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Trotsky: A Biography
11/10/09 – 10:16 | Comments Off on Trotsky: A Biography
Trotsky: A Biography

We’ve been long time fans of Robert Service’s work here at EL and the latest in a trilogy of biographies is about to hit the shelf. Trotsky has been a few years in he making following on from the excellent Lenin and Stalin books, each having a 4 year gap between them.

Berlin by Taschen
11/9/09 – 06:00 | Comments Off on Berlin by Taschen
Berlin by Taschen

It would seem wonderful photo books are coming our way quite often now and this is clearly the best we’ve had so far.

Eugène Atget – Paris
6/9/09 – 19:29 | Comments Off on Eugène Atget – Paris
Eugène Atget – Paris

Eugène’s photography collection of Paris is an absolute gem. This title came to us only today, although to be fair it’s been out a little while. Thank the stars for second hand book …

Off The Wall
5/9/09 – 20:19 | Comments Off on Off The Wall
Off The Wall

As soon as you post one DDR story, more seem to pop out of the woodwork.