The Life of Nelson: Volume 1
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Robert Southey (1774-1843), Romantic poet and friend of Coleridge, was Poet Laureate from 1813 to...
The Underground Girls of Kabul: The Hidden Lives of Afghan Girls Disguised as Boys
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An Afghan woman's life expectancy is just 44 years, and her life cycle often begins and ends in...
Peter the Great: The Compelling Story of the Man Who Created Modern Russia, Founded St Petersburg and Made His Country Part of Europe
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Against the monumental canvas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe and Russia, Robert K....
Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liady: The Origins of Chabad Hasidism
Immanuel Etkes and Jeffrey M. Green
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Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liady (1745-1812), in imperial Russia, was the founder and first rebbe of...
Reflections from the Monkey Deck: Cruising the World by Freighters
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Clive Wilkinson's Reflections from the Monkey Deck is a personal account of freighter travel in the...
Searching for Sappho: The Lost Songs and World of the First Woman Poet
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The daughter of an aristocratic family, a wife, a devoted mother and a lover of women, Sappho was...
British Prime Ministers
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There is a distinct lack of readily available information about the British prime ministers,...
Crimes That Changed the World
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Crime of the century was a catchery often used throughout the 20th century. Crimes that fascinated,...
Edward IV
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The reign of King Edward IV occupies a pivotal place in late medieval English history, marking the...
Extra Time
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Alex, now a famous TV presenter with his best friend Billy, was once plagued by hallucinations as a...