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A History of Chile 1808-2018

"This new edition investigates the various reasons for Chileans spurning the Pinochet Constitution in favor of another system, and covers...

Keir Starmer - The Biography

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A fascinating and engrossing account of the man who is likely to be the UK's next prime minister' FINANCIAL ...

German History Unbound - From 1750 to the Present

"A polycentric German history that pointedly decenters the nation-state. It includes communities of Germans far beyond its borders, and i...

A Time to Speak Out: Independent Jewish Voices on Israel, Zionism and Jewish Identity - Independent Jewish Voices on Israel, Zionism and Jewish Identity

The grave situation in the Middle East threatens the future of both Israelis and Palestinians, as well as the stability of the whole regi...

Change We Can Believe in

The election of Barack Obama as President of the USA is a defining moment for all of us. After years of failed policies and a failed poli...

Out of the Darkness - The Germans, 1942-2022

A Telegraph and Der Spiegel Book of the Year Sueddeutsche Zeitung's Number One Most Important Political Book of 2023 Die Zeit, ZDF, Deuts...

Investigating, Punishing, Agitating - Nazi Perpetrator Trials in the Eastern Bloc

Über die NS-Prozesse in Osteuropa in den 1960er Jahren und den Stellenwert des Holocaust darin Etwa 15 Jahre nach Kriegsende kam es in vi...

Ghibliotheque - The Unofficial Guide to the Movies of Studio Ghibli

Based on the Ghibliotheque podcast, which leafs through the library of films from the world's greatest animation studio, Studio Ghibli, t...

The Last Card - Inside George W. Bush's Decision to Surge in Iraq

Jeffrey A. Engel is Director of the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University.

Under Fire - Untold Stories from the Front Line of the Iraq War

Shogun

Eleanor Roosevelt: The Early Years - Volume 1. - 1884-1933

The first volume in the life of America's greatest First Lady, a woman who changed the lives of millions (Washington Post). Eleanor Ro...

The Wit and Wisdom of Boris Johnson

2019 - the year that Boris took on the 'lingering gloomadon-poppers', pledged to steer the UK between the 'Scylla and Charybdis of Corbyn...

Mentsd meg a világot, ne csinálj semmit - Save the World-Do nothing - Save the World - Do Nothing

1100 választási idézet angol és magyar nyelven, ismert és kevésbé ismert személyektől.

Flash Boys

Michael Lewis's epic bestseller tells the outrageous story of the multi-millionaires and whizz kids who scammed the banking system in the...

Imperium

When Tiro, the confidential secretary of a Roman senator, opens the door to a terrified stranger on a cold November morning, he sets in ...

The Parliament in Budapest

This splendid album guides readers along the entire building of Budapest's gigantic Parliament building accomodating Hungary's legislatur...

Comrades - Communism: A World History - Communism: A World History

Dazzling synoptic pages of a book that bears all the hallmarks of a classic work of historical literature.'

Caesar - A Man. A Leader. A Legend.

Studies in Historico - Political Culture of Antiquity and Humanism

Part One of this book firstly stresses the need for radical rethinking and in-depth reinterpretation of history. The author then concisel...

Becoming

In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. A...

Change We Can Believe in - Barack Obama's Plan to Renew America's Promise

The election of Barack Obama as President of the USA is a defining moment for all of us. After years of failed policies and a failed poli...

Imperium

When Tiro, the confidential secretary of a Roman senator, opens the door to a terrified stranger on a cold November morning, he sets in ...

Autonomy Arrangements around the World - A Collection of Well and Lesser Known Cases

A kötet a kolozsvári Babes-Bolyai Tudományegyetem Politikatudományi Intézete, a European Centre for Minority Issues (Flensburg, Németorsz...

Diplomacy

Democracy in Afghanistan: The Golden Era of Reform and the Roots of Modern Conflict

British Society and Its Three Crises - From 1970s Globalisation, to the Financial Crash of 2007-8 and the Onset of Brexit in 2016

Britain experienced continual crises from the 1970s to Brexit in 2016. This innovative and comprehensive study pays special attention to ...

Das Deutsche Kulturwerk Europäischen Geistes (1950-1996) - Porträt eines völkischen Kulturvereins und seiner Schriften

Der Kulturverein "Deutsches Kulturwerk Europäischen Geistes" war zeitweise die zweitgrößte rechtsextreme Gruppierung der Bundesrepublik n...

Holocaust Memory and the Cold War - Remembering across the Iron Curtain

The Western understanding of the West as the democratic "Free World" and the East as totalitarian and repressive continues to impact how ...

Walter Rodney - Black Power and Revolution

Walter Rodney (1942-1980) was an intellectual, an activist, and a revolutionary who fought for a better future in many different contexts...

Science and Diplomacy - The Max Planck Society in International Politics (1945-2000)

Science diplomacy has recently been seen as a beacon of hope in tackling the global challenges of international politics. And the Max Pla...

Equality and Representation - Social and Political Engagement of Roma in Communist Czechoslovakia 1948-1968

This book challenges the notion of Roma as mere victims of human rights violations in 20th century Europe and as another collective victi...

A Companion to Political Institutions in Poland, 1944-1989

This book presents to researchers and advanced students the essential knowledge about Polish political institutions when the country was ...

Hierarchies - The Max Planck Society in Gender Trouble

The Max Planck Society (MPG), one of the most successful research institutions worldwide, serves as a prime example of the German science...

Pride and Fall - The British Army in Afghanistan, 2001-2014

A detailed new account of the British military campaign in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014, based on the experiences of those who served.

Us Battle Tanks 1946-2025

A comprehensive and detailed illustrated examination of the development and combat performance of US battle tanks from the end of World W...

Shadows of Tyranny - Defending Democracy in an Age of Dictatorship

In response to right-wing extremism in the United States and around the world, Ken McGoogan offers lessons from history by looking back a...

The Martyrdom of Ahmad Shawkat

Michael Goldfarb's translator and guide when covering the Second Gulf War for NPR in 2003 was Ahmad Shawkat, an Iraqi Kurd who longed for...

Indochina Hand - Tales of a CIA Case Officer

An insight into a career in the CIA in Southeast Asia.

Searching for My Slave Roots

This book will be an exploration of an untold chapter in both Black and British history, seen through Malik's own investigation into his ...

Supremacy - AI, ChatGPT and the Race that will Change the World

The astonishing, behind-the-scenes story of the race to perfect the greatest invention in human history, artificial intelligence, and the...

Twenty Years - Hope, War, and the Betrayal of an Afghan Generation

"A group portrait of young Afghans who came of age during the two decades following 9/11"--

Hard Broke - Asymmetric Warfare, Great Power Competition, and Institutional Paralysis

How conventional forces can adapt to fully address the problem of IEDs and IED-facilitated asymmetric warfare.

Catherine, the Princess of Wales - The Biography

DISCOVER THE TRUTH BEHIND THE HEADLINES, THE REVELATORY ROYAL BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEARFrom the Sunday Times bestselling author and Royal cor...

Riverine and Helicopter Warfare in the Vietnam War

The watery, heavily vegetated marshlands of the Mekong Delta served as a formidable natural defense for Viet Cong units in the region, an...

Occupation - Russian Rule in South-Eastern Ukraine

A disturbing account of how Russia is seeking to remake occupied Ukraine in its own image, once and for all.

Out of Paper - Drawing, Environment, and the Body in 1960s America

A dynamic look at how artists used paper to radically redefine the relationship between the body and its surroundings, and to propose new...

To Catch a Spy - How the spycatcher affair brought MI5 in from the cold

The Spycatcher affair remains one of the most intriguing moments in the history of British intelligence and a pivotal point in the public...

Canada and Eastern Europe, 1945-1991 - Meeting in the Middle

9 Troop in the Falklands - A Royal Marine Fighting Troop in 1982

This is an adventure story about Royal Marine Commandos going to war during the Falklands War of 1982\. Myth and legend. War is an odd t...

The U-2 Over the Soviet Union - America's Famous Cold War Spy Plane from a Soviet Perspective

On 1 May 1960, a traditional military parade was held in Moscow. What stood it out from the previous ones, however, was the number of mis...

Fighting the Taliban - The Memoirs of an Afghan Army Commander

Following the defeat of the Taliban in 2001 Amir joined the Afghan Army becoming an officer. For the next five or so years he is involved...

Violence Elsewhere 2 - Imagining Distant Violence in Germany since 2001

Examines ideas of violence in German culture after 9/11 through the lens of "violence elsewhere" - exploring works and discourses about v...

Female Security Operative - One Woman's Career During the Iraq War

In the gripping memoir Female Security Operative, the author takes the reader on a trailblazing journey of chaos through her life in the ...

Violence Elsewhere [2 volume set]

Q-Birds - The Impact of American Manned Aircraft as Drones

This is an account of a fascinating but largely unknown aspect of post World War 2 US military aviation history, the conversion and use o...

Visual Friendlies, Tally Target: How Close Air Support in the War on Terror Changed the Way America Made War - Volume 1 - Invasions

How Forward Air Controllers and Close Air Support fundamentally changed the American war machine in the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq.

The England No One Cares about - Lyrics from Suburbia

An exploration of the much-derided English suburbs through rap music. There are many different Englands. From the much-romanticized rolli...

Archetypes of Sex - Unmasking Algae's Innocence, the Nathanael Pringsheim Revolution

Algae have played a crucial role in shaping our planet's atmosphere, as they transform CO2 into the oxygen we breathe. They contribute to...

The 21st Century in 100 Games

The 21st Century in 100 Games is an interactive public history of the contemporary world. It creates a ludological retelling of the 21st ...