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Books
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Thucydides: A Very Short Introduction€10.99
A Very Short Introductionsb: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring 432 BCE the powerful city-state of Sparta on the peninsula of the Peloponnesus in southwestern Greece declared war on Athens, head of a mighty naval coalition. The war would last until Sparta finally brough Athens to its knees in 404.
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Why We Fight : The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace€12.99
Why do human beings fight one another? In this exhilarating and bracing book, we learn the common logic driving vainglorious monarchs, dictators, mobs, pilots, football hooligans, ancient peoples and fanatics.
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The Earl and the Pharaoh : From the Real Downton Abbey to the Discovery of Tutankhamun (Paperback)€12.99
Enter a world of ancient secrets, old money, new ambitions and the discovery of priceless treasure in this revelatory new biography. Between November 1922 and spring 1923, a door to the ancient Egyptian world was opened.
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Russia : Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921 (Paperback)€12.99
Between 1917 and 1921 a devastating struggle took place in Russia following the collapse of the Tsarist empire. Many regard this savage civil war as the most influential event of the modern era.
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Colditz : Prisoners of the Castle€12.99
Colditz Castle: a forbidding Gothic tower on a hill in Nazi Germany. You may have heard about the prisoners and their daring and desperate attempts to escape, but that's only part of the real story.
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The Red Arrows€12.99
"Occasionally, you and the team come within read of perfection, up there in the rarefied air of the skies. You never know when those moments will come, but it's what you yearn for as a pilot."
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The Vanishing : The Twilight of Christianity in the Middle East€12.99
The Vanishing reveals the plight and possible extinction of Christian communities across Syria, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine after 2,000 years in their historical homeland.
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A Pretoria Boy : The Story of South Africa's 'Public Enemy Number One'€14.99
The powerful and timely story of Peter Hain's political life fighting South African apartheid and modern-day corruption. Peter Hain has had a dramatic 50-year political career, in Britain and his native South Africa.
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The Enigma Story : The Truth Behind the 'Unbreakable' World War II Cipher€12.99
In 1926, the German navy began to send messages that were scrambled in a more random way, making them almost impossible to decipher.
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Operation Pedestal : The Fleet That Battled to Malta 1942€11.99
In August 1942, beleaguered Malta was within weeks of surrender to the Axis, because its 300,000 people could no longer be fed.