Most things you ‘know’ about science and religion are myths or half-truths that grew up in the last years of the nineteenth century and remain widespread today... Zobraziť viac
This gripping book is the story of Ukraine’s Nazi occupation, told by one ordinary, brave child... Zobraziť viac
From the Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of Ghost Wars, the inside story of America's long and ruinous relationship with Saddam Hussein... Zobraziť viac
When did Hannibal cross the Alps? What caused the War of Jenkins' Ear? Who was Rosa Parks? How did the Arab Spring unfold? Discover history's most decisive moments as and when they happened... Zobraziť viac
Through the lives of major figures from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries, including Copernicus, Gutenberg, Luther, Catherine de Medici, Rabelais, van Eyck and Shakespeare,... Zobraziť viac
The definitive history of the Eastern Front in the First World War, from the acclaimed military historian and author of Passchendaele and The Western Front. In the second volume of his landmark First World War trilogy, Professor Nick Lloyd tells... Zobraziť viac
In this revelatory book, Dr Jonathan Kennedy argues that germs have shaped humanity at every stage, from the first success of Homo sapiens over the equally intelligent Neanderthals to the fall of Rome and the rise of Islam... Zobraziť viac
Fancy Bear was hungry. Looking for embarrassing information about Hillary Clinton, the elite hacking unit within Russian military intelligence broke into the Democratic National Committee network, grabbed what it could... Zobraziť viac
An evocative and lyrical history of Cyprus and the Mediterranean... Zobraziť viac
A visual history of the world’s magic megalopolis... Zobraziť viac
There can be few more exciting or frightening moments in European history than the spring of 1848. As if by magic, in city after city, from Palermo to Paris to Venice, huge crowds gathered... Zobraziť viac
On the face of it, the three characters here seem to have little in common - aside from the fact that each committed wartime acts that led some to see them as national heroes, and others as villains... Zobraziť viac
All of the Earth's ocean, from the equator to the poles, is a single engine powered by sunlight - a blue machine... Zobraziť viac
People have been drawing lines on maps for as long as there have been maps to draw on. Sometimes rooted in physical geography, sometimes entirely arbitrary, these lines might often have looked very different if a war or treaty... Zobraziť viac
This remarkable work about women writers in the English Renaissance explodes our notion of the Shakespearean period by drawing us into the lives of four women who were committed to their craft long before there was any possibility... Zobraziť viac
The essential introduction to the Middle Ages by the bestselling author of The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England ... Zobraziť viac
Drawing from the people who lived it, Homelands explores how Europe slowly recovered and rebuilt from World War Two. And then faltered... Zobraziť viac
Discover the key battles, tactics, technologies and turning points of the First World War - the epic conflict that was supposed to be "the war to end all wars"... Zobraziť viac
This visual celebration of the world's most celebrated thinkers tells the fascinating stories of their lives and pioneering ideas. Philosophers Who Changed History places well-known philosophers in their historical and cultural context, showing you... Zobraziť viac
A provocative reinterpretation of the tumultuous late 1970s and early 1980s in the Middle East... Zobraziť viac
