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2004
Gulag
By Anne Applebaum
Paperback
Published 29-Apr-2004
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Reveals one of the greatest horrors of the 20th century: the system of Soviet camps that are responsible for the deaths of countless millions. This work presents history of the camp: from its origins under the tsars, to its colossal expansion under Stalin's reign of terror, its zenith in the late 1940s and eventual collapse in the era of glasnost.
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John Clare
By Jonathan Bate
Paperback
Published 18-Jun-2004
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The definitive biography of John Clare -- the poet's poet -- from Jonathan Bate
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Short History of Nearly Everything
By Bill Bryson
Paperback
Published 01-Jun-2004
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Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely in his own study at home, he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. This book is his quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization.
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Zanzibar Chest
By Aidan Hartley
Paperback
Published 28-Feb-2004
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A deeply affecting memoir of a childhood in Africa and the continent's horrendous wars, which Hartley witnessed at first hand as a journalist in the 1990s. Shortlisted for the prestigious Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction, this is a masterpiece of autobiographical journalism.
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Rubicon
By Tom Holland
Paperback
Published 10-Jun-2004
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'Rubicon' is a narrative history which provides bloody and labyrinthine political intrigue and struggle, oratory and amazing feats of conquest and cruelty.
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