History & Futurology

Synopsis This is a fascinating, extremely well written and nuanced explanation of the Spanish Civil War. Amid the many catastrophes of the twenti...

Synopsis Full Title : Lessons from history : hidden heroes and villains of the past, and what we can learn from them. Lessons from History is a j...

Synopsis From the man the Wall Street Journal describes as a 'global change guru', more than one hundred of the trends that touch every aspect of...

Synopsis New York Times bestselling historian Gavin Menzies presents newly uncovered evidence revealing, conclusively, that “the lost city of Atl...

Synopsis The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism is a bestselling 2007 book by the Canadian author and social activist Naomi Klein. In ...

Synopsis " . . . Myths are stories that are based on tradition. Some may have factual origins, while others are completely fictional. But myths a...

Synopsis Wedlock is the remarkable story of the Countess of Strathmore and her marriage to Andrew Robinson Stoney. Mary Eleanor Bowes was one of ...

Synopsis A Pelican Introduction. What makes us human? The past 12,000 years represent the only time in the sweep of human history when there has ...

Synopsis What is Europe? Firstly, of course, it is a continent made up of countless disparate peoples, races and nations, and governed by different...

Synopsis 1215: The Year of Magna Carta is a historical documentation of life in Medieval England written by author and journalist Danny Danziger an...

Synopsis In The Story of England Michael Wood tells the extraordinary story of one English community over fifteen centuries, from the moment that t...

Synopsis For two and half thousand years the ancient Celts have continued to fascinate all who have come into contact with them. The archetypal `b...

Synopsis The world's largest democracy and second-most populous country, 21st Century India is a dynamic nation with a thrusting economy, made up o...

Synopsis What if Britain had stayed out of the First World War? What if Germany had won the Second? How would England look if there had been no Cro...

Synopsis It all started with a long distance cycle ride. Inspired by a chance discovery, Robb became fascinated with the world of the Celts: their ...

Synopsis Paul G. Bahn (Editor). This is a perfect handbook for all who are interested in our human past. Prepared under the direction of consultant...

Synopsis Andrew Marr, author of two bestselling histories of Great Britain now turns his attention to the world as a whole. A History of the World ...

Synopsis In The Future, Declassified, Burrows - for the first time - has expanded the most recent Global Trends report into a full-length narrative...

Synopsis Welcome to the George Inn near London Bridge; a cosy, wood-panelled, galleried coaching house a few minutes' walk from the Thames. Grab yo...

Synopsis Shortlisted for The Samuel Johnson Prize. In 49 B.C . . . the seven hundred and fifth year since the founding of Rome, Julius Caesar cross...

Synopsis Subtitled : The Stories And Transcripts Of The Moments That Made History. Introduction : Simon Sebag Montefiore. Speeches that Changed the...

Synopsis From the classic Greek origins of the world map, through the elaborately decorated manuscript maps and printed maps of the seventeenth and...

Synopsis At Waterloo, some 70,000 men under Napoleon and an equal number under Wellington faced one another in a titanic battle. Alessandro Barbero...

Synopsis This is an exploration of the 21st Century. On the surface nothing seems to be changing, but behind the façade of normality the future is ...