History

Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distills 3,000 years of the history of power into 48 well-explicated laws....

The extraordinary story of the heroic doctor whose courage and leadership were a lifeline for thousands of Australian prisoners-of-war on the infamous Thai-Burma Railway of World War II - brilliantly told by Australia's favourite storyteller, Peter FitzSimons In September 1939, young Australian...

Samah Sabawi shares the story of her parents and many like them who were born as their parents were being forced to leave their homelands. Filled with love for land, history, peoples it is more than anything else a family story and a love story told with enormous humanity and feeling. How the...

The incredible true story of a Galilean stonemason who changed the course of the world forever, beautifully told through the eyewitness accounts of those who knew him best. This real-life story will never leave you. He lived and died over 2,000 years ago, fulfilling expectations that existed...

The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in 25 years than the Romans did in 400....

When raised to the level of art, seduction, an indirect and subtle form of power....

As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science....

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Guns, Germs and Steel examines the rise of civilization and the issues its development has raised throughout history. Having done field work in New Guinea for more than 30 years, Jared Diamond presents the geographical and ecological factors that have shaped...

In an attempt to appeal to the Medici family during the Italian Renaissance, Machiavelli outlines the way to acquire and retain political power, and how great men should behave in a princely government....

The mutiny on HMS Bounty, in the South Pacific on 28 April 1789, is one of history's truly great stories - a tale of human drama, intrigue and adventure of the highest order - and in the hands of Peter FitzSimons it comes to life as never before. Commissioned by the Royal Navy to collect...

An intellectual detective story, this history audiobook directs probing questions at orthodox history, presenting disturbing new evidence that historians have tried - but failed - to explain....

NATIONAL BESTSELLER The most famous true crime novel of all time "chills the blood and exercises the intelligence" (The New York Review of Books)—and haunted its author long after he finished writing it. On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the...

NOW THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE NUREMBERG STARRING RUSSELL CROWE AND RAMI MALEK In 1945, an improbable relationship between the fallen Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goering, and ambitious US Army physician, Douglas Kelley, becomes a hazardous quest into the nature of evil “The book is a page turner...

In August of 1914, the British ship Endurance set sail for the South Atlantic. In October 1915, still half a continent away from its intended base, the ship was trapped, then crushed in the ice

Late one evening investigative journalist Bastian Obermayer receives an anonymous message offering him access to secret data....

Our heroes can come from the most ordinary of places. As a shy lad growing up in country Victoria, no one in the district had any idea the man Albert Jacka would become. Albert 'Bert' Jacka was 21 when Britain declared war on Germany in August 1914. Bert soon enlisted in the Australian Imperial...

The Complete Strategy Collection, a compilation of ancient and historical philosophies, will increase your knowledge of strategy, conflict, and adversity throughout the ages, giving you valuable insight into the past while opening a window to the future....

Borneo: The Last Campaign tells the story of Operation OBOE, the massive, three-pronged assault on the vast Japanese-held island of Borneo in 1945. It was one of the largest amphibious invasions of the entire war, and a virtually all-Australian operation.

Volume one of One Nation Under Blackmail traces the origin of the network behind Jeffrey Epstein and his associates to the merging of organized crime and intelligence networks during World War II, following their most notable activities through the decades....

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR, THE FINANCIAL TIMES, AND GQ “A radical new history of the United States abroad” (Wall Street Journal) which uncovers U.S. complicity in the mass-killings of left-wing activists in Indonesia, Latin America and around the world In 1965, the US...

From Paleolithic flax to 3D knitting, explore the global history of textiles and the world they weave together in this enthralling and educational guide....

The Thirty Years War devastated seventeenth-century Europe, killing nearly a quarter of all Germans and laying waste to towns and countryside alike. Peter Wilson offers the first new history in a generation of a horrifying conflict that transformed the map of the modern world....

‘Stop screaming, I'm scared too!' is not what you'd expect to see on the back of a loadmaster's helmet in a Chinook helicopter flying over southern Afghanistan, but for Rod Henderson it sums up his 22 years of service as a soldier in the Australian Army.

Trigger Warning is a story of success, triumph, trauma and overcoming. This is the story of a former Special Operations Engineer as he worked relentlessly to rekindle his life after the war.

The first comprehensive biography of the godfather of Australian bushranging – Frank Gardiner – leader of the Lachlan gang and mastermind of the largest gold heist in Australian history. Atop the hierarchy of Australian bushrangers sits Ned Kelly – the ultimate outlaw – and just below...

In this magisterial history, Raymond Ibrahim chronicles the long and brutal conflict between Islam and the West through the eyes and lives of Christendom’s original commando forces: the knights of the Temple and Hospital. These warrior monks, whose unprecedented fusion of piety and militancy remains unmatched to this day, played a pivotal—though overlooked if not suppressed—role in defending Christian civilization against the onslaught of Islamic forces during the Crusades and beyond.

By the early 1990s, Colombia's Cali cartel had become what the former head of the DEA Thomas Constantine referred to as "the biggest and most powerful crime syndicate in history." Responsible for nearly 85% of the cocaine that reached US soil and 90% worldwide, they were untouchable. They brazenly corrupted thousands of Colombian authorities and government officials, even buying the outcome of the 1994 presidential election.

A mesmerizing firsthand account of the warping of American reality over the past decade as Donald Trump has risen to dominance—from a participatory witness who got so far inside the distortion field that it swallowed her whole. Olivia Nuzzi spent a third of her life observing those in power...

Washington, DC, was in the grips of a historic snowstorm on January 13, 1982 that gridlocked the city when Air Florida 90 crashes into a bridge jammed with traffic and plunges into the iced-over Potomac River. 6 people survive the crash, clinging to wreckage in the icy river as a Park Police helicopter risks a daring rescue in nearly whiteout conditions. As the rescue is taking place, DC’s Metro system suffers its first fatal derailment nearby, with dozens injured.

Nesta nova temporada, Apartheid Tropical narra como, diante do fracasso das promessas constitucionais, a população negra precisou se reorganizar e reinventar a resistência.

El historiador Gabriel Tortella analiza la estructura, las causas y la evolución de las grandes revoluciones contemporáneas en una síntesis magistral.

El martes 6 de junio de 1944, las playas de Normandía, al norte de Francia, se convirtieron en un auténtico infierno de acero y fuego. Lo que para los Aliados supuso el glorioso Día D, para los soldados del III Reich se reveló, tal cual había presagiado su mariscal más joven, como «el día más largo» y toda una pesadilla. El desembarco dio paso a una batalla brutal, espléndida muestra de confrontación estratégica y logística pero también del poder devastador de la guerra, que evidenció la absoluta incapacidad germana de hacer frente a la arrolladora potencia aliada.

Perché il fascismo? E perché in Italia? Perché proprio nel nostro paese si è imposto un regime dittatoriale che ha proposto una formula politica che è stata presa a modello non solo in Europa e continua a esercitare un suo fascino sinistro? Queste domande ci interrogano da vicino e ne sollecitano molte altre quando proviamo a individuare cause ed effetti per elaborare una risposta. Tutte questioni ancora aperte e che ancora ci sfidano, soprattutto quando vogliamo rispondere alla domanda principe: il fascismo si poteva evitare?

In This Golden Fleece, Esther’s unwavering fascination with this humble material takes her on an enchanting journey across the British landscape, as she unveils exactly how wool has shaped the island’s people, economy and imagination. From Fair Isle, Yorkshire, the Cotswolds and beyond, she explores the forgotten traditions, trade secrets and steadfast communities all shaped by this unique fibre. With warmth and curiosity, Esther cleverly gathers the threads that connect us to the past and each other, detailing the why, how and who behind this ancient craft.

""I thought I knew the story but learned much that I didn’t know. Outstanding!""— Richard Rhodes “This is historical research at its best.” — Dan Carlin President Truman’s choice to drop the atomic bomb is the most debated decision in the 20th Century. But what if Truman’s actual...

A propulsive, never-before-told story of one family’s shocking involvement as Nazi and Japanese spies during WWII and the pivotal role they played in the bombing of Pearl Harbor. It began with a letter from a screenwriter, asking about a story. Your family. World War II. Nazi spies. Christine...

Esta es la historia del encuentro entre dos mundos: Oriente y Occidente conectados por una red de caminos conocida como la Ruta de la Seda, por la que circularon la ambición, las riquezas, el poder y, sobre todo, el conocimiento. Todo comenzó con un puñado de objetos. Valiosas posesiones que pasaban de mano en mano y recorrían miles de kilómetros a través de océanos, desiertos y montañas. Su inmenso valor no dependía solo de su belleza o de la pericia necesaria para elaborarlas; aquellas mercancías exóticas poseían la capacidad de hacer soñar a los que las contemplaban con tierras...

En mars 2011, en pleine vague des Printemps arabes, des enfants d'un village du sud de la Syrie inscrivent un graffiti sur le mur de leur école. Leur arrestation par les services du gouvernement syrien et les sévices qu'ils subissent vont être le déclencheur de la révolution syrienne, initialement pacifique. À partir de l'été 2011, cette révolution prend les traits d'une insurrection armée. En avril 2012, Kofi Annan parvient à négocier un accord de cessez-le-feu, qui se traduit par le déploiement dans l'urgence d'une mission de 300 observateurs des Nations-unies.

En 2022, tras quince años de investigaciones en siete ciudades de cuatro países diferentes, Manuel Aguilera nos desvela el secreto mejor guardado de la Segunda República. Lo hace con un pulso narrativo propio de la novela, pero con un apoyo documental férreo. Estamos ante el explosivo descubrimiento de un episodio desconocido de la guerra civil.

Pourchassées, admirées, torturées, fantasmées, les sorcières ont, semble-t-il, tout vécu et s'infiltrent dans toutes les failles, toutes les peurs humaines. Leur histoire, au fil des siècles et des récits, raconte leur persécution autant que la construction d'une figure puissante, intrigante et mystérieuse. Au-delà des sabbats, bûchers, sortilèges et pactes avec le Diable, découvrez tout ce que les sorcières ont inspiré de beau et tragique, pour mieux les comprendre et décrypter tous les secrets qui entourent ces femmes énigmatiques !

Before there was Madonna or Beyoncé, there was Googoosh. For the first time, one of the biggest pop stars of the 20th century tells her remarkable story: her rise to fame in pre-revolution Iran, her arrest and imprisonment, her twenty-year exile, and finally, her triumphant return to the global...

For centuries, medieval history books have told the stories of noble queens, dutiful housewives, and cloistered nuns—but what about the single women who lived, worked, and thrived in medieval Europe? The Secret Lives of Single Medieval Women reveals the overlooked yet fascinating lives of middle age women who did not fit the conventional mold. From unmarried tradeswomen and widows to vowesses and nuns, these women carved their own paths in a world that often sought to define them by their marital status.

Un homenaje al cine español a través de una quincena de películas que el autor considera emblemáticas desde un punto de vista histórico.

尹前大統領の戒厳令宣布にも関与強大な権力を持ち、政治を動かす秘密組織の全容に迫る!

Todo aquello que cabe atribuir al genio español y que ha tenido una proyección internacional, desde la presencia en América y su legado hasta el ejemplo de la Transición.

Un retrato colorido de los mejores paisajes y lugares físicos de España, fiel reflejo de la enorme variedad del país, que a veces se ha comparado con un continente en miniatura.

Por nuestro solar han pasado todos los pueblos que han sido algo en la historia del Mediterráneo. De todos ellos quedan huellas que ni los siglos ni la mano del hombre han podido borrar.

Era necesario analizar las razones y los métodos empleados (entre otros, la doble vara de medir) para construir la leyenda negra más agresiva y duradera de la historia. Hacía falta estudiar cómo y por qué la propaganda antiespañola «externa» se instaló en el imaginario colectivo patrio e influyó en nuestra decadencia a partir del siglo XVI, hasta llegar a asumir que éramos inquisitoriales, grotescos, ignorantes y fanáticos. Era necesario examinar cómo este mito «intramuros» derivó en un «harakiri histórico-cultural», único en el mundo, gracias a una ingenuidad contumaz.

Una docena de mitos de la historia de España, definidos y desmontados por el autor, desde el paraíso perdido de Al-Ándalus hasta el supuesto páramo cultural durante el franquismo.

La mayor síntesis de nuestra historia. Dos mil años de nuestro pasado resumidos como solo un sabio y un gran escritor pueden hacerlo. Un auténtico tour de force.