
The Rice Book
Sri Owen and Thao Soun Vannithorne
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The Rice Book is a must for every cook and anyone who is seriously interested in food. A brilliant...

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The Commodore
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1812 and the fate of Europe lies in the hands of newly appointed Commodore Hornblower. Dispatched to...

Pnin
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Professor Timofey Pnin, late of Tsarist Russia, is now precariously perched at the heart of an...

Subtly Worded and Other Stories
Robert Chandler, Anne Marie Jackson, Nadezhda Teffi and Clare Kitson
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A selection of the finest stories by this female Chekhov Teffi's genius with the short form made her...

The Maisky Diaries: The Wartime Revelations of Stalin's Ambassador in London
Ivan Maisky and Gabriel Gorodetsky
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Highlights of the extraordinary wartime diaries of Ivan Maisky, Soviet ambassador to London The...

Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
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All leaders are constrained by geography. Their choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas and...

The Bronze Horseman
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A magnificent epic of love, war and Russia from the international bestselling author of TULLY and...

Film Fatales: Women in Espionage Films and Television, 1962-1973
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Sean Connery began the sixties spy movie boom playing James Bond in Dr. No and From Russia with...