From the New York Times bestselling coauthors of Under Fire comes the story of the kidnapping and murder of CIA Station Chief William Buckley and the bloody beginning of the CIA's endless war against Islamic radicalism.
A 'compelling, arresting' (New Scientist) behind-the-scenes tour through the world's greatest natural history museums, revealing their hidden secrets Zoologist Jack Ashby spends his life working in Britain's natural history museums, and in Nature's Memory he guides us through a series of extraordinary collections, from marvellous mounted whale skeletons and impossibly tiny insect cabinets to buried treasures in vast museum storehouses.
A gripping, vividly told journey into a family's wartime past, from the bestselling author of The Ruin of All Witches 'Endearingly personal, honest and reflective .
From the relentless media scrutiny and controversies of their 2022 Caribbean Tour to the shock cancer diagnoses of both the Princess of Wales and the King, this captivating biography by acclaimed royal expert Russell Myers intimately traces the story of William and Catherine's relationship from their earliest meeting at St Andrews University to the present day.
Bracing and essential, a radical reframing of British Romanticism through the lens of Black experience - for fans of David Olusoga, Gretchen Gerzina, Saidiya Hartman and Emma DabiriWordsworth, Shelley, Byron, Keats - the Romantic poets are titans of English literature, taught and celebrated around the world.
An epic journey of adventure, endurance, and the search for home In The Odyssey, Homer crafts one of the oldest and most influential adventure stories in Western literature.
An electrifying narrative history of the Mediterranean from Ancient Egypt to 1919, from the bestselling author of The Popes and Sicily: A Short HistoryThe Mediterranean has nurtured three of the most dazzling civilisations of antiquity, witnessed the growth of three of our greatest religions and links three of the world's six continents.
'Richly-layered and packed with insight, this riveting account of terrible events tells us as much about the present as it does the past' Patrick Bishop, author of Paris '44From Peter the Great to Putin, a biography of the city Hitler tried - and failed - to wipe off the mapThe siege of Saint Petersburg - then known as Leningrad - stands as a testament to human endurance.
Scholar, churchman, diplomat and theologian, Gerald of Wales was one of the most fascinating figures of the Middle Ages and The Journey Through Wales describes his eventful tour of the country as a missionary in 1188.
One of the last major untold stories of the war, this is the first-hand account of a conscientious objector born into a famous artistic family who, after the death of his brother on active service, decides to fight the Nazis and joins SOE.
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom New York Times Bestselling author Scott Galloway comes an urgent examination of the future of America and the reasons behind its current social and economic crisisIn Adrift, Scott Galloway looks from the past to the present - from 1945 to the 2020s - to reveal how America has reached its current state of political, social and economic crisis.
'A truly remarkable writer, one of the most gifted non-fiction authors alive' Simon Schama, Financial TimesSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARDThis is the autobiography that John Aubrey never wrote.
Full of personal stories, anecdotes, practical exercises, guided meditations and reflections, LETTING GO OF THE PERSON YOU USED TO BE addresses life's most universal difficulties in a way that is accessible to all.
On the evening of 26th November 1703, a cyclone from the north Atlantic hammered into southern Britain at over seventy miles an hour, claiming the lives of over 8,000 people.
Scholar, churchman, diplomat and theologian, Gerald of Wales was one of the most fascinating figures of the Middle Ages and The Journey Through Wales describes his eventful tour of the country as a missionary in 1188.
Cocktail-Rezepte: Legendare, kreative und unschlagbar vielfaltige Cocktail-Rezepte fur die raffiniert-unkomplizierte HausbarCocktails sind fur Sie nicht nur ein Drink, sondern ein Lebensgefuhl?
Being an Account: The Memoirs of Ernest Lycette, 1911–1921 is the first-hand memoir of Ernest Lycette, a Staffordshire scoutmaster and St John Ambulance volunteer who enlisted in the British Army in August 1914 and served through the First World War and its aftermath.
Long before Alexander the Great marched across the known world, Macedon was a fractured land — divided by rival clans, weakened by political instability, and surrounded by enemies on every border.
The world changed forever after Alexander the Great—and from the ruins of his empire rose one of the most dynamic and transformative eras in human history.
The Counter-Culture of Conscience: Protestant Nationalism and the Irish RepublicFor three centuries, a remarkable and often overlooked tradition ran through the heart of Irish political life, the tradition of the Protestant who chose Ireland over community, principle over privilege, and the common good over confessional loyalty.
About the BookMachu Picchu Mysteries presents a rigorous, interdisciplinary exploration of one of the most extraordinary archaeological sites in human history.
Step into the legendary world of Japan's most iconic warriors with 5000 Facts About Samurai Warriors — a sweeping, encyclopedic tour through the history, philosophy, weaponry, and daily life of the men who shaped feudal Japan.
Before the reign of Zeus, before the rise of Olympus, there was a deeper, darker world of primordial forces and forgotten gods—where Chaos gave birth to existence, Earth rose from the void, and the first powers of the universe struggled for dominance.
Liberty or Death: A Complete History of the American Revolutionary WarFrom the first shots fired at Lexington and Concord to the triumphant surrender at Yorktown, Liberty or Death is a comprehensive and gripping account of the war that gave birth to the United States of America.
Fire on the High Seas: America's Undeclared War with FranceBefore the War of 1812, before the Barbary Wars, there was a conflict most Americans have never heard of — and yet it changed everything.
