<p><b>''A perfect mirror to its subject... should be compulsory reading'' <i>Observer</i></b><br><br><b>Vladimir Putin is a pariah to the West.</b><br><br>He has the power to reduce the West to nuclear ashes. He invades his neighbours, meddles in western elections and orders assassinations. His regime is autocratic and corrupt. Yet many Russians continue to support him. Under Putin''s leadership, Russia has once again become a force to be reckoned with.<br><br>Philip Short''s magisterial biography explores in unprecedented depth the personality of Russia''s leader and demolishes many of our preconceptions about Putin''s Russia.<br><br>To explain is not to justify. Putin''s regime is dark. But on closer examination, much of what we think we know about him turns out to rest on half-truths. This book is as close as we will come to understanding Russia''s ruler.<br><br><b>''Short''s pushback against lazy, convenient myth-making is refreshing'' <i>The Times</i></b><br><br><b>''Elegantly wri
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Boka handler om Pol Pots vekst og fall. Pol Pot ledet et av de verste regimene i moderne tid. I løpet av tre og et halvt år, døde mer enn en million mennesker, en femtedel av Kambodsjas befolkning, enten som følge av henrettelser, eller av sult eller...
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Short Latin Stories features comprehension questions and passages translated into English help with understanding. Suitable for GCSE and AS and A level students.
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No one wants to live in poverty. Few people would want others to do so. Yet, millions of people worldwide live in poverty. According to the World Bank, over 700 million people lived on less than US $2 a day in 2013. Why is that? What has been done about...
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The processes in a single living cell are akin to that of a city teeming with molecular inhabitants that move, communicate, cooperate, and compete. In this Very Short Introduction, Philip Ball explores the role of the molecule in and around us - how,...
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