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An intimate yet epic portrait of modern Russia, from the award-winning war correspondent and bestselling author of The Bookseller of Kabul, "one of the greatest, most courageous journalists of our time" (Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation). Today’s Russia is one of the most closed and...

'This captivating account . . . is the story of an ordinary soldier, but an extraordinary man. I commend this book most warmly.' Richard Dannatt, General The Lord Dannatt GCB CBE MC DL, Chief of the General Staff 2006-9 'The amazing account of a young man, Neville 'Timber' Wood, who, despite...

A riveting narrative about America's ferocious drive towards empire during the Gilded Age, told by one of our most acclaimed historians. On February 15, 1898, the American ship USS Maine mysteriously exploded in the Havana Harbor. News of the blast quickly reached U.S. shores, where it was met...

May 2, 2011 marked the completion of a mission that had begun even before the devastating day of September 11, 2001. Brought to Justice is a riveting, dramatic, informed and sometimes surprising illustrated portrait of Osama bin Laden and America's efforts to find him and track him down. At...