Trial of the Chicago 7

History of Britain Book IV History of Britain

Povestind povestea istoriei britanice într-o narațiune cronologică simplă, „A History of Britain” acoperă matricea istoriei britanice, inclusiv evenimentele de peste măr...

Unleashing Demons: The Inside Story of Brexit

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

Children of Paradise

The drama that shaped today’s Iran, from the Revolution to the present day. In 1979, seemingly overnight - moving at a clip some 30 years

Deception : Spies, Lies and How Russia Dupes the West

From the capture of Sidney Reilly, the 'Ace of Spies', by Lenin's Bolsheviks in 1925, to the deportation from the USA of Anna Chapman, the

Plugging Into Your Past

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

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

Showers Brothers Furniture Company

Când familia Showers a sosit în Bloomington, Indiana, calea ferată venise de curând în oraș și o universitate modestă se lupta să supraviețuiască. După ce

The Hacienda : A Memoir

De la un autor britanic premiat vine o carte de memorii luxuriantă și captivantă - un Out of Africa plasat în Anzii venezueleni. Cu o

The Great Rescue

Published in commemoration of the centennial of America’s entry into World War I, the story of the USS Leviathan, the legendary liner turned warship that

Scandals in History

Notions of what is scandalous vary from age to age, but our fascination with all things outrageous remains the same. Whether the sexual disgraces of

The Reckoning

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

Understanding Thomas Jefferson

Recent biographies of Thomas Jefferson have stressed the sphinxlike puzzles of his character—famous champion of freedom yet lifelong slaveholder, foe of miscegenation ye...

The Early Art of Coventry, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwick, and Lesser Sites in Warwickshire

The study of the early art of England can be frustrating for scholars, as the destruction by iconoclasm and neglect was very thorough in certain

West Like Lightning

'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

Assassination of JFK

This volume is not about conspiracy theories or political intrigue, it's concerned only with the people - from the highest to the lowest - who

The Holocaust

This thought-provoking book uses evocative photographs, maps and easy-to-follow text to tell the story of this dark event to young readers in a clear and

A Strange Eventful History

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

A Brief History of the Battle of Agincourt

Few victories have been so complete, or achieved against such heavy odds, as that won by Henry V against Charles VI's army at Agincourt on

A Brief History of Mutiny by Richard Woodman

The notorious uprising on the Bounty has been elevated to iconic status by Hollywood, yet Richard Woodman describes it here as a mere 'pup' among

Tear Gas

The story of how a chemical weapon went from the battlefield to the streets More than a hundred years ago, French troops fired the first

Dead Men Risen

WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE 2012. This is the gripping story of the men of the Welsh Guards and their bloody battle for survival in

To Fight Alongside Friends : The First World War Diary of Charlie May

The First World War Diaries of Manchester Pals Captain Charlie May - written and kept in secret and published now for the first time. A

Women of Westminster

In 1919 Nancy Astor was elected as the Member of Parliament for Plymouth Sutton, becoming the first woman MP to take her seat in the

Holocaust Child : Lalechka

A little girl is smuggled out of a Jewish ghetto. Two courageous women. And an inspirational story of survival. In 1941 at the height of

Secret Alliances

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

Mi9

Many of the most famous escapes in history took place during the Second World War. These daring flights from Nazi-occupied Europe would never have been

Victoria Cross Heroes of World War One

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

Archibald Wavell

Archibald Wavell remains one of the great Allied commanders of the early phases of World War II. In fact, between June 1940 and June 1941,

Valkyrie's Song

M.D. Lachlan's brooding and powerful tales of Vikings, Norse gods and werewolves have already won praise from, amongst others, Joe Abercrombie, Adam Roberts, Mike Carey

Doorway to Hell: Disaster in Somalia

Spring, 1993: Most of Somalia outside of Mogadishu was secured. Then something went wrong... It started as a mission of mercy-to feed the hungry, cure

Don Vito and the Mafia: Living with My Father's Secrets

Vito Ciancimino - Don Vito da Corleone - spent forty years in the grip of death, mafia, politics, business deals and the secret service. Don

East-West Divan

This collection of scholarly essays on Egyptian culture, history, society, archeology, literature, art, and conservation is published in memory of Werner Mark Linz, who s...

Shadow State

Every year the British government spends GBP80 billion outsourcing public services. Today, private companies are responsible for fulfilling some of the most sensitive an...

The Butcher, the Baker, the Candlestick-Maker

Hutchinson explores the controversial creation of the British census. He follows its development from a head-count of the population conducted by clerks with quill pe...

CITY OF SIN: LONDON

For over a thousand years, England's capital has been associated with desire, avarice and the sins of the flesh. In this text, Catharine Arnold turns

Great Upheaval

It is an era that redefined history. As the 1790s began, a fragile America teetered on the brink of oblivion, Russia towered as a vast

Al-Qaeda and Sacrifice: Martyrdom, War and Politics

Al-Qaeda and Sacrifice is a pioneering critical intervention into the study of terrorism. Challenging the commonly held idea that 'suicide-bombings' are motiva...

Code Name Caesar

In the waning days of World War II, a little-known battle took place under the frozen seas off the coast of Norway . . .

Women in Aviation

Amy Johnson and Amelia Earhart may be the most famous trailblazing women within the world of early aviation, but there were many others. From the

Patriotic Betrayal

Overview: In this revelatory book, Karen M. Paget shows how the CIA turned the National Student Association into an intelligence asset during the Cold War,

Warrior and the Prophet

Shawnee chief Tecumseh was a man destined for greatness - the son of a prominent war leader, he was supposedly born under a lucky shooting

Being Arab

In the years before his assassination in 2005, Samir Kassir became one of Lebanon's foremost public intellectuals, a fearless critic of tyranny and an inspiring

America's Culture of Terrorism : Violence, Capitalism, and the Written Word

Although the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 shocked the world, America has confronted terrorism at home for well over a century. With the invention

Ian Fleming's Commandos

În 1942, locotenent-comandantul Ian Fleming era asistent personal al directorului de informații navale - figura dinamică din spatele lui „M”,șeful fictiv al lui James Bo...

Exploiting Africa

'The purpose of this book is to provide an historical examination of China's activities in Africa, an important yet overlooked aspect of the broader subject

Riots, Pogroms, Jihad

In October 2002 a bomb blast in a Balinese nightclub killed more than two hundred people, many of them young Australian tourists. This event and

The Private Heinrich Himmler: Letters of a Mass Murderer

At the end of World War II, it was assumed that the letters of Heinrich Himmler were lost. Yet sixty years after Himmler's capture by

Babes in the Woods Murders

Bishop - a petty criminal known to both girls' families - was charged after his suspiciously close involvement in the search for the bodies. But

The Oxford History of Britain and Ireland: Volume 3: Crown and People : 1500 - 1700

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.

The King Who Had To Go

The relationship between Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson created a constitutional crisis that has fascinated the public for decades. Unwilling to accept the idea of

Street Fighting Years

In 'Street Fighting Years' Tariq Ali surveys the political upheaval and change of the 1960s, taking in Vietnam, the death of Che Guevara, and the

English Voices

Ferdinand Mount has spent many years writing articles, columns and reviews for prestigious magazines, newspapers and journals. Whether reviewing great published works by ...

Mafialand

The MacArthur Highway and Other Relics of American Empire in the Philippines

It has been more than a century since the American conquest and subsequent annexation of the Philippines. Although the nation was given its independence in

I Am the Border, So I Am

‘I was living the quiet life, watching the traffic and the sheep go by and then Brexit came along and I listened to people dismissing

The Rise of the Outsiders

Something strange has been happening. All over the world, people are angry and rejecting the establishment like never before. Britain votes Brexit. Trump promises walls

Inspector Minahan Makes a Stand

In Victorian London, the age of consent was just thirteen. Unwitting girls were regularly enticed, tricked and sold into prostitution. If not marked out for

The Holy Place

Continues the investigation, reported in 'Holy Blood, Holy Grail,' into accursed treasure, the Knights Templar, Jesus, and the existence of a megalithic masterpiece.

Five Presidents

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Kennedy and Me and Five Days in November reflects on his seventeen years on the Secret

Hell and Good Company