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- Mary Seacole
Mary Seacole
Biography of Mary Seacole, a pioneering nineteenth-century British-Jamaican nurse. Mary Seacole's remarkable life began in Jamaica, where she was born a free person, the...
- German Jerusalem
German Jerusalem
In the 1920s, before the establishment of Israel, a group of German Jews settled in a garden city on the outskirts of Jerusalem. During World War II, their quiet community,...
- Dictatorship Syndrome
Dictatorship Syndrome
In this deeply considered and at times provocative short work, Alaa Al Aswany tells us that to understand the syndrome of dictatorship we must first consider the circumstances...
- Tazmamart
Tazmamart
A memoir from a political prisoner in Morocco's notorious Tazmamart prison. On July 10, 1971, during birthday celebrations for King Hassan II of Morocco, attendant officers...
- Salzburg
Salzburg
- Hubert Nowak
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- 140
Now in paperback, Nowak reveals the lesser-known side of Salzburg through stories of those who have lived there over the centuries. Situated in the shadow of the Eastern...
- London Problem
London Problem
Brown reflects on anti-London sentiment in the UK as the capital continues to gain power. The United Kingdom has never had an easy relationship with its capital. By far the...
- Division of the World
Division of the World
A photographer and a historian explore a vast archive of Spanish colonial history. At a time when Western nations are being urged to confront their colonial past, this book...
- My Cyprus
My Cyprus
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- 208
A sensory and poetic guide to the island of Cyprus. The island of Cyprus has been a site of global history and conquest, and its strategic position means it has been coveted...
- Contested Lands - A History of the Middle East since the First World War
Contested Lands - A History of the Middle East since the First World War
A history of the last century of tensions in the Middle East. Until the First World War, the Ottoman Empire had dominated the Middle East for four centuries. Its collapse,...
- Afghan Napoleon - The Life of Ahmad Shah Massoud
Afghan Napoleon - The Life of Ahmad Shah Massoud
When the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 1979, the forces of resistance were disparate and divided mujahideen groups, as interested in fighting each other and competing for...
- View from the Hill
View from the Hill
Collected notes from avid walker Christopher Somerville's treks through the British countryside. In Christopher Somerville's workroom is a case of shelves that holds four...
- Mannerheim
Mannerheim
- Clements, Jonathan
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- 336
- 2012
Baron Gustaf Mannerheim was one of the greatest figures of the twentieth century, and the only man to be decorated by both sides in the Second World War. As a Finnish officer...