1900-talets historia: ca 1900 – ca 2000

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The 1948 war led to the creation of the state of Israel, the fragmentation of Palestine, and to a conflict which has raged across the intervening sixty years. The historical debate …

Aminatta Forna's personal history is an account of an African childhood - of an idyll which became a nightmare. As a child she witnessed the upheavals of post-colonial Africa, the …

Must the sins of America's past poison its hope for the future? Lately the American Left, withdrawing into the ivied halls of academe to rue the nation's shame, has answered yes in …

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"e;An exceptionally vivid memoir of a French soldier's experience of the First World War."e;-Max Hastings, New York Times bestselling author Along with millions of other …

A panorama of Europe, 1900-1914, describing the cultural, economic and political life before the First World War.

* Myth-busting account of the summer of 1943 on the Eastern Front, one of World War II's turning points * Includes the Battle of Kursk * Special focus on the notorious 3rd SS …

For 22 years, Dr Zhisui Li was Mao Tse-tung's personal physician, confidant and companion. In this biography Li provides insights into social and political events in China, and …

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The Nazis spared their lives because they were twins.In the summer of 1944, Eva Mozes Kor and her family arrived at Auschwitz.Within thirty minutes, …