Don Vito and the Mafia: Living with My Father's Secrets ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.87/5 (3) Vito Ciancimino - Don Vito da Corleone - spent forty years in the grip of death, mafia, politics, business deals and the secret service. Don Vito recounts years of previ... Verifica stoc
Unleashing Demons: The Inside Story of Brexit ♡ 10 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 As David Cameron's director of Politics and communications, Craig Oliver was in the room at every key moment during the EU referendum - the biggest
Brief History: The Dynasties of China ♡ 13 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 By focusing on the key colourful characters of the eight major dynasties, Bamber Gascoigne brings to life 3500 years of Chinese civilisation. His unique bird's-eye
The Briefing ♡ 10 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 As a key player during the election campaign and transition, and Donald Trump's press secretary for the first seven months in the White House, Sean
John Henry Newman ♡ 11 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 'In another world it is otherwise, but here below to live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.', From An
Plugging Into Your Past ♡ 12 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 A contributing editor to Family Tree Magazine shows readers how to navigate digitized records, CD-ROMs, and other electronic sources in the search for family information,...
Confidence Men ♡ 12 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 The hidden history of Wall Street and the White House comes down to a single, powerful, quintessentially American concept: confidence. Both centers of power, tapping
Everything in Moderation ♡ 14 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 'I've never met Danny Finkelstein but I think I'm in love with him. His book is such good company - sane, intelligent and witty. He
Showmen, Socialites and the Savoy ♡ 13 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 In 1889, Victorian impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte opened The Savoy, Britain's first luxury hotel. Allowing the rich to live like royalty, it attracted glamour, scandal
Shooting Victoria ♡ 11 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 The extraordinary stories of the eight men who attempted to assassinate Queen Victoria combine to create a compellingly original portrait of the entire Victorian era.
Action Likely in Pacific ♡ 16 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 A story of espionage that could have changed the course of history and saved thousands of American and British lives - and millions of Asian
The Price of Freedom ♡ 12 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 By hiding the fugitives in the trunk of a diplomat's car, Volker G. Heinz helps more than sixty East German citizens flee to the West.
Witnessing Waterloo ♡ 12 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 Midnight, Sunday, June 18, 1815. Britain holds its breath. Since Napoleon’s escape from Elba in February, Europe has been jolted from eleven months of peace
Where in the world is Osama bin Laden? ♡ 10 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 Spurlock is a jittery father-to-be with a simple question: If Osama bin Laden is behind 9/11 and all the ensuing worldwide chaos, then why can't
Austerity Britain: A world to build ♡ 14 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 David Kynaston's 'Austerity Britain 1945-51', the first book in his series 'Tales of a New Jerusalem', was a major 'Sunday Times' bestseller in 2007. Here
The Federalist Papers ♡ 11 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 The Federalist Papers is a collection of political essays, three United States Founding Fathers intelligently and forcefully advocate the ratification of what became thi...
A Brief Fantasy History of a Himalayan ♡ 12 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 Personal reminiscences of an esteemed Tibetan Buddhist master, ranging from touching memoir to humorous storytelling, from sharp cultural commentary to deeply felt...
The Reckoning ♡ 10 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 From best-selling author of Fighter Boys, a gripping true detective story into a shooting that had momentous consequences for the modern world. What happened when
WATERLOO: THE BATTLE THAT BROUGHT DOWN NAPOLEON ♡ 12 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 A masterly and concise reinterpretation of one of the seminal events in modern history, by one of the world's foremost military historians. The battle on
Theresa May ♡ 11 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 Only the second woman to hold office at 10 Downing Street, Theresa May inherits the most difficult political mandate of recent times: to negotiate Britain’s
West Like Lightning ♡ 14 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 'A GROUNDBREAKING WORK,' hails True West: The #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of American Sniper brings the Pony Express to life in this rich
The Great War In Portraits ♡ 12 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 In viewing the Great War through the portraits of those involved, Paul Moorhouse looks at the bitter-sweet nature of a conflict in which valour and
The Accidental Capitalist ♡ 14 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 In the last three decades China has experienced the largest population movement in human history. Millions have left behind homes to find work and new
Unmanned ♡ 12 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 Drones have become the controversial new weapon of choice for the US military abroad. Unmanned details the causes and deadly consequences of this terrifying new
The Sugar King of Havana ♡ 14 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 'Fascinating...A richly detailed portrait.' -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times Known in his day as the King of Sugar, Julio Lobo was the wealthiest man
Spy in Moscow Station ♡ 10 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 Moscow in the late 1970s: one by one, CIA assets are disappearing. The perils of American arrogance, mixed withbureaucratic infighting, had left the country unspeakably
Waterloo General ♡ 14 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 At the Battle of Waterloo Sir William Ponsonby, a man who the Duke of Wellington stated had rendered very brilliant and important services and was
A CENTURY OF CHANGE ♡ 15 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 These outstanding books bring to life the people, places and events of the past in these islands, from the earliest settlers to the present day.
Kitchener ♡ 11 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 The words 'Britons Wants You' and 'Your Country Needs You' are echoes from the First World War - a time very different from today but
Modern Women ♡ 14 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 Modern Women este o celebrare a unora dintre femeile influente și impresionante care au schimbat lumea prin viața, prin munca și prin acțiunile lor. De
The Dignity of Chartism ♡ 12 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 Throughout her essays, Thompson strikes a delicate balance between on-the-ground accounts of local uprisings, snappy portraits of high-profile Chartist figures as well a...
A Brief History of Slavery ♡ 12 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 În 'A Brief History of Slavery' istoricul Jeremy Black explorează sclavia de la originile sale și până la manifestările sale contemporane, sub forma traficului de
A Strange Eventful History ♡ 14 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 Susținerea privatizării de către Tony Blair înainte de alegerile generale din 1997 a stins în cele din urmă viața socialismului ca forță politică semnificativă în
ZERO SIX BRAVO ♡ 12 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 bestsellerul nr. 1 din Sunday Times. Aceasta este povestea adevărată și nespusă a celei mai disperate bătălii purtate de forțele speciale britanice și aliate prinse
My Friend the Mercenary ♡ 11 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 He wanted a war. And, for his sins, he got one. James Brabazon was an ambitious young war reporter when he entered the chaos of
Peace and War: Britain In 1914 ♡ 12 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 1914 dawned with Britain at peace, albeit troubled by faultlines within and threats without: Ireland trembled on the brink of civil war suffragette agitation was
Zero Night ♡ 12 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 A remarkable story told in full for the first time: a rip-roaring adventure story of WWII derring-do, all the more thrilling for being true. Oflag
Speaking With the Spirits of the Old Southwest ♡ 10 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 DISCOVER THE CHILLING TRUE STORIES OF THE SPIRITS WHO HAUNT THE OTHERWORLDLY LANDSCAPE OF THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST Out in the Arizona desert, among the crumbling
UFOs, Aliens and the Battle for the Truth : A Short History of UFOlogy ♡ 13 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 This no-nonsense guide to one of our most enduring mysteries presents a short history of the strangest encounters, looks carefully at explanations from the blunt
The History of The Channel Tunnel ♡ 11 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 The Channel Tunnel, has been one of histories most protracted and at times acrimonious, construction projects. From the paranoia of the late 18th and early
Reporting on Hitler : Rothay Reynolds and the British Press in Nazi Berlin by Will Wainewright ♡ 15 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 Allegedly the only man capable of holding the Fuhrer's intense gaze, Rothay Reynolds was a leading foreign correspondent between the wars and ran the Daily
Sex and the City of Ladies ♡ 13 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 In 1405 Christine de Pisan took up the pen to defend her maligned sex. Her book, The City of Ladies , was built around preserving
To Fight Alongside Friends : The First World War Diary of Charlie May ♡ 11 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 The First World War Diaries of Manchester Pals Captain Charlie May - written and kept in secret and published now for the first time. A
Secret Alliances ♡ 9 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 In this extraordinary book, historian Tony Insall reveals how some of the most striking achievements of the Norwegian resistance were the detailed reports produced by
Charlie Company Journeys Home ♡ 12 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 Folosind nenumărate interviuri, precum și jurnale și scrisori originale, Andrew Wiest dezvăluie oroarea războiului din Vietnam pentru cei rămași în urmă și luptele durab...
Victoria Cross Heroes of World War One ♡ 11 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 For the first time all 627 WWI Victoria Cross winners are portrayed in photographs as well as their actions recounted. Contemporary facsimile newspaper extracts reveal
Reconfiguring Slavery ♡ 25 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 Reconfiguring Slavery focuses on the range of trajectories followed by slavery as an institution since the various abolitions of the nineteenth century. It also consider...
Evil Families ♡ 14 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 Throughout history, you see examples where criminality seems to run in the family. From the Ptolemaic dynasty that terrorized Greek Egypt to the modern mafia,
The Darksome Bounds of a Failing World ♡ 11 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 When the ship of dreams sank, so did the Edwardian era. In this original and meticulously-researched narrative history, Gareth Russell considers the real story of
Hubris ♡ 15 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 Sir Alistair Horne has been a close observer of war and history for more than fifty years. In this wise and masterly work that he
It Came from Something Awful ♡ 12 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 An insider's history of the website at the end of the world, which burst into politics and memed Donald Trump into the White House. The
America on Fire ♡ 11 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 A radical reckoning with the racial inequality of America's past and present, by one of the leading scholars of policing and mass incarceration in the
A History of the Rod ♡ 12 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 This famous book was first published in 1865, at the apogée of the Victorian era. Its full title—‘A History of the Rod in All Countries,
Shadow State ♡ 11 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 Every year the British government spends GBP80 billion outsourcing public services. Today, private companies are responsible for fulfilling some of the most sensitive an...
Black flag down ♡ 11 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 From the frontline in Iraq to the streets of inner city Birmingham, Liam Byrne brings together fresh, grassroots research with young British Muslims, frank interviews
An Appeal to the World ♡ 13 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 În An Appeal to the World, Sfinția Sa cel de-al 14-lea Dalai Lama al Tibetului propune o cale spre pace pentru timpurile noastre, susținând ideea
1963: That Was the Year That Was ♡ 13 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 A compendium of the year's milestone stories and watershed events in popular culture and politics. This year alone saw The Beatles' first No 1, Martin
Defiance! ♡ 11 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 George Nichols was an artillery officer serving with the 82nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. He was wounded in 1917, and returned to the guns in
VCs of the First World War Spring Offensive 1918 ♡ 8 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 At the end of 1917, after three years of trench warfare on the Western Front, the Allied armies of Britain and France, and those of