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Albert O. Hirschman: An Intellectual Biography

Albert O. Hirschman: An Intellectual Biography

One of the most original social scientists of the twentieth century, Albert O. Hirschman led an unco...
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Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX

Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX

The dramatic inside story of the first four historic flights that launched SpaceX—and Elon Musk—from...
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The Black Circle: A Life of Alexandre Kojeve

The Black Circle: A Life of Alexandre Kojeve

Alexandre Kojève (1902–1968) was an important and provocative thinker. Born in Russia, he spent most...
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Priests de la Resistance!: The Loose Canons Who Fought Fascism in the Twentieth Century

Priests de la Resistance!: The Loose Canons Who Fought Fascism in the Twentieth Century

A hugely enjoyable, eccentric account of clerical heroism in the face of evil.' Observer‘Comedy and...
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The Splendid and the Vile: Churchill, Family and Defiance During the Bombing of London

The Splendid and the Vile: Churchill, Family and Defiance During the Bombing of London

‘Every time Churchill took to the airwaves it was as if he were injecting adrenaline-soaked courage...
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Michelangelo, God's Architect: The Story of His Final Years and Greatest Masterpiece

Michelangelo, God's Architect: The Story of His Final Years and Greatest Masterpiece

As he entered his seventies, Michelangelo despaired that his productive years were over. Anguished b...
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Living I Was Your Plague: Martin Luther's World and Legacy

Living I Was Your Plague: Martin Luther's World and Legacy

Martin Luther was a controversial figure during his lifetime, eliciting strong emotions in friends a...
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Karl Barth: A Life in Conflict

Karl Barth: A Life in Conflict

From the beginning of his career, Swiss theologian Karl Barth (1886-1968) was often in conflict with...
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Reflections of Alan Turing: A Relative Story

Reflections of Alan Turing: A Relative Story

Everyone knows the story of the codebreaker and computer science pioneer Alan Turing. Except … Whe...
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The Prosecutor: One Man's Pursuit of Justice for the Voiceless

The Prosecutor: One Man's Pursuit of Justice for the Voiceless

The outsider who transformed our justice systemNazir Afzal knows a thing or two about justice. As a...
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Ibsen's Kingdom: The Man and His Works

Ibsen's Kingdom: The Man and His Works

A major biography of one of the most important figures in modern drama, evoked through a biographica...
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Venizelos: The Making of a Greek Statesman 1864-1914

Venizelos: The Making of a Greek Statesman 1864-1914

Eleftherios Venizelos (1864–1936) was the outstanding Greek statesman of the first half of the twent...
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Gifted Greek: The Enigma of Andreas Papandreou

Gifted Greek: The Enigma of Andreas Papandreou

Gifted Greek is a reflection on twentieth-century Greek history and politics, as well as a character...
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Keats: A Brief Life in Nine Poems and One Epitaph

Keats: A Brief Life in Nine Poems and One Epitaph

*A BOOK TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN 2021 IN THE TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, DAILY MAIL, SUNDAY TIMES AND GUARD...
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The Comrade from Milan

The Comrade from Milan

A striking account of the European Left in the twentieth century by one of its main protagonists...
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