Biographies

The Hong Kong Diaries

The diaries of the last British Governor of Hong Kong, published on the 25th anniversary of the hand...

€43.30 -10%

€39.00

Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An “outstanding new intellectual biography of John Maynard Keynes [that...

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€20.80

The Incomparable Monsignor: Francesco Bianchini's World of Science, History, and Court Intrigue

Through Francesco Bianchini, the 'greatest Italian of his time' this book explores the exciting meet...

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€26.00

To Live Is to Resist: The Life of Antonio Gramsci

This in-depth biography of Italian intellectual Antonio Gramsci casts new light on his life and writ...

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€33.50

Xi Jinping: A Study in Power

'Kerry Brown's Xi is the perfect primer for understanding Xi Jinping's status as China's greatest ru...

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€14.30

Stalin: Passage to Revolution

Honorable Mention for the Wayne S. Vucinich Book Prize, ASEEES Winner of the Deutscher Memorial P...

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€28.30

Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes

A coruscating portrait of Britain’s greatest imperialist The modern Churchill cult is out of...

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€32.50

Super-infinite: The Transformations of John Donne

John Donne lived myriad lives. Sometime religious outsider and social disaster, sometime celebri...

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€22.00

Looking for Theophrastus: Travels in Search of a Lost Philosopher

Who is Theophrastus, and why should we care? Once, he was the equal of Plato and Aristotle. Togethe...

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€22.00

Rossetti: His Life and Works

Evelyn Waugh's first book: a portrait of one of the greatest artists of the nienteenth century, from...

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€14.30

Adventurer: The Life and Times of Giacomo Casanova

A fast-paced narrative about the world-famous libertine Giacomo Casanova, from celebrated biographer...

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€30.40

Life of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola. Oration

The Oration by philosopher Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463–1494), to which later editors added t...

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€33.00

Ludwig van Beethoven: A Very Short Introduction

Proposes a new way of listening to Beethoven by understanding his music as an expression of his enti...

€11.00

Louis-Ferdinand Celine: Journeys to the Extreme

Louis-Ferdinand Céline was one of the most innovative novelists of the twentieth century, and his in...

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€34.80

Freedom from Violence and Lies: Anton Chekhov's Life and Writings

Anton Chekhov’s stories and plays endure as outstanding modern literary works, and his life was no l...

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€32.20

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