For centuries, fame and fortune was to be found in the west - in the New World of the Americas. Today, it is the east which calls out to those in search of adventure and riches. The region … [Read more...] about The Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan
History
Vietnam by Max Hastings
Vietnam became the Western world's most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for France in 1954, then a vastly greater one for the United States in 1975. Max Hastings … [Read more...] about Vietnam by Max Hastings
Operation Nemesis
In 1921, a tightly knit band of killers set out to avenge the deaths of almost one million victims of the Armenian Genocide. They were a humble bunch: an accountant, a life insurance salesman, a … [Read more...] about Operation Nemesis
The Burning Tigris
The critically acclaimed author Peter Balakian brings us a riveting narrative of the massacres of the Armenians in the 1890s and of the Armenian Genocide in 1915 at the hands of the Ottoman Turks. … [Read more...] about The Burning Tigris
The Duke of Windsor’s War by Michael Bloch
Drawing on unique sources, Michael Bloch describes the career of the Duke of Windsor during the Second World War. As a military liaison officer in France during 1939-40, he issued warnings which, … [Read more...] about The Duke of Windsor’s War by Michael Bloch
Scott of the Antarctic by Elspeth Huxley
After Robert Peary claimed to have reached the North Pole in 1909, polar explorers looked toward the South. Robert Falcon Scott, whose 1901–1904 expedition into Antarctica's frozen shoulder had made … [Read more...] about Scott of the Antarctic by Elspeth Huxley
The Art of War – Sun – Tzu
Twenty-Five Hundred years ago, Sun Tzu wrote this classic book of military strategy based on Chinese warfare and military thought. Since that time, all levels of military have used the teaching on … [Read more...] about The Art of War – Sun – Tzu
The Villa, The Lake, The Meeting by Mark Roseman
At a villa on the shore of the Wannsee, a lake in suburban Berlin, on 20th January 1942 one of the most terrible meetings in human history convened. Chaired by Reinhard Heydrich and organised and … [Read more...] about The Villa, The Lake, The Meeting by Mark Roseman
Brightly Shone the Dawn
Brightly Shone the Dawn gives an account of those involved in the Invasion of Normandy . The authors of this account of the invasion are, Garry Johnson and Christopher Dunphie. Many books have been … [Read more...] about Brightly Shone the Dawn
56 The Story of the Bradford Fire
Martin Fletcher's harrowing account of the terrible fire at Bradford City's ground on 11th May 1985. Fifty six people perished in the blaze. Martin Fletcher was a twelve year old boy and was in Valley … [Read more...] about 56 The Story of the Bradford Fire