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War and Peace (Modern Library)
1.  War and Peace (Modern Library) by L.N. Tolstoy
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  "Reading War and Peace for the first time is dangerous. Whatever come next is never going to feel as good"
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Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited (Penguin Modern Classics)
2.  Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited (Penguin Modern Classics) by Vladimir Nabokov
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  "Words are alive in the pages of Speak memory. Often they lift themselves as butterflies do, and start flying away"
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Babylon Revisited and Other Stories: A Scribner Classic
3.  Babylon Revisited and Other Stories: A Scribner Classic by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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  "Babylon Revisited is FFS's finest hour. Decadence has never been described with so much sharpness"
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
4.  Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le Carre
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  "What is truth and what is deceat ? You will not find anywhere else more shades of grey. Buy the trilogy."
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Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia
5.  Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia by Orlando Figes
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  "If you are fashinated by Russia, Natasha will hold your hand while your mind travels back in the days when in Russia......."
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The Struggle for Mastery in Europe, 1848-1918 (Oxford History of Modern Europe)
6.  The Struggle for Mastery in Europe, 1848-1918 (Oxford History of Modern Europe) by A. J. P. Taylor
The list author says:
  "AJP may not be everyone's favourite historian, but few write better English, and this panorama of XIXth century Europe is unrivalled"
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Selected Poems
7.  Selected Poems by W.H. Auden
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  "100 reasons to sit down, lay down and open your heart:"
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The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova
8.  The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova by Anna Andreevna Akhmatova
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  "We aged a hundred years, and this Happened in a single hour...... An absolute tribute to Poetry"
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Our Age: Portrait of a Generation
9.  Our Age: Portrait of a Generation by Noel Gilroy Annan
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  "When Britain was still worth an adjectiv"
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Collins Classics - Complete Works of Oscar Wilde
10.  Collins Classics - Complete Works of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde
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  "Do I really need to explain why?"
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The Harold Nicolson Diaries: 1907-1963
11.  The Harold Nicolson Diaries: 1907-1963 by Nigel Nicolson
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  "With Nabovok's exception, the Diarist par exellence"
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How War Came
12.  How War Came by Donald Cameron Watt
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  "Unrivalled, unsurpassed and unlikely to be. How it all started in one of the historical pivotal works of the XXth century. Not for the historical novice"
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Eastern Approaches
13.  Eastern Approaches by Fitzroy Hew Maclean
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  "James Bond: when art imitates life"
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Nothing If Not Critical: Selected Essays on Art and Artists
14.  Nothing If Not Critical: Selected Essays on Art and Artists by Robert Hughes
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  "The most devasting critique to the fraudolent world of Contemporary Art - and to PC :)"
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Diplomacy
15.  Diplomacy by Henry A. Kissinger
The list author says:
  "Whatever you think of Kissinger, this is one of the best tome of XIXth and XXth century diplomatic history in the English language. You are a negotiator? Do not miss the part on China!!"
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Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius
16.  Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius by Niccolo Machiavelli
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  "Machiavelli's real masterpiece (the Prince was an Executive Summary for Politicians)"
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Kant: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
17.  Kant: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Roger Scruton
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  "fatti non fummo per viver come bruti"
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The Other Russia
18.  The Other Russia by Stone
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  "a world destroyed"
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A Moveable Feast
19.  A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
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  "Paris 1920's......I wish I had been there as a young man with Jack"
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Bruce Chatwin
20.  Bruce Chatwin by Nicholas Shakespeare
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  "and you thought that yours was an interesting life?"
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Live In Concert 1975 - 85 Bruce Springsteen & The Street Band
21.  Live In Concert 1975 - 85 Bruce Springsteen & The Street Band by Bruce Springsteen
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  "The best American writer of his generation, with the added power of the E Street Band"
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Puccini: Turandot
22.  Puccini: Turandot by Joan Sutherland
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  "Pavarotti in top form. Nessun Dorma has never sounded like this"
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Capital Gold Jazz Legends
23.  Capital Gold Jazz Legends by Various Artists
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  "Good all-rounded collection, featuring Miles Davis' unforgettable Concierto De Aranjuez. If only, worthy for this track"
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde; Tannhäuser; Die Meistersinger - Orchestral Music
24.  Wagner: Tristan und Isolde; Tannhäuser; Die Meistersinger - Orchestral Music by Wagner
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  "Tannhäuser Overture: Raw teutonic power"
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The Art of Ashkenazy: A sublime collection of his greatest piano recordings
25.  The Art of Ashkenazy: A sublime collection of his greatest piano recordings by Sergey Rachmaninov
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  "The ultimate introduction to Piano concerto"
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