History

A detailed narrative of the thirteen months leading to the independence of the Indian subcontinent in February 1948, centering on major and minor f...

The long-awaited second volume of Nelson Mandela's memoirs, left unfinished at his death and never before available, are here completed and expande...

Nelson Mandela is widely considered to be one of the most inspiring and iconic figures of our age. Now, after a lifetime of taking pen to paper to ...

For the first time, Ciro Bustos, Che's right-hand man in the struggle for Argentina, tells his story. As a young man inspired by the example of Cub...

Here is the whole of recorded British royal history, from the legendary King Alfred the Great onwards, including the monarchies of England, Scotlan...

The inspirational story of how Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus invented microcredit, founded the Grameen Bank, and transformed the fortunes of mi...

The memoirs of "Irish Times" journalist Nuala O'Faolain. The book traces her life from childhood in Dublin, through university, to her career in TV...

Despite his potential, extraordinary skating skills, and unmatched dedication and endurance, George Faulkner never made the Montreal Canadiens' ros...

In a dazzling act of ventriloquism, Peter Carey gives Ned Kelly a voice so wild, passionate and original that it is impossible not to believe that ...

Soon to be a Major Motion Picture starring Dame Judi Dench from director Stephen Frears, releasing September 22, 2017. History's most unlikely frie...

Coulton's expedition into fourteenth-century England and the life of Chaucer, first published in 1908, remains an excellent resource for any reader...

From Jack Whyte, the master of the sweeping historical epic, comes the continuing story of two heroes who reshaped and reconfigured the entire dest...

An intimate self-portrait by the notorious Cuban leader covers a wide range of topics, from his harsh early education and the failures of the revol...

Journal entries share the naturalist's memories of childhood and the Great Depression, descriptions of archaeological digs, and observations on nat...

Also known as the Lettres anglaises ou philosophiques, Voltaire's response to his exile in England offered the French public of 1734 a panoramic vi...

Winner of the National Book Award.

Discusses the relationship between the Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles, and suggests its effect on his marriage and on the public image o...

The Warrior's Honour is a profound and searching exploration of the troubled connection between the zones of safety and the zones of danger that co...

The leader of the excavation offers a firsthand description of the remarkable events surrounding the 1922 discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb in Egypt'...

A Yaqui way of knowledge. The teachings of don Juan is the story of a remarkable journey: the first awesome steps on the road to becoming a "man of...

The author of Zero chronicles the last half century's haphazard attempt to harness fusion energy, describing how governments and research teams thr...

Beginning in Paris on the eve of the Nazi occupation in 1940. Suite Fran§aise tells the remarkable story of men and women thrown together in circum...

Canada is a country of contrasts. Stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific, its geography includes rainforests, deserts, and arctic tundra . . ....