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Who was the enigmatic Jean Moulin, a man as skilled in deception as he was in acts of heroism? The memory of this French Resistance ...
An accessible illustrated introduction to the brutal conflict in the former Yugoslavia, one of the greatest yet least understood tragedies of the 20th century.
In ...
An ex-spy lifts the lid on life in the secret service
Andrew Kirsch didn't grow up watching spy movies, or dreaming about being a ...
Drowned. Buried by sand. Decimated by plague. Plunged off a cliff.
This is the forgotten history of Britain's lost cities, ghost towns and vanished ...
A memoir of loving hard, falling apart and fighting back, set to an unrivalled playlist.
'Hip hop and hymns- the two would always go hand ...
The untold story of Bletchley Park's key role in the success of the Normandy campaign
Since the secret of Bletchley Park was revealed in ...
In this uncompromising essay, Jonathan Crary presents the obvious but unsayable reality: our 'digital age' is synonymous with the disastrous terminal stage of global capitalism ...
There's no right way to keep a diary, but if there's an entertaining way, David Sedaris seems to have mastered it.
If it ...
How has Greece shaped the world we live in today, and what can we learn from its history?
The story of Greece is our story ...
A compelling guide to the fundamental place of humour and comedy within Western cultureby one of its greatest exponents Written by an acknowledged master of ...
Between the birth of Dante in 1265 and the death of Galileo in 1642 something happened which completely revolutionized Western civilization. Painting, sculpture and architecture ...
Fully illustrated with colour maps and 50 images, this is an accessible introduction to the most violent, turbulent, cruel and exciting chapter in Japanese history ...
A concise history of the goddess-like figures who evade both Christian and pagan traditions, from the medieval period to the present day
In this riveting ...
Silicon Valley titans, politicians, techno-futurists and social critics have united in arguing that we are living on the cusp of an era of rapid technological ...
For the first time ever, New York Times bestselling author and former CIA operative Robert Baer tells the explosive story of how insiders believe a ...