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Tracing Russia's story from the settlement of Kiev onwards, this title includes a chapter on the role of Putin and Medvedev, and their impact on Russi

In a sweeping narrative, Geoffrey Hosking, one of the English-speaking world’s leading historians of Russia, follows the country’s history from the fi

Dealing with the densities of the poets expression, and the forces in his syntax and rhythms, this poetry aims to achieve a strength, memorability and

The new edition of The Cambridge Illustrated History of Warfare offers an updated comprehensive account of Western warfare, from its origins in Classi

The new edition of The Cambridge History of Warfare offers an updated comprehensive account of Western warfare, from its origins in classical Greece a

An unforgettable portrait of London and one of the most talked about debuts of all time!'The almost preposterous talent was clear from the first pages

Winner of the 2010 Non-Fiction National Book Award Patti Smith's definitive memoir is an evocative, honest and moving coming-of-age story of her ext

Introduction to Sport Marketing is an accessible and engaging introduction to key concepts and best practice in sport marketing. Aimed at students wit

The 1960s was famously the decade of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll. It was also a decade of revolution and counter-revolution, of the Cuban missile crisi

The second novel from the author of the phenomenon, Before the Coffee Gets Cold: more tales from Cafe Funiculi Funicula, where customers may travel ba

A new edition of the ground-breaking undergraduate textbook on modern Standard English grammar, now reorganised to align fully with the award-winning

Sommige organismen – van schimmels tot vuurvliegjes – hebben een heel bijzonder talent: ze geven LICHT!Waarom doen ze dat? Hoe krijgen ze het voor elk

The British Film Institute (BFI) is one of the UK’s oldest and most important government-supported cultural institutions. From a modest start in the 1

Aristocrat and Marxist, master equally of harsh realism and sublime melodrama, Luchino Visconti (1906-1976) was without question one of the greatest E

Antonio Gramsci: Selections from Cultural Writings

In this Very Short Introduction Geoffrey Nowell-Smith defines the field of cinema, and explores its fascinating history within the cultural and aesth

THE TIKTOK SENSATION THAT EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT

'There once was a man who, one night at a dinner party, went upstairs and locked himself in one of the bedrooms of the house of the people who were gi

From the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids and M Train, a profound, beautifully realized memoir in which dreams and reality are vividly