'This is the room from which I will direct the war,' Churchill declared, shortly after becoming Prime Minister in 1940. It was from these cramped...
It is one of the more startling facts of military history that the founders of three of the four great religionsJudaism, Buddhism, and Islamwere also...
Ever since Vladamir Putin came to power in Russia, his critics have turned up dead on a regular basis. According to Amy Knight, this is...
If time travel were to become possible, most people would choose to visit a significant moment in history. They could witness the first powered flight,...
What does history really consist of? Centuries of people quietly going about their daily business - sleeping, eating, having sex, endeavouring to get comfortable. And...
A heartwarming and dramatic World War I saga of secrets, love and the British royal family for readers of Daisy Styles and Maisie Thomas. 'A...
Decision Points is the extraordinary memoir of America's 43rd president. Shattering the conventions of political autobiography, George W. Bush offers a strikingly candid journey through...
The Observer Book of the Year 'The war hero, senator, secretary of state and presidential candidate has plenty to write about - and to be...
This unique social history spans the last half century, when developments in birth control and the education of women have increased opportunities for women to...
Just over a month after the 1921 truce that ended Ireland's fight with Britain, Ernie O'Malley longed for a return to war. Ten months later...
The 15:17 to Paris is an amazing true story of friendship and bravery, of near terrorist attack averted by three young men who found the...
It was a time of testing and uncertainty. Even before World War I, there was a sense that country was changing. As Louisa Thomas reveals...
Housam 'Sam' Najjair was born in Dublin to an Irish mother and a Libyan father. In June 2011, as his father's home country was being...
Global Ireland offers a concise synthesis of globalization's dramatic impact on Ireland. In the past fifteen years, Ireland has transformed from a sleepy and depressed...
Previously published in ebook as The Daughter's Choice A charming and nostalgic World War II tale from the author of The Nursemaid's Secret and Bicycles...
'Sermon, ultimatum, confession, deposition, testament, and chronicle ... all presented in searing, brilliant prose' The New York Times Book Review We, the black and the...
Offers a study of the Soviet Union in the aftermath of communism, tracing Russia's search for stability following the chaotic elections of 1996.
On Friday 25th May, 1934, a forty-one-year-old woman walked into the lobby of Claridge's Hotel to meet the nineteen-year-old son whose face she did not...
I hadn't been planning on making Mexico my new home, but the little house on the sea was all that I had left . ....
A startling, dramatic and sometimes humorous analysis of the crumbling of the American Dream by the BBC's chief American correspondent, Esler finds the American people...
War Hotels is an engrossing exploration of hotels in wartime, told through the prism of the now iconic hotels that were frequented by foreign correspondents,...
The tradition of awarding the Freedom of the City still lives on in cities around the world. Many of the rights or privileges associated with...
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes Lyon,the youngest daughter of the Earl of Strathmore, was born on 4 August 1900. It might reasonably have been expected that...
Schmidt journeys behind the closed doors of the Oval Office, the Kremlin etc. to discuss the meetings and maneuverings of the world's most powerful leaders.
IN TRUMP TIME, tells the story of a President who worked night and day for the American people, who built the strongest economy in modern...
All the patterns contained in this guide to classic clock making are designed as standing clocks, suitable for mantelpieces or desks. Examples accommodate the specifications...
Using archive photos from the 1860s to the 1960 paired with a modern viewpoint, Leeds Then and Now shows how the great northern powerhouse has...
This student textbook has been revised and updated to bring the story of contemporary British history up to 1988 and the third Thatcher government. The...
Crisis after crisis has beset the European Union in recent years - Greek sovereign debt, Russian annexation of Crimea, unprecedented levels of migration, and the...
A lively account of the little known story about the birth of surfing in Australia and the early beginnings of our beach culture and sporting...
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This is a pocket-sized glimpse into the world of the US president's beloved communications system, without which he is rarely seen and about which the...
From one of Outside magazine's "Literary All-Stars" comes the thrilling true tale of the fastest boat ride ever through the Grand Canyon, atop the legendary...
The world of fiber optic connections reaching neighborhoods, homes, and businesses will represent as great a change from what came before as the advent of...
This authoritative biography of Britain's youngest Prime Minister in nearly two hundred years provides a fascinating insight into the man only those closest to him...
