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Genghis Khan
The Man Who Conquered the World
2024 || Paperback || Frank McLynn || Vintage Publishing
Genghis Khan was by far the greatest conqueror the world has ever known, whose empire stretched from the Pacific Ocean to central Europe, including all of China, the Middle East and Russia. So how did an illiterate nomad rise to such colossal power, eclipsing Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar and Napoleon?
Danube
2024 || Paperback || Claudio Magris || Vintage Publishing
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY RICHARD FLANAGANIn this fascinating journey Claudio Magris, whose knowledge is encyclopaedic and whose curiosity limitless, guides his reader from the source of the Danube in the Bavarian hills through Austro-Hungary and the Balkans to the Black Sea.
A Rumor of War
2024 || Paperback || Philip Caputo || Vintage Publishing
In March 1965, Marine Lieutenant Philip J Caputo landed in Danang with the first ground combat unit committed to fight in Vietnam. Sixteen months later, having served on the line in one of modern history's ugliest wars, he returned home - physically whole, emotionally wasted, his youthful idealism shattered. This book tells his story.
Edda Mussolini
The Most Dangerous Woman in Europe
2024 || Paperback || Caroline Moorehead || Vintage Publishing
Dreaming the Karoo
A People Called the /Xam
2024 || Paperback || Julia Blackburn || Vintage Publishing
Revolusi
Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World
2024 || Paperback || David Van Reybrouck || Vintage Publishing
Amsterdam
A brief life of the city
2024 || Paperback || Geert Mak || Vintage Publishing
A magnet for trade and travellers from all over the world, stylish, cosmopolitan Amsterdam is a city of dreams and nightmares, of grand civic architecture and legendary beauty, but also of civil wars, bloody religious purges, and the tragedy of Anne Frank.
Being Human
How our biology shaped world history
2024 || Paperback || Lewis Dartnell || Vintage Publishing