Biography: historical, political and military

Im Dezember des Jahres 1900 blickte Gustav Scharschmidt im Alter von 69 Jahren auf sein Leben und die damit verbundene deutsche Geschichte der verstrichenen Jahrzehnte zurück.

Includes the First World War Illustrations Pack - 73 battle plans and diagrams and 198 photosThe epic story of the last campaign of the Allied armies that shattered the German Army on the Western Front in 1918 bringing the First World War to a close.

Die Bundeskanzlerin ist nicht unumstritten und vielleicht gerade deswegen so beliebt und ausharrend im Amt.

A masterly biography of a great Conservative Prime Minister (and publisher) - Harold Macmillan (1894-1986).

'The best vicar ever' Caitlin Moran 'Sex, drugs, death, religion, more sex.

The explosive sequel to the bestselling PATHFINDER.

Covered from head to toe with only her eyes visible, the sight of a Muslim woman on a western city street rarely fails to provoke a strong reaction.

Part of the Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers in a collectible formatQueen Victoria inherited the throne at 18 and went on to become the longest-reigning female monarch in history, in a time of intense industrial, cultural, political, scientific and military change within the United Kingdom and great imperial expansion outside of it (she was made Empress of India in 1876).

History textbooks really do look and sound boring.

In December 1903 a British army marched over the Himalayas to counter a non-existent Russian threat and was confronted by a medieval Tibetan army ordered to stop it by non-violent means.

The title, A Game of Sailors was taken from a favourite phrase used on the Flight Deck, whilst in action in 1956, perhaps more as a rebellious than amusing statement; but to me it summed up the jaunty spirit of the men who flew the planes and those who kept them flying.

Del prólogo de Cristina Narbona: "Este libro que está usted a punto de leer refleja una época turbulenta y llena de contradicciones tanto en España como fuera de ella.

Author, journalist and BBC presenter Ed Stourton delves into the Hodder & Stoughton archives to tell the human story of 150 years of publishing.

A scientific exploration into humanity's obsession with the afterlife and the quest for immortality from the bestselling author and sceptic Michael ShermerIn his most ambitious work yet, Shermer sets out to discover what drives humans' belief in life after death.

Christopher Columbus was a brave and curious man.

Unleash both the historian and architect in your kids with this Ancient Roman Roads and Architecture History Book.

Completed a short time before his death in 1885, the Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S.

The book contains details of my complete failure at school, my interest and knowledge about Christianity from a very young age, and my experience of many years of depression, suffering, and despair!

In Nothing to Fear, Larry Burkett tells his personal journey of a seven-year battle with cancer.

Princess Diana is loved by everyone but why?

Written by Philip Ziegler, one of Britain's most celebrated biographers, George VI is part of the Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers in a collectible formatIf Ethelred was notoriously 'Unready' and Alfred 'Great', King George VI should bear the title of 'George the Dutiful'.

Down and Out in Paris and London was George Orwell's first published book.

'Of picking, washing and cleaning my pretty little toes, which he took great delight in, and in which pleasurable, innocent, and inoffensive pastime he as often spent hours; 'twas the greatest gratification to him on earth, nor did he (said she) indulge in any other in all the time we spent together, he never was even rude enough to give me a kiss.

It's a Wonderful World is a celebration of ordinary people whose lives cross in extraordinary ways at different parts of the world.

Brief biography of the Holy Prophet, and his teachings.

Jennie Churchill was said to have had two hundred lovers, three of whom she married.

The Whispering Gallery: Being Leaves from the Diary of an Ex-Diplomat, which first appeared anonymously in 1926, takes the form of a portrait gallery, consisting of brief biographical sketches of public figures.

The formal scientific communication system is currently undergoing significant change.

No, this book does not and will never promote war or any battle to your kids' precious young minds.

'Two years ago I turned 50, weighed 22 stone and was heavily medicated for type 2 diabetes.

Piecing it all Together: A Collection of Memoirs depicts various events in my life.

Una edicion ludica y vibrante como esta nos presenta una de las tradiciones mas importantes de Guanajuato, ciudad mexicana reconocida como Patrimonio de la Humanidad.

WINSTON CHURCHILLAt the turn of the new millennium, the BBC held a survey which sought to decide the country's greatest ever person, from any era.

People could truly learn so much reading history, there's no doubt about that.

After three deadly years of fighting, President Abraham Lincoln had seen a little progress in the West against the Confederacy, but in the main theater of operations, Virginia, the lines were almost exactly where they had been when the American Civil War started.

Who was Vladimir Lenin and what significant contribution did he give to earn a place in history books?

A selection of Mozart's letters, translated into English, complete with notes, linking commentary and chronology.

It's very understandable if your child does not find European history interesting at first.

JS Tarka occupies a unique place in the history of regionalism and nationalism in Nigeria among Nigerias historical greats: Awolowo, Ahmadu Bello and Zik; while also in a class of his own.

When Prussia, with her German allies, went to war with the French Empire under Napoleon III, her navy sat with tons of barnacles on the hulls of her battleships.

This is the story of a third generation Texas woman born in a small town in the center of the Texas Panhandle.

If you were to visit the Old Russia, what would you see?

CALLING ALL WOMEN!

After seven miscarriages and three failed adoptions, where do you find the strength to pursue your dream of parenthood?

Erik Bloodaxe and Egil Skallagrimsson came to the fore, both for their narrative possibilities and examples of how events of the Viking period have come to be distorted and misunderstood.