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A comprehensive presentation of the whole range of Plato's thought, this book focuses in particular on how Plato developed his metaphysics in order to support his deepest educational convictions.

Winner of the British Book Awards History Book of the Year Longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize This thrilling biography of Stalin and his entourage during the terrifying decades of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodBehind the iron curtain, a literary giant waged a silent war against the most powerful state apparatus in the world — and the Kremlin kept...

This brutal, shattering glimpse of the fate of millions of Russians under Stalin shook Russia and shocked the world when it first appeared. Discover the importance of a piece of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew literary figures of the twentieth century have endured a more dramatic confrontation with political power than Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, whose expulsion from the Soviet Union...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodBehind the barbed wire of Stalin's brutal labour camp system, one man refused to surrender his mind — and what he wrote there changed...

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This brutal glimpse of Russia under Stalin shocked the world when it first appeared. Discover the importance of a piece of bread or an extra bowl of soup, the incredible...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback with some wear on edges and corners. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings. A landmark work of Marxist literary criticism,...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsAlexander Solzhenitsyn’s Lenin In Zürich: Chapters reconstructs a pivotal period in Vladimir Lenin’s life, offering a biographical account of his...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Wear and tear. Chipped along spine and folds - hole in centre of jacket spine. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: nil. Binding condition: Binding intact. A...

Solzhenitsyn's masterwork about those who dared to oppose Stalin and the lives shaped, devastated and wasted by the Soviet regime. Solzhenitsyn spent eleven years in labour camps and in exile....

Longlisted for the 2025 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 'Crackling with energy, irony, wit and terror, The First Friend is a timely and cautionary reminder of the stifling, murderous...

Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very Good, minimal wear, no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Tight and intact. No stickers or labels visible. This landmark collection...

Condition remarks: Condition: New in original shrink wrap. Jacket: New. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. A rigorous work of political philosophy, Solzhenitsyn's Political Thought presents a...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Tear on spine of jacket - still structural. Faded spine. A landmark work of intellectual and...

A masterful and definitive biography of one of the most misunderstood and controversial writers in Russian literature.Mikhail Sholokhov is arguably one of the most contentious recipients of the Nobel Prize...

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: The dust jacket is in very good condition with minimal shelf wear. Internal pages are clean...

One of the most important literary biographies of recent times, this is not only the story of one of the century's greatest writers, but the history of Russia itself. A...