In 2004, after felling his last chimney and retiring from steeplejacking, Fred took to the road on his beloved traction engine for the BBC series Made in Britain.
From the award-winning author of The Lost Pianos of Siberia comes a new journey, following four 19th century elephants marched from the East African coast towards Congo to tell a heartbreaking story of folly and colonial greed.
'I cannot help but see the bodies of my near ancestors in the current caravans of desperate souls fleeing from place to place, chased by famine, war and toxins.
'Anyone interested in the future of autocracy should buy it' Anne Applebaum, author of Twilight of Demoracy**Shortlisted for the Moore Prize for Human Rights Literature**A devastating account of China's genocide of the Uyghurs, by a leading Uyghur activist and Time #100 nomineeNury Turkel was born in a 're-education' camp in China at the height of the Cultural Revolution.
The first major account of the history of reggae, black music journalist Lloyd Bradley describes its origins and development in Jamaica, from ska to rock-steady to dub and then to reggae itself, a local music which conquered the world.
**MiCannes Award Music Book of the Year**The first full-length biography of Mal Evans, the Beatles' beloved roadie, assistant, confidant and friendA towering figure in horn-rimmed glasses, Malcolm 'Mal' Evans was an invaluable member of the Beatles' inner circle.
A Book of the Year for The New Yorker and Electric Lit and a Time Out 10 Best Books of 2025From the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of Gay Bar comes a rule-breaking, genre-busting story of outlaw love.
Uber Jahrtausende hinweg war die Ausdehnung von Imperien und die Reichweite von Entdeckern durch eine simple, biologische Grenze limitiert: den raschen Verfall von Nahrungsmitteln.
Er ist das unangefochtene Symbol des deutschen Sommerurlaubs: ein massives, geflochtenes Mobelstuck, das an Nord- und Ostsee als windgeschutzte Festung im Sand dient.
Vom Staatsmythos Buchenwald zum Angriff auf die Demokratie Auch 80 Jahre nach der Befreiung von Buchenwald ist die Erinnerung an den Holocaust nicht in der demokratischen Mitte angekommen.
La complejidad del Mexico colonial, cuya gestacion se prolonga durante los siglos XVI a XVIII, en general ha sido descuidada ante el prestigioso ascendiente de los antepasados prehispanicos.
El libro en Nueva Espana reune estudios que abordan la historia material y cultural del impreso novohispano desde una perspectiva amplia: antecedentes, condiciones de produccion, circuitos de circulacion y practicas de lectura, sin aislar el libro de otros regimenes de transmision -oralidades, manuscritos y culturas graficas- que coexistieron con el.
Con la llegada a Yucatan del colonizador Francisco de Montejo en 1527 y el posterior dominio ejercido por las elites espanolas, los mayas vieron exacerbados los atroces abusos en su contra; tiempo despues, ni siquiera el fi n del Virreinato o el establecimiento de la Republica lograron mejorar la condicion de los indigenas.
Este libro presenta una recomposicion de la biografia intelectual de quien ha sido considerado como uno de los maximos representantes de la intelectualidad afrocolombiana: Manuel Zapata Olivella.
Diese kulturhistorische Studie ruckt eine zwar bekannte, in ihren konkreten Vollzugen aber wenig erforschte fruhneuzeitliche Praxis in den Fokus: die Unterscheidung der Geister, mit der die Menschen das Ubernaturliche zu prufen versuchten.
Certain individuals achieved cultural influence that transcended their specific artistic or creative fields, becoming symbols of broader social transformations and shaping how entire generations expressed identity, challenged conventions, and imagined alternative possibilities.
Auch wenn die Stadt Koln es in der Fruhen Neuzeit vermied, in Konflikte hineingezogen zu werden, spielte der Faktor Militar im Alltagsleben eine haufig unterschatzte Rolle.
