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Atoms and Ashes: From Bikini Atoll to Fukushima by Serhii Plokhy
55.00 AUD
Category: History
'Absolutely stunning. . . a formidable achievement. A six-part historical thriller that is essential reading for both our politicians and the ordinary citizen' Kai Bird Best-selling historian Serhii Plokhy returns with an illuminating exploration of the atomic age through the history of six nuclear dis ...Show more
Chernobyl - History of A Tragedy by Serhii Plokhy
22.99 AUD
Category: History
*WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2018* 'As moving as it is painstakingly researched. . . a cracking read' Viv Groskop, Observer On 26 April 1986 at 1.23am a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Soviet Ukraine exploded. While the authorities scrambled to understand what was ...Show more
Chernobyl : History of a Tragedy by Serhii Plokhy
35.00 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: .
'An insightful and important book, that often reads like a good thriller, and that exposes the danger of mixing powerful technology with irresponsible politics' - Yuval Noah Harari, author of Sapiens 'As moving as it is painstakingly researched. . . a cracking read' - Viv Groskop, Observer The grippin ...Show more
Chernobyl History of a Tragedy by Serhii Plokhy
49.99 AUD
Category: History
On 26 April 1986 at 1.23am a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Soviet Ukraine exploded. While the authorities scrambled to understand what was occurring, workers, engineers, firefighters and those living in the area were abandoned to their fate. The blast put the world on the brink of nucl ...Show more
Forgotten Bastards of the Eastern Front: An Untold Story of World War II by Serhii Plokhy
22.99 AUD
Category: Warfare
In November 1943, with the outcome of the Second World War hanging in the balance, the Allies needed a new plan. The Americans' audacious suggestion to the Soviets was to open a second air front, with the US Air Force establishing bases in Soviet-controlled territory. Despite Stalin's obvious reservatio ...Show more
Lost Kingdom: - A History of Russian Nationalism from Ivan the Great to Vladimir Putin by Serhii Plokhy
22.99 AUD
Category: History
In 2014, Russia annexed Crimea and attempted to seize a portion of Ukraine. While the world watched in outrage, this violation of national sovereignty was in fact only the latest iteration of a centuries-long effort to expand Russian boundaries and create a pan-Russian nation. In Lost Kingdom,award-winn ...Show more
Nuclear Folly: A New History of the Cuban Missile Crisis by Serhii Plokhy
32.99 AUD
Category: History
The definitive history of the Cuban Missile Crisis from the bestselling author of Chernobyl- History of a TragedyFor more than four weeks in the autumn of 1962 the world teetered. The consequences of a misplaced step during the Cuban Missile Crisis could not have been more grave. Ash and cinder, famine ...Show more
Nuclear Folly: A New History of the Cuban Missile Crisis by Serhii Plokhy
49.99 AUD
Category: History
The definitive history of the Cuban Missile Crisis from the bestselling author of Chernobyl - History of a Tragedy For more than four weeks in the autumn of 1962 the world teetered. The consequences of a misplaced step during the Cuban Missile Crisis could not have been more grave. Ash and cinder, fami ...Show more
The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine by Serhii Plokhy
24.99 AUD
Category: History
Located at the western edge of the Eurasian steppe, Ukraine has long been the meeting place of empires - Roman to Ottoman, Habsburg to Russian - and they all left their imprint on the landscape, the language and the people living within these shifting borders. In this authoritative book, Harvard Profess ...Show more
The Russo-Ukrainian War by Serhii Plokhy
35.00 AUD
Category: Warfare
An illuminating account of the war in Ukraine - its historical roots, its course, its possible outcomes - from the bestselling, award-winning author of Chernobyl On 24 February 2022, Russia stunned the world by launching an invasion of Ukraine. In the midst of checking on the family and friends who we ...Show more
The Russo-Ukrainian War - The Return of History by Serhii Plokhy
24.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
BEST BOOKS 2023: FINANCIAL TIMES * THE TIMES * SUNDAY TIMES CULTURE * TLSDo you know what is at stake in Ukraine? Urgent, compelling reading from the author of Chernobyl on the defining conflict of our timesOn 24 February 2022, Russia stunned the world by launching an invasion of Ukraine. In the midst o ...Show more
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