigine in War and Peace
The versatile and gifted Douglas Grant was stereotyped in the media as the Black Digger with a Scottish accent. He was much more than that. Well educated by White parents...
They Would Never Hurt A Fly: War Criminals on Trial in The Hague
Slavenka Drakulic attended the Serbian war crimes trial in the Hague. This important book is about how ordinary people commit terrible crimes in wartime. With extraordinary story-telling skill Drakulic draws...
Beautiful Country: A Memoir of An Undocumented Childhood
The New York Times bestselling memoir a girl who learns to live - and then escape - an invisible life In China she was the daughter of professors. In Brooklyn...
The Game Changer
Sometimes making history means breaking some rules... Don't miss the powerful new historical fiction novel Inspired by the incredible true story of Althea Gibson, the first Black athlete to win...
The War of Art: A History of Artists' Protest In America
Artists in America have long battled against injustices, believing that art can in fact "do more." The War of Art tells this history of artist-led activism and the global political...
A Century of Shoes: Icons of Style in the 20th Century
The book titled A Century of Shoes: Icons of Style in the 20th Century by the author Angela Pattison. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information...
Paul Takes the Form of A Mortal Girl
It's 1993 and Paul Polydoris tends bar at the only gay club in a university town thrumming with politics and partying. He studies queer theory, has a dyke best friend,...
Cape May
'BRILLIANTLY UNSETTLING' Paula Hawkins ' SO, SO GOOD ' Stylist (The Top 10 Books of 2019) 'DEVASTATING... A HEADY COCKTAIL' Mail on Sunday 'The beaches were empty, the stores were...
Body: Exploring the Body in Western Art from 1862 to the Present
The nude human body has often been a locus for controversy in modern Western art, from the shocking realism of Courbet's Origin of the World and Manet's Olympia to more...
20th Century War Machines: Sea
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This series acts as an introduction to key artists and movements in art history. Each title contains 48 full-page colour plates, accompanied by extensive notes, and numerous comparative illustrations in...
Schindler's Ark: The Booker Prize winning novel filmed as 'Schindler's
In the shadow of Auschwitz, a flamboyant German industrialist grew into a living legend to the Jews of Cracow. He was a womaniser, a heavy drinker and a bon viveur,...
Her Majesty the Queen
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Che Guevara
Che Guevara embodied the dream of a social utopia for a whole generation. Few figures have become as famous in the 20th century. A co-revolutionary of Fidel Castro, he also...
The Queen: The Life and Family of Queen Elizabeth II
Biographer and novelist A. N. Wilson, whose most recent work on the life of Queen Victoria was an enormous critical and commercial success, turns his clear eye to our own...
The Girl Who Smiled Beads
A riveting story of dislocation, survival, and the power of stories to break or save us A riveting story of dislocation, survival, and the power of stories to break or...
Running the World: The Inside Story of the National Security Council
A behind-the-scenes look at "the most powerful committee in the history of the world," the small group of men and women who work, often in secret, within the White House...
Mystery of the Night Watchers
From the bestselling author of The Garden of Lost Secrets and The House of One Hundred Clocks, A.M. Howell, comes a gripping new adventure filled with buried secrets and dark...
Destined to Live: One Woman's War, Life, Loves Remembered
An extraordinary story of courage, forgiveness and reconciliation. Sabina Wolanski was just 12 years old when her home town in Poland was invaded by Nazis. In her diary, along with...