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Announcing Adrian McKinty’s new thriller, THE COLD COLD GROUND

January 3rd, 2012

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Serpent’s Tail publishes the book that shaped the Arab Spring

November 11th, 2011

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Gene Sharp’s From Dictatorship to Democracy has been widely acknowledged as a piece of literature widely used as a blueprint for nonviolent resistance to dictatorial regimes. Passed from activist to activist, frequently...

Gabriel Chevallier’s First World War classic is published in English for the first time

November 11th, 2011

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Fear, or La Peur, is a lost classic of French war literature, addressing the reality of the experiences in the trenches and acknowledging the overwhelming emotion of the troops – that of...

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