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Columbine

par Dave Cullen ...

Ten years in the works, a masterpiece of reportage, this is the definitive account of the Columbine massacre, its aftermath, and its significance, from the acclaimed journalist who followed the story from the outset."The tragedies keep coming. As we reel from the latest horror ..."So begins a new epilogue, illustrating how Columbine became the template for nearly two decades of "spectacle murders. ... En savoir plus

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Ten years in the works, a masterpiece of reportage, this is the definitive account of the Columbine massacre, its aftermath, and its significance, from the acclaimed journalist who followed the story from the outset."The tragedies keep coming. As we reel from the latest horror ..."So begins a new epilogue, illustrating how Columbine became the template for nearly two decades of "spectacle murders.
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Tower of Basel

The Shadowy History of the Secret Bank that Runs the World

par Adam LeBor ...

A brilliant investigation into the most powerful institution you’ve never heard of.**“An absorbing and thorough examination.” —**ReutersThe Bank for International Settlements is the bank for central banks. It is one of the world’s most secretive—and most influential—global financial institutions.Created by the governors of the Bank of England and the Reichsbank in 1930 and protected by an ... En savoir plus

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A brilliant investigation into the most powerful institution you’ve never heard of.**“An absorbing and thorough examination.” —**ReutersThe Bank for International Settlements is the bank for central banks. It is one of the world’s most secretive—and most influential—global financial institutions.Created by the governors of the Bank of England and the Reichsbank in 1930 and protected by an
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Redwood

The Untold Story of the Cold War's Most Extraordinary Spy

par Ben Macintyre ...

From the bestselling author of The Spy and the Traitor comes the ultimate true-life Cold War thriller: the untold story of a Russian double agent with a desperate secret—and the key to stopping a nuclear apocalypse.“Ben Macintyre has a rare ability to turn history and espionage upside down and give us true, colorful stories that astound us as they draw us in. Redwood might be his best.”—John ... En savoir plus

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From the bestselling author of The Spy and the Traitor comes the ultimate true-life Cold War thriller: the untold story of a Russian double agent with a desperate secret—and the key to stopping a nuclear apocalypse.“Ben Macintyre has a rare ability to turn history and espionage upside down and give us true, colorful stories that astound us as they draw us in. Redwood might be his best.”—John
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Il coraggio delle donne

par Dacia Maraini, Chiara Valentini ...

Collections series Intersezioni
"Ci chiedevamo a che punto eravamo, che giudizio dare dei vecchi e dei nuovi movimenti femminili, quante delle nostre speranze si erano realizzate e quanto restava ancora da fare. In quelle discussioni su un punto ci trovavamo pienamente d’accordo, l’ammirazione per lo straordinario coraggio di donne di ogni tempo per l’affermazione di sé stesse e per i sacrifici compiuti nel cammino di ... En savoir plus

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"Ci chiedevamo a che punto eravamo, che giudizio dare dei vecchi e dei nuovi movimenti femminili, quante delle nostre speranze si erano realizzate e quanto restava ancora da fare. In quelle discussioni su un punto ci trovavamo pienamente d’accordo, l’ammirazione per lo straordinario coraggio di donne di ogni tempo per l’affermazione di sé stesse e per i sacrifici compiuti nel cammino di
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Prince Charles

The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life

par Sally Bedell Smith ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “masterly account” (The Wall Street Journal) of the life and loves of King Charles III, Britain’s first king since 1952, shedding light on the death of Diana, his marriage to Camilla, and his preparations to take the throneSally Bedell Smith returns once again to the British royal family to give us a new look at the man who was the oldest heir to the throne in more ... En savoir plus

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “masterly account” (The Wall Street Journal) of the life and loves of King Charles III, Britain’s first king since 1952, shedding light on the death of Diana, his marriage to Camilla, and his preparations to take the throneSally Bedell Smith returns once again to the British royal family to give us a new look at the man who was the oldest heir to the throne in more
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Operation Paperclip

The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America

par Annie Jacobsen ...

The fascinating story of America's secret post-WWII science programs, from the New York Times bestselling author of Area 51 and Biological War**.****“This book is a remarkable achievement of investigative reporting and historical writing.” ―**Boston GlobeIn the chaos following World War II, the U.S. government faced many ... ... En savoir plus

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The fascinating story of America's secret post-WWII science programs, from the New York Times bestselling author of Area 51 and Biological War**.****“This book is a remarkable achievement of investigative reporting and historical writing.” ―**Boston GlobeIn the chaos following World War II, the U.S. government faced many ...
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The Notebook

A History of Thinking on Paper

par Roland Allen ...

A Globe 100 Best Book of 2024 • A New Yorker Best Book of 2024 • A Kirkus Most Anticipated Book of Fall 2024The first history of the notebook, a simple invention that changed the way the world thinks.We see notebooks everywhere we go. But where did these indispensable implements come from? How did they revolutionize our lives? And how can using a notebook help change the way you think? In this ... En savoir plus

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A Globe 100 Best Book of 2024 • A New Yorker Best Book of 2024 • A Kirkus Most Anticipated Book of Fall 2024The first history of the notebook, a simple invention that changed the way the world thinks.We see notebooks everywhere we go. But where did these indispensable implements come from? How did they revolutionize our lives? And how can using a notebook help change the way you think? In this
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The Wounded Generation

Coming Home After World War II

par David Nasaw ...

From award-winning and bestselling author David Nasaw, a brilliant re-examination of post-World War II America that looks beyond the victory parades and into the veterans’—and nation’s—unhealed traumasIn its duration, geographical reach, and ferocity, World War II was unprecedented, and the effects on those who fought it and their loved ones at home, immeasurable. The heroism of the men and women ... En savoir plus

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From award-winning and bestselling author David Nasaw, a brilliant re-examination of post-World War II America that looks beyond the victory parades and into the veterans’—and nation’s—unhealed traumasIn its duration, geographical reach, and ferocity, World War II was unprecedented, and the effects on those who fought it and their loved ones at home, immeasurable. The heroism of the men and women
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The Finest Hotel in Kabul

A People's History of Afghanistan

par Lyse Doucet ...

**A NATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE 2026 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONWINNER OF THE 2026 RAKUTEN KOBO EMERGING WRITER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONA NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICEThe story of a hotel. The story of a nation.**When the Inter-Continental Kabul opened in 1969, Afghanistan’s first luxury hotel symbolised a dream of a modernising country connected to the world.More than fifty years on, the ... En savoir plus

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**A NATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE 2026 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONWINNER OF THE 2026 RAKUTEN KOBO EMERGING WRITER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONA NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICEThe story of a hotel. The story of a nation.**When the Inter-Continental Kabul opened in 1969, Afghanistan’s first luxury hotel symbolised a dream of a modernising country connected to the world.More than fifty years on, the
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King of Kings

The Iranian Revolution: A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation

par Scott Anderson ...

**Winner of the 2025 Kirkus Prize • Finalist for the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for History • Finalist for the 2025 National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction • Finalist for the Lionel Gelber Prize • A New York Times Notable Book of the Year • Named a Best Book of 2025 by Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Globe and Mail, and Vanity FairFrom the author of the acclaimed international bestseller ... En savoir plus

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**Winner of the 2025 Kirkus Prize • Finalist for the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for History • Finalist for the 2025 National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction • Finalist for the Lionel Gelber Prize • A New York Times Notable Book of the Year • Named a Best Book of 2025 by Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Globe and Mail, and Vanity FairFrom the author of the acclaimed international bestseller
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The Infernal Library

On Dictators, the Books They Wrote, and Other Catastrophes of Literacy

par Daniel Kalder ...

Named a Best Book of the Year by The Times and The Sunday Times"A mesmerizing study of books by despots great and small, from the familiar to the largely unknown."—The Washington PostA darkly humorous tour of "dictator literature" in the twentieth century, featuring the soul-killing prose and poetry of Hitler, Mao, and many more, which shows how books have sometimes shaped the world... ... En savoir plus

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Named a Best Book of the Year by The Times and The Sunday Times"A mesmerizing study of books by despots great and small, from the familiar to the largely unknown."—The Washington PostA darkly humorous tour of "dictator literature" in the twentieth century, featuring the soul-killing prose and poetry of Hitler, Mao, and many more, which shows how books have sometimes shaped the world...
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The Book-Makers

A History of the Book in Eighteen Lives

par Adam Smyth ...

An Economist Book of the YearA five-hundred-year history of printed books, told through the people who created them.**“Almost every page—almost every paragraph—fizzes with facts, allusions, speculations, tidbits of etymology and gems of historical interest.” —**Wall Street JournalBooks have transformed humankind, yet we know little about the individuals who brought... ... En savoir plus

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An Economist Book of the YearA five-hundred-year history of printed books, told through the people who created them.**“Almost every page—almost every paragraph—fizzes with facts, allusions, speculations, tidbits of etymology and gems of historical interest.” —**Wall Street JournalBooks have transformed humankind, yet we know little about the individuals who brought...
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The German War

A Nation Under Arms, 1939-1945

par Nicholas Stargardt ...

A groundbreaking history of what drove the Germans to fight -- and keep fighting -- for a lost cause in World War IIIn The German War, acclaimed historian Nicholas Stargardt draws on an extraordinary range of firsthand testimony -- personal diaries, court records, and military correspondence -- to explore how the German people experienced the Second World War.When war broke out in September 1939, ... En savoir plus

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A groundbreaking history of what drove the Germans to fight -- and keep fighting -- for a lost cause in World War IIIn The German War, acclaimed historian Nicholas Stargardt draws on an extraordinary range of firsthand testimony -- personal diaries, court records, and military correspondence -- to explore how the German people experienced the Second World War.When war broke out in September 1939,
... En savoir plus
India After Gandhi

The History of the World's Largest Democracy

par Ramachandra Guha ...

A definitive history of post-Partition India, now revised and updated with extensive new material."Guha has given India the rich, well-paced history it deserves." — Washington Post Book WorldTold in lucid and beautiful prose, the story of India's wild ride toward and since Independence is a riveting one. Taking full advantage of the dramatic details of the protests and conflicts that helped shape ... En savoir plus

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A definitive history of post-Partition India, now revised and updated with extensive new material."Guha has given India the rich, well-paced history it deserves." — Washington Post Book WorldTold in lucid and beautiful prose, the story of India's wild ride toward and since Independence is a riveting one. Taking full advantage of the dramatic details of the protests and conflicts that helped shape
... En savoir plus
A Certain Idea of France

The Life of Charles de Gaulle

par Julian Jackson ...

**The inspiration for the acclaimed 2026 film De Gaulle: Resistance**Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize for History, the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography, the American Library in Paris Award, the Franco-British Society Literary Prize and the Grand Prix de la Biographie Politique du Touquet'Masterly ... awesome reading ... an outstanding biography' Max Hastings, Sunday Times</... ... En savoir plus

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**The inspiration for the acclaimed 2026 film De Gaulle: Resistance**Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize for History, the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography, the American Library in Paris Award, the Franco-British Society Literary Prize and the Grand Prix de la Biographie Politique du Touquet'Masterly ... awesome reading ... an outstanding biography' Max Hastings, Sunday Times</...
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Papillon

par Henri Charriere ...

“A modern classic of courage and excitement.” —The New Yorker • The source for the iconic prison-escape film starring Steve McQueenHenri Charrière, nicknamed "Papillon," for the butterfly tattoo on his chest, was wrongfully convicted in Paris in 1931 of a murder he did not commit. Sentenced to life imprisonment in the brutal French Guiana penal colony, he became obsessed with one goal: escape. ... En savoir plus

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“A modern classic of courage and excitement.” —The New Yorker • The source for the iconic prison-escape film starring Steve McQueenHenri Charrière, nicknamed "Papillon," for the butterfly tattoo on his chest, was wrongfully convicted in Paris in 1931 of a murder he did not commit. Sentenced to life imprisonment in the brutal French Guiana penal colony, he became obsessed with one goal: escape.
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The JFK Conspiracy

The Secret Plot to Kill Kennedy—and Why It Failed

par Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch ...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FAR 2025From the New York Times bestselling authors of The Nazi Conspiracy and The Lincoln Conspiracy comes a true, little-known story about the first assassination attempt on John F. Kennedy, right before his inauguration.Kennedy, the thirty-fifth president o... ... En savoir plus

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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FAR 2025From the New York Times bestselling authors of The Nazi Conspiracy and The Lincoln Conspiracy comes a true, little-known story about the first assassination attempt on John F. Kennedy, right before his inauguration.Kennedy, the thirty-fifth president o...
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Frozen in Time

An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II

par Mitchell Zuckoff ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA gripping true story of survival, bravery, and honor in the vast Arctic wilderness during World War II, from Mitchell Zuckoff, the author of New York Times bestseller Lost in Shangri-LaOn November 5, 1942, a US cargo plane slammed into the Greenland Ice Cap. Four days later, the B-17 assigned to the search-and-rescue mission became lost in a blinding storm and also ... En savoir plus

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA gripping true story of survival, bravery, and honor in the vast Arctic wilderness during World War II, from Mitchell Zuckoff, the author of New York Times bestseller Lost in Shangri-LaOn November 5, 1942, a US cargo plane slammed into the Greenland Ice Cap. Four days later, the B-17 assigned to the search-and-rescue mission became lost in a blinding storm and also
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Red Dawn Over China

How Communism Conquered a Quarter of Humanity

par Frank Dikötter ...

A Financial Times and Foreign Policy Most Anticipated Book of 2026A Barnes & Noble Reads Best Book of February 2026From renowned, prize-winning historian Frank Dikötter, a commanding new history of China's path to Communism.The history of modern China has long been portrayed as a tale of Communists fighting in the hills for freedom, gradually gaining popular support by taking land ... ... En savoir plus

$24.69 CAD

A Financial Times and Foreign Policy Most Anticipated Book of 2026A Barnes & Noble Reads Best Book of February 2026From renowned, prize-winning historian Frank Dikötter, a commanding new history of China's path to Communism.The history of modern China has long been portrayed as a tale of Communists fighting in the hills for freedom, gradually gaining popular support by taking land ...
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The Spanish Civil War

A Very Short Introduction

par Helen Graham ...

Collections series Very Short Introductions
This Very Short Introduction offers a powerfully-written explanation of the war's complex origins and course, and explores its impact on a personal and international scale. It also provides an ethical reflection on the war in the context of Europe's tumultuous twentieth century, highlighting why it has inspired some of the greatest writers of our time, and how it continues to resonate today in ... En savoir plus

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This Very Short Introduction offers a powerfully-written explanation of the war's complex origins and course, and explores its impact on a personal and international scale. It also provides an ethical reflection on the war in the context of Europe's tumultuous twentieth century, highlighting why it has inspired some of the greatest writers of our time, and how it continues to resonate today in
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The Victorian House

Domestic Life from Childbirth to Deathbed

par Judith Flanders ...

The bestselling social history of Victorian domestic life, told through the letters, diaries, journals and novels of 19th-century men and women.Some images were unavailable for this electronic edition.The Victorian age is both recent and unimaginably distant. In the most prosperous and technologically advanced nation in the world, people carried slops up and down stairs; buried meat in fresh earth ... En savoir plus

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The bestselling social history of Victorian domestic life, told through the letters, diaries, journals and novels of 19th-century men and women.Some images were unavailable for this electronic edition.The Victorian age is both recent and unimaginably distant. In the most prosperous and technologically advanced nation in the world, people carried slops up and down stairs; buried meat in fresh earth
... En savoir plus
The Wizard and the Prophet

Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow's World

par Charles C. Mann ...

**From the bestselling, award-winning author of 1491 and 1493—an incisive portrait of the two little-known twentieth-century scientists, Norman Borlaug and William Vogt, whose diametrically opposed views shaped our ideas about the environment, laying the groundwork for how people in the twenty-first century will choose to live in tomorrow's world.In forty years, Earth's population will reach ten ... En savoir plus

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**From the bestselling, award-winning author of 1491 and 1493—an incisive portrait of the two little-known twentieth-century scientists, Norman Borlaug and William Vogt, whose diametrically opposed views shaped our ideas about the environment, laying the groundwork for how people in the twenty-first century will choose to live in tomorrow's world.In forty years, Earth's population will reach ten
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21 Lessons For The 21st Century

A Book By Yuval Noah Harari

par Francis Thomas ...

Collections Livre 1 - Francis Books
21 Lessons For The 21st Century By Yuval Noah HarariIn the book, "21 Lessons for the 21st Century, Yuval Noah Harari raises challenging questions about concepts that have become so enshrined in global society and the author shows how these concepts have failed us, particularly now that we need them the most. This book rattles the foundation of everything we have believed over the years and how ... En savoir plus

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21 Lessons For The 21st Century By Yuval Noah HarariIn the book, "21 Lessons for the 21st Century, Yuval Noah Harari raises challenging questions about concepts that have become so enshrined in global society and the author shows how these concepts have failed us, particularly now that we need them the most. This book rattles the foundation of everything we have believed over the years and how
... En savoir plus
SNAFU

The Definitive Guide to History's Greatest Screwups

par Ed Helms ...

**A New York Times BestsellerFrom actor, comedian, writer, and host of the hit history podcast SNAFU, Ed Helms brings you an absurdly entertaining look at history’s biggest blunders, complete with lively illustrations.**History contains a plethora of insane screwups—otherwise known as SNAFUs. Coined during World War I, SNAFU is an acronym that stands for Situation Normal: All F*cked Up. In other ... En savoir plus

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**A New York Times BestsellerFrom actor, comedian, writer, and host of the hit history podcast SNAFU, Ed Helms brings you an absurdly entertaining look at history’s biggest blunders, complete with lively illustrations.**History contains a plethora of insane screwups—otherwise known as SNAFUs. Coined during World War I, SNAFU is an acronym that stands for Situation Normal: All F*cked Up. In other
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