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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days This is the story of Soviet KGB Colonel Vilyam Fisher who was born in Newcastle upon Tyne as Willie Fisher. It is a singular and absorbing true story of Cold War espionage to rival anything in fiction. Features Summary An extraordinary, true life tale of the Cold War that could have come straight from the pages of a John le Carr novel. Willie Fisher's parents were revolutionaries who had fled Russia in 1901... Author Vin Arthey Publisher Dialogue Press Release date 20100801 Pages 252 ISBN 1-906447-14-4 ISBN 13 978-1-906447-14-4

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Features Author Jason Matthews Publisher Scribner Book Company Release date 20180212 Pages 448 ISBN 1-5011-4008-6 ISBN 13 978-1-5011-4008-2

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days From Daniel Silva, the No.1 New York Times bestselling author, comes a modern masterpiece of espionage, love, and betrayal. She was his best-kept secret … In an isolated village in the mountains of Andalusia, a mysterious Frenchwoman begins work on a dangerous memoir. It is the story of a man she once loved in the Beirut of old, and a child taken from her in treason's name. The woman is the keeper of the Kremlin's most closely guarded secret. Long ago, the KGB inserted a mole into the heart of the West - a mole who stands on the doorstep of ultimate power. Only one man can unravel the conspiracy: Gabriel Allon, the legendary art restorer and assassin who serves as the chief of Israel's vaunted secret intelligence service. Gabriel has battled the dark forces of the new Russia before, at great personal cost. Now he and the Russians will engage in a final epic showdown, with the fate of the postwar global order hanging in the balance. Features Summary From Daniel Silva, the No.1 New York Times bestselling author, comes a modern masterpiece of espionage, love, and betrayal. She was his best-kept secret … In an isolated village in the mountains of Andalusia... Author Daniel Silva Publisher Harper Release date 20180716 Pages 496 ISBN 0-06-283482-7 ISBN 13 978-0-06-283482-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 13 working days Highlights of the extraordinary wartime diaries of Ivan Maisky, Soviet ambassador to London The terror and purges of Stalin's Russia in the 1930s discouraged Soviet officials from leaving documentary records let alone keeping personal diaries. A remarkable exception is the unique diary assiduously kept by Ivan Maisky, the Soviet ambassador to London between 1932 and 1943. This selection from Maisky's diary, never before published in English, grippingly documents Britain's drift to war during the 1930s, appeasement in the Munich era, negotiations leading to the signature of the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact, Churchill's rise to power, the German invasion of Russia, and the intense debate over the opening of the second front. Maisky was distinguished by his great sociability and access to the key players in British public life. Among his range of regular contacts were politicians (including Churchill, Chamberlain, Eden, and Halifax), press barons (Beaverbrook), ambassadors (Joseph Kennedy), intellectuals (Keynes, Sidney and Beatrice Webb), writers (George Bernard Shaw, H. G. Wells), and indeed royalty. His diary further reveals the role personal rivalries within the Kremlin played in the formulation of Soviet policy at the time. Scrupulously edited and checked against a vast range of Russian and Western archival evidence, this extraordinary narrative diary offers a fascinating revision of the events surrounding the Second World War. Features Summary Highlights of the extraordinary wartime diaries of Ivan Maisky, Soviet ambassador to London Author Ivan Maisky (Author), Gabriel Gorodetsky (Editor) Publisher Yale University Press Release date 20150902 Pages 589 ISBN 0-300-18067-5 ISBN 13 978-0-300-18067-1

Hardcover with d/j. D/j has insect damage and shelf wear. Name of preivious owner on inside of front board. Published 1946 with 264 pages, including Index. "Blueprint for World Conquest" is a factual and startling revelation of exactly who and what is now delaying the establishment of peace. This collection of official Kremlin documents leaves no mystery as to the precise aims of Soviet policies and actions. It is an indispensable guide to clear understanding of today's and tomorrow's headlines". Postage in RSA = R50.00 (new P O rates since 1/4/2017). We combine postage.    

 The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin - Steven Lee Myers - 2015 - Paperback in very good, clean and tight condition. In this gripping narrative of Putin's rise to power, Steven Lee Myers recounts Putin's origins--from his childhood of abject poverty in Leningrad to his ascent through the ranks of the KGB, and his eventual consolidation of rule in the Kremlin. 

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days He can't leave his hotel. You won't want to. From the New York Times bestselling author of "Rules of Civility" comes this transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel. In 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, and is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, has never worked a day in his life, and must now live in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history are unfolding outside the hotel's doors. Unexpectedly, his reduced circumstances provide him entry into a much larger world of emotional discovery. Brimming with humor, a glittering cast of characters, and one beautifully rendered scene after another, this singular novel casts a spell as it relates the count's endeavor to gain a deeper understanding of what it means to be a man of purpose. Soon to be a major television series starring five-time Academy Award nominee Kenneth Branagh. Features Summary He can't leave his hotel. You won't want to. From the New York Times bestselling author of "Rules of Civility" comes this transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel... Author Amor Towles Publisher Viking Release date 20160905 Pages 462 ISBN 0-670-02619-0 ISBN 13 978-0-670-02619-7

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days Five families. Three decades. One extraordinary era. As the decisions made in the corridors of power bring the world to the brink of oblivion, five families from across the globe are brought together in an unforgettable tale of passion and conflict during the Cold War. When Rebecca Hoffmann, a teacher in East Germany, finds herself pursued by the secret police, she discovers that she has been living a lie. Her younger brother, Walli, longs to escape across the Berlin Wall to Britain to become part of the burgeoning music scene. In the United States, George Jakes, a bright young lawyer in the Kennedy administration, is a fierce supporter of the Civil Rights movement - as is the woman he is in love with, Verena, who works for Martin Luther King, Jr. Boarding a Greyhound bus in Washington to protest against segregation, they begin a fateful journey together. Russian activist, Tania Dvorkin, narrowly evades capture for producing an illegal news sheet. Her actions are made all the more perilous as her brother, Dimka, is a rising star in the heart of the Communist Party in the Kremlin. From the deep south of America to the vast expanses of Siberia, from the shores of Cuba to the swinging streets of Sixties' London, Ken Follett's Edge of Eternity is a sweeping tale of the fight for individual freedom in a world gripped by the mightiest clash of superpowers anyone has ever known. *Includes family tree* Features Summary The epic final volume in the Century trilogy Author Ken Follett Publisher Pan Books Release date 20150827 Pages 1158 ISBN 0-330-46061-7 ISBN 13 978-0-330-46061-3

Five families. Three decades. One extraordinary era. As the decisions made in the corridors of power bring the world to the brink of oblivion, five families from across the globe are brought together in an unforgettable tale of passion and conflict during the Cold War. When Rebecca Hoffmann, a teacher in East Germany, finds herself pursued by the secret police, she discovers that she has been living a lie. Her younger brother, Walli, longs to escape across the Berlin Wall to Britain to become part of the burgeoning music scene. In the United States, George Jakes, a bright young lawyer in the Kennedy administration, is a fierce supporter of the Civil Rights movement - as is the woman he is in love with, Verena, who works for Martin Luther King, Jr. Boarding a Greyhound bus in Washington to protest against segregation, they begin a fateful journey together. Russian activist, Tania Dvorkin, narrowly evades capture for producing an illegal news sheet. Her actions are made all the more perilous as her brother, Dimka, is a rising star in the heart of the Communist Party in the Kremlin. From the deep south of America to the vast expanses of Siberia, from the shores of Cuba to the swinging streets of Sixties' London, Ken Follett's Edge of Eternity is a sweeping tale of the fight for individual freedom in a world gripped by the mightiest clash of superpowers anyone has ever known. *Includes family tree* Format:Paperback

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 10 - 17 working days Held up by rebel forces in a brutal siege, John Porter is tested to the limit in the African jungle. Strikeback hero John Porter is sent on a mission with Regimental scallywag John Bald. Where Porter plays it by the book, Bald will always want to break the rules.They are sent to Sierra Leone to extract Ronald Soames, a former CO of the Regiment and now right-hand man to the President. But when Porter and Bald arrive the Englishman has disappeared, leaving a trail of destruction in his wake. Rebels are threatening to take over the country and its diamond mines - and to massacre all foreigners.Porter and Bald find themselves fighting shoulder to shoulder with the Regiment psychopath who is already embedded in the country.But it soon becomes clear that the Firm has lied to them about the true nature of the mission.What seems at first to be a battle to control Sierra Leone's diamond mines will turn out to about a much greater evil - and with a trail that leads back to both Westminster and the Kremlin. Features Summary Held up by rebel forces in a brutal siege, John Porter is tested to the limit in the African jungle. Author Chris Ryan Publisher Coronet Books Release date 20170921 Pages 320 ISBN 1-4736-4323-6 ISBN 13 978-1-4736-4323-9

 Empires of Oil: Corporate Oil in Barbarian Worlds by Duncan Clarke (Hardcover)   Revealing the huge challenges that the world's oil empires will face in the 21st century, this razor-sharp analysis of contemporary geopolitics—combined with a deep knowledge of global history—shows exactly why these empires are declining. It explains where the new empires of oil will be around the world, which of the hidden threats and unknown enemies are (and will be) the most serious, and where companies and governments have gone wrong and how they can improve their global strategies. The decline of the American oil empire, the strategy at the Kremlin, the state oil companies in China, and the mini-empires in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and Latin America are all explored, and help to explain how the world will change because of global battles over the commodity that underpins our daily lives.