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Notes for a Journal
Maxim Litvinov
Maxim Maximovich; born Meir Henoch Wallach-Finkelstein; 17 July 1876 – 31 December 1951) was a Russian revolu
France 1848 – 1945
Intellect and Pride
Theodore Zeldin
Analyzes the Frenchmans unique national identity, attitudes towards foreigners, education, and intellectual and
My House Has Two Doors
Han Suyin
In this fourth volume of her autobiography and history of China, covering the years from 1949 to 1979, Han Suyi
The Fall of Baghdad
Jon Lee Anderson
For every great historical event, seemingly, at least one reporter writes an eyewitness account of such power a
The Dark Side of Camelot
Seymour Hersh
If the Kennedys are Americas royal family, then John F. Kennedy was the nations crown prince. Magnetic, handsom
The Lunar Men
The Friends who made the future
Jenny Uglow
In the 1760s a group of amateur experimenters met and made friends in the English Midlands. Most came from humb
Without You, There Is No Us
My secret life teaching the sons of North Koreas elite
Suki Kim
Every day, three times a day, the students march in two straight lines, singing praises to Kim Jong-il and Nort
A History of the Borgias
Frederick Baron Corvo
Catholic interest, but he certainly reset Alexander in a magnificent if not a favourable light. A very strong m
Pure Narco
One Mans True Story of 25 Years Inside the Colombian and Mexican Cartels
Jesse Fink
For a quarter century, Luis Antonio Navia worked as a high-level cocaine transporter for all of the major Colom
Surprise, Kill, Vanish
The Definitive History of Secret CIA Assassins, Armies and Operators
Annie Jacobsen
Since 1947, domestic and foreign assassinations have been executed under the CIA-led covert action operations t
Selected Political Speeches
Cicero
Amid the corruption and power struggles of the collapse of the Roman Republic, Cicero (106-43BC) produced some
Imperial Ambitions
Conversations with Noam Chomsky on the post 9/11 world
Noam Chomsky
Timely, urgent, and powerfully elucidating, this important volume of previously unpublished interviews conducte
Islamic Fundamentalism
Dilip Hiro
Islamic Fundamentalism is subject to a myriad of interpretations but, whatever ones position, there can be no d
Red Star Over China
Edgar Snow
The first Westerner to meet Mao Tse-tung and the Chinese Communist leaders in 1936, Edgar Snow came away with t
The Origins of Political Order
From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
Francis Fukuyama
Virtually all human societies were once organized tribally, yet over time most developed new political institut
Six Studies in Hypocrisy
Giles Playfair
In this new book Giles Playfair reviews six famous British trials that involved scandal in high places and reve
Monsters of our Own Making
The Peculiar Pleasures of Fear
Marina Warner
Since the beginning of storytelling, monsters of all kinds have inhabited myths, legends, folklore, and oral tr
Dirty Wars
The World is a Battlefield
Jeremy Scahill
In Dirty Wars, Jeremy Scahill, author of the New York Times bestseller Blackwater, takes us inside Americas new
The Middle Kingdom
Inside China Today
Erwin Wickert
Here, chosen by Erwin Wickert from his own diaries, is a marvellous collection of anecdotes, encounters and obs
Poisons and Poisoners
An Encyclopedia of Homicidal Poisonings
Michael Farrell
In this chilling, international collection, Michael Farrell investigates many famous poison murders and include
The Moronic Inferno
And Other Visits to America
Martin Amis
At the age of ten, when Martin Amis spent a year in Princeton, New Jersey, he was excited and frightened by Ame
God is Not Great
How Religion Poisons Everything
Christopher Hitchens
In the tradition of Bertrand Russells Why I Am Not a Christian and Sam Harris recent bestseller The End of Fait
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson
In Bryson’s biggest book, he confronts his greatest challenge: to understand – and, if possible, answer – the o
The Doukhobors
Goerge Woodcock
The Doukhobors have, from time to time, attracted attention because of their radical beliefs and their often un
The Ascent of Man
Jacob Bronowski
Lauded by critics & devoured by readers, this companion to the BBC series traces the development of science as
The Crippled Tree
Han Suyin
In The Crippled Tree Han Suyin evokes, through the life of her two families (eastern and western), a panorama o
August 1914
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
In his monumental narrative of the outbreak of the First World War and the ill-fated Russian offensive into Eas
Dry Guillotine
Fifteen Years Among the Living Dead
René Belbenoit
Dry Guillotine chronicles Belbenoit’s childhood, the commission of two non-violent and relatively minor thefts
The Third Wave
Alvin Toffler
The Third Wave makes startling sense of the violent changes now battering our world. Its sweeping synthesis cas
Power Shift
Knowledge, Wealth and Violence at the Edge of the 21st Century
Alvin Toffler
Alvin Tofflers Future Shock and The Third Wave are among the most influential books of our time.
The Diaries of Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce an
The Madness of Kings
Vivian Green
From Caligula to Stalin and beyond, this book offers a unique and pioneering look at the recurring phenomenon o
Area 51
An Uncensored History of Americas Top Secret Military Base
Annie Jacobsen
It is the most famous military installation in the world. And it doesnt exist. Located a mere seventy-five mile
The Greek Myths: 2
Robert Graves
And, in the two volumes of The Greek Myths, he demonstrates with a dazzling display of relevant knowledge that
The Greek Myths: 1
Robert Graves
Combines in a single volume the complete text of the definitive two-volume classic, citing all the ancient myth
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
The shocking inside story of how America Really took over the world
John Perkins
From the author of the phenomenal New York Times bestseller, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, comes an expos
The Western Theory of Tradition
Terms and Paradigms of the Cultural Sublime
Sanford Budick
A study of cultural tradition. Sanford Budick reveals an operative concept of Western cultures: according to th
Literary Russia: a Guide
Rosamund Bartlett
From the streets of Bulgakovs Moscow to the country estates of Tolstoy, Literary Russia is a breathtaking guide
True Crime: An American Anthology
Harold Schechter
Americans have had an uneasy fascination with crime since the earliest European settlements in the New World, a
Serpico
Peter Maas
The 1960s was a time of social and generational upheaval felt with particular intensity in the melting pot of N
The Family
Ed Sanders
In August of 1969, during two bloody evenings of paranoid, psychedelic savagery, Charles Manson and his dystopi