True stories of discovery

First published in 1952 and 1955, John A.

First published in 1952 and 1955, John A.

This is the first comprehensive study of the life and work of Andrew Fernando Holmes, famous for his work on congenital heart disease.

This is the first comprehensive study of the life and work of Andrew Fernando Holmes, famous for his work on congenital heart disease.

16 SEPTEMBER 1620: 400 YEARS SINCE THE MAYFLOWER SET SAILOn a blustery day in September 1620 a small ship, the Mayflower, set sail from the English port of Plymouth.

Spring 1958: a mysterious individual believed to be high up in the Polish secret service began passing Soviet secrets to the West.

What happens when the President of the United States engages in criminal activity?

WINNER OF THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION'Gripping from the start, Written in Bone is superb' - Dr Richard Shepherd, author of Unnatural Causes'No Scientist communicates better than Sue Black' - Val McDermid, author of Still Life'Macabre, authoritative and fascinating.

________________________________________The real-life investigation behind the hit Netflix series, from two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists.

We are an astonishing species.

'Over time, I nursed victims of war, the posh, the poor, the famous and the infamous.

A DAILY EXPRESS BOOK OF THE YEARREVOLUTIONARY.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLD DAGGER AWARD'A tale of obsession .

An entertaining and eye-opening look at the French Revolution, by Stephen Clarke, author of 1000 Years of Annoying the French and A Year in the Merde.

Too many lawyers spout jargon.

Shortlisted for the Pushkin House Russian Book Prize 2018The beautifully illustrated, heartbreaking story of an innocent man in a Soviet gulag, told for the first time in English.

A WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE WORK OF NON-FICTION A SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR'Meticulous, clinical and sobering, a shockingly important and incisive book' David OlusogaVast and revelatory, Dan Gretton's I You We Them is an unprecedented study of the perpetrators of crimes against humanity: the 'desk killers' who ordered and directed some of the worst atrocities of the modern era.

This is the remarkable true story of a young man's initiation in the Himalayas.

Hugh Robert Mill's tells the Exceptional life story of Sir.

In 1911 Roald Amundsen beat Robert Falcon Scott to the South Pole, and Scott and his colleagues all died on the return journey.

In 1911 Roald Amundsen beat Robert Falcon Scott to the South Pole, and Scott and his colleagues all died on the return journey.

This bookhas found a special place in my heart.

';A wonderful book: Nancy Campbell is a fine storyteller with a rare physical intelligence.

The incredible story of the "e;King of the Pirates,"e; who burst from the waters of early Canada to become a terror of the seas.

The incredible story of the "e;King of the Pirates,"e; who burst from the waters of early Canada to become a terror of the seas.

Despite advances in DNA testing, forensics, and the investigative skills used by police, hundreds of crimes remain unsolved across Canada.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARDMussolini was not only ruthless: he was subtle and manipulative.

The Sunday Times bestseller.

Coming to cinemas in November 2019, under the title LE MANS '66 ____________________In the 1960s Enzo Ferrari emerged as the dominant force in sports cars in the world, creating speed machines that were unbeatable on the race track.

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING JULIETTE BINOCHE AND ANTONIO BANDERASTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALIST'Riveting .

'Very funny and frank' Independent'Reads like Scrubs: The Blog .

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John Beverley Robinson (1791-1863) was one of Upper Canada's foremost jurists, a dominating influence on the ruling elite, and a leading citizen of nineteenth-century Toronto who owned a vast tract of land on which Osgoode Hall now stands.

To Canadians of this century the name of Henry Alline is almost unknown.

Aristocrat, democrat, diplomat, cultural advocate, anglophile, fiercely proud Canadian—Vincent Massey was a complex, sometimes enigmatic figure.

For Vincent Massey, youth was a period of protest and emerging public fame.

By choosing to concentrate upon discovering what forest resources were available to the French navy during the ancien régime and what use it was able to make of them, Mr.

The country was ablaze.

The country was ablaze.

'The hunt for early Bible manuscripts was among the most romantic of all the 19th century's grand quests.

John Snow was a Victorian physician who helped to establish that cholera was spread by contaminated water (not bad air, as theory had it).

John Snow was a Victorian physician who helped to establish that cholera was spread by contaminated water (not bad air, as theory had it).

In the summer of 1889, young Southern belle Florence Maybrick stood trial for the alleged arsenic poisoning of her much older husband, Liverpool cotton merchant James Maybrick.

The authors explore the influence of Freud''s thinking on twentieth-century intellectual and scientific life within Cambridge and beyond.

The authors explore the influence of Freud''s thinking on twentieth-century intellectual and scientific life within Cambridge and beyond.

Tells the immensely dramatic but neglected story of one of the most sensational plots in British history.

Lively and engaging conversations with 24 Nobel Prize winners, revealing their stories and providing inspiration for the next generation.

Lively and engaging conversations with 24 Nobel Prize winners, revealing their stories and providing inspiration for the next generation.