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The Gulag Archipelago Volume II

The Gulag Archipelago Volume 1

Six Gentlemen, One Goal: the Destruction of Hitler’s War Machine In  the spring of 1939, a top-secret organization was founded in London:  its purpose was to plot the destruction of Hitler’s war machine, through  spectacular acts of sabotage. The guerrilla campaign that  followed was every bit as extraordinary as the six men who directed it.  One of them, Cecil Clarke, was...

"Roberts's populist approach makes  for a rollicking good read and never comes at the expense of accuracy.  His mastery of the huge variety of subjects is truly impressive and his  ability to marshal these subjects into a single compelling narrative  stunning." — The Daily Telegraph Hailed by The Economist as “Britain’s finest military historian” for bestsellers such as Masters...

For 18 years, Bruce Bueno de  Mesquita and Alastair Smith have been revolutionizing the study of  politics by turning conventional wisdom on its head. They start from a  single assertion: Leaders do whatever keeps them in power. They don't  care about the "national interest" - or even their subjects - unless  they have to. This clever and accessible book shows that the dif...

A paradigm-shifting book from an acclaimed Harvard Medical School scientist and one of Time ’s most influential people. It’s  a seemingly undeniable truth that aging is inevitable. But what if  everything we’ve been taught to believe about aging is wrong? What if we  could choose our lifespan? In this groundbreaking book, Dr.  David Sinclair, leading world authority on genetics...

This Pulitzer Prize-winning  history of World War II chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of the  Japanese empire, from the invasion of Manchuria and China to the atomic  bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Told from the Japanese perspective, The Rising Sun is, in the author's words, "a factual saga of people caught up in the  flood of the most overwhelming war of mankind, told...

An authoritative account of five thousand years of Chinese history Many  nations define themselves in terms of territory or people; China  defines itself in terms of history. Taking into account the country's  unrivaled, voluminous tradition of history writing, John Keay has  composed a vital and illuminating overview of the nation's complex and  vivid past. Keay's authori...

Seveneves

The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the acclaimed author of The Storm of War —winner of the LA Times Book prize, finalist for the Plutarch prize, winner of the Fondation Napoleon prize and a New York Times bestseller “A thrilling tale of military and political genius… Roberts is an uncommonly gifted writer.” – The Washington Post Austerlitz,  Borodino, Waterloo: his bat...

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A 50th-anniversary Deluxe Edition of the incomparable 20th-century  masterpiece of satire and fantasy, in a newly revised version of the  acclaimed Pevear and Volokhonsky translation   Nothing in the whole of literature compares with  The Master and Margarita . One  spring afternoon, the Devil, trailing fire and chaos in his wake,  weaves himself out of the shado...

This book is the culmination of  more than three decades of meticulous historiographic research on Nazi  Germany by one of the period's most distinguished historians. The volume  brings together the most important and influential aspects of Ian  Kershaw's research on the Holocaust for the first time. The writings are  arranged in three sections - Hitler and the Final Solut...

Josef Stalin exercised supreme power in the Soviet Union from 1929  until his death in 1953. During that quarter century, by Oleg  Khlevniuk's estimate, he caused the imprisonment and execution of no  fewer than a million Soviet citizens per year. Millions more were  victims of famine directly resulting from Stalin's policies. What drove  him toward such ruthlessness? This...

A magnificent new biography that revolutionizes our understanding of Stalin and his world The product of a decade of intrepid research, Stalin is a landmark achievement. Stephen Kotkin offers a biography that, at  long last, is equal to this shrewd, sociopathic, charismatic dictator in  all his dimensions. We see a man inclined to despotism who could be  utterly charming; a pragmati...

After interviewing 50 of the world's greatest financial minds and penning the number-one New York Times best seller Money: Master the Game ,  Tony Robbins returns with a step-by-step playbook, taking you on a  journey to transform your financial life and accelerate your path to  financial freedom. No matter your salary, your stage of life, or when  you started, this book will p...

In his first book in two decades, Anthony Robbins turns to the topic  that vexes us all: How to secure financial freedom for ourselves and for  our families. “If there were a Pulitzer Prize for investment books,  this one would win, hands down” ( Forbes ). Tony Robbins  is one of the most revered writers and thinkers of our time. People  from all over the world—from the di...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In a chronicle that  captures nearly two thousand years of inspiration and intrigue, John  Julius Norwich recounts in riveting detail the histories of the most  significant popes and what they meant politically, culturally, and  socially to Rome and to the world. Norwich presents such popes as  Innocent I, who in the fifth century successfully neg...

A galaxy of legendary figures from the annals of Western history In this enlightening and entertaining work, Paul Johnson, the bestselling author of Intellectuals and Creators ,  approaches the subject of heroism with stirring examples of men and  women from every age, walk of life, and corner of the planet who have  inspired and transformed not only their own cultures but the entir...

Robert Cialdini-Instant Influence

The most authoritative life of the Chinese leader every written, Mao: The Unknown Story is  based on a decade of research, and on interviews with many of Mao’s  close circle in China who have never talked before — and with virtually  everyone outside China who had significant dealings with him. It is full  of startling revelations, exploding the myth of the Long March, and &nbs...

Victor Sebestyen's riveting biography of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin—the first  major biography in English in nearly two decades—is not only a  political examination of one of the most important historical figures of  the twentieth century but also a fascinating portrait of Lenin the man. Brought  up in comfort and with a passion for hunting and fishing, chess, and  the English...