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Out of this World - the story of modern America's first century. Beginning with the shaky start at Jamestown in 1607, and ending with the ...
The definitive life of one of the most remarkable figures of the 20th century
New York Times Book Review Books of the Year 2014
In ...
This is not an official history of the world. It is about what happens between the cracks. It is about the forgotten, the overlooked, the ...
But what does your furniture point at?' asks the character Joey in the sitcom Friends on hearing an acquaintance has no TV. It's a ...
Contrary to popular belief, Anglo-Saxon England had queens, with the tenth-century Elfrida being the most powerful and notorious of them all. She was the first ...
From the author of HORRIBLE HISTORIES comes the third volume in Terry Deary's gritty and humorous history series for adults. The reign of Elizabeth ...
Ravensbruck Concentration Camp is the worst atrocity ever committed solely against women, but today the name of the camp is barely known. From Ravensbruck's ...
Historians have dismissed the pageantry of the Vienna Congress as window dressing when compared with the serious maneuverings of sovereigns and statesmen. By seeing these ...
The ancient Greeks gave us our alphabet and much of our scientific, medical and cultural language; they invented democracy, atomic theory, and the rules of ...
An engaging and informative first-hand account of the last 'grain race' of maritime history, from respected travel writer Eric Newby.
In 1939, a young Eric ...
