Drugs, cartels, mafia, addiction, the FBI, and coercion - this is the untold story behind the tragic decline of football's most gifted and controversial legend.
A richly entertaining history of the ways in which, for 3,000 years, the church has tied itself in knots over sex (and love and marriage) fabulous ObserverThe Bible observes that God made humanity for a while a little lower than the angels .
'Irresistibly fascinating' MARIE CLAIRE GREECE'Essential' VICTORIA HISLOP'Brilliantly conceived' PAUL CARTLEDGEAn enormous bestseller in Greece, this is a bold, witty retelling of the story of Ancient Greece by a rising star in archaeologyTwo strangers meet in a trapped elevator.
Lilla Eckford, interned in a Japanese civilian camp in China during the second world war after an extraordinary early life,passed her time by compiling a book about the joys of food.
In dieser Studie untersucht Astrid Mignon Kirchhof das Verhaltnis von Mensch und Natur im Sozialismus - spezifisch in der DDR - anhand naturethischer Konzepte uber 'gute' Lebensfuhrung.
A follow-up to Andrea Wulf's award-winning and critically acclaimed history of British gardening, this is the story of how George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and James Madison's passion for nature, plants, agriculture and gardens shaped the birth of America.
**SHORTLISTED FOR 2025 THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION**A startling exploration of slavery in the Islamic world from the 7th century to the presentSlavery in the Islamic world has a long, diverse and controversial history.
A brilliant, kaleidoscopic cultural history of Diana, her many lives and the world she created 'The best thing I ve ever read about Princess Diana and I ve read all of it, including her own books' - Marina Hyde'A wide-ranging cultural history of the former Princess of Wales.
'A wonderful overview of tactical development in European football' Matthew Syed, The Times'A fascinating assessment of football in 2019' ObserverAn insightful, comprehensive and always entertaining appreciation of how European football has developed over the last three decades by the author of the much heralded The Mixer.
Pocos saben que, para la decada de 1940, en medio de un ambiente unidireccionalmente masculino, Hermi Friedmann, graduada de la primera generacion de fotografas profesionales que estudiaron en la Graphische Lehr und Versuchsanstalt de Viena, creo Foto Hermi, en el centro historico de Bogota.
*AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER*WINNER OF THE POLITIKEN LITERATURE PRIZE 2024'Brilliantly rewrites the history of economic thought to place 'her story' at its heart.
WINNER of 75th Nation al Jew ish Book Award: BiographyFinalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize 2026 FIVE STARS Magnificent Telegraph Compulsively readable Financial Times Gripping and timely The Times'Crackingly told' Philippe Sands'A kind of masterclass' Sebastian JungerTHE NEW BOOK FROM THE BESTSELLING, COSTA PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE VOLUNTEERThe true story of a Jewish lawyer who returned to Germany after WWII to prosecute war crimes, only to find himself pitted against a nation determined to bury the past.
Chains and Laurels: Slavery and the Making of Ancient Greece The civilisation that gave the world the word "e;freedom"e; was built and sustained by people who had none.
The Sicilian RopeMass Lynching and Anti-Italian Terror in the United StatesA Hidden History of Racial Hatred 1880-1945This book, The Sicilian Rope, explores the intricate history of Italian immigration to the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with a particular emphasis on Southern Italians and Sicilians.
PENGUIN HORROR: A celebration of the very best literary horror, a series of terrifying novels and tales that for generations have thrilled, captivated and kept readers wide awake at night.
The First Adirondackers challenges the widespread, long-standing belief that the Adirondack uplands of northern New York were uninhabited before the arrival of European colonizers.
The First Adirondackers challenges the widespread, long-standing belief that the Adirondack uplands of northern New York were uninhabited before the arrival of European colonizers.
SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE WEEKREVEALED FOR THE FIRST TIME: THE TRUE STORY OF THE DECEPTION OF PRINCESS DIANA Dianarama often has the feel of a thriller a well written, pacy book SUNDAY TIMES'Sensational.
THE BOOK: In every generation, according to Jewish tradition, thirty-six just men, the Lamed-waf, are born to take the burden of the world's suffering upon themselves.
From the Author of WOMEN, RACE AND CLASS, this is a timely provocation that examines the concept of attaining freedom in light of our current world conflictsIn these newly collected essays, interviews and speeches, world-renowned activist and scholar Angela Y.
Discover unrelenting spirit and strength in the extraordinary true story of Franci: a woman who survived the holocaust against all of the odds'Achingly moving, gives much-needed hope.
The acclaimed true story—originally published in Mountain Gazette and a finalist for the Livingston Award in International Reporting One night in September 1943, a Jewish mother took her nine-year-old son in one arm and five-year-old daughter in the other and jumped off a moving train to save their lives.
