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In his twenty-first century reworking of Niccolo Machiavelli's influential masterpiece, The Prince, Jonathan Powell - Tony Blair's Chief of Staff from 1994 - 2007 - recounts the inside story of that period, drawing on his own unpublished diaries.

Born in 1469, Niccolo Machiavelli undertook diplomatic missions to various courts, before his imprisonment and exile. To quote his own words, this book discusses "what a principality is, what kinds there are, how they can be acquired, how they can be kept and why they are lost".

A wide-ranging new history of NATO, from its origins to the present day—published for the alliance’s seventy-fifth anniversary

1670, Kyiv. A German convert to Russian Orthodoxy is writing history. Not merely a book about history: he believes that his work will save his beloved Kyiv from the scourge of Catholicism. Innokenty Gizel has never been to Moscow, but he wants to create the illusion that Kyiv shares a common history with the seat of the Orthodox Church. The story he comes up with - a fantasy - pleases Moscow's rulers so much that it will remain their official line all the way into the 21st century.1990, Dnipropetrovsk. Twelve-year-old Volodymyr Zelensky is fixated on a group of Ukrainian students. They are participants in KVN , the most-watched program in the Soviet Union. It is a sketch sketch comedy show. In their most memorable routine, the Ukrainian team replaces the chorus of a Soviet pop song with one of Lenin's aphorisms: "Better less, but better." The subtext is clear: the Soviet empire is too big.One year later, it will dissolve. Pioneering journalist Mikhail Zygar embarks on a hypnotic and revelatory quest through the myths and stories that motivate Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and traces the eerie ways in which the career of a jobbing comedian of no exceptional ability exploited and subverted them at every turn, from his own first appearance on KVN to his defiant refusal to leave Kyiv as Russian columns approached, in real life now playing a role that he first assumed as a joke. What will be the price of not taking Russia seriously? And what might be the prize?

Adania Shibli: En liten detaljOversatt fra arabisk av Oda Myran WinsnesEn litterær perle fra Palestina med stor politisk og moralsk sprengkraft.Denne beskjedne romanen på drøyt hundre sider åpner med en skildring fra sommeren 1949. Scenen er den ugjestmilde Negev-ørkenen i det sørlige Israel, ett år etter Nakba, den «palestinske katastrofen» da anslagsvis 700 000 palestinske arabere ble fordrevet av den unge israelske staten. Under ledelse av en halvgal offiser tar israelske sikkerhetsstyrker livet av en bosetning med beduiner. Blant ofrene er en tenåringsjente som blir voldtatt og drept og begravet i sanden. Shibli skildrer disse voldshandlingene med en språklig sparsommelighet og nøkternhet som gjør dem desto mer uhyggelige og fantasieggende.Mange år senere blir en ung kvinne i Ramallah besatt av denne «lille detaljen» i historien da hun oppdager en notis om den i avisen. Hun gripes ikke bare av selve den grufulle forbrytelsen, men også av det faktum at den fant sted på dagen 25 år etter at hun selv ble født. Kvinnen legger ut på en risikabel road trip sørover mot Negev, langt bortenfor områdene som ID-kortet gir henne adgang til, og innleder sin egen etterforskning for å oppklare hva som skjedde den gangen i ørkenen. Det skal få katastrofale følger.Med sin knappe og treffsikre prosa går Adania Shibli til kjernen av den palestinske opplevelsen av tap og berøvelse, av et liv under okkupasjon. På elegant og sømløst vis lar forfatteren de to delene av romanen overlappe hverandre og sammen kaste lys over en nåtid som aldri slutter å hjemsøkes av fortiden.Det er viktig å understreke at selv om den bygger på historiske hendelser og tar klart stilling i Palestina-konflikten, er ikke En liten detalj hverken sakprosa eller politisk agiterende. Den søker ikke å avdekke skjulte sannheter eller å sørge for at rettferdigheten skal skje fyllest. Den er snarere en vakker og nærmest resignert litterær meditasjon over historiens gjentakelser, fortidens tilbakevendende traumer.«Adania Shibli tar en sjanse når hun overlater vår tilgang til romanens sentrale hendelse - voldtekten og drapet på en ung beduinerkvinne - til to dypt selvopptatte fortellere - en israelsk psykopat og en palestinsk amatørdetektiv med klare autistiske trekk - men hennes indirekte metode rettferdiggjøres til fulle idet boken når sin nervepirrende slutt.» - J.M. Coetzee«Terroren Shibli maner frem, tiltar langsomt, ulmende, helt til den gløder på siden ... En tvers igjennom farlig og overveldende god bok.» - The Guardian

For the first time in history, the globe is dominated by one economic system. Capitalism prevails because it delivers prosperity and meets desires for autonomy. But it also is unstable and morally defective. Surveying the varieties and futures of capitalism, Branko Milanovic offers creative solutions to improve a system that isn't going anywhere.

A masterful synthesis of historical, geographical, and political analysis.... Geostrategic thinking in the grand tradition of Bismarck.' ,Samuel Huntington

The hidden story of the wanton slaughter - in Indonesia, Latin America, and around the world - backed by the United States.

The thrilling biography of Stalin - an international bestseller

One of America's leading feminist voices examines the world of violence and terror, and asks why some lives are more valued than others. Through five essays, this book responds to various US policies to wage perpetual war, and calls for an understanding of how mourning and violence might instead inspire solidarity and a quest for global justice.

Hopkins, founder of the international Transition Towns movement asks why true creative, positive thinking is in decline, asserts that it's more important now than ever, and suggests ways our communities can revive and reclaim it.

An American son and his immigrant father search for belonging - in post-Trump America, and in their relationship with each other

In this compelling book, Richard Holmes tells the exhilarating story of the Duke of Wellington, Britain's greatest ever soldier.Seeing Wellington as a remarkable figure, Holmes follows his career from the ruins of his family seat in Ireland to the plains of India where Wellesley first gained his reputation as a brilliant commander, to the horrors of the Peninsular War and Waterloo.Combining his astute historical analysis with semi-biographical examination, Holmes artfully illustrates the rapid evolution in military and political thinking of the time.