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A Year of Last Things: From the Booker Prize-winning author of The English Patient - Ondaatje Michael
Anotace: With A Year of Last Things, acclaimed novelist Michael Ondaatje returns to poetry, looking back on a life of displacement and discovery`My life always stops for a new book by him` JHUMPA LAHIRI, author of The Namesake`Timeless... Remarkable, incomparable` TERRANCE HAYES, author of So to SpeakBorn in Sri Lanka during the Second World War, Ondaatje was sent as a c...
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A Year of Last Things: From the Booker Prize-winning author of The English Patient - Michael Ondaatje
<p>With A Year of Last Things, acclaimed novelist Michael Ondaatje returns to poetry, looking back on a life of displacement and discovery'My life always stops for a new book by him' JHUMPA LAHIRI, author of The Namesake'Timeless... Remarkable, incomparable' TERRANCE HAYES, author of So to SpeakBorn in Sri Lanka during the Second World War, Ondaatje was sent as a ch...
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The 7th Function of Language, 1. vydání - Laurent Binet
<p>Roland Barthes, one of the twentieth-century's towering literary figures, is knocked down in a Paris street by a laundry van. It's February 1980 and he has just come from lunch with Francois Mitterrand, who is locked in a battle for the Presidency. Barthes dies soon afterwards. History tells us it was an accident. But what if it were an assassination? What if Bar...
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The 7th Function of Language, 1. vydání - Laurent Binet
<p>Roland Barthes, one of the twentieth-century's towering literary figures, is knocked down in a Paris street by a laundry van. It's February 1980 and he has just come from lunch with Francois Mitterrand, who is locked in a battle for the Presidency. Barthes dies soon afterwards. History tells us it was an accident. But what if it were an assassination? What if Bar...
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Hold Still : A Portrait of our Nation in 2020 - neuveden
Anotace: A unique collective portrait of the United Kingdom during the national lockdown of 2020.Introductory text by The Duchess of Cambridge.Focused on three key themes - Helpers and Heroes, Your New Normal and Acts of Kindness, this book presents a unique portrait of the UK during the 2020 lockdown, through 100 community photographs.The net proceeds from the sale of t...
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The House of Hidden Meanings: A Memoir - RuPaul
Anotace: From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and personal work to date-a brutally honest, surprisingly poignant, and deeply intimate memoir of growing up Black, poor, and queer in a broken home to discovering the power of performance, found family, and self-acceptance. A profound introspec...
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The House of Hidden Meanings: A Memoir - RuPaul
<p>From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and personal work to date-a brutally honest, surprisingly poignant, and deeply intimate memoir of growing up Black, poor, and queer in a broken home to discovering the power of performance, found family, and self-acceptance. A profound introsp...
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Avatar, The Last Airbender: The Rise of Kyoshi (Chronicles of the Avatar Book 1) - F. C. Yee
<p>From the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender comes the instant USA Today and New York Times bestselling novel starring Avatar Kyoshi-now in paperback!Written in consultation with Michael Dante DiMartino, the visionary cocreator and executive producer of Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra animated TV series. Justice begins with one woman. After nin...
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky (PC) Steam
Modern society owes much to a mystical technology known as “orbal energy.” Fifty years ago, during what’s come to be known as the “Orbal Revolution,” the invention of this technology and the “orbments” developed from it led to a period of rapid human advancement, birthing innovations of all shapes and sizes -- not the least of whi...
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Milestones of a Legend - kolekce 10 CD - Elvis Presley
<p>Sběratelská kolekce na 10 CD. CD1: Elvis Presley (1956) + Elvis (1956) Blue Suede Shoes - I'm Counting On You - I Got A Woman - One-Sided Love Affair - I Love You Because - Just Because - Tutti Frutti - Trying To Get To You - I`m Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry - I'll Never Let You Go - Blue Moon - Money Honey - Rip It Up - Love Me - When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold ...
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Václav Havel The Power of the Powerless in the 20th Century - Martin Vopěnka; Eva Bartošová
Anotace: This biography is not just about Václav Havel and his legacy, but about the history of Central Europe in the 20th Century. It offers a foundation that anyone interested in this history should know. Václav Havel grew up during the great historical upheavals of the Second World War and the division of Europe by the Iron Curtain. Later he would make ...
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Václav Havel The Power of the Powerless in the 20th Century
This biography is not just about Václav Havel and his legacy, but about the history of Central Europe in the 20th Century. It offers a foundation that anyone interested in this history should know. ***** Václav Havel grew up during the great historical upheavals of the Second World War and the division of Europe by the Iron Curtain. Later he would make his own mark on his...
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Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up - Potter Alexandra
Anotace: A novel for any woman who wonders how the hell she got here, and why life isn`t quite how she imagined it was going to be. And who is desperately trying to figure it all out when everyone around them is making gluten-free brownies.Meet Nell.Her life is a mess.In a world of perfect Instagram lives, she feels like a f**k up. But when she starts a secret podcast an...
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Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams: and other prose writings - Plathová Sylvia
Anotace: Every day from nine to five I sit at my desk facing the door of the office and type up other people`s dreams.An office assistant in a hospital pursues a secret vocation. A girl endures a series of initiation ceremonies to join her high school sorority. A married woman seeks relief from the dull realities of daily life. From her mid-teens Sylvia Plath wrote stori...
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Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams: and other prose writings - Sylvia Plath
<p>Every day from nine to five I sit at my desk facing the door of the office and type up other people's dreams. An office assistant in a hospital pursues a secret vocation. A girl endures a series of initiation ceremonies to join her high school sorority. A married woman seeks relief from the dull realities of daily life. From her mid-teens Sylvia Plath wrote stor...
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A Fire Born of Exile: A beautiful standalone science fiction romance perfect for fans of Becky Chambers and Ann Leckie - Bodardová Aliette de
<p>An exciting space opera and a beautiful romance, from an exceptional SF author. Perfect for fans of Arkady Martine and Everine Maxwell.</p> <p>The Scattered Pearls Belt is a string of habitats under tight military rule . . . where the powerful have become all too comfortable in their positions, and their corruption. But change is coming, with the arri...
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A Fire Born of Exile: A beautiful standalone science fiction romance perfect for fans of Becky Chambers and Ann Leckie - de Bodardová Aliette
Anotace: The Scattered Pearls Belt is a string of habitats under tight military rule . . . where the powerful have become all too comfortable in their positions, and their corruption. But change is coming, with the arrival of Quynh: the mysterious and enigmatic Alchemist of Streams and Hills.To Minh, daughter of the ruling prefect of the Belt , Quynh represents a chance ...
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The Daily Stoic : 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living: Featuring new translations of Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius - Holiday Ryan
Anotace: Where can you find joy? What`s the true measure of success? How should we manage anger? Find meaning? Conquer grief? The answers to these questions and more lie at the heart of Stoic philosophy. The Daily Stoic is a compelling, accessible guide to living a good life, offering daily doses of this classic wisdom. Long the secret weapon of history`s great figures, ...
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Persians: The Age of The Great Kings - Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
<p>THE PERSIANS is a definitive new history of the Persian Empire, the world's first superpower.The Great Kings of Persia ruled over the largest Empire of antiquity, stretching from Libya to the Steppes of Asia, and from Ethiopia to Pakistan. At the heart of the Empire was the fabled palace-city of Persepolis where the Achaemenid monarchs held court in unparalleled ...
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Prisoners Of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need To Know - Tim Marshall
<p>DISCOVER THE TEN MAPS THAT REVEAL THE FUTURE OF OUR WORLD IN THE POWER OF GEOGRAPHY - THE SEQUEL TO PRISONERS OF GEOGRAPHY - OUT ON 22/04/2021 - PREORDER NOW! THE MILLION COPY INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERGeography shapes not only our history, but where we're headed...All leaders are constrained by geography. Their choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas and co...
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The River of Silver: Tales from the Daevabad Trilogy (The Daevabad Trilogy, Book 4) - Chakraborty Shannon
Anotace: Bestselling author Shannon Chakraborty expands the acclaimed, Hugo-nominated Daevabad Trilogy with this magical compilation of stories from before, during, and after the events of the series. Told from the perspective of characters beloved and hated, and even those never heard from until now, these tales of Daevabad enrich a world...
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The River of Silver: Tales from the Daevabad Trilogy (The Daevabad Trilogy, Book 4) - Shannon Chakraborty
<p>Bestselling author Shannon Chakraborty expands the acclaimed, Hugo-nominated Daevabad Trilogy with this magical compilation of stories from before, during, and after the events of the series. Told from the perspective of characters beloved and hated, and even those never heard from until now, these tales of Daevabad enrich a wor...
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Fatherland: A Memoir of War, Conscience and Family Secrets - Bilger Burkhard
Anotace: A New Yorker staff writer, investigates his grandfather, a Nazi Party Chief, in this "unflinching, gorgeously written, and deeply moving exploration of morality, family, and war" (Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Empire of Pain) `The book we need right now` Atul Gawande, author of Being Mortal What do we owe the p...
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Nothing But The Truth: The Memoir of an Unlikely Lawyer - neuveden
Anotace: The Sunday Times bestseller and a BBC Radio 4 `Book of the Week`Full of hilarious and shocking stories, the Secret Barrister`s memoir Nothing But The Truth tracks their transformation from hang `em and flog `em austerity-supporter to celebrated, campaigning, bestselling author.`Masterful, compassionate and hilarious` - Adam RutherfordIn a diary that takes us beh...
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The Dream of Europe : Travels in a Troubled Continent - Mak Geert
Anotace: How did the great European dream turn sour? And where do we go from here?From the author of the internationally acclaimed In Europe, a stunning history of our present, examining the first two decades of this most fragile and fraught new millennium.The great European project was built out of a common desire for peace, prosperity and freedom; a wish for a united E...
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The Dream of Europe : Travels in a Troubled Continent - Geert Mak
<p>How did the great European dream turn sour? And where do we go from here? From the author of the internationally acclaimed In Europe, a stunning history of our present, examining the first two decades of this most fragile and fraught new millennium. The great European project was built out of a common desire for peace, prosperity and freedom; a wish for a unite...
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Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up, 1. vydání - Alexandra Potter
<p>The funniest WTF AM I DOING?! novel of the year'The new Bridget Jones for our Covid-ridden times' - Celia Walden, Telegraph'Say hello to a book that will have you laughing with every page, whether you're 20, 40 or 80' - Heat'Brilliant! Laughing out loud' - Emma Gannon'Funny but layered, light-hearted but surprisingly deep, this is a perfect and inspiring new year...
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Where Magic Grows: Unique Tales of Wonder and Enchantment - Onjali Q. Rauf
<p>From Onjali Q. Raúf, author of The Boy at the Back of the Class, comes a hardback collection of seven unique fables, filled with humour, heart and messages of hope. Beautifully illustrated by Katarzyna Doszla in full colour, with gorgeous details such as a ribbon marker and patterned endpapers, this is a book to be cherished for years to come. Have you heard the...
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The Desolations of Devil´s Acre : Miss Peregrine´s Peculiar Children - Riggs Ransom
Anotace: The fate of peculiardom hangs in the balance in this epic conclusion to the #1 bestselling Miss Peregrine`s Peculiar Children series.The last thing Jacob Portman saw before the world went dark was a terrible, familiar face.Suddenly, he and Noor are back in the place where everything began - his grandfather`s house. Jacob doesn`t know how they escaped from V`s lo...
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The Desolations of Devil´s Acre : Miss Peregrine´s Peculiar Children - Riggs Ransom
Anotace: The last thing Jacob Portman saw before the world went dark was a terrible, familiar face.Suddenly, he and Noor are back in the place where everything began - his grandfather`s house. Jacob doesn`t know how they escaped from V`s loop to find themselves in Florida. But he does know one thing for certain: Caul has returned.After a narrow getaway from a blood-thirs...
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Young Adult ELI Readers 4/B2: The Turn Of The Screw + Downloadable Multimedia - Henry James
<p>After I had accepted the position and agreed to his condition, I had two or three very bad days. I was full of doubts, sure I had made a terrible mistake. I was in this state of mind as I sat in the uncomfortable coach which was taking me to my new home.’ Tag Ghost story In this Reader you will find: - Information about Henry James’s life - Sections focusing on b...
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The Red Sea Scrolls: How Ancient Papyri Reveal the Secrets of the Pyramids - Mark Lehner
<p>Pierre Tallet’s discovery of the Red Sea Scrolls – the world’s oldest surviving written documents – in 2013 was one of the most remarkable moments in the history of Egyptology. These papyri, written some 4,600 years ago, combined with Mark Lehner’s research and theories, change what we thought we knew about the building of the Great Pyramid at Giza. Here, for the...
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Vultures in the hotel Continental and other notes of a zoo director (anglicky)
Nová kniha ředitele Zoo Praha pojednává o neobyčejných zvířatech i lidech. Díky poutavým textům a jedinečným fotografiím se přenesete do zákulisí zoologické zahrady i její historie, navštívíte africké pralesy a mongolské pouště, ale pobudete třeba také u rybníka v Českém ráji. Kniha ředitele Zoo Praha doplněná množstvím jedinečných fotografií není samozřejmě věnována jen ...
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Agent Sonya: From the bestselling author of The Spy and The Traitor - Ben Macintyre
<p>THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERDiscover the incredible true story of WW2's most extraordinary spy - from the bestselling author of The Spy and the Traitor. 'His best book yet' The Times________________From planning an assassination attempt on Hitler in Switzerland, to spying on the Japanese in Manchuria, to preventing nuclear war (or so she believed) by steal...
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The First Binding: A Silk Road epic fantasy full of magic and mystery - R. R. Virdi
<p>'A work of extraordinary depth; people are going to be unpicking the secrets of Tremaine for years to come' Richard Swan, Sunday Times bestselling authorAll legends are born of truths. And just as much lies. These are mine. Judge me for what you will. But you will hear my story first.I buried the village of Ampur under a mountain of ice and snow. Then I killed th...
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Vultures in the hotel Continental and other notes of a zoo director (anglicky) - Miroslav Bobek
<p>Nová kniha ředitele Zoo Praha pojednává o neobyčejných zvířatech i lidech. Díky poutavým textům a jedinečným fotografiím se přenesete do zákulisí zoologické zahrady i její historie, navštívíte africké pralesy a mongolské pouště, ale pobudete třeba také u rybníka v Českém ráji.</p><p>Kniha ředitele Zoo Praha doplněná množstvím jedinečných fotografií ne...
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State and Society in Communist Czechoslovakia : Transforming the Everyday from WWII to the Fall of the Berlin Wall - Krakovsky Roman
Anotace: Across central and eastern Europe after World War II, the newly established communist regimes promised a drastic social revolution that would transform the world at great pace and pave the way to a socialist future. Although many aspects of this utopian project are well known - such as fast-paced industrialisation, collectivisation and urbanisation - the regimes...
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky (PC) Steam (PC)
Modern society owes much to a mystical technology known as “orbal energy.” Fifty years ago, during what’s come to be known as the “Orbal Revolution,” the invention of this technology and the “orbments” developed from it led to a period of rapid human advancement, birthing innovations of all shapes and s...
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Doing Time : a hilarious new spinoff from the Chronicles of St Mary´s series - Taylor Jodi
Anotace: Introducing The Time Police, the brand-new series by international bestselling author, Jodi Taylor - an irresistible spinoff from the much-loved Chronicles of St Mary`s series. Perfect reading for fans of Doctor Who, Terry Pratchett and Jasper Fforde.`The best way to describe this book: lots of fun` British Fantasy Society`Inventive and entertaining... a fast-pa...
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The Five People You Meet In Heaven: The special 20th anniversary edition of the beautiful, classic novel - Mitch Albom
<p>A STUNNING 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF THE MASTER STORYTELLER'S INSPIRATIONAL CLASSICEddie no longer notices years passing. He spends his eighty-third birthday fixing the rides at the amusement park where he has worked for most of his life.But when a cart falls from the fairground, Eddie spots a little girl in terrible danger. He rushes to save her and tragically...
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All The Sinners Bleed: the new thriller from the award-winning author of RAZORBLADE TEARS - Cosby S. A.
Anotace: The stunning new thriller from the international bestselling and multi-award-winning author.`S. A. Cosby is not only the future of crime fiction but of any fiction where the words are strong, the characters are strong and the story has a resonance that cuts right to the heart of the most important questions of our time` MICHAEL CONNELLY`Every once in a while a w...
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All The Sinners Bleed: the new thriller from the award-winning author of RAZORBLADE TEARS - S. A. Cosby
<p>The stunning new thriller from the international bestselling and multi-award-winning author.'S. A. Cosby is not only the future of crime fiction but of any fiction where the words are strong, the characters are strong and the story has a resonance that cuts right to the heart of the most important questions of our time' MICHAEL CONNELLY'Every once in a while a wr...
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The Desolations of Devil´s Acre : Miss Peregrine´s Peculiar Children, 1. vydání - Ransom Riggs
<p>The fate of peculiardom hangs in the balance in this epic conclusion to the #1 bestselling Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children series. The last thing Jacob Portman saw before the world went dark was a terrible, familiar face.Suddenly, he and Noor are back in the place where everything began - his grandfather's house. Jacob doesn't know how they escaped from V's lo...
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Oči Státní bezpečnosti / Eyes of the State Security - Petr Blažek,Vít Fojtek,Jan Kalous,Radek Schovánek,Prokop Tomek,Miroslav Urbánek,Kryštof Zeman
Anotace: Hlavními tématy česko-anglické publikace jsou sledovací útvary Statní bezpečnosti a fotografie historických osobnosti, významných událostí a míst, které v období komunistického režimu pořídili jejich pracovnici. Přiblíženy jsou například sledovací akce tajné policie proti Václavu Havlovi, Pavlu Kohoutovi, Janu Patočkovi, Františku kardinálu Tomáškovi, Františku ...
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Golden Thread
A new history of ingenuity from the author of The Secret Lives of Colour.
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Race to Save the Romanovs
A work of investigative history that will completely change the way in which we see the Romanov story. Finally, here is the truth about the secret plans to rescue Russia’s last imperial family.On 17 July 1918, the whole of the Russian Imperial Fami
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Abbey Road: The Inside Story of the World´s Most Famous Recording Studio (with a foreword by Paul McCartney) - Hepworth David
Anotace: With a foreword by Paul McCartney`It`s semi-devotional -- a really special place` Florence Welch`There are certain things that are mythical. Abbey Road is mythical` Nile RodgersMany people will recognise the famous zebra crossing. Some visitors may have graffitied their name on its hallowed outer walls. Others might even have managed to penetrate the iron gates....
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Abbey Road: The Inside Story of the World´s Most Famous Recording Studio (with a foreword by Paul McCartney) - David Hepworth
<p>With a foreword by Paul McCartney'It's semi-devotional -- a really special place' Florence Welch'There are certain things that are mythical. Abbey Road is mythical' Nile RodgersMany people will recognise the famous zebra crossing. Some visitors may have graffitied their name on its hallowed outer walls. Others might even have managed to penetrate the iron gates. ...
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For the First Time, Again - Sylvain Neuvel
<p>Discover history's biggest secret . . .For millennia an unbroken line of alien mothers and daughters have secretly been shepherding human technology towards the stars.Twelve-year-old Aster is the last of this line.But the loss of her mother in early life means she knows nothing of her alien heritage - believing she is just an ordinary young girl.Not only is she a...
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Stasi
The definitive history of the powerful and brutal East German Secret Police
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Her Finest Hour
The untold story of the female British secret agent forgotten by history.
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Rare Blue Bird Flies with Me
A novel set against the political disappearances and secret jails of Morocco's recent history
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Double Life
The Secret History meets Lullaby in this phenomenal novel of privilege, deception and fury.
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Mossad
A compelling and comprehensive history of the world's most successive secret service.
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Rumbles
The secret history of the body's most fascinating organ: the gut
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Attila the Hun
Attila the Hun is one of the most famous individuals in world history, dominating the history of Europe for two decades. Here the author attempts to a
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Names Heard Long Ago
From the author of Inverting the Pyramid, a tour de force revealing the secret history of modern football.
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Section D for Destruction
The first comprehensive history of Section D since the release of secret documents on its operations into the public domain
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Section D for Destruction
The first comprehensive history of Section D since the release of secret documents on its operations into the public domain.
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Deals that Made the World
Jacques Peretti tells the story of the secret history of the deals that are changing our world.
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