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The stock market crash of 1929 didn’t cause the great depression by itself, but it is a powerful symbolic starting point to the greatest economic disaster of the twentieth century. On that dark day in october 1929, fortunes were lost and fear of financial insecurity...
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Rob Satterfield
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2026-02-04
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The era of piracy in the caribbean began in the 1500s and died out in the 1830s after the navies of the nations of western europe and north america with colonies in the caribbean began combating pirates.
In the early eighteenth century a number of the great pirate...
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Rob Satterfield
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2026-01-31
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Learn about escobar's incredible climb to power, his unrelenting quest for cash, and the evil tactics he used to maintain his position of authority. He created a web of corruption and horror with charm and cunning that had an impact well beyond the drug trade. Examine...
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Rob Satterfield
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2026-01-30
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In 1917, as the flames of revolution engulfed Russia, a bold young American journalist named Louise Bryant embarked on a perilous journey into the heart of the storm. Defying convention and danger, she spent six tumultuous months traversing a nation in the throes of...
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Cactus
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2026-01-29
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Meet the man who couldn’t be killed—even when poisoned, frozen, and gassed. Discover how flour sacks became fashion statements. Witness a piano marathon that lasted over 100 days, a chain letter craze that fooled millions, and two brothers who turned their harlem home...
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Rob Satterfield
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2026-01-26
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Issue 14 (IV-2025) of the Journal of Ethnic Microhistory contains four publications.
1. The article 'Ruin and Misery Mark Their Ways' (Romans 3:16), written by Vladimir Anzukov (also known as Woldemar von Anz), the Chairman of the German National-Cultural Autonomy in...
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BoD - Books on Demand
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2026-04-17
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Jacques Cujas: The Professor from Bourges Who Invented New York
What if the foundations of Manhattan were not made of stone, but of paper and law?
In 1590,Jacques Cujas passed away in Bourges. This genius of Roman law left behind a silent revolution: the mos gallicus,...
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BoD - Books on Demand
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2026-03-18
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February 28, 1986. Two gunshots echo through the streets of Stockholm, forever changing the nation. Almost every Swede remembers where they are when the news breaks. Some are walking along Sveavägen. Others wake to a shattered morning.
This book examines the...
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BoD - Books on Demand
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2026-03-12
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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'This book is his best yet . . . Dimbleby’s work is in a different league, told with such skill and judgment' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday TimesA gripping and authoritative account of the year that sealed the fate of the Nazis, from the...
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Penguin
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2024-05-23
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'Gripping' ED CAESAR • 'Masterly' GEOFF DYER • 'Incredible' TIM HARFORD • 'A universal story that transcends time' NEW YORK TIMES • 'Superb' DAILY TELEGRAPH • 'We know what’s going to happen, but feel the suspense nonetheless' THE TIMES** THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER...
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Penguin
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2024-05-14
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'An essential and fascinating book ... enriches and deepens our understanding of this nation' - Bernardine Evaristo'A powerful book that brings the history of the Empire home – literally' - David OlusogaThe countryside is cherished by many Britons. There is a depth of...
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Penguin
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2024-05-02
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Discover the ground-breaking, must-read history of Africa, the Sunday Times bestseller charting the epic story of the oldest inhabited continent in the world from the perspectives of Africans themselves. Shortlisted for the Nero Book AwardsPicked as a best paperback by...
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Virgin Digital
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2024-04-18
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A celebration of the printed book, told through the lives of 18 people who took it in radical new directions.* AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 *A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE SUMMER 2024 *'This really is the loveliest of books' I'I cannot recommend it highly enough'...
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Vintage Digital
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2024-04-18
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Discover the rich history of Britain's millennia-old network of pathways, and it will be impossible to take an unremarkable walk again . . .'A rallying cry to reclaim lost routes and preserve this precious resource for future generations' Walk Magazine__Hundreds of...
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Penguin
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2024-04-11
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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.Nuclear war begins with a blip on a radar screen.This is a...
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Transworld Digital
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2024-03-28
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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERIn his ground-breaking new book, Sathnam Sanghera traces the legacies of British empire around the world.‘A wonderful book’ Rory Stewart‘Nuanced and deeply researched’ Financial Times‘Not just a welcome corrective but a book for our...
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Penguin
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2024-01-25
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Steeped in honey, Juventius, your golden eyes, and as sweet too when I press my lips to them - three hundred thousand kisses is not close to enoughFor centuries, evidence of queer love in the ancient world was ignored or suppressed. Even today, only a few, famous...
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Penguin
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2023-10-05
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This book is phenomenal ... It's about as good as journalism gets ...The highest praise I can give If We Burn is to say that it would be criminally negligent not to read it if you'd like to change the world. - ROB DELANEY Bevins's clear-eyed, sympathetic...
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Wildfire
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2023-10-03
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'With originality and subtlety, Diarmuid Hester examines how the gay imagination deals with place and with displacement, allowing for mystery and a kind of magic' Colm Toibin'Hester is a fizzingly brilliant writer' Robert Macfarlane'Haunted and haunting - totally...
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Penguin
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2023-08-31
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CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE FINANCIAL TIMES * TELEGRAPH * PROSPECT'The best account of the ongoing conflict — its preconditions and its present-day horrors' Prospect Do you know what is at stake in Ukraine? Urgent, compelling reading from the author of...
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Penguin
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2023-05-16
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