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The Work I Did: A Memoir of the Secretary to Goebbels

The Work I Did: A Memoir of the Secretary to Goebbels

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'I know no one ever believes us nowadays - everyone thinks we knew everything. We knew nothing. It was all a well-kept secret. We believed it. We swallowed it. It...
Runaway

Runaway

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The book titled Runaway by the author Lucy Irvine. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
The Gallery of Miracles and Madness: Insanity, Art and Hitler's first

The Gallery of Miracles and Madness: Insanity, Art and Hitler's first

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'A riveting tale, brilliantly told' Philippe Sands The little-known story of Hitler's war on modern art and the mentally ill. In the first years of the Weimar Republic, the German...
The Hidden Army - MI9's Secret Force and the Untold Story of D-Day

The Hidden Army - MI9's Secret Force and the Untold Story of D-Day

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Almost seventy-five years ago, MI9 dreamt up the most audacious escape and evasion plan of World War Two. Formulated by Airey Neave, one of the first men ever to escape...
Unhappy Union: How the Euro Crisis- and Europe - Can Be Fixed

Unhappy Union: How the Euro Crisis- and Europe - Can Be Fixed

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The euro was supposed to create an unbreakable bond between the nations and people of Europe. But when the debt crisis struck, the flaws of the half-built currency has brought...
The Factory: The Official History of the Australian Signals

The Factory: The Official History of the Australian Signals

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'This story has never been told, because in the secret world we could not, and cannot, share what we do all day, even with family and loved ones.' - from...
Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Iraq

Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Iraq

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News about the ongoing situation in Iraq dominates the news. From the almost daily terrorist incidents to difficulties encountered by the U.S. forces there to manage the changeover of power...
The Land in Winter: the 2025 Booker Prize-shortlisted 'word-of-mouth

The Land in Winter: the 2025 Booker Prize-shortlisted 'word-of-mouth

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 Winner of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction Winner of the Winston Graham Historical Prize 2025 December 1962, the West Country. Local doctor...
Into the Hands of the Soldiers: Freedom and Chaos in Egypt and the

Into the Hands of the Soldiers: Freedom and Chaos in Egypt and the

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A poignant, deeply human portrait of Egypt during the Arab Spring, told through the lives of individuals 'Sweeping, passionate ... An essential work of reportage for our time' Philip Gourevitch,...
International History of the Twentieth Century and Beyond

International History of the Twentieth Century and Beyond

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This major global history of the twentieth century is written by four prominent international historians for first-year undergraduate level and upward. Using their thematic and regional expertise, the authors cover...
Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China

Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China

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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE LONG-AWAITED SEQUEL TO WILD SWANS , THE MULTI-MILLION COPY INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING SENSATION A Book of the Year in The Times; Daily Telegraph; Financial Times...
The Endgame: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Iraq, from George W.

The Endgame: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Iraq, from George W.

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The Endgame is a gripping and authoritative account of the secret military and political effort to pull Iraq from the precipice of full-scale civil war. The book fuses unrivalled access...
Sandstorm

Sandstorm

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Sandstorm is the best kind of reportage, humane, historically-informed and full of details that only a writer close to the action could have noticed. The overthrow of Muamar Gadaffi has...
The Russian Revolution

The Russian Revolution

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The book titled The Russian Revolution by the author Richard Pipes. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
The Hacker

The Hacker

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The gripping debut techno thriller from cybercrime specialist Daniel Scanlan. FBI Special Agent Ericka Blackwood chases a deadly online predator in a high-stakes hunt for the truth. Perfect for fans...
Zorrie

Zorrie

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Finalist for the 2021 National Book Award (Fiction) "It was Indiana, it was the dirt she had bloomed up out of, it was who she was, what she felt, how...
The Walking People: The powerful and moving story from the New York

The Walking People: The powerful and moving story from the New York

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A beautifully evocative novel spanning 1950s Ireland to modern day America, from the author of bestselling Ask Again, Yes Greta Cahill never believed she would leave her village in west...
President Nixon: Alone in the White House

President Nixon: Alone in the White House

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The bestselling author of PRESIDENT KENNEDY presents a stunning account of the brilliant and isolated man who destroyed his own presidency. PRESIDENT NIXON shows a man alone in a White...
At War's End: Building Peace after Civil Conflict

At War's End: Building Peace after Civil Conflict

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All fourteen major peacebuilding missions launched between 1989 and 1999 shared a common strategy for consolidating peace after internal conflicts: immediate democratization and marketization. Transforming war-shattered states into market democracies...
America On Trial

America On Trial

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The renowned attorney and author of Chutzpah examines several of the most controversial and sensational court trials of the past thirty years, offering insight into how they have shaped present-day...
Capitalism, Culture and Decline in Britain: 1750 -1990

Capitalism, Culture and Decline in Britain: 1750 -1990

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First published in 2002.The aim of this book is to analyse and dispute a widely-held theory of Britain's 'economic decline' since the mid-nineteenth century, and to offer an alternative view...
Africa since Independence

Africa since Independence

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An indispensable introductory textbook that provides students with a genuinely comparative study of the different trajectories and experiences of independent African states. Paul Nugent explores a range of key concerns...
The Light on the Hill

The Light on the Hill

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Originally published in 1992 to commemorate the centenary of Australia's oldest political party, this study contains an additional chapter which covers the two Paul Keating challenges and the political reversals...
Side Quest: A Visual History of Roleplaying Games, A Graphic Novel

Side Quest: A Visual History of Roleplaying Games, A Graphic Novel

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For fans of dungeon crawls and dice rolls-and anyone wanting to know more about them- Side Quest is a stand-alone graphic novel history of roleplaying games (RPGs), from ancient games...
Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur

Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur

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"Jeff Pearlman breaks down Tupac's life like a veteran sportswriter examining a dynasty. This detailed look at his life is the work of a writer who understands the ego of...
Clint: The Man and the Movies

Clint: The Man and the Movies

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New York Times "Editors Choice," Los Angeles Times "Must Read Book for Summer," and a New Yorker "Best Book of the Year So Far" "This is the biography of Clint...
The Sword of Freedom: Israel, Mossad, and the Secret War

The Sword of Freedom: Israel, Mossad, and the Secret War

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Israel has always won. They are winning now. And they must always win in the future. In The Sword of Freedom , former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen pulls back the...
Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China

Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China

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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE LONG-AWAITED SEQUEL TO WILD SWANS , THE MULTI-MILLION COPY INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING SENSATION A Book of the Year in The Times; Daily Telegraph; Financial Times...
Close Up (German edition): Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, Paula

Close Up (German edition): Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, Paula

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The portrait offers the possibility of observation and introspection, and is at the same time one of the most private and representative artistic genres. But what distinguishes the specifically female...
Crocodile Safari Man

Crocodile Safari Man

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Recounts Keith Adams' Tasmanian childhood in the Great Depression and fifty years of extraordinary desert and crocodile safaris in an old Buick to the Gulf of Carpentaria and Borroloola.
Rural Britain Then & Now

Rural Britain Then & Now

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- Firm Sale - A celebration of the British countryside and how it has changed over the last 140 years using photography from the Francis Frith Collection - the world's...
The Big Hop: The First Non-stop Flight Across the Atlantic and Into

The Big Hop: The First Non-stop Flight Across the Atlantic and Into

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The powerful true story of the first flight across the Atlantic - and of the ordinary heroes who risked their lives to race in pursuit of progress 'David Rooney is...
The Secret Public: A Queer History of Pop

The Secret Public: A Queer History of Pop

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A GUARDIAN AND EVENING STANDARD BOOK OF THE YEAR ' Fascinating.' NEIL TENNANT ' The missing story of the heart of pop.' JOHNNY MARR 'Superb.' Alexis Petridis 'Dazzling.' GUARDIAN 'So...
Art in the City: Paris

Art in the City: Paris

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London and Paris are the titles of Tiddy Rowan's unique city guides focusing on modern and contemporary art - a genuine gap in the art and travel market. Never before...
The Greater Game: India's Race with Destiny and China

The Greater Game: India's Race with Destiny and China

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The Greater Game offers a fresh look at India, showing it to be a dramatically changing democracy after decades of domination by the Nehru-Gandhi family dynasty and a newly emerging...
Savage Peace: Hope and Fear in America, 1919

Savage Peace: Hope and Fear in America, 1919

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Written with the sweep of an epic novel and grounded in extensive research into contemporary documents, Savage Peace is a striking portrait of American democracy under stress. It is the...
The Common Reader: Second Series (Collins Classics)

The Common Reader: Second Series (Collins Classics)

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HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. The only advice, indeed, that one person can give another about reading is to take no advice, to...
War Cry

War Cry

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'That time is upon us. I can feel it coming. That evil barbarian will not be satisfied until he has engulfed the whole world in war and death. I fear...
Private Peaceful

Private Peaceful

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A stunning story from a master storyteller, published for the first time in an adult edition. Both a love story and a deeply moving account of the horrors of the...
The Killing Chronicle: Police Service and Shattered Lives

The Killing Chronicle: Police Service and Shattered Lives

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Early 20th century criminals were at their worst and their excesses created havoc. The times were hard and made even more difficult with the beginning of WWII, when hand-guns, explosives...
Who's In, Who's Out: The Journals of Kenneth Rose: Volume One

Who's In, Who's Out: The Journals of Kenneth Rose: Volume One

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'The most detailed, amusing and accurate account ever of the post-war world of the English Establishment' William Shawcross, Daily Telegraph 'Extremely entertaining' Jane Ridley, Literary Review Kenneth Rose was one...
The Lack of Light: A Novel Of Georgia

The Lack of Light: A Novel Of Georgia

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A PEOPLE MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE WEEK "Catnip for Ferrante fans." - Boston Globe "Readers will find [ The Lack of Light ] irresistible." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A...
The Poet's Game: The brand new spy thriller perfect for fans of David

The Poet's Game: The brand new spy thriller perfect for fans of David

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' In The Poet's Game , Vidich confirms his place in the pantheon of the new generation of spy novelists. Once again, his elegant, finely developed characters add nuance and...
After Auschwitz: A story of heartbreak and survival by the stepsister

After Auschwitz: A story of heartbreak and survival by the stepsister

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Eva was arrested by the Nazis on her fifteenth birthday and sent to Auschwitz. Her survival depended on endless strokes of luck, her own determination and the love and protection...
On Secret Service East of Constantinople: The Plot to Bring Down the

On Secret Service East of Constantinople: The Plot to Bring Down the

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Under the banner of a Holy War, masterminded in Berlin and unleashed from Constantinople, the Germans and the Turks set out in 1914 to foment violent revolutionary uprisings against the...
In A League Of Her Own: A Novel

In A League Of Her Own: A Novel

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From the author of Sisters in Arms comes the incredible, untold story of Effa Manley, a black businesswoman in the male dominated baseball industry, and, currently, the only woman inducted...