Running's Strangest Tales is a fascinating collection of weird and wonderful stories from the world of running, from the earliest marathon to today's high-tech, apped-up approach.
Following thirty years of research, including research into recently declassified government archives, this newly revised and expanded edition of Linda Melvern's classic of investigative journalism reveals how policymakers continue to refuse to properly acknowledge their responsibilities under international law.
That boxing has always attracted colourful, larger-than-life figures is amply borne out by the bizarre collection of true stories gathered together in this fascinating book.
A deep dive that "e;has brought together all the evidence"e; in the fascinating cold case of a millionaire widow, the Chicago horse mafia, and murder (Daily Mail).
Since Spring 2013, Francesca Hornak has been writing a hugely popular column in the Sunday Times Style section, 'History of the World in 100 Modern Objects'.
Pulitzer-Preisträger für das beste Sachbuch 2017 – eine erzählerische Studie des modernen urbanen Amerika, anhand des Themas Wohnen wird ein neues Bild von Armut und Ungleichheit gezeichnet.
A rollicking collection of barely believable stories from five centuries of legal history - you'll be gripped by these tales of murder, intrigue, crime, punishment and the pursuit of justice.
Nie kann Doris Dörrie der Versuchung widerstehen, von einer Reise etwas mitzubringen: eine Origami-Schnecke aus Japan, eine Ringer-Maske aus Mexiko, die Figur einer Reisgöttin aus Bali, Boxerstiefel aus New York oder Borotalco, ein Wundermittel gegen Flecken aus Italien.
Some of us start over willingly, and others are forced by circumstance-but everyone who finds herself back at square one could use a dose of courage and comfort.
El principal reto del periodismo escrito, hoy, en palabras de Juan José Hoyos, es "cómo contar la historia que los lectores han visto y oído decenas de veces ese mismo día en la televisión o en la radio.
This book offers a revealing look at how newspapers covered the key events of the Plains Indian Wars between 1862-1891-reporting that offers some surprising viewpoints as well as biases and misrepresentations.
Alltag, Karriere, Familie, Freundschaften, Versicherungen und das vorab bezahlte Sockenabo – all das lässt der Schweizer Claudio Sieber zurück, als er sein Leben als Vagabund beginnt.
For decades Myanmar has been portrayed as a case of good citizen versus bad regime men in jackboots maintaining a suffocating rule over a majority Buddhist population beholden to the ideals of non-violence and tolerance.
Through an investigation of the Holloway prison writings of the suffragette Katie Gliddon, Mireille Fauchon explores illustration as a social research tool and creates within this book a model of practice-based enquiry.
Inzwischen ist Martin Sonneborn nicht mehr so naiv: Als er 2019 zum zweiten Mal ins Europaparlament gewählt wird, weiß er bereits, wie in der EU Politik gemacht wird – und kennt alle Tricks.
Este volumen, realizado en colaboración con el Club Chesterton de la Universidad San Pablo CEU (Fundación Cultural Ángel Herrera Oria), es el sexto de esta serie que pone a disposición de los lectores la traducción de los artículos de Chesterton en el semanario londinense The Illustrated London News en 1911.
I Dare Say: A Gerald Horne Reader is a timely and essential collection of the many works of Professor Gerald Horne-a historian who has made an indelible impact on the study of US and international history.
"No sé si no sentíamos el miedo o ya se me olvidó, pero el recuerdo de esos primeros meses en Tucumán, cerquita de mi hija, viéndola crecer y empezar a jugar, hablando cada vez más, comiendo juntos y acostándonos después, felices como si de verdad fuéramos una familia 'normal', fue inolvidable".
AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA Telegraph Best Book of the Year'An intense, evocative portrait of one of the most remarkable figures of our era' ANNE APPLEBAUM'This is the Zelensky book we've been waiting for' CATHERINE BELTONTHE TIMES: A BEST BOOK OF 2024 - NEXT YEAR'S TOP READSGUARDIAN: BOOKS TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2024INDEPENDENT: A BOOK OF THE MONTHWritten with unprecedented access, this is the first inside, intimate account of the Russian invasion of Ukraine from the perspective of President Zelensky and his team.
