Edmund Burke: The Visionary Who Invented Modern Politics
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Longlisted for the Orwell Prize and the Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction; both conservative and...
Falling Up: My Wild Ride from Victim to Kick-Ass Victory
Dana Liesegang and Natasha Stoynoff
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From the time Dana Liesegang could walk, she was out looking for adventure, and she never stopped....
Leon Trotsky: A Revolutionary's Life
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Born Lev Davidovich Bronstein in southern Ukraine, Trotsky was both a world-class intellectual and a...
The Politics of Water in the Art and Festivals of Medici Florence: From Neptune Fountain to Naumachia
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The first book to tell the dynamic story of one dynasty's struggle with water, to control its flow...
After the Titanic: A Life of Derek Mahon
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Over forty-five years have elapsed since Derek Mahon announced his arrival at the forefront of Irish...
Magnificence
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I loathe us, I loathe our stupid puerile view of the world ...That we have only to do it, that we...
Show Me A Mountain
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A story of revolution and oppression, privilege and poverty, love and betrayal from the Costa and...
More Than Medicine: A History of the Feminist Women's Health Movement
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In 1948, the Constitution of the World Health Organization declared, "Health is a state of complete...
The Ugly Wife is a Treasure at Home: True Stories of Love and Marriage in Communist China
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The ugly wife is a treasure at home" is not just an idle expression in China. For centuries, Chinese...
A Savage War of Peace
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The Algerian War lasted from 1954 to 1962. It caused the fall of six French governments, led to the...