• Rok vydání 2022

\nA provocative, exciting exploration of the future of ideas - and the history of technological and cultural progress that…

Commando is the first authoritative book on these formidable fighting forces of WWII for a general readership - out now in…

• Rok vydání 2019

Sonic Youth Slept on My Floor is a lively, revelatory and gloriously well-written memoir of Dave Haslam's life and work in…

Published to mark the 80th anniversary of the start of the Second World War, these are powerful wartime stories written by…

\nA landmark book that charts humanity\'s changing relationship with birds - from the ancient Egyptians to the 21st…

A concise history of the world's greatest stone circle, Stonehenge, by Britain's leading expert.…

• Čeština

The magnum opus of the First World War, from the outstanding historian at the King's College Department of War Studies.…

A wonderfully vivid history of Islam after Muhammad's death - and the sequel to Rogerson's acclaimed THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD…

Retelling the most spectacular cock-ups in military history, this graphic account has a great deal to say about the…

* The bestselling and moving collection of letters to Vera Brittain from a lost generation - four young men who lost their…

Kniha - autor Russell Shorto, 416 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu matná - autor Russell Shorto, 416 stran, anglicky,…

The diary of a young Brazilian girl at the end of the nineteenth century. Introduced and translated by Elizabeth Bishop, one…

• Rok vydání 2021

\nA long-overdue book honouring the remarkable achievements of key black British individuals over many centuries, in…

• Rok vydání 2021

\nA bumper book of puzzles celebrating every aspect of Britain and Britishness - perfect to relax, de-stress and unwind,…

• Rok vydání 2017

Trevor Royle does for Culloden what Juliet Barker did for Agincourt, bringing us the definitive account of the battle and…

* Classic essays on the history of radical protest.…

\nUKRAINE The Forging of a Nation explores Ukraine\'s dramatic past and its place as a nation in our world today, including…

What sort of a place is England? And who are the English? As the United Kingdom turns away from its European neighbours, and…

• Rok vydání 2023

Memoirs of a Hebridean childhood…

* Rousing, brilliant, and hugely readable study of a millennium of one nation's free-thinking* Subtitle: Visionaries, Rebels…

• Čeština

Phoolan Devi was born into a poor, low-caste family in Uttar Pradesh, living in a world that gave more respect to a stray…

Fiercely intelligent, always provocative, Joanna Bourke turns to the subject of the human animal…

Following on from the success of A N. Wilson's THE VICTORIANS, Roy Hattersley's major new appraisal of Edwardian Britain is…

A groundbreaking new history of the first woman to rule England in her own right.…

* First volume of three recounting the dramatic story of England, from ancient times to the present day, by the No. 1…

An astonishing, eye-opening survey of the modern world's relationship with Nazi Germany by the acclaimed author of the…

• Rok vydání 1934

The history of Goodwood, England\'s greatest sporting estate…

* Sensational, revealing account of the death of Marilyn Monroe - one of the hitherto unresolved mysteries of the century.…

The New York Times and Sunday Times number one book that exposed the chaos of Donald Trump's White House to the world, now…

\nThe idea that the British empire was built on freedom is a myth. Britain rose to global power in the eighteenth century on…

Over 40 vivid, eyewitness accounts of the defining conflict of the second half of the twentieth century…

\nA concise, accessible account of strategy and the Second World War. How the war was won . . . and lost..\n…

• Rok vydání 2021

\nGuy de la Bedoyere\'s gripping narrative history gives a sense of what it was like to be a soldier in the army that…

A new biography of a remarkable Englishwoman, Emily Hobhouse, that draws on significant and previously unknown sources,…

A lively and absorbing narrative of China's ascent from imperial doormat to global economic powerhouse.…

* A biography of one of the most remarkable women of the Tudor era - next to Queen Elizabeth the most powerful woman in…

Offers an account of the bloody rivalry between the dynasties of York and Lancaster for the throne of England. This title…

Thrilling new biography about the first man to rule all of the Indian subcontinent, from one of the great chroniclers of…

* Revelatory insider's account of the rise and rise of a highly successful and controversial investment bank.…

A fascinating and evocative account of the Peasants' Revolt from the acclaimed author of Agincourt.…

A thoughtful and fascinating portrait of England, told through the story of A. E. Housman and his much-loved poetry…

* Remarkable biography of the complex and tragic 'First Lady' of the Third Reich, Magda Goebbels…

The true story of the 41,000 British soldiers who were left behind after the evacuation of Dunkirk, May 1940.…

• Rok vydání 2019

An epic page-turner filled with tales of courage, desperation, endurance and intrigue, brought to life by eyewitness…

A fresh new look at the Roman Empire, from the point of view of those regarded by the Romans as \'barbarians\'. Kershaw…