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Using the Cabinet papers from the National Archives, former Foreign Secretary David Owen has written a new history of the pivotal British War Cabinet meetings of May 1940. Eight months into the war defeat seemed to many a certainty.
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The River Ganges has a thousand names. Hindu priests regard it as a sin to call her a river at all. She is a goddess, the source of the world, her waters holy and healing. This title... Læs mere
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‘We are the People’ examines the sudden growth and radicalisation of the AfD, from Eurosceptic beginnings in 2013 to a far-right populist party with an influential extremist, ethno-pluralist wing.
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Authoritative, yet accessible account of the history of the international organisation. Essential for those interested in 20th-century history, WWI, World History and International Relations, Global Policy and Government.
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Moorey has written an engaging and lively account of Crete from the Stone Age to the present day.
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This book, neither a work of history nor travel writing, is a journey into the ruins of a landscape to make sense of these stories through the lives of five men and one woman.
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Damascus was Rafik Schami's home for 25 years before he went into exile. Unable to visit the city he loves, he speaks to his sister on the phone as she wanders the markets and the Old City describing the smells and tastes of Damascene cuisine.
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Stripping away the many lays of Nazi and Allied propaganda, Reuth argues that Rommel’s life symbolises the German tragedy: to have followed Hitler into the abyss, and to have considered that to be his duty.
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Klaus Wagenbach's account of Kafka's life in the city is a meticulously researched insight into the author's family background, his education and employment, his attitude toward the town of his birth, his literary influences, and his relationships with women.
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Birgit Haustedt guides readers through the city of Venice in poet's footsteps, showing us the sights through Rilke’s eyes. A literary travel companion featuring guidebook-style information and supported by eleven detailed maps of city walks.
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The long and fascinating history of Japan's modern capital spans from the first forest clearances on the vast Kanto plain, through the wars and intrigues of the samurai era, and up to the preparations for the 2020 Olympics.
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This is the true story of re-building a beautiful Damascene house and a chronicle of a country where many dreams are being shattered. In My House in Damascus Diana Darke reveals the Syria that lies behind our daily headlines.