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FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 'Monumental and highly readable... by smartly knitting together the past with the present, Zubok brings a prescient and fresh perspective' Financial Times A sweeping, original history of the Cold War, from an acclaime...

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72 minuter. Så lång tid tar det från den första upptäckten av ett avfyrat nordkoreanskt kärnvapen med slutmål Washington DC till dess att stora delar av civilisationen ligger i ruiner. Vapnet som skulle innebära slutet på de stora världskrigen har...

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Shortlisted for the 2024¿Financial Times¿Business Book of the Year. A riveting inside look at an elite unit within the Pentagon-the Defense Innovation Unit, also known as Unit X-whose mission is to bring Silicon Valley's cutting-edge technology to...

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There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in a matter of hours: nuclear war. And one of the triggers for that war would be a nuclear missile inbound toward the United States. Every generation, ...

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There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in a matter of hours: nuclear war. And it could start in as little as 26 minutes and 40 seconds from now... An edge-of-your-seat non-fiction thriller f...

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I år firar Finland 100-årsjubileum som självständig nation, men under andra världskriget gjorde Sovjetunionen kraftfulla försök att inlemma Finland i sin sfär. Att den lilla finska armén kunde stå emot den enorma sovjetiska krigsmaskinen som den g...

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The Sunday Times bestselling edge-of-your-seat exploration of what would happen in the event of nuclear war, perfect for readers of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer. *Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize f...

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**Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize 2024** 'A work of non-fiction . . . but it has all the complexity of emotional heft of a great novel . . . Question 7 sets the high-water mark for what the genre [of memoir] can be' Sunday Times 'There's so mu...

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Han har blivit en av nittonhundratalets mest ikoniska gestalter - fysikern som ledde arbetet med att framställa atombomben och öppnade ett nytt kapitel i historien. I denna Pulitzerprisvinnande biografi över Robert Oppenheimer tecknas bilden av en...

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The essential account of geopolitics - including an afterword on President Donald Trump 'For anyone wanting to find out more about the world we live in . . . there is one simple answer: read Noam Chomsky' New Statesman Noam Chomsky: philosopher, p...

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What existential threats does humanity face? And how can we secure our future? 'The Precipice is a powerful book . . . Ord's love for humanity and hope for its future is infectious' Spectator 'Ord's analysis of the science is exemplary . . . Thril...

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Take an action-packed flight through the history of aircraft and the intrepid pioneers who made a dream become reality. Uncover the engineering behind more than 800 aircraft models, from military jets to commercial planes. This visual history book...

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How to fly the legendary fighter plane in combat using the manuals and instructions supplied by the RAF during the Second World War. An amazing array of leaflets, books and manuals were issued by the War Office during the Second World War to aid p...

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An illustrated account of the first jet-powered combat aircraft, the Messerschmitt Me 262, and its short but action-packed career during World War 2. Powered by the Jumo 004 jet engine, the Me 262 outclassed anything the Allies had in terms of spe...

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From Aristotle's description of a submersible chamber and experiments with an underwater capsule by Alexander the Great, inventors have pursued the dream of undersea travel. This fully illustrated book follows that dream, starting with examples of...

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Boken En liten bok om hagelvapnet är ingen liten bok i ordets bemärkelse, det är en stor bok som innehåller det mesta man kan behöva veta om flyktskyttet. Från historia och antomiska förutsättningar till skjutstilar och begrepp.

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By the outbreak of World War II, Germany had done much to replace the Kaiser's High Seas Fleet, which was scuttled following the German surrender at the end of World War I. Forced to build her fleet anew, although small, the Kriegsmarine possessed...

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***THE INSPIRATION FOR OPPENHEIMER, WINNER OF 7 OSCARS, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE, BEST DIRECTOR AND BEST ACTOR*** THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NONFICTION 'Reads like a thriller, gripping and terrifying' Sunday Times P...

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Fully illustrated, this is the second volume in a detailed study of the German auxiliary troops who fought for Britain in the American Revolutionary War. During the American Revolutionary War (1775-83), German auxiliary troops provided a vital ele...

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The first book to present the amazing swords and armor belonging to the most famous Samurai in Japanese history! Paul Martin, a world-renowned scholar of Japanese swords, takes us on a journey of discovery of samurai culture through an examination...

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An illustrated account of the clashes between RAF Fighter Command's Hurricane and Spitfire and the Luftwaffe's Ju 87 Stuka in the skies over France, the Channel and southern England. The story of the Luftwaffe's Ju 87 Stuka and its use against Bri...

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Get up close to more than 400 of the most important tanks and armoured vehicles ever built. In 1916, the British built a machine that was impervious to enemy fire, and could dominate the battlefield, crushing obstacles and barbed wire in its path....

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The 2025 edition of Warship, the celebrated annual publication featuring original research on the history, development, and service of the world's warships. For over 45 years, Warship has been the leading annual resource on the design, development...

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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author John Hersey's seminal work of narrative nonfiction which has defined the way we think about nuclear warfare.¿¿"One of the great classics of the war" ( The New Republic ) that tells what happ...

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An essential guide to the tanks that fought the greatest armored clashes of modern times, between Saddam Hussein's Soviet-supplied army and the advanced tanks fielded by the Coalition. The Gulf War of 1991 was the largest tank-vs-tank confrontatio...

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**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** **Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize 2024** From one kiss comes a chain reaction - a masterpiece of memoir from the winner of the Baillie Gifford and the Booker prize 'Extraordinary' Sarah Perry 'Masterpiece' Colm ...

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From the crude, unreliable tanks that first appeared on the Western Front during World War I to today's high-tech machines, Tanks and Military Vehicles features 300 of the most important and influential tanks and AFVs from 1916 to the present day....

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An illustrated history of battleships, their origins and evolution, this meticulously researched book begins with a history of the battleship, from the first ironclad wooden-hulled ships of the 19th century to the revolutionary Dreadnoughts of Wor...

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