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The book titled Pushkin House by the author Andrei Bitov. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Moscow and Beyond, 1986 to 1989 by the author Andrei Sakharov. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Andropov by the author Zhores A. Medvedev. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA rigorous work of literary criticism, this scholarly study presents a comprehensive examination of the life and writings of Leonid...

With a preface by Norman Davies, author of Europe: A History. Revised and updated following Russia's attack on Georgia. No longer the sick man of Europe, Russia is run by...

'pulls no punches' The Sun 'full of eventful tales from the past' Daily Mail 'punchy, earthy ... entertaining stories that capture football in an era long before sanitised PR and...

Athens, Greece-May Day 2010. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Union (EU) were putting together the final details of a $100 billion euro rescue package for the country....

The most hated man in the most dour town in Scotland is sleeping with the fish, or - more accurately - has been dumped into a tank filled with crustaceans....

Madhouse reveals a long-suppressed medical scandal, shocking in its brutality and sobering in its implications. It shows how a leading American psychiatrist of the early twentieth century came to believe...

For the first time, the whole uncensored story of one of the financial world's most flamboyant characters. In some ways, Rene Rivkin's story was the classic tale of an immigrant...

What's it like to be the son or daughter of a dictator? A monster on the Stalin level? What's it like to bear a name synonymous with oppression, terror, and...

Hector and his dog Hugo have made music together through good times, bad times and even some crazy times. But when Hugo learns to play the fiddle, and gets the...

A vital and searching exploration of sadness and depression in the age of anti-depressants and quick-fix solutions What happens when we lose someone we love? A death, a separation or...

An updated edition of this classic title on the origins of 20th-century ideas in architecture and the applied arts. The turn of the nineteenth century saw an extraordinary flowering of...

Ambition-the want, the hunger, the need to achieve-is woven into America's fabric from the first colonization to capitalism. From our first gold star assignment to acceptance at the "right" college...

From the onset of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia in 1917 until the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, Britain enjoyed an ambiguous relationship with the USSR and...

No statesman shaped the twentieth century more than Winston Churchill. To know the full Churchill is to understand the combination of boldness and caution, of assertiveness and humility, that defines...

The Milan-based interior design and architectural firm Studio Peregalli presents for the first time their breathtaking environments that capture the classic elegance of the past. Studio Peregalli is the master...

They call him the Wolfman - because he takes a bite out of his victims and because they found the first victim in the East End's lonely Wolf Street. Scotland...

'A lively and learned guide to the politics, personalities and conflicts that are shaping a dynamic group of countries' FINANCIAL TIMES 'A fascinating and many-layered portrait of Southeast Asia' THANT...

By the beginning of this century it was already commonplace to speak of the U. S. as a hyperpower, to talk of its military, political, and economic clout as unprecedented...

There is only one Arsene Wenger - and for the very first time, in his own words, this is his story. In this definitive autobiography, the world-renowned revolutionary football manager...

Hercule Poirot, with his distinctive moustache and fastidious ways, is one of Agatha Christie's finest creations, and one of the world's best-loved detectives. Through the television series 'Agatha Christie's Poirot',...

WHAT HAPPENS AFTER HAPPILY EVER AFTER? 'I can't stop thinking about it' Elizabeth Day 'A total triumph' Nina Stibbe 'Beautiful, moving and so funny and well-observed' Philippa Perry When Juliet...

'Arditti is a master storyteller who uses his theological literacy sparingly to deliver a challenging but enthralling read' Guardian Award-winning, bestselling author Michael Arditti's tenth novel, documenting the history of...

Dufty Dufty Popple & Dunn is a traditional solicitors firm in the small Midlands town of Hockam (pronounced Hokum, as the local residents are at pains to point out). This...

'Powerful. A great book club pick!' RED 'One of the best new reach reads!' THE TIMES 'Raw, honest and funny' HEAT Her life was perfect . Now she wants revenge...

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An explosive new novel brimming with love, secrets, and enchantment by Jandy Nelson, the New York Times bestselling author of I'll Give You the...

Robert A. M. Stern is dedicated to the synthesis of tradition and innovation. In more than thirty-five years of practice, he has produced a wide range of building types with...

'This is the best book I've read this year, hands down ' Conn Iggulden As Hun hordes and Germanic tribes maraud through Imperial lands, two legendary men - Attila the...

**An instant New York Times Bestseller** Named one of the best cookbooks of 2025 by Serious Eats, The Smithsonian Magazine , Barnes & Noble, and Amazon Foreword by Martha Stewart...

*** THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER *** Twice upon a time - for that is how some stories should continue . . . 'Book lovers and fans of John...

Whether antiquities should be returned to the countries where they were found is one of the most urgent and controversial issues in the art world today, and it has pitted...

A compelling and lively history that examines the lives of British artists from the late-19th century to today. In This is Tomorrow Michael Bird takes a fresh look at the...

To whom does the past belong? Is the archeologist who discovers a lost tomb a sort of hero - or a villain? If someone steals a relic from a museum...

Des Powell left school with no qualifications and little in the way of formal education. At nineteen he signed up to join the Parachute Regiment. Famously, the Paras is home...

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'A searing, nourishing journey through a history the world needs' - Bettany Hughes, bestselling author of The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World 'Please read it!' - Philippa Gregory, bestselling...

A journey through the great mass-extinction events that have shaped our Earth: 'Deeply informed and readable' Nature In this vast sweep of our Earth's history, Michael Benton brings the deep...

Behind every important scientific discovery there is an equation. They are far from baffling, and now you too can understand their power and beauty! Discover the 50 equations that have...

Fact or fiction? An imaginative collection of statements about Vincent van Gogh that challenges what we think we know about the artist's much mythologized existence. Van Gogh is the most...

This book presents a full decade of Sartre's work, from the publication of the Critique of Dialectical Reason in 1960, the basic philosophical turning-point in his postwar development, to the...