Revolutioner

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'The book is a masterpiece' The Spectator'A gripping narrative history of one of the most complex episodes in modern Russian history' Sunday Times'Antony Beevor's Russia is a masterpiece of history' Daily TelegraphBetween 1917 and 1921 a devastati...

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'Fascinating... One of the most astute political commentators on Putin and modern Russia' Financial Times'An amazing achievement' Peter FrankopanCan anyone truly understand Russia? Let one of the world's leading experts show you how, using the fas...

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2021AN ECONOMIST AND HISTORY TODAY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020'Compelling and highly original ... The Asia that we see today is the product of the 'underground' which Harper describes with skill and empathy in t...

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The Russian Revolution of 1917 transformed the face of the Russian empire, politically, economically, socially, and culturally, and also profoundly affected the course of world history for the rest of the twentieth century. Historian S. A. Smith p...

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The revolution in Nicaragua was unique in that a large percentage of the combatants were women. The Role of Female Combatants in the Nicaraguan Revolution and Counter Revolutionary War is a study of these women and those who fought in the Contra c...

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A sweeping overview of civil resistance movements around the world that explains what they are, how they work, why they are often effective, and why they can fail.Civil resistance is a method of conflict through which unarmed civilians use a varie...

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Björn Kumm har under sina många verksamma år rapporterat om politiskt motstånd. Vi känner till de motståndsrörelser som kämpade under andra världskriget i våra grannländer Danmark och Norge. Men en liknande kamp har förts på många andra ställen un...

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The French Revolution is a time of history made familiar from Dickens, Baroness Orczy, and Tolstoy, as well as the legends of let them eat cake, and tricolours. Beginning in 1789, this period of extreme political and social unrest saw the end of t...

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What is wrong with capitalism, and how can we change it?Capitalism has transformed the world and increased our productivity, but at the cost of enormous human suffering. Our shared values—equality and fairness, democracy and freedom, communi...

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Få händelser har omskrivits och diskuterats så häftigt i världshistorien som den ryska revolutionen. I början av 1900-talet kännetecknades det tsarryska väldet av stor politisk oro och kraven på reformer växte och blev alltmer radikala, inte minst...

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Why did the 1917 American Red Cross Mission to Russia include more financiers than medical doctors? Rather than caring for the victims of war and revolution, its members seemed more intent on negotiating contracts with the Kerensky government, and...

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Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enri...

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An entertaining and eye-opening look at the French Revolution, by Stephen Clarke, author of 1000 Years of Annoying the French and A Year in the Merde. The French Revolution and What Went Wrong looks back at the French Revolution and how it s surro...

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The French Revolution is a time of history made familiar from Dickens, Baroness Orczy, and Tolstoy, as well as the legends of let them eat cake, and tricolours. Beginning in 1789, this period of extreme political and social unrest saw the end of t...

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A magnificent and timely examination of an age of fear, subversion, suppression and espionage, Adam Zamoyski explores the attempts of the governments of Europe to police the world in a struggle against obscure forces, seemingly dedicated to the ov...

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From the author of 'Edge of Empire' comes a fascinating, thought-provoking and alternative history of the American Revolution - that of those Americans who remained loyal to the British Empire.George Washington's triumphant entrance into New York ...

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SPECIAL PRICERevolution 2.0 is the story of Wael Ghonim's extraordinary contribution to the Egyptian Revolution.On the 25th of January 2011, a call for people to protest against the Egyptian government appeared on Facebook.'We are all Khaled Said'...

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Colonel Gadaffi's Hat is both a gripping and deeply moving account of the Libyan uprising from the lone journalist who was able to report from the rebel army convoy that captured Green Square, in the heart of Tripoli.Alex Crawford's daring reports...

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Collins Shorts - insight in an instant.Under fire in Libya, this is an intense hit of adrenaline as reported by war correspondent Alex Crawford. The only western reporter to be in Green Square when it was taken by rebels, her remarkable eye-witnes...

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From the bestselling author of 'Fighter Boys', the true story of two ruthless adversaries and a wartime killing that shook the modern world.On a cold, bright morning in February 1942, fugitive Avraham Stern was cornered in a flat in Tel-Aviv and s...

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'A dazzling achievement ... I loved every page' Dominic Sandbrook,Sunday Times'An entrancing achievement ... Never have the kingless years been made so vivid, and never has vividness contributed so much to the understanding of them' Blair Worden, ...

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'Spellbinding' JJA Harwood'An entertaining and dark read' Stylist'An absorbing novel' Guardian'Beautifully written' Elizabeth Chadwick'Power is not something you are given. Power is something you take. When you are a woman, it is a little more dif...

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A New York Times Notable BookBest Books of 2021: TIME, SmithsonianNew York Times Book Review * Editors' ChoiceA radical reckoning with the racial inequality of America's past and present, by one of the country's leading scholars of policing and ma...

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From rebels to writers, athletes to astronauts, join Kate Fox takes on an entertaining and eye-opening journey through the lives of these extraordinary women whose lives and achievements have too long been hidden. From Cartimandua, the forgotten I...

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'A narrative of startling originality ... As discussions of Britain's colonial legacy become increasingly polarised, we are in ever more need of nuanced books like this one' SAM DALRYMPLE, SPECTATOR'Fascinating and provocative' LITERARY REVIEWRebe...

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In It Could Happen Here, Bruce Judson, author of Go It Alone!, explains why revolution is possible in the United Statesand makes the most disturbing case yet for why our economics are leading us inevitably toward a just such a crisis. Underscoring...

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On a summer day in July, 1776, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the world changed forever. On July 4, thirteen English colonies on the continent of North America decided to declare themselves free and independent states, united in their purpose of f...

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Hilarious and Heartbreaking. Comedy shouldnt take courage, but it made an exception forBassem. --Jon Stewart"e;The Jon Stewart of the Arabic World"e;the creator of The Program, the most popular television show in Egypts historychronicles h...

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Before Easter 1916 Dublin had been a city much like any other British city, comparable to Bristol or Liverpool and part of a complex, deep-rooted British world. Many of Dublin's inhabitants wanted to weaken or terminate London's rule but there rem...

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