Modern History


Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
The Age of Revolution, 1789–1848
The Guns of August
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Gulag: A History
The Age of Empire, 1875–1914
A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891 - 1924
The Age of Extremes, 1914-1991
Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Age of Capital, 1848–1875
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
Alexei Navalny
All schooboys had been to the stores and had noticed the long queues, and knew that the most used word in the Soviet lexicon was "shortage. ...more
Alexei Navalny, Patriot: A Memoir

Alexei Navalny
We must do what they fear -- tell the truth, spread the truth. This is the most powerful weapon against this regime of liars, thieves and hypocrites. Everyone has this weapon. So make use of it.
Alexei Navalny, Patriot: A Memoir

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