History

The world is full of women we don t know whose stories have been overlooked or airbrushed from history. Often faced with limited life choices, this book proudly showcases those...

From the beginning of war (10,000 BCE) to the Arab Spring (2010) in 100 bite- size entries. How did we get from clubs and spears to machine guns and drone...

Alice Vernon often wakes up to find strangers in her bedroom. Ever since she was a child, her nights have been haunted by nightmares of a figure from her adolescence,...

Scene I. Enter Simo and Sosia, followed by Servants carrying provisions. Simo (to the Servants.) Do you carry those things away indoors; begone. (Beckoning to Sosia.) Sosia, just step here;...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there...

During World War II in Europe, the author's Field Artillery Forward Observer's telescope provided a unique view of American battles from Normandy to final victory in Germany.

The story of ocean liners brought to life by objects and ephemera, revealing life on board, luxury and magnificence, and peril and disaster. Explore the history of the great ocean...

The earliest record of an enclosed space around a homestead comes from 10,000 BCE and since then gardens of varying types and ambition have been popular throughout the ages. Whether...

A retainer of our domain, Renpeido Chikamatsu Hikonoshin Shigenori, each morning washed his face and hands, dressed himself in Hakama and prayed in front of the kamidana alter ...His prayer...

A biography of the 18th century revolutionary Edward Fitzgerald, the son of Emily Lennox, one of the sisters featured in ARISTOCRATS. The book naturally follows on from ARISTOCRATS and is...

This is a fascinating and moving portrait of the people who are suffering in a more divided and less egalitarian Australian society. Based on the author's conversations with hundreds of...

This is the third collection of the author's historical essays containing 15 essays ranging from an account of the Jesuit Matteo Ricci's mission in China in the 16th century to...

When Benjamin Franklin, the 18th-century American statesman and scientist, watched the calming effect of a drop of oil on the waves and ripples of a London pond, he was observing...

The 40-year story of the creation and demise of one of the pioneering companies of the computer age, explaining in detail how a particular culture can become so embedded that...

Now a major motion picture from Jerry Bruckheimer starring Chris Hemsworth and Michael Shannon! "A thrilling action ride of a book" ( The New York Times Book Review )--the New...

MONEY. The object of our desires. The engine of our genius. Humanity's greatest invention. Whether we like it or not, our world revolves around money, but we rarely stop to...

THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER *LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION* 'The beauty of The Wager unfurls like a great sail... one of the finest nonfiction...

A harrowing true story of the modern Ku Klux Klan and an act of grace that shook a community in the Deep South. The true events that inspired the film,...

Everyone loves Italian food. But how did the Italians come to eat so well The advertising industry tells us the answer lies in the vineyards and olive groves of Tuscany...

What is leadership? What are the secrets of the phenomenon by which one person can lead millions - sometimes to salvation, sometimes to destruction? Is leadership innate, or can it...

Mohandas Gandhi and Winston Churchill: India's moral leader and Great Britain's greatest Prime Minister. Born five years and seven thousand miles apart, they became embodiments of the nations they led....

Nominated for the CWA Dagger Award 2023 'A wonderful book' - Guardian Truth, murder and the birth of the lie detector Henry Wilkens burst through the doors of the emergency...

Essex, the witch hunting county, is especially rich in traditions, legends, dialect and stories. This book explores the origins and meanings of its traditions to create a sense of the...

BROADCAST WARS is an explosive look at a tumultuous period (2003-2011) in Australian television as the Nine and Seven networks traded blows, new technologies emerged and old personalities and management...

What really happened to the ex-servicemen in Australia when they returned to civil life? The truth of their stories in peacetime is as shocking as the war they faced. In...

Moral and citizenship education are again at the forefront of educational attention with the recent governmental announcements about revisions to the National Curriculum frameworks to 2000 and beyond. This book...

Adolf Hitler was one of six children born to his mother, and one of eight born to his father from two of his three marriages. Alois Hitler, ne Schicklgruber, was...

History will always remember the Edisons, Einsteins and Darwins: they succeeded in changing the world, and the world has repaid them by enshrining their names. But what of those others...

"There are many women like Belen whose names we don't know, but whose stories are just as important. An uplifting chronicle of one woman's fight for justice."- Kirkus Reviews (starred...

"Smart, patriotic, and readable, this book is what our cynical culture needs." - Pete Hegseth, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Battle for the American Mind America is full...

From the mystique of the glamorous Kennedys to the tumult that surrounded Bill and Hillary Clinton during the president's impeachment to the historic tenure of Barack and Michelle Obama, each...

A must-read for anyone with an interest in history, politics, or the fascinating story and enduring legacy of an extraordinary figure: Winston Churchill. Widely regarded as one of the most...

A fascinating cartographic study of urban development, perfect for map and history lovers. The city, a concept nearly as old as history itself, is a paradox of human innovation and...

One of the government's former behavioural scientists reveals how you can do what you want, whilst everybody tries to influence you into doing what they want. Influence makes you think...

100 years, the popes have spoken about women on more than 40 occasions. This book is the first study, in any language, of that teaching. From speeches to encyclicals, Richard...

Charles Wheeler, the BBC's longest-serving foreign correspondent, was one of Britain's greatest news reporters. For more than four decades, he reported for radio and television from most of the world's...

This book recounts for the first time the tragic loss of more than 1,000 American soldiers in 1943 when their troopship was torpedoed in the Mediterranean.

Analyzes the Persian Gulf War, describes the strengths and weaknesses of the Coalition forces, and evaluates the strategies and weapons used in the war.