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War and Peace (Modern Library)War and Peace (Modern Library) by L.N. Tolstoy
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Reading War and Peace for the first time is dangerous. Whatever come next is never going to feel as good
Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited (Penguin Modern Classics)Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited (Penguin Modern Classics) by Vladimir Nabokov
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Words are alive in the pages of Speak memory. Often they lift themselves as butterflies do, and start flying away
Babylon Revisited and Other Stories: A Scribner ClassicBabylon Revisited and Other Stories: A Scribner Classic by F.Scott Fitzgerald
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Babylon Revisited is FFS's finest hour. Decadence has never been described with so much sharpness
Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyTinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John Le Carre
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What is truth and what is deceat ? You will not find anywhere else more shades of grey. Buy the trilogy.
Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of RussiaNatasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia by Orlando Figes
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If you are fashinated by Russia, Natasha will hold your hand while your mind travels back in the days when in Russia.......
The Struggle for Mastery in Europe, 1848-1918 (Oxford History of Modern Europe)The Struggle for Mastery in Europe, 1848-1918 (Oxford History of Modern Europe) by A. J. P. Taylor
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AJP may not be everyone's favourite historian, but few write better English, and this panorama of XIXth century Europe is unrivalled
Selected PoemsSelected Poems by W.H. Auden
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100 reasons to sit down, lay down and open your heart:
The Complete Poems of Anna AkhmatovaThe Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova by Anna Andreevna Akhmatova
We aged a hundred years, and this Happened in a single hour...... An absolute tribute to Poetry
Our Age: Portrait of a GenerationOur Age: Portrait of a Generation by Noel Gilroy Annan
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When Britain was still worth an adjectiv
The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (Collins Classics)The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (Collins Classics) by Oscar Wilde
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Do I really need to explain why?
The Harold Nicolson Diaries: 1907-1963The Harold Nicolson Diaries: 1907-1963
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With Nabovok's exception, the Diarist par exellence
How War CameHow War Came by Donald Cameron Watt
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Unrivalled, unsurpassed and unlikely to be. How it all started in one of the historical pivotal works of the XXth century. Not for the historical novice
Eastern ApproachesEastern Approaches by Fitzroy Hew Maclean
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James Bond: when art imitates life
Nothing If Not Critical: Selected Essays on Art and ArtistsNothing If Not Critical: Selected Essays on Art and Artists by Robert Hughes
The most devasting critique to the fraudolent world of Contemporary Art - and to PC :)
DiplomacyDiplomacy by Henry A. Kissinger
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Whatever you think of Kissinger, this is one of the best tome of XIXth and XXth century diplomatic history in the English language. You are a negotiator? Do not miss the part on China!!
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus LiviusDiscourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius by Niccolo Machiavelli
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Machiavelli's real masterpiece (the Prince was an Executive Summary for Politicians)
Kant: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)Kant: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Roger Scruton
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fatti non fummo per viver come bruti
The Other RussiaThe Other Russia by Stone
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a world destroyed
A Moveable FeastA Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
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Paris 1920's......I wish I had been there as a young man with Jack
Bruce ChatwinBruce Chatwin by Nicholas Shakespeare
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and you thought that yours was an interesting life?
Live/1975-85Live/1975-85 by Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
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The best American writer of his generation, with the added power of the E Street Band
Puccini: TurandotPuccini: Turandot
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Pavarotti in top form. Nessun Dorma has never sounded like this
Capital Gold Jazz LegendsCapital Gold Jazz Legends by Various Artists
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Good all-rounded collection, featuring Miles Davis' unforgettable Concierto De Aranjuez. If only, worthy for this track
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde; Tannhäuser; Die Meistersinger - Orchestral MusicWagner: Tristan und Isolde; Tannhäuser; Die Meistersinger - Orchestral Music by Wagner
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Tannhäuser Overture: Raw teutonic power
The Great Ashkenazy - The Ultimate Collection of Piano MelodiesThe Great Ashkenazy - The Ultimate Collection of Piano Melodies
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The ultimate introduction to Piano concerto