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A thrilling new history of the disastrous years of indecision, failed diplomacy and parliamentary infighting that enabled Hitler...

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A Treacherous Paradise sees Henning Mankell turn his talents for writing gripping thrillers to a world where power and...

Marital troubles? Sick of life? Suicide the answer? Why not get yourself a contract killer?
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Venice, 1522. Intelligence arrives from the east confirming Europe's greatest fear: the vastly rich Ottoman Sultan has all he...

In his first novel, Werner Herzog tells a hypnotic tale inspired by the true story of a Japanese soldier who defended a small...

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Fred Daniels, a black man, is randomly picked up by the police after a brutal murder in a Chicago suburb. Taken to the local...

Discover an exhilarating novel about power and corruption set in a nation trapped in a cycle as old as time.

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An edge-of-your seat Harry Hole page-turner you won't be able to put down.
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Celebrating the finest works of the Harlem Renaissance, one of the most important Black arts movements in modern history.

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