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  • Soviet Potpourri
    Laszlo Solymar
    This book has been written for those who know already a lot about what happened in the Soviet Union from 1917 to 1991. It is at times controversial, at times humorous, and, I hope, constantly provocative. My aim is for readers to say or at least think, “Yes, I can now see things more clearly.” The principal events of Soviet history are discussed. The central thesis is that the ...
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  • The Passenger Plane Shot down by the Russians
    Laszlo Solymar
    The novel is set in the Soviet Union. It describes a well known episode in the Cold War when Soviet fighters shot down a Korean passenger plane on the 1st September 1983. The story is based on the official Soviet statements, issued on the 2nd, 3rd and 6th September. Only the third one admitted that their fighters had brought down the plane. Behind this succession of contradicto...
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  • Past, Present and Future
    Laszlo Solymar
    The present book is about history, written through the satirical eyes of a Hungarian refugee in the early 1960s, a few years after he settled in England. The title 'Past, Present and Future,' together with the subtitle 'An Irreverent Treatment of History,' explains beautifully what the book is about. Brief but profound historical judgments are made about everything that matters...
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    17,94 €

  • Anatomy of Assassinations
    Laszlo Solymar
    Assassination of prominent people occurred in all countries at all times over the history of mankind. They are not random events in the sense that there is always a motive behind them. In our analysis we shall more or less adhere to the following criteria: (i) The victim must be a public personage, (ii) The assassination must be premeditated, (iii) It must be done by stealth, (...
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    22,92 €

  • Three Scientists of the Ancient World
    John Wain / Laszlo Solymar
    These plays cover one thousand years of the ancient world from the golden age of Athens to 5th century Alexandria. The protagonists are Anaxagoras, Archimedes and Hypatia, scientists, mathematicians, philosophers. All three of them came into conflict with the prevalent views of the time. Anaxagoras maintained that the sun was a big burning rock of the size of the Peleponnesus. ...
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  • The Portrait of a Genius
    Laszlo Solymar
    Geniuses are few and far between. Most of them will have honors and prizes showered upon them. But there will be exceptions, numerous exceptions: We don’t know how many because they never make it; they fall by the wayside. They believe themselves to be alone in a hostile world, unable to adapt, unable to bring their ideas to fruition. They detest their inferiors and detest even...
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  • The Rhineland War
    Laszlo Solymar
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    15,77 €