Biographies

Robespierre: The Man Who Divides Us the Most

Maximilien Robespierre (1758–1794) is arguably the most controversial and contradictory figure of th...

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€33.60

Man Who Understood Democracy: The Life of Alexis de Tocqueville

In 1831, at the age of twenty-five, Alexis de Tocqueville made his fateful journey to America, where...

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€33.60

Dante

For all that has been written about the author of the Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) rem...

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Brezhnev: The Making of a Statesman

Leonid Brezhnev was leader of the Soviet Union for eighteen years, a term of leadership second only...

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The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power

A biography of venture capitalist and entrepreneur Peter Thiel, the enigmatic, controversial and hug...

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€31.40

A Dominant Character: The Radical Science and Restless Politics of J.B.S. Haldane

The bold and brilliant biography of maverick British scientist J.B.S. Haldane, one of the twentieth-...

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An Event, Perhaps: A Biography of Jacques Derrida

Philosopher, film star, father of “post truth”—the real story of Jacques Derrida Who is Jacqu...

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Cubed: The Puzzle of Us All, The Story of the World's Most Iconic Puzzle and Its Creator

Erno Rubik – the inventor of the Rubik’s Cube – inspires us with what he’s learned in a lifetime of...

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That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea

‘Engaging and insightful.’ REED HASTINGS, CEO of Netflix‘Charming, fascinating and very funny. Marc...

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How I Learned to Understand the World

BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEKThe moving, playful memoir of Hans Rosling – Swedish statistics mastermi...

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The Glory and the Sorrow: A Parisian and His World in the Age of the French Revolution

An intimate history of an ordinary Parisian citizen and his neighbors that reflects on the origins a...

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Hearing Beethoven: A Story of Musical Loss and Discovery

Wallace demystifies the narratives of Beethoven’s approach to his hearing loss and instead explores...

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The Young H.G. Wells: Changing the World

A fascinating journey into the life of H.G. Wells, from one of Britain's best biographersHow did the...

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The Light of Italy: The Life and Times of Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino

'A fascinating account of the patrons and artists behind the creation of one of Italy's hidden treas...

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Becoming Hitler: The Making of a Nazi

The fateful story of Adolf Hitler's transformation from awkward, feckless loner to lethal, charismat...

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