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A Man Called Intrepid: The Incredible WWII Narrative of the Hero
- £15.00
- A classic about real-life WWII espionage, as conducted by its modern master. A Man Called Intrepid is the classic true story of Sir William Stephenson (codenamed Intrepid) and the spy network he founded that would ultimately stall the Nazi war machine and help win World War II. Ian Fleming, bestselling…
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A Small Town in Germany
- £40.00
- West Germany in the 1960s is a simmering cauldron of radical protests. Amid the turmoil Leo Harting, a Second Secretary in the British Embassy, has gone missing - along with more than forty Confidential embassy files. Alan Turner of the Foreign Office must travel to Bonn to recover them. As…
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A Voice from the Chorus
- £30.00
- Sinyavsky was a literary critic for Novy Mir and wrote works critical of Soviet society under the pseudonym Abram Tertz (_____ ____) published in the West to avoid censorship in the Soviet Union. Sinyavsky and Yuli Daniel were convicted of Anti-Soviet agitation in a show trial, becoming the first Soviet…
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Abyss: The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- A Times History Book of the Year 2022 From the #1 bestselling historian Max Hastings Ôthe heart-stopping story of the missile crisisÕ Daily Telegraph The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis was the most perilous event in history, when mankind faced a looming nuclear collision between the United States and Soviet Union.…
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Alone Together
- £20.00
- The author has become almost as well known as her husband, Andrei Sakharov. In her memoir she relates "what has happened in the last three years" to the two of them. The book is mostly about Bonner. It tells of her trials at the hands of the KGB (she must…
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Animal Farm
- £40.00
- Orwell's famous novel which is regarded in the literary field as one of the most famous satirical allegories of Soviet totalitarianism. Orwell based the book on events up to and during Joseph Stalin's regime. Orwell, a democratic socialist, and a member of the Independent Labour Party for many years, was…
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Benjamin Britten and Russia (Aldeburgh Studies in Music, 11)
- £50.00
- Explores Benjamin Britten's deeply-felt cultural affinity with Russia and influences on the 'Russian' Britten. This book explores Benjamin Britten's creative relationship with Russia throughout his life by examining his engagement with Russian composers, musicians and writers in the context of twentieth-century politics. The remarkable relationship between Britten and Shostakovich is…
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Berlin Game (I in Game, Set and Match)
- £10.00
- When a valuable agent behind the Iron Curtain signals he wants out, it's up to Bernard Samson, once active in the field but now anchored to a London desk, to undertake the crucial rescue. But soon, Samson is confronted with evidence that there is a traitor among his colleagues. And…
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Berlin in the Cold War: 1959 to 1966
- £16.00
- With nearly 200 unique images photographed on the streets of Berlin by the author between 1959 and 1966, Berlin in the Cold War depicts a city which demonstrated the conflict between East and West at that time like no other. The photographs throw into focus the situation existing both before…
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Black Dogs
- £35.00
- the story of an established political commentator taking stock of his life -- set against the backdrop of the fall of communism and the breaching of the Berlin Wall. In 1946, June and Bernard set off on their honeymoon. Fired by their ideals and passion for one another, they had…
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Black Dogs
- £30.00
- the story of an established political commentator taking stock of his life -- set against the backdrop of the fall of communism and the breaching of the Berlin Wall. In 1946, June and Bernard set off on their honeymoon. Fired by their ideals and passion for one another, they had…
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Black Dogs (SIGNED)
- £60.00
- the story of an established political commentator taking stock of his life -- set against the backdrop of the fall of communism and the breaching of the Berlin Wall. In 1946, June and Bernard set off on their honeymoon. Fired by their ideals and passion for one another, they had…
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BRIXMIS: The Last Cold War Mission
- £12.00
- BRIXMIS (British Commander-in-ChiefÕs Mission to the Group Soviet Forces of Occupation in Germany) is one of the most covert elite units of the British Army. They were dropped in behind Ôenemy linesÕ ten months after the Second World War had ended and continued with their intelligence-gathering missions until the fall…
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Charity (III in Faith, Hope and Charity)
- £15.00
- With the Cold War drawing to a close in the East, Bernard Samson is still haunted by the events that have turned his life upside down over the last ten years. But when he takes a train from Moscow to Berlin, he stumbles across a clue that may lead him…
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DDR!
- £15.00
- A travel guide to a country that no longer exists, the Ddr. What could be more useful than that? Find out where and what you should have been drinking in Thringen and East Berlin almost thirty years ago.
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A Man Called Intrepid: The Incredible WWII Narrative of the Hero
- £15.00
- A classic about real-life WWII espionage, as conducted by its modern master. A Man Called Intrepid is the classic true story of Sir William Stephenson (codenamed Intrepid) and the spy network he founded that would ultimately stall the Nazi war machine and help win World War II. Ian Fleming, bestselling…
- Add to basket
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A Small Town in Germany
- £40.00
- West Germany in the 1960s is a simmering cauldron of radical protests. Amid the turmoil Leo Harting, a Second Secretary in the British Embassy, has gone missing - along with more than forty Confidential embassy files. Alan Turner of the Foreign Office must travel to Bonn to recover them. As…
- Add to basket
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A Voice from the Chorus
- £30.00
- Sinyavsky was a literary critic for Novy Mir and wrote works critical of Soviet society under the pseudonym Abram Tertz (_____ ____) published in the West to avoid censorship in the Soviet Union. Sinyavsky and Yuli Daniel were convicted of Anti-Soviet agitation in a show trial, becoming the first Soviet…
- Add to basket
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Abyss: The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- A Times History Book of the Year 2022 From the #1 bestselling historian Max Hastings Ôthe heart-stopping story of the missile crisisÕ Daily Telegraph The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis was the most perilous event in history, when mankind faced a looming nuclear collision between the United States and Soviet Union.…
- Add to basket
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Alone Together
- £20.00
- The author has become almost as well known as her husband, Andrei Sakharov. In her memoir she relates "what has happened in the last three years" to the two of them. The book is mostly about Bonner. It tells of her trials at the hands of the KGB (she must…
- Add to basket
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Animal Farm
- £40.00
- Orwell's famous novel which is regarded in the literary field as one of the most famous satirical allegories of Soviet totalitarianism. Orwell based the book on events up to and during Joseph Stalin's regime. Orwell, a democratic socialist, and a member of the Independent Labour Party for many years, was…
- Add to basket
-
Benjamin Britten and Russia (Aldeburgh Studies in Music, 11)
- £50.00
- Explores Benjamin Britten's deeply-felt cultural affinity with Russia and influences on the 'Russian' Britten. This book explores Benjamin Britten's creative relationship with Russia throughout his life by examining his engagement with Russian composers, musicians and writers in the context of twentieth-century politics. The remarkable relationship between Britten and Shostakovich is…
- Add to basket
-
Berlin Game (I in Game, Set and Match)
- £10.00
- When a valuable agent behind the Iron Curtain signals he wants out, it's up to Bernard Samson, once active in the field but now anchored to a London desk, to undertake the crucial rescue. But soon, Samson is confronted with evidence that there is a traitor among his colleagues. And…
- Add to basket
-
Berlin in the Cold War: 1959 to 1966
- £16.00
- With nearly 200 unique images photographed on the streets of Berlin by the author between 1959 and 1966, Berlin in the Cold War depicts a city which demonstrated the conflict between East and West at that time like no other. The photographs throw into focus the situation existing both before…
- Add to basket
-
Black Dogs
- £35.00
- the story of an established political commentator taking stock of his life -- set against the backdrop of the fall of communism and the breaching of the Berlin Wall. In 1946, June and Bernard set off on their honeymoon. Fired by their ideals and passion for one another, they had…
- Add to basket
-
Black Dogs
- £30.00
- the story of an established political commentator taking stock of his life -- set against the backdrop of the fall of communism and the breaching of the Berlin Wall. In 1946, June and Bernard set off on their honeymoon. Fired by their ideals and passion for one another, they had…
- Add to basket
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Black Dogs (SIGNED)
- £60.00
- the story of an established political commentator taking stock of his life -- set against the backdrop of the fall of communism and the breaching of the Berlin Wall. In 1946, June and Bernard set off on their honeymoon. Fired by their ideals and passion for one another, they had…
- Add to basket
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BRIXMIS: The Last Cold War Mission
- £12.00
- BRIXMIS (British Commander-in-ChiefÕs Mission to the Group Soviet Forces of Occupation in Germany) is one of the most covert elite units of the British Army. They were dropped in behind Ôenemy linesÕ ten months after the Second World War had ended and continued with their intelligence-gathering missions until the fall…
- Add to basket
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Charity (III in Faith, Hope and Charity)
- £15.00
- With the Cold War drawing to a close in the East, Bernard Samson is still haunted by the events that have turned his life upside down over the last ten years. But when he takes a train from Moscow to Berlin, he stumbles across a clue that may lead him…
- Add to basket
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DDR!
- £15.00
- A travel guide to a country that no longer exists, the Ddr. What could be more useful than that? Find out where and what you should have been drinking in Thringen and East Berlin almost thirty years ago.
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