The War of Nerves: Inside the Cold War Mind (Wellcome Collection)
By: Martin Sixsmith
4.18
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
'It was time for a vivid, popular history of the Cold War, and this is it' The Times More than a…
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1. KL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps
By: Nikolaus Wachsmann
4.06
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In a landmark work of history, Nikolaus Wachsmann offers an unprecedented, integrated account of th… read more
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2. The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia
By: Orlando Figes
4.81
Format: 539 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of A People's Tragedyand Natasha's Dance, a landmark account of what … read more
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4. The Cold War: A World History
By: Odd Arne Westad
3.33
Format: 140 pages, Hardcover
From a Bancroft Prize-winning scholar, a new global history of the Cold War and its ongoing impact … read more
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5. Atomic Awakening: A New Look at the History and Future of Nuclear Power
By: James Mahaffey
3.92
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The American public's introduction to nuclear technology was manifested in destruction and death. W… read more
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6. Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World
By: Margaret MacMillan , Richard Holbrooke
4.28
Format: 120 pages,
'Without question, Margaret MacMillan's Paris 1919 is the most honest and engaging history ever wri… read more
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7. The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
By: Anna Keay
4.39
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
‘The execution of the king took place on a bleak, bitterly cold afternoon in January. As the execut… read more
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"This book was born of ignorance."-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
"... he was not one to let other people's feelings get in the way when he knew he was right."-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
"He warned his pious daughter Bridget of the dangers of self-criticism and the overwhelming importance of love."-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
"As in many parts of the country, people's desire for peace and prosperity was stronger than their loyalty to one regime or another."-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
8. Butler to the World: How Britain Helps the World's Worst People Launder Money, Commit Crimes, and Get Away with Anything
By: Oliver Bullough
4.00
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In his punchy follow-up to Moneyland, Oliver Bullough's Butler to the World unravels the dark secre… read more
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9. Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921
By: Antony Beevor
3.90
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
An epic new account of the conflict that reshaped Eastern Europe and set the stage for the rest of … read more
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10. Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
By: Katja Hoyer
4.23
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For o… read more
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"Some of the “songs"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart,"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"From 1971, the rates paid were means-tested, allowing working class families with children privileged access. A four-person household in West Germany spent around 21 percent of their net income on re…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"In other fields too, female ambition had become the norm. By 1988, over 90% of East German women fought their own battles in the workplace. The GDR had reached the highest rate of female employment i…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
11. The Bond King: How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost it All
By: Mary Childs
3.80
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From the host of NPR’s Planet Money, the deeply-investigated story of how one visionary, dogged inv… read more
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12. The Abyss: Nuclear Crisis Cuba 1962
By: Max Hastings
4.40
Format: 538 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling author Max Hastings offers a welcome re-evaluation of one of the most gripping and tens… read more
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13. A Village in the Third Reich
By: Julia Boyd
4.25
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
New from the author of Travellers in the Third Reich—the Sunday Times Top Three bestseller and Wate… read more
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14. Crown & Sceptre: A New History of the British Monarchy, from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II
By: Tracy Borman
4.30
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
Since William the Conqueror, duke of Normandy, crossed the English Channel in 1066 to defeat King H… read more
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15. Anansi's Gold: The Man Who Looted the West, Outfoxed Washington, and Swindled the World
By: Yepoka Yeebo
3.79
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The astounding, never-before-told story of how an audacious Ghanaian con artist pulled off one of t… read more
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16. Command: The Politics of Military Operations from Korea to Ukraine
By: Lawrence Freedman
4.16
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
Throughout history, the concept of command -- as both a way to achieve objectives and as an asserti… read more
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17. The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind
By: Dan Davies
4.07
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
'Entertaining, insightful ... compelling' Financial Times 'A clear and compelling account of how de… read more
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18. The War of Nerves: Inside the Cold War Mind (Wellcome Collection)
By: Martin Sixsmith
4.18
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
'It was time for a vivid, popular history of the Cold War, and this is it' The Times More than a… read more
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19. New Rome: The Empire in the East
By: Paul Stephenson
3.53
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A comprehensive new history of the Eastern Roman Empire based on the science of the human past. … read more
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20. Autocracy, Inc.
By: Anne Applebaum
4.28
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man … read more
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"Americans who rarely think about Russia would be stunned to learn how much time Russian state television devotes to America’s culture wars, especially arguments over gender. Putin himself has display…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
"Isolationism is an instinctive and even understandable reaction to the ugliness of the modern interconnected world. For some politicians in democracies, it will continue to offer a successful path to…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
"The temptation of what is sometimes called realism—the belief that nations are solely motivated by a struggle for power, that they have eternal interests and permanent geopolitical orientations—is as…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
21. Diary of an MP's Wife: Inside and Outside Power
By: Sasha Swire
3.47
Format: 591 pages, Kindle Edition
What is it like to be a wife of a politician in modern-day Britain? Sasha Swire finally lifts the l… read more
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