Could Napoleon have won the battle of Waterloo? And what would have happened if he had? Or suppose Nelson had not destroyed the French fleet...
"Defeated and demoralised, Fine Gael was a broken political party after the 2002 general election. Opponents mocked and critics sneered when the party turned to...
One of the most important developments of Western civilization has been the growth of historical consciousness. Consciously or not, history has become a form of...
Based on deep research and extensive interviews with those close to the campaigns of Clinton, McCain and Obama, this title provides insightful accounts of the...
Tales From the Bridge Table is a comprehensive, all-inclusive guide as well as an essential reference book to the game. No other book covers the...
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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...
Ken Clarke needs no introduction. One of the genuine 'Big Beasts' of the political scene, during his forty-six years as the Member of Parliament for...
From the award-winning, number one bestselling author of The Cow Book. It is summer, the hay and silage have not yet been made on John...
Embark on an echanting journey into our country's past hundred years through the remarkable life of Captain Sir Tom Moore *** THE SUNDAY TIMES NO...
To sort out who's who and what's what in the world of Barbies and Ninja Turtles, Tinkertoys and teddy bears, is to begin to see...
Profile of the growth, evolution and influence of the Parish of Taney in Dublin. 21 June 2018 marks the 200th anniversary of the dedication service...
Creating Belfast describes the growth of technical education in Belfast over a 120-year period during which the town developed from a small mercantile community into...
Michelle Obama is unlike any other First Lady in American History. From her first moments on the public stage, she has challenged traditional American notions...
A humorous and informative guide to surviving history's most challenging threats, from outrunning dinosaurs to making it off the Titanic alive. History is the most...
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Re d'Inghilterra tra la fine del Quattrocento e la metà del Cinquecento, figlio di Enrico VII Tudor, Enrico VIII divenne erede al trono alla morte...
We all want to discover secrets of our past and learn more about our 'roots' - where our family came from and what they did....
This fascinating collection of over 200 old photographs sets out how to show something of the variety of life in South Belfast and how the...
The minutes and hours following 11th September terror attacks on the World Trade Center posed the greatest challenge to governance in New York City's history....
A political adviser to the formidably intellectual Foreign Secretary Tony Crosland and to Prime Minister Jim Callaghan, and a senior journalist at The Times and...
In February 1945, British and American bombers rained down thousands of tons of incendiaries on the city of Dresden, creating one of the greatest firestorms...
It is a summer's night in 1860. In an elegant detached Georgian house in the village of Road, Wiltshire, all is quiet. Behind shuttered windows...
In spring 2006 David Latimer's church, First Derry Presbyterian, was paint bombed yet again. David's usual reaction was to keep his head down and say...
The author provides an eyewitness account of life on the front lines in Iraq with a portrait of the remarkable soldiers and leaders of the...
Harold Macmillan was a figure of paradox. Outwardly, it was Edwardian elegance and civilised urbanity. Inwardly, it was emotional damage from his wife's open adultery...
South Belfast was at the end of a natural route along which people from the heart of Ulster passed in search of work in the...
It begins with an Associated Press newswire from “Soviet officials here today claimed they have performed a medical feat of sensational the resurrection of Russian...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant...
The first single-volume biography of Berlin, one of the world's great cities - told via twenty-one portraits, from medieval times to the twenty-first century. A...
This book considers the deadliest war in US history, which killed 750,000 soldiers and many civilians before this young nation was a century old. Its...
In the early years of Queen Victoria’s reign, HMS Erebus undertook two of the most ambitious naval expeditions of all time. On the first, she...
These outstanding books bring to life the people, places and events of the past in these islands, from the earliest settlers to the present day....
An Alternate History of the American Frontier in 1886
