This book answers the most obvious, the most important, yet the most difficult question about human history: why history unfolded so differently on different continents....

Walls are going up. Nationalism and identity politics are on the rise once more. Thousands of miles of fences and barriers have been erected in...

On 4 June 1942 one of the most powerful figures of the Nazi regime died in agony from wounds sustained during an assassination attempt in...

For almost two decades, Father Patrick Ryan evaded intelligence agencies across Europe. The subject of two unsuccessful extradition requests, he was, for a time, one...

Doug Beattie MC returns to Helmand Province for one final tour before retiring - and it's the most bloody and brutal conflict yet. This book...

Catalogue for the exhibition "The Dachau Concentration Camp 1933-1945" to accompany the new design of the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site. Illustrated with photographs. Includes...

The Emerald Isle has a daring and dramatic past. With twinkling charm and warm humour, Best of Irish brings together Ireland's unique history in a...

Legendary British photojournalist McCullin (Hearts of Darkness ; Beirut: A City in Crisis) has captured the essence of war on film in the Congo, Biafra,...

Children of the Rising is the first ever account of the young lives violently lost during the week of the 1916 Rising: long-forgotten and never...

In the eight years since the third edition of this reference was published, careers have waxed and waned, reputations been made and lost, great movies...

As present-day political and military hostilities between Russia and theWest threaten to escalate, The Cold War looks back at a global dramathat positioned the world...

A hopeful history - charting 100 years of the Irish State through facts and stats.

For centuries the Irish have had an impact on the world far beyond what you would expect for a tiny nation on the edge of...

In May 1943, a young Frenchwoman called Lucie Aubrac engineered the escape of her husband Raymond from the clutches of Klaus Barbie, the feared Gestapo...

The true story of Edward Windsor and Wallis Simpson's involvement with the Nazi regime, and the post-war cover-up.

Jumping from his aircraft on D-Day while under fire, Dick Winters landed behind enemy lines with nothing but a knife for protection. From this chaotic...

This "New York Times" bestseller draws on interviews with scores of Kennedy intimates and letters and personal papers to paint a detailed picture of the...

While the letters exchanged between the man who was to become King Edward VIII/ Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson/ Duchess of Windsor have been...

Draws on sources to explore the life of Michael Collins and to ask what made him such an extraordinary and complex man. This comprehensive biography...

The essential account of geopolitics right now, from one of our greatest living intellectuals - including a new afterword on President Donald Trump Noam Chomsky:...

The World's Smallest Dog with the World's Biggest HeartSmoky the Brave is the extraordinary, touching and true story of a heroic dog and her adoptive...

Michael Asher - a former soldier in 23 SAS Regiment - examines the evolution of the special forces idea and investigates the real story behind...

'A triumph of family story-telling' Hugo Hamilton, author of The Pages. A tale of three journeys, the final one a successful pursuit of shadows' Myles...

This concise and penetrating study surveys the growth of European intervention in areas outside Europe between 1860 and 1914. Its subject is 'imperialism' as a...

Why did 60 million people leave Europe for overseas destinations in the hundred years after the Napoleonic Wars? What were the social and economic causes...

Traitor King, by Sunday Times bestselling author Andrew Lownie, looks at the years following the abdication of Edward VIII when the former king was kept...

A stunning tale of his first-hand account of the discovery of the lost city of Machu Picchu, one of the most revered expeditions of all...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2015 LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2016 A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK âe~A passionate memoir.âe(tm) Neil MacGregor...

This book explores the history of Islam and the cultural, political, and socio-economic forces that have cultivated an environment that nurtures terrorism and idolizes its...

"A Borzoi Book"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references and index.

The very young men who flew the B-24s over Germany in World War II against terrible odds were yet another exceptional band of brothers, and,...

Originally published: London: Chatto & Windus, 2007. Includes bibliographical references and index.

A sweeping and dramatic history of the last half century of conflict in the Middle East from an award-winning journalist who has covered the region...

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Draws on thousands of recently released official documents and new interviews to present a report on the September 11 attacks that examines why the crisis...