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The Habsburgs

To Rule the World

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14 hours 58 min

The definitive history of a powerful family dynasty who dominated Europe for centuries—from their rise to power to their eventual downfall.**"A feat of both scholarship and storytelling." —**Wall Street JournalIn The Habsburgs, Martyn Rady tells the epic story of a dynasty and the world it built—and then lost—over nearly a millennium. From modest origins, the Habsburgs gained control of the Holy ... Read more

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The definitive history of a powerful family dynasty who dominated Europe for centuries—from their rise to power to their eventual downfall.**"A feat of both scholarship and storytelling." —**Wall Street JournalIn The Habsburgs, Martyn Rady tells the epic story of a dynasty and the world it built—and then lost—over nearly a millennium. From modest origins, the Habsburgs gained control of the Holy
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Double Life of Alfred Buber, The

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7 hours 47 min

A splendid original tale, Alfred Buber is warm, smart, romantic, but his life is as barren as an ice floe, an embarrassing collage of successes and humiliations that add up to... nothing. He lives as if he has landed in a strange country, nowhere he recognizes.Can an-oh-so respectable Boston lawyer, out of options, out of hope, lonely beyond measure, stray way outside the lines and find love?Can ... Read more

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A splendid original tale, Alfred Buber is warm, smart, romantic, but his life is as barren as an ice floe, an embarrassing collage of successes and humiliations that add up to... nothing. He lives as if he has landed in a strange country, nowhere he recognizes.Can an-oh-so respectable Boston lawyer, out of options, out of hope, lonely beyond measure, stray way outside the lines and find love?Can
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Ivory From Paradise

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"A beautifully realized exposition of family, myth, the stories we tell ourselves about our lives and of apartheid itself." — Shelf AwarenessHelga Divin, matriarch of a prominent white family from Durban, South Africa, lies dying in the London mansion of her second husband, industrialist Arnold Miro. Her children, Danny and Bridget, rush to her side. The pair soon realize that Arnold plans to ... Read more

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"A beautifully realized exposition of family, myth, the stories we tell ourselves about our lives and of apartheid itself." — Shelf AwarenessHelga Divin, matriarch of a prominent white family from Durban, South Africa, lies dying in the London mansion of her second husband, industrialist Arnold Miro. Her children, Danny and Bridget, rush to her side. The pair soon realize that Arnold plans to
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The Habsburgs

To Rule the World

by Martyn Rady ...

The definitive history of a powerful family dynasty who dominated Europe for centuries—from their rise to power to their eventual downfall.**"A feat of both scholarship and storytelling." —**Wall Street JournalIn The Habsburgs, Martyn Rady tells the epic story of a dynasty and the world it built—and then lost—over nearly a millennium. From modest origins, the Habsburgs gained control of the Holy ... Read more

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The definitive history of a powerful family dynasty who dominated Europe for centuries—from their rise to power to their eventual downfall.**"A feat of both scholarship and storytelling." —**Wall Street JournalIn The Habsburgs, Martyn Rady tells the epic story of a dynasty and the world it built—and then lost—over nearly a millennium. From modest origins, the Habsburgs gained control of the Holy
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Eastern Europe

A New History

by Martyn Rady ...

From the author of The Habsburgs and The Middle Kingdoms, a lively, 1,500-year history of the shifting borders, imperial conflicts, and cultural fusions on Europe’s eastern edge.In Eastern Europe, historian Martyn Rady traces the long history of Europe’s eastern borderlands, showing how they have always stood apart as a place of conquest, exchange, and startling originality.From the collapse of ... Read more

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From the author of The Habsburgs and The Middle Kingdoms, a lively, 1,500-year history of the shifting borders, imperial conflicts, and cultural fusions on Europe’s eastern edge.In Eastern Europe, historian Martyn Rady traces the long history of Europe’s eastern borderlands, showing how they have always stood apart as a place of conquest, exchange, and startling originality.From the collapse of
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The Middle Kingdoms

A New History of Central Europe

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An essential new history of Central Europe that “deftly unravels the strands of a long and complex past” (Wall Street Journal)Central Europe has long been infamous as a region beset by war, a place where empires clashed and world wars began. In The Middle Kingdoms, Martyn Rady offers the definitive history of the region, demonstrating that Central Europe has always been more than merely the fault ... Read more

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An essential new history of Central Europe that “deftly unravels the strands of a long and complex past” (Wall Street Journal)Central Europe has long been infamous as a region beset by war, a place where empires clashed and world wars began. In The Middle Kingdoms, Martyn Rady offers the definitive history of the region, demonstrating that Central Europe has always been more than merely the fault
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Empire Settings

A Novel of South Africa

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An expatriate South African goes home to find the black woman he loved and left behind in this "engaging . . . Poignant [and] altogether promising debut" ( Publishers Weekly).Danny Divin is a young white man in South Africa who enters into an illicit romance with a mixed race schoolgirl, the daughter of a black domestic servant. When social constraints force Danny to end the romance, he travels to ... Read more

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An expatriate South African goes home to find the black woman he loved and left behind in this "engaging . . . Poignant [and] altogether promising debut" ( Publishers Weekly).Danny Divin is a young white man in South Africa who enters into an illicit romance with a mixed race schoolgirl, the daughter of a black domestic servant. When social constraints force Danny to end the romance, he travels to
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The Habsburg Empire

A Very Short Introduction

by Martyn Rady ...

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The Habsburgs are the most famous dynasty in continental Europe. From the thirteenth to the twentieth centuries, they ruled much of Central Europe, and for two centuries were also rulers of Spain. Through the Spanish connection, they acquired lands around the Mediterranean and a chunk of the New World, spreading eastwards to include the Philippines. Reaching from South-East Asia to what is now ... Read more

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The Habsburgs are the most famous dynasty in continental Europe. From the thirteenth to the twentieth centuries, they ruled much of Central Europe, and for two centuries were also rulers of Spain. Through the Spanish connection, they acquired lands around the Mediterranean and a chunk of the New World, spreading eastwards to include the Philippines. Reaching from South-East Asia to what is now
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The Middle Kingdoms

A New History of Central Europe

by Martyn Rady ...

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An essential new history of Central Europe that “deftly unravels the strands of a long and complex past” (Wall Street Journal)Central Europe has long been infamous as a region beset by war, a place where empires clashed and world wars began. In The Middle Kingdoms, Martyn Rady offers the definitive history of the region, demonstrating that Central Europe has always been more than merely the fault ... Read more

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An essential new history of Central Europe that “deftly unravels the strands of a long and complex past” (Wall Street Journal)Central Europe has long been infamous as a region beset by war, a place where empires clashed and world wars began. In The Middle Kingdoms, Martyn Rady offers the definitive history of the region, demonstrating that Central Europe has always been more than merely the fault
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Nibble & Kuhn

A Novel

by David Schmahmann ...

From the award-winning author of Empire Settings, "skilled character development guides this courtroom potboiler to a neat finish" ( Publishers Weekly).An unraveling law firm. An unwinnable case. An unworkable love. Derek Dover has it all. Derek's up for partner at Nibble & Kuhn just as that most proper of Boston law firms comically tries to 'rebrand' itself for the Google era. Pompous and ... Read more

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From the award-winning author of Empire Settings, "skilled character development guides this courtroom potboiler to a neat finish" ( Publishers Weekly).An unraveling law firm. An unwinnable case. An unworkable love. Derek Dover has it all. Derek's up for partner at Nibble & Kuhn just as that most proper of Boston law firms comically tries to 'rebrand' itself for the Google era. Pompous and
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Assyria

The Rise and Fall of the World's First Empire

by Eckart Frahm ...

Narrated by Matthew Lloyd Davies ...

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15 hours 4 min

A new history of Assyria, the ancient civilization that set the model for future empires.**"Truly extraordinary." —**Times (London)At its height in 660 BCE, the kingdom of Assyria stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. It was the first empire the world had ever seen. Here, historian Eckart Frahm tells the epic story of Assyria and its formative role in global history.Assyria’s ... Read more

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A new history of Assyria, the ancient civilization that set the model for future empires.**"Truly extraordinary." —**Times (London)At its height in 660 BCE, the kingdom of Assyria stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. It was the first empire the world had ever seen. Here, historian Eckart Frahm tells the epic story of Assyria and its formative role in global history.Assyria’s
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Stalin’s War

A New History of World War II

by Sean McMeekin ...

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24 hours 56 min

A prize-winning historian’s major new history of the Second World War, arguing that Stalin’s USSR was the war’s driving force.**“A provocative revisionist take on the Second World War … McMeekin is a formidable researcher.” —**Financial TimesWe remember World War II as a struggle between good and evil, with Hitler propelling events and the Allied powers saving the day. But Hitler’s armies did not ... Read more

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A prize-winning historian’s major new history of the Second World War, arguing that Stalin’s USSR was the war’s driving force.**“A provocative revisionist take on the Second World War … McMeekin is a formidable researcher.” —**Financial TimesWe remember World War II as a struggle between good and evil, with Hitler propelling events and the Allied powers saving the day. But Hitler’s armies did not
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