When Sandy Mitchell was arrested for his alleged involvement in two bombings in Saudi Arabia in December 2000, he thought it was a case of mistaken identity and that he would soon be released.
The definitive account of North Korea - its veiled past and uncertain future - from former White House adviser and Korea expert Victor Cha We killed Americans.
On November 1, 2006, Alexander Litvinenko, a former KGB officer, sipped tea in the upmarket Millennium Mayfair hotel near the American Embassy in London - tea that had been spiked with a rare radioactive isotope called Polonium 210.
Robbed in Iran and imprisoned for over 100 days for suspected espionage, this is the true story of one woman's shocking ordeal in the country she called home.
Der Autor nutzt Archivmaterial, um ein neues Licht darauf zu werfen, wie die Regierungen der Vereinigten Staaten und der Sowjetunion die trotzkistische Weltbewegung von den 1930er bis 1980er Jahren ausspioniert und infiltriert haben.
Der Autor nutzt Archivmaterial, um ein neues Licht darauf zu werfen, wie die Regierungen der Vereinigten Staaten und der Sowjetunion die trotzkistische Weltbewegung von den 1930er bis 1980er Jahren ausspioniert und infiltriert haben.
El doctor Castaño Peña presenta aquí una notable contribución que, con ligeras modificaciones, reproduce su tesis doctoral, defendida el pasado curso académico 2018-2019 en la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
Desde las primeras décadas del siglo pasado, los derechos sociales vienen siendo reconocidos al más alto nivel, tanto en las Constituciones de los Estados democráticos como en numerosos instrumentos internacionales de protección de los derechos humanos.
One small East African country embodies the battered history of the continent: patronised by colonialists, riven by civil war, confused by Cold War manoeuvring, proud, colorful, with Africa's best espresso and worst rail service.
Winner of the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Non-FictionA New York Times Notable Book of 2015A painstakingly researched, revelatory biography of Svetlana Stalin, a woman fated to live her life in the shadow of one of history's most monstrous dictators - her father, Josef Stalin.
Widely considered to be the most important biography of Nelson Mandela, Antony Sampson's remarkable book has been updated with an afterword by acclaimed South African journalist, John Battersby.
The winner of the 2013 Longman-History Today Book Prize is the gripping and largely untold story of the role of the intelligence services in Britain's retreat from empire.
This is a disturbing account of the campaign to promote fear and hatred of Muslims in the United States and Europe, from the 'War on Terror' to Trump's travel ban.
This play re-enacts the 1917 trial and imprisonment of Alice Wheeldon, the renowned suffragist, for her alleged role in plotting to assassinate the Prime Minister Lloyd George.
POLITICIAN * PRISONER * PARENTA portrait of one of the most charismatic, but unknown, world leadersAung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and crusader for democracyin Myanmar, is once again behind bars.
From East Timor to the Middle East, from the nature of democracy to our place in the natural world, from intellectual politics to the politics of language, Powers and Prospects is a vital compilation of Chomsky's writings on a broad array of subject material.
The How to Live as a Muslim series is an essential guide for anyone who seeks to acquire an accurate knowledge of Islam, as it elucidates all the facets of Islam with precise brevity in three volumes: An Introduction to Islamic Faith and Thought, Living in the Shade of Islam, and Living the Ethics and Morality of Islam.
This inspiring tale of grit and determination sprinkled with humor, wit, and a taste of irony is the story of Winifred Bryan Horner's journey from a life of domesticity on the family farm after World War II to becoming an Endowed Professor.
The incredible story of the American who saved more lives than Schindler - great literary, scientific and artistic figures such as Andr Breton, Heinrich Mann, Marc Chagall and Max Ernst who represented the political and cultural elite of Europe.
This inspiring tale of grit and determination sprinkled with humor, wit, and a taste of irony is the story of Winifred Bryan Horner's journey from a life of domesticity on the family farm after World War II to becoming an Endowed Professor.
This book is essentially a comprehensive survey of principles and criteria derived from the main sources of knowledge in Islam, the Qur'an and the way of Prophet, for the Muslim youth today.
A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEARFrom the preeminent historian of 20th century Spain Paul Preston, Architects of Terror is a new history of how paranoia, conspiracy and anti-Semitism was used to justify the military coup of 1936 and enabled the construction of a dictatorship built on violence and persecution.
This play re-enacts the 1917 trial and imprisonment of Alice Wheeldon, the renowned suffragist, for her alleged role in plotting to assassinate the Prime Minister Lloyd George.
La región del norte del Cauca y sur del Valle (Colombia) ha sido en los últimos cincuenta años, un laboratorio del conflicto social que ha transformado no solamente su economía, sino el conjunto de la sociedad, con manifestaciones dominadas por la violencia, por el conflicto armado entre diversos actores, pero también por formas de reivindicación y de participación "societales".
Esta colección de textos de Adam Michnik, Premio Princesa de Asturias y figura clave de la transición de su país a la democracia, es la primera antología preparada originalmente para el lector español.
