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The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed the Bishop?

by Francisco Goldman

Recommendations from our site

Our most recommended books

On War by Carl von Clausewitz

Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman and translated by Robert Chandler

Histories by Herodotus

The Confessions by Augustine (translated by Maria Boulding)

Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland by Christopher Browning

The Interesting Narrative by Olaudah Equiano

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On War
by Carl von Clausewitz

Life and Fate
by Vasily Grossman and translated by Robert Chandler

Histories
by Herodotus

The Confessions
by Augustine (translated by Maria Boulding)

Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
by Christopher Browning

The Interesting Narrative
by Olaudah Equiano