In the first two volumes of his bestselling Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson recounted how the American-led coalition fought through North Africa and Italy to the threshold of victory. Now he tells the most dramatic story of all... Zobraziť viac
This is the first 'biography' of the city of Amsterdam - in the same vein as Peter Ackroyd's London. Amsterdam is not just any city. Despite its relative size it has stood alongside its larger cousins - Paris, London, Berlin ... Zobraziť viac
Born almost a hundred years ago in Vienna - the cultural heart of a bourgeois Mitteleurope - Eric Hobsbawm, who was to become one of the most brilliant and original historians of our age, was uniquely placed to observe an era of titanic social and... Zobraziť viac
Lion City tells the extraordinary story of Singapore - the world's most successful city state... Zobraziť viac
Paris: city of love, food and fashion. Paris: the city that played host to major historical and cultural dramas... Zobraziť viac
On a sunny morning in May 1939 a phalanx of 800 women - housewives, doctors, opera singers, politicians, prostitutes - were marched through the woods fifty miles north of Berlin, driven on past a shining lake, then herded through giant gates... Zobraziť viac
Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the reader on an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks... Zobraziť viac
In September 1941, a young American woman strides up the steps of a hotel in Lyon, Vichy France. Her papers say she is a journalist. Her wooden leg is disguised by a determined gait and a distracting beauty. She is there to spark the resistance... Zobraziť viac
