20th Century History

Late one night in December 2008, police arrived at the home of Liu Xiaobo-China's leading dissident, a key figure in the prodemocracy manifesto Charter 08-and took him away. When Liu...

The first book to lay bare the life of a Nazi camp guard who settled in a Chicago suburb and to explore how his community and others responded to discoveries...

A gripping history that spans law, international affairs, and top-secret technology to unmask the tension between intellectual property rights and national security. At the beginning of the twentieth century, two...

A new history of how the Nazi era upended German-Jewish experiences of space and time from eminent historian Guy Miron. In Space and Time under Persecution , Guy Miron considers...

The first full-scale biography of Robert Welch, who founded the John Birch Society and planted some of modern conservatism's most insidious seeds. Though you may not know his name, Robert...

The astonishing true story of a young woman's adventures, and misadventures, in the dangerous world of Nazi-occupied France The astonishing true story of a young woman's adventures, and misadventures, in...

The memoirs of Tony Blair - a worldwide publishing sensation In 1997, Tony Blair won the biggest Labour victory in history to sweep the party to power and end eighteen...

This is the story of George W. Bush's unlikely odyssey. It is an original take on the political process and a detailed glimpse of George W. Bush as most Americans...

The 20th century has seen massive changes technologically, socially and in virtually every sphere of life. One of the most marked changes, however, has been the position of women in...

Impressionism took its name from the title of a painting that Claude Monet (1840-1926) exhibited in 1874. More than any other artist, Monet was the creator of the Impressionist vision,...

In early 1942, while most of the American military was still in disarray from the devastating attacks on Pearl Harbor and the Philippines, a single squadron advanced to the far...

Mega-lead for Summer reading Not Quite the Diplomat describes what has been happening in Britain, Europe and the world since 1997 from the perspective of one at the heart of...

An anthology of writings and photographs celebrating the outstanding contribution of one of the country's most distinguished and enduring travel writers, and the century's greatest living explorer. At the age...

What is Australia's place in the new global landscape? Are we ready for our post-American future? In an era of rising danger for all, and dramatic choices for Australia, Hugh...

'Lynda La Plante practically invented the thriller. Above Suspicion blew me away - it grabs you and doesn't let go until the last page' KARIN SLAUGHTER The first book in...

An award-winning study of England's unique and peculiarly insular variant of modernism. While the battles for modern art and society were being fought in France and Spain, it has seemed...

Why are Mexicans so successful in individual sports, but deficient in team play? Why do Mexicans dislike living in skyscrapers? Why do Mexicans love to see themselves as victims, but...

A PEOPLE MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE WEEK "Catnip for Ferrante fans." - Boston Globe "Readers will find [ The Lack of Light ] irresistible." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A...

Four starred reviews! "Evocative prose and illustrations bring to life...[the] heart-wrenching decisions and considerations that Japanese Americans had to face...[and] their endurance, sacrifices, and resilience." -Susan H. Kamei, author of...

As one of the first investigative journalists to publicly question Berlusconi's fitness for government, Economist writer David Lane sparked an uproar in Italy. Now, after years of research and using...

A heartwarming story split between 1966 and the Second World War where past and present collide, unlocking memories and reuniting old friends, showing that people can become family, despite the...

It's the nineties, baby! This adorable, iconic board book features everything from bucket hats to pagers, and plenty of nineties slang! I'm a nineties baby, just look at me! I'm...

In the summer of 1957, rebelling against her family and anxious to impress an admirer who had moved to Paris, Gill Johnson, aged twenty-five, gave up her comfortable job at...

This epic book, spanning two continents, recounts the story of three generations of two families whose lives unexpectedly intersect in their adopted country. Beautifully capturing the loss faced when war...

The indomitable Miss Cocks and Ethel Bromley return for Book Two in the bestselling and charmingly cosy Petticoat Police Mystery Series, inspired by one of Australia's first policewomen. Adelaide, September...

The first book, entitled Revolution Day will be Rageh Omaar's story of the recent Iraq war. During that conflict millions of people turned to Omaar for the quality of his...

Daniel Goldhagen re-visits a question which history has treated as settled, and his research leads him to the inescapble conclusion that none of the answers holds true. That question is:...