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Kennan: A Life Between Worlds
A Spectator Book of the Year   The diplomat and historian George F. Kennan (1904–2005) ranks a...
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€26.20
Hölderlin’s Madness: Chronicle of a Dwelling Life, 1806–1843
One of Europe’s greatest living philosophers, Giorgio Agamben, analyzes the life and work of one of...
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€19.90
Tales from the Heart: True Stories from my Childhood (Penguin Archive)
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books   ‘I walked in a daze of illusions toward...
€8.00
Francis of Assisi: The Life of a Restless Saint
An award-winning historian reconstructs the life of Francis of Assisi, uncovering the man behind the...
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Abraham: The First Jew
The story of Abraham, the first Jew, portrayed as two lives lived by one person, paralleling the con...
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Josephine Baker's Secret War: The African American Star Who Fought for France and Freedom
The full story of Josephine Baker’s wartime and intelligence work in France and North Africa Before...
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Major Corrections: An Intellectual Biography of Sebastiano Timpanaro
A trenchant analysis of the thought of Sebastiano Timpanaro, one of the most original leftist thinke...
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Sophocles: A Very Short Introduction
This Very Short Introduction introduces the life, work, and influence of one of the greatest dramati...
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Leonardo da Vinci: An Untraceable Life
Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) never signed a painting, and none of his supposed self-portraits can b...
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The Grammar of Angels: A Search for the Magical Powers of Language in Renaissance Italy
Does there exist a form of speech so powerful as to allow the speaker to control the listener, takin...
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€31.40
Marcel Proust: A Very Short Introduction
100 years after Proust's death, In Search of Lost Time remains one of the greatest works in World Li...
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George Berkeley: A Philosophical Life
In George Berkeley: A Philosophical Life, Tom Jones provides a comprehensive account of the life and...
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Maria Theresa: Empress: The Making of the Austrian Enlightenment
A major new biography of Maria Theresa, the formidable Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa was the single...
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€31.40
The House by the Lake
SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2015LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2016A RADIO 4 BOOK OF...
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Julian: Rome's Last Pagan Emperor
The tragic life of Julian, the last non-Christian emperor of Rome, by award-winning author Philip Fr...
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€13.60

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