Through an examination of the little-known scientific problems involved with the megaprojects of the seventies, Peter Williams shows how crucial it is that the place of scientific research in modern society be recognized by government, industry and public alike.
Amerikanischer Traum gegen kommunistische Verheißung, geschmeidiger Sonnyboy gegen russischer Bär, Raketen gegen Raketen: Die Rollen sind verteilt, und die Hauptdarsteller heißen John F.
Born to wealth, adventuresome in spirit, shrewd in business, gallant in war, and a beau ideal of his class, Tommy Hitchcock was the epitome of the American hero, a legend even in his own time.
Du 19 au 21 juillet 1996, des pluies diluviennes s'abattent sur les régions du Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, de Charlevoix, de la Haute-Mauricie et de la Haute-Côte-Nord.
This biography of Joseph Severn (1793-1879), the best known but most controversial of Keats's friends, is based on a mass of newly discovered information, much of it still in private hands.
Nathan Raab, America's preeminent rare documents dealer, delivers a ';diverting account of treasure hunting in the fast lane' (The Wall Street Journal) that recounts his years as the Sherlock Holmes of historical artifacts, questing after precious finds and determining their authenticity.
A colorful introduction to one of the most influential businessmen in history (The New York Times Book Review), Jacob Fuggerthe Renaissance banker who wrote the playbook for everyone who keeps score with money (Bryan Burrough, author of Days of Rage).
In this beautifully written and propulsive memoir, Huma AbedinHillary Clinton's famously private top aide and longtime adviseremerges from the wings of American political history to take command of her own story.
Die inspirierendsten Freiheitskämpferinnen der WeltgeschichteAuf der ganzen Welt kämpfen Frauen seit Jahrhunderten für Gleichberechtigung, Demokratie, Freiheit und Bürgerrechte.
This collection of short stories of the women who entertained the West in makeshift theaters and palaces built to showcase the divas who were beloved by emigrants to the ';uncivilized' West will feature well-known and lesser known dancers, singers, and actresses and their exploits.
Civil War scholars have long used soldiers' diaries and correspondence to flesh out their studies of the conflict's great officers, regiments, and battles.
'Sensitive, moving and finely textured' Guardian'Fantastic' Dan SnowFor the great majority of his long life, Benjamin Franklin was a loyal British royalist.
For Gustav Landauer, literary critic and anarchist, scholar of mysticism and participant of the Bavarian revolution, culture and politics occupied the same spiritual space.
The phenomenon of ';gender discrimination' exists more or less in all societies of the world, irrespective of their differences in region, religion, economy, polity, education, culture, social structure and so on.
Faced with a 1-A draft classification after graduation from college in the spring of 1968, the author decided to control his own destiny by volunteering for the draft.
In the Second World War, Great Britain, the United States and Germany each produced one land force commander who stood out from the rest: Bernard Montgomery, George Patton and Erwin Rommel.
LONGLISTED FOR THE DIVERSE BOOK AWARDS 2023SECOND PLACE WINNER IN THE FAN VOTED READERS' CHOICE AWARDS 2023'An empowering read' SABAH CHOUDREY'My new favourite children's book!
A fresh, lively retelling of the life of one of the most infamous characters of the Old West, Doc Holliday, by an imaginative, yet accurate storyteller.
Henry George (1839-1897) rose to fame as a social reformer and economist amid the industrial and intellectual turbulence of the late nineteenth century.
Nominated for the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing The first comprehensive biography of Justin Trudeau as prime ministeran honest, compelling story of his government's triumphs and failures, based on interviews with over 200 insiders and Trudeau himself.
Like millions of black South Africans made strangers in the land of their birth, Ellen Kuzwayo lost a great deal in her lifetime: the farm in the Orange Free State that had belonged to her family for nearly a hundred years; her hopes for a full and peaceful life for her children; and even her freedom, when, at the age of 63, she found herself detained under the so-called Terrorism Act for an offence never specified.
Captured in the Battle of the Bulge, Jesse Cozean's grandfather spent 103 days as a prisoner of the German Army, losing sixty pounds and several friends to the bitter cold and starvation fare of a Nazi prison camp.
