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Putin's Mercenaries, 2013–24: The Wagner Group and other Russian PMCs

This illustrated study tells the story of the Russian mercenary force led by business tycoon Yevgeny...

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€18.20

The Shortest History of Turkey

‘Nuanced, coherent and richly detailed… both illuminating for the lay reader and indispensable for s...

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€19.80

For the Sun After Long Nights: Survival and Sisterhood Inside Iran's Fight for Freedom

***LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION******A 2026 ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICA...

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€16.40

The Capitalist Era: The Making—and Unmaking—of the Global Mind

In The Capitalist Era, leading global historian Jeremy Adelman puts the world’s current unwind...

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€36.70

Prisoners of Empire: How Former Colonies Were Set Up to Fail

Why do some former colonies fail, staggering from crisis to crisis, while others recover? Why did so...

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€25.00

Slaving States: From West Africa to the Ancient Mediterranean

The growing economies of ancient Greece and Rome created an ever-increasing demand for enslaved labo...

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€41.90

The Last Animal: Human History and the Fate of Life on Earth from the Ice Age to the Sixth Extinction

Humans are a force of nature like no other animal on the planet. For thousands of years, we have rad...

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€41.90

Worlds Unfolding: Science on the Page

Humans are seekers, forever striving to make sense of the multiple worlds in which they live:...

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€68.20

Cleopatra: A Woman of Power

Cleopatra: A Woman of Power is a major new biography of one of history’s most misunderstood figures....

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€29.40

Fatal Monsters: Cleopatra, Her Sister Queens and the Downfall of a Dynasty

‘Fascinating, brilliantly researched, this sweeping, wonderful book brings Cleopatra and her sister...

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€18.90

Plebs Romana: The Untold Story of the Real People Who Built an Empire

‘A deftly written, colourful little tour of plebeian Rome‘ Dan Jones, Sunday Times The untold story...

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€14.80

Numbers Tell Stories: How Data Can Reveal the Surprising Truths about Our World

From the internationally bestselling author, a revealing look at the surprising numbers that uncover...

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€21.40

Mathematics in Ancient Greece

A study of the problems, principles, and procedures that mathematics has inherited from antiquity, t...

€15.00

Donbas 2014–15: Undeclared and Uncivil War in Ukraine

Leading expert Mark Galeotti explores the undeclared war in the Donbas in 2014, illuminating the lon...

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€21.40

Constantinople to Istanbul: One City, Two Empires

For nearly 2,000 years Istanbul has been one of Europe's greatest cities. Under its former name, Con...

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€50.40

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