History & Futurology

Synopsis Subtitled : The Fight For Freedom. A New York Times Bestseller! A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2017. . . . "Their paths ne...

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 Full Subtitle : 22nd January 1879 : Minute by Minute. The battle of Isandlwana on 22 January 1879 was one of the most dramatic episodes ...

Synopsis Multi Award Winning Book. 'He were a dark prince, and infinitely suspicious, and his times full of secret conspiracies and troubles' - S...

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 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 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 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 The definitive work of Arthur C. Clarke’s brilliant career - a pageant of dozens of futuristic pieces that anticipated many of this centur...