History: specific events and topics

In the summer of 1881, Lt.

An exciting collection of dangerous adventures, harrowing travels, and heart-stopping journeys, Incredible Adventure and Exploration Stories compiles tales from around the globe that are sure to amaze.

A new edition of the seminal text by the father of modern economics.

"e;This book is a slice of intensified historyhistory as I saw it.

Shares the basics of the Bloody Mary and builds on themContains beautiful photographs from Jessica Nicosia NadlerIdeal for fans of modern classic cocktailsImagine a delightful and savory cocktail.

The market's most comprehensive guide to German combat vehicles.

A thorough history of the weapons and tools our prehistoric ancestors used to survive, this book reveals a world that will fascinate anyone interested in outdoor skills, ancient weapons, or anthropology.

A classic of historical literature, Boys Book of Frontier Fighters is a thrilling collection of stories that cover the legacy of American fighters and their successes in defending themselves and their country.

Ever wonder how everyone made it west?

This historical western was written before Custer was known as General, a time when those who knew and marched with Custer were still alive.

Death Ride of the Panzers is a unique guide to the Nazi tanks, vehicles, and crews of World War II.

Each year the world faces thousands of earthquakes of magnitude 5.

How Churchill Saved Civilization resolves the lingering mysteries surrounding the causes of the Second World War, and what transpired during the war to bring its end result.

How competing visions of world order in the 1940s gave rise to the modern concept of globalismDuring and after the Second World War, public intellectuals in Britain and the United States grappled with concerns about the future of democracy, the prospects of liberty, and the decline of the imperial system.

The legendary Douglas DC-3 airliner was a technological breakthrough that changed the course of both civilian and military aviation.

There were two kinds of pilots involved in the action during the Second World War: those who took the lead, and the others who went along for the ride.

During the California gold rush, 300,000 prospectors flocked to California in the hopes of making it rich.

Originally published as twenty-four newspaper columns from 1859 to 1861, Mrs.

A fascinating memoir of a white man who gained access to the private lives of the Blackfeet Indians.

'They were not just reporters; they were also pioneers, and Judith Mackrell has done them proud.

The gripping human story of how American volunteers fought famine in Bolshevik Russia, saving Lenin's revolutionary government from chaos and millions of people from starvation.

Set against the backdrop of war, revolution, and regicide, and moving from London to Venice, Mantua, Madrid, Paris and the Low Countries, Jerry Brotton's colourful and critically acclaimed book, The Sale of the Late King's Goods, explores the formation and dispersal of King Charles I's art collection.

'Ackroyd makes history accessible to the layman' - Ian Thomson, Independent Innovation brings Peter Ackroyd's History of England to a triumphant close.

'Truly life-changing' - Dolly Alderton'The only 'diet' book worth reading this new year' - Alexandra Heminsley, GraziaJust Eat It isn't just a book.

A moving true story of of a young girl escaping hardship and coming of age in the Second World War.

Europe where the sun dares scarce appear For freezing meteors and congealed cold.

It's Not About the Burqa is an anthology of frank and insightful essays by Muslim women about the contemporary Muslim female experience.

'A delightfully quirky sturdy .

Uncover the intricate past of England in Peter Ackroyd's acclaimed volume, Dominion, a crucial part of his sweeping History of England series.

'An incisive, inspiring and vitally illuminating account of a city which changed the ancient world and which deserves to be remembered by the modern.

Meticulously researched and vividly written, Eight Days at Yalta is a remarkable work of intense historical drama.

Winner of the 2019 Somerset Maugham Award'A great galloping joy of a book - funny, lyrical, fast paced, heart-warming - a delicious celebration of love and life' - Rebecca Stott, author of In the Days of RainIn 1857, Elizabeth Gaskell set sail for Rome, a city that would prove to be a place of inspiration and love: she would make enduring friendships, and meet a man - Charles Norton - who would become the love of her life.

A Times Literary Supplement Book of the YearA riveting account of a forgotten holocaust: the slaughter of over one hundred thousand Ukrainian Jews in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution.

'Manaugh and Twilley shed illuminating light on a phenomenon that seems utterly of the present moment.

'I was on a train, and a German soldier began shouting at me and poking me in the ribs with his machine gun.

Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator and statesman.

A flavour-focused drinks recipe book with a feminist slant, Spirited opens up the 'boys' club' world of serious cocktails and features fifty drinks, both alcoholic and booze-free.

A special edition of The Dam Busters by Paul Brickhill reissued with a bright retro design to celebrate Pan's 70th anniversary.

Transporting the reader to the heart-wrenching times of World War II, Some Sunny Day is an evocative memoir of love and courage in war-torn Asia by Madge Lambert.

Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles.

'Taylor has done us a great service in making the personal stories of what it was actually like to live through the most crucial year of the twentieth century vivid, compelling and salutary.

'It is a story full of drama, with the Nile, the pyramids and the Valley of the Kings as backdrop.

In Strangers: Homosexual Love in the Nineteenth Century, award-winning author Graham Robb explores the story - and history - of male and female homosexuality in the UK and US, uncovering elements from legislature, literature, medicine and day-to-day life that point to a particularly self-aware and sophisticated culture of Victorian homosexuality.

From 1942 Speer was the second most powerful man in the Reich and Hitler's right-hand man.

The First World War was one of the deadliest conflicts in modern history and produced horrors undreamed of by the young men who cheerfully volunteered for a war that was supposed to be over by Christmas.

In this extraordinary essay, Virginia Woolf examines the limitations of womanhood in the early twentieth century.

In the decades since the end of the Second World War, it has been widely assumed that the western model of liberal democracy and free trade is the way the world should be governed.

'She imagines the experiences of the sisters with empathy and patience .

The Sunday Times Bestseller and #1 international bestseller'A moving and bittersweet story' Sun Keeping My Sister's Secrets by Beezy Marsh is the heartwarming true story of three sisters and their fearless fight to survive the hardships of poverty and war - by whatever means necessary.

Autumn 1944.