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1	A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East more books like this by David Fromkin add to wishlist This history charts the post-World War I efforts by the Allies to deal with the fall of the Ottoman Empire, and how decisions made then influenced the region's history and geopolitics for the rest of the century (and beyond). These efforts included creating new states and entities, including what was to become Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and, later, ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £12.32! \| first editions
2	The charm school more books like this by Nelson DeMille add to wishlist An American tourist unwittingly picks up an escaped prisoner of war on the road in Russia and gets caught in an international spy web. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.57! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Anna Karenina more books like this by Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Count add to wishlist Tolstoy's great novel, one of his last works of fiction, tells the story of a harmless flirtation that gradually develops into a destructive passion: the love affair between Anna Karenina and Count Vronsky. Anna turns to Vronsky, a dashing military man, as a refuge from her passionless marriage to a pompous, chilly bureaucrat--a move that results ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.58! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis more books like this by Robert F Kennedy add to wishlist This volume presents Senator Robert F. Kennedy's perspective on the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962, 13 days during which the world seemed on the brink of nuclear war. Kennedy was U.S. Attorney General at the time, which gave him a firsthand perspective on his brother's negotiations with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. see all copies from £5.26! new only from £8.46! \| first editions
5	The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation more books like this by Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn add to wishlist Solzhenitsyn's gripping epic masterpiece, the searing record of four decades of Soviet terror and oppression, in one abridged volume, authorized by the author see all copies from £4.95! new only from £9.65! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Last of the Breed more books like this by Louis L'Amour add to wishlist In this thriller, a Native American Air Force pilot must rely on his wits and survival skills after escaping from a Russian prison as he begins a long, lonely trek across the Bering Strait to freedom in the U.S. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £6.60! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	War & Peace more books like this by Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Count add to wishlist Leo Tolstoy's WAR AND PEACE is an epic war novel, an exploration of family ties, and a manifesto of Tolstoy's beliefs. Against the background of Napoleon's invasion of Russia in the early 1800s, WAR AND PEACE spans the social spectrum, depicting three families--their love affairs, intellectual struggles, and personal conflicts--and the cataclysmic ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.55! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Peter the Great more books like this by Robert K Massie add to wishlist "Enthralling . . . As fascinating as any novel and more so than most." The New York Times Book Review The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Bestseller by the author of DREADNOUGHT. Against the monumental canvas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe and Russia unfolds the magnificent story of Peter the Great, one of the most extraordinary rulers in ... see all copies from £4.94! new only from £7.70! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich more books like this by Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn add to wishlist In this, the only English translation authorised by Aleksandr Solzhenitzyn, ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH stands as a classic of contemporary literature. It is an unforgettable portrait of the world of Stalin's forced work camps, and remains one of the most extraordinary literary documents of its time. It confirmed Solzhenitzyn's stature ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £3.07! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Brothers Karamazov more books like this by Fyodor M Dostoevsky add to wishlist THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV states and exemplifies Dostoevsky's most urgent concerns as a writer: the struggle between faith and the lack of it, the nature of love and hate, the question of God's existence, and generational conflict. The latter is represented in his novel by the father, Fyodor Karamazov, and his four very different sons: the saintly ... see all copies from £1.70! new only from £6.11! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	The Sword and the Shield: The Mitrokhin Archive and the Secret History of the KGB more books like this by Christopher Andrew, Vasili Mitrokhin add to wishlist This book is based on secret documents (reportedly about 6 trunks' worth) which were smuggled out of Russia by Vasili Mitrokhin, who worked in the KGB archive. Historian and intelligence expert Christopher Andrew tells of Mitrokhin's disenchantment with the KGB and his effort to to build his own secret archive of information, which he smuggled out ... see all copies from £3.08! new only from £7.82! \| first editions
12 view cover	The Thirteenth Tribe more books like this by Arthur Koestler add to wishlist This book traces the history of the ancient Khazar Empire, a major but almost forgotten power in Eastern Europe, which in the Dark Ages converted to Judaism. Khazaria was finally wiped out by the forces of Ghengis Khan, but evidence indicates that the Khazars themselves migrated to Poland and formed the cradle of Western Jewry. see all copies from £9.13! new only from £9.85! \| first editions
13 view cover	Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis more books like this by Graham T Allison add to wishlist One of the most influental political science works written in the post World War II era, the original edition of Essence of Decision is a unique and fascinating examination of the pivotal event of the cold Cold War. Not simply revised, but completely re-written, the Second Edition of this classic text is a fresh reinterpretation of the theories ... see all copies from £1.97! new only from £14.43! \| first editions
14 view cover	Vampire Armand more books like this by Anne Rice add to wishlist "The Vampire Chronicles" continue. With the body of Lestat lying comatose nearby, 500-year-old Armand, first introduced in "Interview with the Vampire", tells the story of his life: his childhood in Istanbul, his enslavement, both sexual and vampiric, to the ancient vampire Marius, and his devotion to his non-vampire children. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £3.72! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Fathers & Sons more books like this by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev add to wishlist Considered by many to be Turgenev's best novel, FATHERS AND SONS is an unsentimental depiction of the conflict between the radical young and their conservative elders. The hostile reception of this controversial story led Turgenev to leave Russia permanently and settle in Western Europe. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.57! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia more books like this by Peter Hopkirk add to wishlist IN see all copies from £7.43! new only from £11.05!
17 view cover	Doctor Zhivago more books like this by Boris Leonidovich Pasternak add to wishlist The publication of DOCTOR ZHIVAGO was surrounded by great controversy. Pasternak's manuscript received a cool reception from Soviet publishers in Moscow, and the author, despairing of ever seeing the book in print, had a copy of the manuscript submitted to an Italian publisher. As a result, the first publication of the book was in Italy in 1956. ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £3.67! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Darkness at noon more books like this by Arthur Koestler add to wishlist N. S. Rubashov, an old guard Communist, falls victim to an unnamed government; with outstanding psychological insight, Koestler traces his story through arrest, imprisonment and trail in a classic novel which, when first published, famously drew attention to the nature of Stalin's regime. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £6.33! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Journey Into the Whirlwind more books like this by Eugenia Semyonovna Ginzburg, P Stevenson (Translator), Max Hayward (Translator) add to wishlist Both witness to and victim of Stalin's reign of terror, a courageous woman tells the full story of her harrowing eighteen-year odyssey through Russia's prisons and labor camps. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £5.57! \| first editions
20 view cover	The Russian Revolution more books like this by Sheila Fitzpatrick add to wishlist The Russian Revolution had a decisive impact on the history of the twentieth century. Now, following the collapse of the Soviet regime and the opening of its archives, it is possible to step back and see the full picture. In this classic work, the author incorporates data from archives that were previously inaccessible not only to Western but also ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £7.44! \| first editions
21 view cover	We the Living more books like this by Ayn Rand add to wishlist A philosophical novel from Russian-born Ayn Rand, who was known for her belief in the concept of "enlightened self-interest." It portrays the impact of the Russian Revolution on three human beings who demand the right to live their own lives and pursue their own happiness. see all copies from £4.95! new only from £6.38! \| first editions
22 view cover	Nicholas & Alexandra. more books like this by Robert K. Massie add to wishlist Nicholas & Alexandra is the internationally famous biography from Pulitzer prize-winner Robert Massie. Massie shows conclusively how the personal curse of the young heir's haemophilia, and the decisive influence it brought Rasputin, became fatally linked with the collapse of Imperial Russia. As an engrossing account of one of the century's most ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £4.96! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	States and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of France, Russia and China more books like this by Professor Theda Skocpol add to wishlist State structures, international forces, and class relations: Theda Skocpol shows how all three combine to explain the origins and accomplishments of social-revolutionary transformations. From France in the 1790s to Vietnam in the 1970s, social revolutions have been rare but undeniably of enormous importance in modern world history. States and ... see all copies from £11.29! new only from £21.05! \| first editions
24 view cover	Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire more books like this by David Remnick add to wishlist This work is a narrative of the most momentous event in the post-war world - the end of communism and the subsequent break-up of the Soviet Union. Seen, in some aspects, as a battle between good (personified by Sakharer) and evil (in the form of the Communist Party), the author breathes life into Gorbachev and Yeltsin who are seen as Carylean ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £6.19! \| first editions
25 view cover	Fixer more books like this by Professor Bernard Malamud add to wishlist Malamud's novel is based on the case of a Jewish worker in Russia who is accused of murder, and his subsequent treatment at the hands of the law and the public. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.70! \| first editions

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