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Prisonomics: Behind Bars in Britain's Failing Prisons

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Prisonomics: Behind Bars in Britain's Failing Prisons

Vicky Pryce, "Prisonomics: Behind Bars in Britain's Failing Prisons"
English | 2013 | ISBN: 1849546223 | 336 pages | EPUB | 0.66 MB

The Accursed Tower: The Fall of Acre and the End of the Crusades

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The Accursed Tower: The Fall of Acre and the End of the Crusades

The Accursed Tower: The Fall of Acre and the End of the Crusades by Roger Crowley
English | November 5th, 2019 | ISBN: 1541697340 | 272 pages | EPUB | 22.17 MB

From a New York Times-bestselling author, a stirring account of the siege of Acre in 1291, when the last Christian stronghold fell to the Muslim army

American Demagogue: The Great Awakening and the Rise and Fall of Populism

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American Demagogue: The Great Awakening and the Rise and Fall of Populism

American Demagogue: The Great Awakening and the Rise and Fall of Populism by J. D. Dickey
English | November 5th, 2019 | ISBN: 1643132199 | 400 pages | EPUB | 36.83 MB

A New York Times bestselling historian examines how demagoguery and the populism it inspires—for good and ill—is embedded in the very soul of our nation.

The Rise and Fall of the City of Money: A Financial History of Edinburgh

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The Rise and Fall of the City of Money: A Financial History of Edinburgh

The Rise and Fall of the City of Money: A Financial History of Edinburgh by Ray Perman
English | October 10th, 2019 | ISBN: 1780276230 | 336 pages | EPUB | 1.87 MB

It started and ended with a financial catastrophe. The Darien disaster of 1700 drove Scotland into union with England, but spawned the institutions which transformed Edinburgh into a global financial centre. The crash of 2008 wrecked the city's two largest and oldest banks – and its reputation. In the three intervening centuries, Edinburgh became a hothouse of financial innovation, prudent banking, reliable insurance and smart investing. The face of the city changed too as money transformed it from medieval squalor to Georgian elegance.