Nuclear Folly : A New History of the Cuban Missile CrisisAuthor: Plokhy, Serhii Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe) Published on 6 October 2022 by Penguin Books Ltd in the United Kingdom. Paperback 464 pages 129 x 196 x 31 354g *Shortlisted for the Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History*'An enthralling account of a pivotal moment in modern history. . . replete with startling revelations about the deception and mutual suspicion that brought the US and Soviet Union to the brink of Armageddon in October

or wondering which end of a bottle of chianti is the 'nose'

Frahm punctures a fair share of myths too' Pratinav Anil

they must journey into myth and legend – to bargain with the trickster Loki and unlock their destinies with the help of the Three Fates – and find a way to untangle the Alchemist’s grip on the world’s imagination

author of Tidy and Meerkat Mail

Coleridge to Whitman

Over and over again

Author: Swift

From D-Day onwards

more needed in these days than ever' Kit de Waal'I am blown away by the ambition and scope of this exquisite piece of writing

Interweaving the stories of the two Nuremberg prosecutors (Hersch Lauterpacht and Rafael Lemkin) who invented the crimes or genocide and crimes against humanity

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