Die Literaturgeschichte der Meerjungfrauen reicht von den Sirenen der Antike über die Melusinen des Mittelalters bis zu den Undinen der Romantik und darüber hinaus.
Das Böse hinter der WeltVerschwörungen erschrecken und faszinieren Menschen seit Urzeiten – die Geschichte der Menschheit ist durchzogen von tatsächlichen oder erfundenen Konspirationen.
Der ausgewiesene Jurakenner Christian Moser legt die erste umfassende Darstellung des Jurakonflikts vor und zeigt, wie der Separatist Marcel Boillat für die «Befreiung» seiner jurassischen Heimat vor nichts zurückschreckte.
Esta obra devela cómo se construyeron los conocimientos sobre la población nativa y los territorios que estaban bajo la jurisdicción de la Audiencia de Santa Fe en el Nuevo Reino de Granada durante los siglos XVI y XVII.
Republished fifty years later to coincide with the release of the Academy Awardnominated film of the same title written and directed by Aaron Sorkin with an all-star cast, this is the classic account of perhaps the most infamous, and definitely the most entertaining, trial in recent American history.
A unique and fascinating look at Victorian society through the remarkable lives of an enlightened and philanthropic aristocratic couple, the Marquess and Marchioness of Aberdeen, who tried to change the world for the better but paid a heavy price.
A senior editor at Mother Jones dives into the lives of the extremely rich, showing the fascinating, otherworldly realm they inhabitand the insidious ways this realm harms us all.
A spot-on guide to how and why Americans have become so bloody keen on Britishismsfor good or illThe British love to complain that words and phrases imported from Americafrom French fries to Awesome, man!
A spot-on guide to how and why Americans have become so bloody keen on Britishismsfor good or illThe British love to complain that words and phrases imported from Americafrom French fries to Awesome, man!
A short illustrated life of one of Britain's most revered people of all time, covering all periods of his life but always returning to his literal and spiritual home, Chartwell.
Sometime in August 1913, two Sioux warriors, Old Buffalo and Swift Dog, met with Frances Densmore at a makeshift recording site in McLaughlin, South Dakota.
This beautifully illustrated book presents a vivid account of the American Indian experience as seen through the eyes of Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa), the first and greatest of the Native American authors.
Queers in History is the first comprehensive biographical compendium of important historical and contemporary figures who were/are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender.
'Meticulously researched yet accessible' GeographicalStanding in the busy streets of South London today, it is hard to imagine that much of this suburban townscape was once a vast wood, stretching unbroken for almost seven miles from Croydon to the Thames at Deptford.
Fully revised and updated edition of the classic, stunningly illustrated guide to the cream of Britain's historic country houses cared for by the National Trust, encompassing both interior and exterior design.
Winner of the STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR"e;This book seems prophetic in the wake of Donald Trump and the current controversy over 'fake news'"e; Daily Telegraph"e;One can't help thinking that the future of travel writing lies in this adventurous, postmodern genre"e; Sara WheelerDocumenting Sayarer's real life journey hitchhiking across the US, this fascinating memoir tells the story of the forgotten people lost in their own country, grappling to find a voice in the vast political landscape of the US.
A masterful and subsersive retelling of the Biblical story of David and Bathsheba, by an award-winning novelist at the height of his powers'[A] fierce, sinewy novel' Howard Jacobsen'A wonderfully rich novel.
Disease is the true serial killer of human history: the horrors of bubonic plague, cholera, syphilis, smallpox, tuberculosis and the like have claimed more lives and caused more misery than the depredations of warfare, famine and natural disasters combined.
The story of baby trafficking organised by nuns, sanctioned by an archbishop, administered by civil servants and approved by politicians who tried to keep it secret.
The history of the Middle Ages [in Ireland] is so neglected that the only figure of renown is Strongbow, the man who led the Norman Invasion of Ireland in the twelfth century .
