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Notes for a Journal

Maxim Litvinov

Non-fiction

Maxim Maximovich; born Meir Henoch Wallach-Finkelstein; 17 July 1876 – 31 December 1951) was a Russian revolu

russia, soviet

France 1848 – 1945

Intellect and Pride

Theodore Zeldin

Non-fiction

Analyzes the Frenchmans unique national identity, attitudes towards foreigners, education, and intellectual and

france, french

My House Has Two Doors

Han Suyin

Non-fiction

In this fourth volume of her autobiography and history of China, covering the years from 1949 to 1979, Han Suyi

autobigrophy, china, history

The Fall of Baghdad

Jon Lee Anderson

Non-fiction

For every great historical event, seemingly, at least one reporter writes an eyewitness account of such power a

iraq, middleeast, war

The Dark Side of Camelot

Seymour Hersh

Non-fiction

If the Kennedys are Americas royal family, then John F. Kennedy was the nations crown prince. Magnetic, handsom

america, jornalism

The Lunar Men

The Friends who made the future

Jenny Uglow

Non-fiction

In the 1760s a group of amateur experimenters met and made friends in the English Midlands. Most came from humb

astronomy, biography, physics, science

Without You, There Is No Us

My secret life teaching the sons of North Koreas elite

Suki Kim

Non-fiction

Every day, three times a day, the students march in two straight lines, singing praises to Kim Jong-il and Nort

northkorea

A History of the Borgias

Frederick Baron Corvo

Non-fiction

Catholic interest, but he certainly reset Alexander in a magnificent if not a favourable light. A very strong m

catholic, christian, history, italy, lgbt

Pure Narco

One Mans True Story of 25 Years Inside the Colombian and Mexican Cartels

Jesse Fink

Non-fiction

For a quarter century, Luis Antonio Navia worked as a high-level cocaine transporter for all of the major Colom

cartels, colombia, drugs, mexico

Surprise, Kill, Vanish

The Definitive History of Secret CIA Assassins, Armies and Operators

Annie Jacobsen

Non-fiction

Since 1947, domestic and foreign assassinations have been executed under the CIA-led covert action operations t

america, cia, pulitzer

Selected Political Speeches

Cicero

Non-fiction

Amid the corruption and power struggles of the collapse of the Roman Republic, Cicero (106-43BC) produced some

politics, roman

Imperial Ambitions

Conversations with Noam Chomsky on the post 9/11 world

Noam Chomsky

Non-fiction

Timely, urgent, and powerfully elucidating, this important volume of previously unpublished interviews conducte

america, politics

Islamic Fundamentalism

Dilip Hiro

Non-fiction

Islamic Fundamentalism is subject to a myriad of interpretations but, whatever ones position, there can be no d

asia, islam, middleeast

Red Star Over China

Edgar Snow

Non-fiction

The first Westerner to meet Mao Tse-tung and the Chinese Communist leaders in 1936, Edgar Snow came away with t

asia, china, civilwar, longmarch, mao, marxism

The Origins of Political Order

From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution

Francis Fukuyama

Non-fiction

Virtually all human societies were once organized tribally, yet over time most developed new political institut

capitalism, conservative, history, politics

Six Studies in Hypocrisy

Giles Playfair

Non-fiction

In this new book Giles Playfair reviews six famous British trials that involved scandal in high places and reve

law

Monsters of our Own Making

The Peculiar Pleasures of Fear

Marina Warner

Non-fiction

Since the beginning of storytelling, monsters of all kinds have inhabited myths, legends, folklore, and oral tr

folklore, history, myth, psychology

Dirty Wars

The World is a Battlefield

Jeremy Scahill

Non-fiction

In Dirty Wars, Jeremy Scahill, author of the New York Times bestseller Blackwater, takes us inside Americas new

current affairs, military, oscar, politics

The Middle Kingdom

Inside China Today

Erwin Wickert

Non-fiction

Here, chosen by Erwin Wickert from his own diaries, is a marvellous collection of anecdotes, encounters and obs

autobigrophy, china

Poisons and Poisoners

An Encyclopedia of Homicidal Poisonings

Michael Farrell

Non-fiction

In this chilling, international collection, Michael Farrell investigates many famous poison murders and include

crime

The Moronic Inferno

And Other Visits to America

Martin Amis

Non-fiction

At the age of ten, when Martin Amis spent a year in Princeton, New Jersey, he was excited and frightened by Ame

critic, culture, film

God is Not Great

How Religion Poisons Everything

Christopher Hitchens

Non-fiction

In the tradition of Bertrand Russells Why I Am Not a Christian and Sam Harris recent bestseller The End of Fait

atheism, philosophy, religion

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

Non-fiction

In Bryson’s biggest book, he confronts his greatest challenge: to understand – and, if possible, answer – the o

popular, science

The Doukhobors

Goerge Woodcock

Non-fiction

The Doukhobors have, from time to time, attracted attention because of their radical beliefs and their often un

cult, russia

The Ascent of Man

Jacob Bronowski

Non-fiction

Lauded by critics & devoured by readers, this companion to the BBC series traces the development of science as

humanism, psuedo

The Crippled Tree

Han Suyin

Non-fiction

In The Crippled Tree Han Suyin evokes, through the life of her two families (eastern and western), a panorama o

autobigrophy, china

August 1914

Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Non-fiction

In his monumental narrative of the outbreak of the First World War and the ill-fated Russian offensive into Eas

dissident, russia, russian, soviet, war, ww1

Dry Guillotine

Fifteen Years Among the Living Dead

René Belbenoit

Non-fiction

Dry Guillotine chronicles Belbenoit’s childhood, the commission of two non-violent and relatively minor thefts

devilsisland, french, guaina

The Third Wave

Alvin Toffler

Non-fiction

The Third Wave makes startling sense of the violent changes now battering our world. Its sweeping synthesis cas

philosophy, sociology, speculative

Power Shift

Knowledge, Wealth and Violence at the Edge of the 21st Century

Alvin Toffler

Non-fiction

Alvin Tofflers Future Shock and The Third Wave are among the most influential books of our time.

culture, sociology, speculative

The Diaries of Franz Kafka

Franz Kafka

Non-fiction

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce an

anxiety, literature, realism

The Madness of Kings

Vivian Green

Non-fiction

From Caligula to Stalin and beyond, this book offers a unique and pioneering look at the recurring phenomenon o

history, psychology

Area 51

An Uncensored History of Americas Top Secret Military Base

Annie Jacobsen

Non-fiction

It is the most famous military installation in the world. And it doesnt exist. Located a mere seventy-five mile

america, conspiracy, history, military, nukes, roswell, ufo

The Greek Myths: 2

Robert Graves

Non-fiction

And, in the two volumes of The Greek Myths, he demonstrates with a dazzling display of relevant knowledge that

greece, greek, myth, mythology

The Greek Myths: 1

Robert Graves

Non-fiction

Combines in a single volume the complete text of the definitive two-volume classic, citing all the ancient myth

greece, greek, myth, mythology

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

The shocking inside story of how America Really took over the world

John Perkins

Non-fiction

From the author of the phenomenal New York Times bestseller, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, comes an expos

america, politics

The Western Theory of Tradition

Terms and Paradigms of the Cultural Sublime

Sanford Budick

Non-fiction

A study of cultural tradition. Sanford Budick reveals an operative concept of Western cultures: according to th

culture, literature

Literary Russia: a Guide

Rosamund Bartlett

Non-fiction

From the streets of Bulgakovs Moscow to the country estates of Tolstoy, Literary Russia is a breathtaking guide

biography, literature, maps, moscow, russia, stpetersburg

True Crime: An American Anthology

Harold Schechter

Non-fiction

Americans have had an uneasy fascination with crime since the earliest European settlements in the New World, a

america, murderporn, truecrime

Serpico

Peter Maas

Non-fiction

The 1960s was a time of social and generational upheaval felt with particular intensity in the melting pot of N

bestseller, film, truecrime

The Family

Ed Sanders

Non-fiction

In August of 1969, during two bloody evenings of paranoid, psychedelic savagery, Charles Manson and his dystopi

america, helterskelter, manson, truecrime