From the bestselling author of Stalingrad, Berlin and D-Day, Antony Beevor's Ardennes 1944: Hitler's Last Gamble tells the story of the German's ill-fated final stand... Zobraziť viac
You can see them, but you don't know them. Ultras are football fans like no others. A hugely visible and controversial part of the global game, their credo and aesthetic replicated in almost every league everywhere on earth, a global movement... Zobraziť viac
Drawn from a former BBC QI Elf's lifetime’s search for the weird and the wonderful, The Most Interesting Book in The World is a miscellany of things too strange to be true, yet somehow are... Zobraziť viac
On July 12th, 1776, Captain James Cook, already lionized as the greatest explorer in British history, set off on his third voyage in HMS Resolution. Two-and-a-half years later, on a beach in Hawaii, Cook was killed – beaten and stabbed in a conflict with Zobraziť viac
By the middle of the twentieth century, many liberals looked glumly at the world modernity had brought about, with its devastating wars, rising totalitarianism, and permanent nuclear terror. They concluded that, far from offering a solution to these... Zobraziť viac
The Reindeer Hunters is the second in a thrilling historical trilogy that began with The Bell in the Lake. The year is 1903, and twenty-two years have passed since Astrid Hekne died in childbirth. Her son Jehans lives on a modest smallholding up in... Zobraziť viac
Lilibet: a carefree child, a lover of horses and dogs, devoted to her family. And the girl who would be Queen... Zobraziť viac
Life is Simple tells the remarkable story of how a thirteenth century monk's search for simplicity led to the emergence of the modern world... Zobraziť viac
Mynule lyudstva v knyzi Sapiens «Lyudyna rozumna». Maybutnye v knyzi Homo Deus «Bozhestvenna lyudyna». Nastav chas zadumatysya pro problemy sʹohodennya. Shcho oznachaye pidnesennya Donalʹda Trampa? ... Zobraziť viac
Virginia Woolf's 1925 novel of feminism, existentialism, and self-realization is an essential read for all lovers of classic literature... Zobraziť viac
This is a book about the coming of age of four women born in China in the 1980s and 1990s, dreaming of better futures... Zobraziť viac
Suzi Ronson was working in a Beckenham hair salon in the early '70s when Mrs Jones came in for her weekly shampoo and set. After being introduced to her son David and his wife Angie... Zobraziť viac
A poignant exploration of Central Asia's social upheaval after the Soviet collapse. Witness a region's rebirth through the eyes of an intrepid observer, blending history, culture, and breathtaking landscapes. Zobraziť viac
Do you feel like we're living in the end times? Does it seem like everything is on fire, and one disaster follows another?Here's a small comfort: you're not the first to feel that way. If there's one thing that people throughout history have agreed on... Zobraziť viac
Against the wishes of Hitler, German forces under Erich von Manstein were forced to retreat following the failure of their offensive at Kursk in July 1943. The weakened force had only one possible refuge, behind the wide Dnepr River... Zobraziť viac
In 1616, an English adventurer, Nathaniel Courthope, stepped ashore on a remote island in the East Indies on a secret mission - to persuade the islanders of Run to grant a monopoly to England over their nutmeg, a fabulously valuable spice in Europe... Zobraziť viac
In 1978 Timothy Garton Ash went to live in Berlin to see what that divided city could teach him about tyranny and freedom. Fifteen years later, by then internationally famous for his reportage of the downfall of communism in Central Europe, ... Zobraziť viac
From the master storyteller and internationally bestselling author - the story of humanity from prehistory to the present day, told through the one thing all humans have in common: family... Zobraziť viac
A compelling history of a perennially powerful idea: the quest for the ideal society. We have always dreamed of better societies. Philosophers, poets, reformers, architects and artists have imagined them in intricate detail, from Asia to the Americas, ... Zobraziť viac
Startling new fossil finds are the lifeblood of modern palaeobiology. Giant sauropod dinosaur skeletons from Patagonia, dinosaurs with feathers from China, and even a tiny dinosaur tail in Burmese amber - complete down to every detail of its filament-like Zobraziť viac
