A TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2022 SO FAR Shortlisted for the Pushkin House Book Prize 2022 ';Sparkling historywith a fairytale atmosphere of sleigh rides, royal palaces and heroic risk-taking' The Times A killer virusan all-powerful Empressan encounter cloaked in secrecythe astonishing true story.
A Waterstones Best History Book 2025A BBC History Magazine Book of the Year 2025'Learned, entertaining and highly approachable' BOB MORTIMER'A treat' ALICE LOXTON'Five stars from me.
An October to Remember 1968: The Tigers-Cardinals World Series as Told by the Men Who Played in It recalls one of baseball's most celebrated championship series from the voices of the players who still remain--a collected narrative from a bygone era of major-league baseball as they reflect fifty years later.
To baseball fans of today, the name Dodgers is synonymous with Hollywood, the warm California sun, and names like Tommy Lasorda, Kirk Gibson, Steve Garvey, and Orel Hershiser.
The rich tradition of the San Francisco Giants has provided indelible memories for their fans ever since they moved from New Yorks Polo Grounds to Seals Stadium in 1958.
The newly reissued Legends of the Philadelphia Phillies, originally published in 2005, takes an in-depth look at the legends that have shaped the Phillies identity over the last seventy years.
For the first decade of the 21st century, the Baltimore Orioles were perpetual cellar dwellers, with losing seasons from 19982011fourteen straight years.
During his twenty-four-year career, Ty Cobb was an MVP, Triple Crown-winner, twelve-time batting champion, and was elected in the inaugural ballot for the National Baseball Hall of Fame (along with Honus Wagner, Babe Ruth, Christy Mathewson, and Walter Johnson).
Phil Pepe spent years as the New York Daily News Yankee beat reporter, rubbing shoulders with countless Yankee greats, from Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra to Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera.
Hammerin Hank Greenberg was coming off a stellar season where hed hit 40 home runs and 184 RBIs, becoming only the thirteenth player to ever hit 40 or more homers (and one of only four players to have 40 or more home runs and 175 or more RBIs in a season).
How did an untrained former college football player end up in the middle of a ring, wrestling during the highest-rated segment during the WWEs acclaimed Attitude Era?
More than a just a trivia book, So You Think Youre A Kentucky Basketball Fan challenges your knowledge of Wildcats basketball with stories behind each question and answer that brings the history of this legendary team to life.
One of the classic baseball stories, You Know Me Al, first published in 1914, tells the story of the fictional Jack Keefe, a bush league baseball player who earns a trip to the majors to pitch for the Chicago White Sox.
From Art Modells founding of the Baltimore Ravens in 1996 to the decision to draft Ray Lewis and Jonathan Ogden, to victories in two Super Bowls in the past 15 years, the Baltimore Ravens short history has been full of highlights.
The hidden histories of empire, told through the haunted afterlives of colonial migrationsIndian migrants provided the labor that enabled the British Empire to gain control over a quarter of the world's population and territory.
Featuring stunning full-colour photography from both personal collections of astronauts and NASA s archives, the human story of space is told through intimate and powerful testimonies from the astronauts, scientists, engineers and space tourists who have lived it.
An interconnected, nuanced, and nonlinear view of Chinese family life since 1949With Embedded Generations, Liu Jieyu offers a comprehensive examination of Chinese family life since the Chinese Communist Revolution of 1949.
An interconnected, nuanced, and nonlinear view of Chinese family life since 1949With Embedded Generations, Liu Jieyu offers a comprehensive examination of Chinese family life since the Chinese Communist Revolution of 1949.
The captivating story of football told through 100 amazing objects collected from its rich history - a must-read for any football fanWhat do a Paul Gascoigne puppet, the 1895 British Ladies' kit, John Motson's coat, an inflatable unicorn or the 1966 World Cup Final ball tell us about the beautiful game?
The courtroom drama that denied the legitimacy of slavery in late medieval EuropeIn 1387, a young Muslim woman from North Africa was captured on a galley in the Bay of Naples and brought to Marseille as a slave.
From the author of Nuclear War: A Scenario, this is the gripping story of how a select group of scientists, under the watchful eye of the CIA, sought to harness the power of the mind as tools of espionage and warfare.
In this groundbreaking new book from the UK's leading criminologist, David Wilson explores what our nation's most lethal murderers reveal about us in a thrilling blend of history and true crime.
'A horrific tale of the slave trade, destined to become a classic' New York Times* PEN Literary Award Finalist 2026* New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2025* Time s 100 Must Read Books of 2025* The New Yorker 12 Essential Non-Fiction Reads 2025From the author of New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize Finalist Cobalt Red, discover the incredible true story and page-turning account of the 18th century slave ship that sparked the human rights campaign to end the slave trade.
Philosophen und Dichter begründeten und prägten das politische Denken und damit die Besonderheit der griechischen Polis - der Mutter des europäischen Staatswesens.
Silvio Vietta stellt erstmals die europäische Literatur von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart in die Zusammenhänge einer Funktionsgeschichte, die quer zur Epochen- und Gattungsgeschichte sowie zu den Nationalphilologien liegt.
Das Einstehen für die Würde eines jeden Menschen bildet den Kern jeder christlichen Ethik, auch wenn sie sich damit gegen gesellschaftliche und politische Tendenzen zu stellen hat.
