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King Leopold's Ghost
Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize, King Leopold’s Ghost is the true and haunting account of Leopold's brutal regime and its lasting effect on a ruined nation. With an introduction by …
Aldrig mera krig : Lojalitet och uppror 1914-1918
Av författaren till Kung Leopolds vålnadEn iskall gryning i norra Frankrike, januari 1917. Trettiosex skott smattrar genom tystnaden och arkebuseringen av de brittiska …
The Dead Do Not Die
Sven Lindqvist is one of our most original writers on race, colonialism, and genocide, and his signature approach—uniting travelogues with powerful acts of historical …
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
The 25th Anniversary Edition, with a foreword by Barbara Kingsolver "An enthralling story . . . A work of history that reads like a novel." -- Christian Science Monitor "As …
American Midnight
National Bestseller • One of the year's most acclaimed works of nonfictionA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: New York Times, Washington Post, New Yorker, Chicago Tribune, Kirkus, New York …
Kung Leopolds vålnad : om girighet, terror och hjältemod i det koloniala Afrika
Det är slutet av 1800-talet, den tid då Europas stater styckar upp Afrika mellan sig. Kung Leopold II av Belgien lägger för sin privata del beslag på det väldiga området runt …
To End All Wars
In this brilliant new work of history, Adam Hochschild follows a group of characters connected by blood ties, close friendships or personal enmities and shows how the war exposed …
To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918
In this riveting and suspenseful New York Times best-selling book, Adam Hochschild brings WWI to life as never before...World War I was supposed to be the "war to end all wars." …
Collected Nonfiction Volume 1
Politics, religion, culture, travel, science and technology, family life: nothing escaped the eye and pen of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, …
Homage to Catalonia
A National Review Top Ten Best Nonfiction Books of the Century "One of Orwell's very best books and perhaps the best book that exists on the Spanish Civil War."--The New Yorker …
Spain in Our Hearts
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. A sweeping history of the Spanish Civil War, told through a dozen characters, including Hemingway and George Orwell: A tale of idealism, heartbreaking …
Unquiet Ghost
An in-depth exploration of the legacy of Joseph Stalin on the former Soviet Union, by the author of King Leopold’s Ghost.Although some twenty million people died during Stalin’s …