This Divided Island: Stories from the Sri Lankan War by Samanth Subramanian
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"In the summer of 2009, the leader of the dreaded Tamil Tiger guerrillas was killed, bringing to a bloody end the stubborn and complicated civil war in Sri Lanka. For nearly thirty years, the war's fingers had reached everywhere: into the bustle of Colombo, the Buddhist monasteries scattered across the ...Show more
Red Heat: Conspiracy, Murder and the Cold War in the Caribbean by Alex Von Tunzelmann
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Category: RARE AND COLLECTIBLE
Four Rebels, three Caribbean Nations, the Kennedys and a battle for power - a compelling history of the Cold War in the Caribbean * 2011 is the 50th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs invasion, which took place on April 17 through 19, 1961. * No book has yet contextualised the Caribbean crises of the Cold W ...Show more
Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth by Alan Weisman
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Every four days there are a million more people on the planet. More people and fewer resources. In this timely work, Alan Weisman examines how we can shrink our collective human footprint so that we don't stomp any more species - including our own - out of existence. The answer: reducing gradually and n ...Show more
The Cage: The Fight for Sri Lanka and the Last Days of the Tamil Tigers by Gordon Weiss
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The Cage is a brilliant yet harrowing account of Sri Lanka's fall into darkness. From one of the most promising nation states of the post-colonial world, Sri Lanka descended into bitter civil conflict between a vicious and corrupt government and the equally barbaric Tamil Tigers. Tens, perhaps hundreds, ...Show more
The Quest : Energy, Security and the Remaking of the Modern World by Daniel Yergin
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"The Quest" continues the riveting story Daniel Yergin began twenty years ago with his No.1 International Bestseller "The Prize", revealing the on-going quest to meet the world's energy needs - and the power and riches that come with it. A master story teller as well as our most expert analyst, Yergin p ...Show more
Why Nations Go to War by John G. Stoessinger
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Meant to transmit an understanding of warfare from World War I to the present, WHY NATIONS GO TO WAR, a unique book and a product of reflection by the author, is built around ten case studies culminating in the two new wars that ushered in the twenty-first century, Afghanistan and Iraq. The distinguishi ...Show more
Killing Thatcher - The IRA, the Manhunt and the Long War on the Crown by Rory Carroll
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Category: POLITICS
The gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margaret ThatcherKILLING THATCHER is the gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margaret Thatcher and to wiping out the British Cabinet - an extraordinary assassination attempt linked to the Northern Ire ...Show more
China's Good War - How World War II Is Shaping a New Nationalism by Rana Mitter
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Category: POLITICS
Chinese leaders once tried to suppress memories of their nation's brutal experience during World War II. Now they celebrate the "victory"--a key foundation of China's rising nationalism.For most of its history, the People's Republic of China limited public discussion of the war against Japan. It was an ...Show more
Why Politics Fails: The Five Traps of the Modern World — and How to Escape Them by Ben Ansell
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Category: POLITICS
An award-winning Oxford professor explains why the revolving doors of power always leave us disappointed - and how to fix it. Why do the revolving doors of power always leave us disappointed? In Why Politics Fails, award-winning Oxford professor Ben Ansell shows that it's not the politicians that are t ...Show more
Liberalism and Its Discontents by Francis Fukuyama
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Category: POLITICS
A short book about the challenges to liberalism from the right and the left by the bestselling author of The Origins of Political OrderClassical liberalism is in a state of crisis. Developed in the wake of Europe's wars over religion and nationalism, liberalism is a system for governing diverse societie ...Show more
Ravenous: How to get ourselves and our planet into shape by Henry Dimbleby, Jemima Lewis
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Category: POLITICS
The food system no longer serves us: it's killing us. Here's why we should be hungry for change
The Showman: The Inside Story of the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky by Simon Shuster
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Category: POLITICS | Reading Level: near fine
Time correspondent Simon Shuster delivers the unmissable account of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, written and reported from inside the presidential compound in Kyiv, based on Shuster's unparalleled access to President Zelensky and his top aides.