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The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed the Bishop?

by Francisco Goldman

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Our most recommended books

Histories by Herodotus

Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman and translated by Robert Chandler

The Confessions by Augustine (translated by Maria Boulding)

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

On War by Carl von Clausewitz

The Interesting Narrative by Olaudah Equiano

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Histories
by Herodotus

Life and Fate
by Vasily Grossman and translated by Robert Chandler

The Confessions
by Augustine (translated by Maria Boulding)

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

On War
by Carl von Clausewitz

The Interesting Narrative
by Olaudah Equiano