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1606: William Shakespeare and the Year of Lear traces Shakespeare's life and times from the autumn of 1605, when he took an old and anonymous Elizabethan play, The Chronicle History...

1634: The Galileo Affair

'A forensic exploration of their compositions and recordings, and everything that has been poured into them . . . completely definitive' MOJO ????? The story of Manic Street Preachers is...

The health benefits of intermittent fasting are now indisputable, and 16:8 is the easiest and most effective fasting method. Jaime Rose Chambers is a practising dietitian who sees countless patients...

Help the United Nations to save the world! On 25 September 2015, world leaders at the UN adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals. These new Goals, which universally apply to all...

How often do you get to the end of another long and frantic day and wonder why so many important things didn't get finished? We've never worked so hard and...

With this third volume John Gill brings to a close his magisterial study of the war between Napoleonic France and Habsburg Austria. The account begins with both armies recuperating on...

1857: The Oral Tradition is a unique work, largely using the sources of oral history in various parts of the country to reconstruct aspects of the great uprising of 1857....

From award-winning historian and New York Times bestselling author of April 1865: The Month That Saved America Jay Winik, a gripping account of the weeks leading up to Abraham Lincoln's...

From award-winning historian and New York Times bestselling author of April 1865: The Month That Saved America Jay Winik, a gripping account of the weeks leading up to Abraham Lincoln's...

A witty yet moving narrative worked up from sketched documentary traces and biographical fragments, 1913 is an intimate cultural portrait of a world that is about to change forever. The...

This book uses personal accounts and illustrations, mainly from the author's own archives, to cover all aspects of World War I - from departure of the Old Contemptibles to fight...

In the summer of 1914 Europe exploded into a frenzy of mass violence. The war that followed had global repercussions, destroying four empires and costing millions of lives. Even the...

At the outset of 1918 Germany faced certain defeat as a result of Allied technical innovation in tanks and aircraft, and the American entry into the war. Victory could only...

Arcturus Military Classics discuss the strategies, tactics and weapons of the two World Wars, and vividly bring to life how these were employed on the battlefields of Europe, North Africa...

The chilling novella featured in Stephen King's bestselling collection Full Dark, No Stars , 1922 - about a man who succumbs to the violence within - is now available as...

How Germany's fledgling democracy nearly collapsed in 1923--and how pro-democracy forces fought back In 1923, the Weimar Republic faced a series of crises, including foreign occupation of its industrial heartland,...

From the bestselling author of Too Big to Fail, comes a riveting, fly-on-the-wall account of the most infamous stock market crash in history In 1929, the world watched in shock...

In this masterly new work, acclaimed historian Giles MacDonogh explores the moment when Hitler gambled everything. Until 1938, Hitler could be dismissed as a ruthless but efficient dictator, a problem...

'Grose's compassionate, honest and vivid account deserves to be widely read.' Sun Herald on An Awkward Truth 'About as good as any yarn can get . . . a great...

A vivid portrait of a world at the end of war, told through 12 months from around the globe. 1945 is a fresh look at the last year of the...

With the end of the Second World War, a new world was born. The peace agreements that brought the conflict to an end implemented decisions that not only shaped the...

It is said that British Drama was shockingly lifted out of the doldrums by the 'revolutionary' appearance of John Osborne's Look Back in Anger at the Royal Court in May...

Acclaimed national security columnist and noted cultural critic Fred Kaplan looks past the 1960s to the year that really changed America While conventional accounts focus on the sixties as the...

The pop world accelerated and broke through the sound barrier in 1966. In America, in London, in Amsterdam, in Paris, revolutionary ideas slow-cooking since the late '50s reached boiling point....

1967 explores how that pivotal slice of time tastes to a bright, obsessive/compulsive boy who is shipped off to a hothouse academic boarding school as he reaches the age of...

1967 explores how that pivotal slice of time tastes to a bright, obsessive/compulsive boy who is shipped off to a hothouse academic boarding school as he reaches the age of...

'Memoirists rarely begin their work with a stroke of genuine inspiration, and Robyn Hitchcock's ingenious idea to limit his account of his life to the titular year gives this sharp,...

The story of the year that rock music exploded, featuring almost every star who defined the decade *THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER* As seen on Apple TV - 1971-...

There is a myth that the long, dark days before punk were full of legions of British prog rock groups; that the likes of Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, Emerson Lake...

There is a myth that the long, dark days before punk were full of legions of British prog rock groups; that the likes of Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, Emerson Lake...

In characteristically daring style, Anthony Burgess combines two responses to Orwell's 1984 in one book. The first is a sharp analysis: through dialogues, parodies and essays, Burgess sheds new light...

The 1989 Grand Final between Hawthorn and Geelong is considered one of the greatest of all. Hawthorn, seeking to go back-to-back for the first time was against a Geelong team...

The year 1989 was the start of a monumental shift in world history. From the fall of the Berlin Wall to the introduction of the World Wide Web, the unparalleled...

Despite the increasing prevalence of digital media, booklets and brochures remain staples of the designer's repertory. PRINT gathers here the best examples from its Regional Design Annuals and adds detailed...

This Christmas season, the Women's Murder Club unite to protect the streets of San Francisco once more in James Patterson's latest instalment to the bestselling series The Sunday Times bestseller...

Private investigator Cassidy James tracks down the killer of a wealthy summer resident of Cedar Hills, Oregon in this installment of Kate Calloway's exciting new mystery series..

As the only woman homicide inspector in San Francisco, Lindsay Boxer has to be tough. But nothing she has seen prepares her for the horror of the honeymoon murders, when...

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING DENZEL WASHINGTON AND MARK WAHLBERG! Trench is a deep-cover DEA agent. Steadman is an undercover Naval Intelligence officer. Both think the other is a...

The Bird sisters return to solve another mystery in the hotly anticipated sequel to the bestselling 2 Sisters Detective Agency. Patterson's greatest crime-solving team since the Women's Murder Club is...

Gabriela Peacock reveals the game-changing science that will help you radically influence the ageing process and transform your future. Designed to be compatible with real life, 2 Weeks to a...

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20 x 3- Eliminate Your Belly Fat in an Hour a Week shows you how by incorporating a simple interval training routine and delicious Mediterranean eating plan, you will shed...

Joe and Rob visit an underwater beach in this third adventure in the hilarious Bots chapter book series! Many years ago, scientists on Earth sent video satellites out to the...

10 STORIES 10 DANGEROUS SITUATIONS 10 BRAVE KIDS 20 MINUTES TO ESCAPE... Quinn gets thrown overboard into an icy ocean. Can he outwit the circling shark? Ashling is watching a...

Where are the Careys and Kellys of yesteryear? What are the `Cowboy', `the Incredible Hulk' and `the Galloping Gasometer' doing these days? Jim Main takes us inside the locker rooms...