Bursting Bubbles: A Secret History of Champagne and the Rise of the Great Growers (Walters Robert)(Paperback)

Bursting Bubbles: A Secret History of Champagne and the Rise of the Great Growers (Walters Robert)(Paperback)

The rise and rise of a group of artisanal producers in Champagne over the last 20 years has challenged everything we thought we knew about this famous region. In Bursting Bubbles, Robert Walters takes us on a journey to visit these great growers. Along the way, he reveals a secret history of

Story of Alice: Lewis Carroll and the Secret History of Wonderland (Douglas-Fairhurst Robert)(Paperback)

Following his acclaimed life of Dickens, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst illuminates the tangled history of two lives and two books. Drawing on numerous unpublished sources, he examines in detail the peculiar friendship between the Oxford mathematician Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) and Alice Liddell,

Story of Alice - Lewis Carroll and The Secret History of Wonderland (Douglas-Fairhurst Robert)(Paperback / softback)

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARDThis is the secret history of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Wonderland is part of our cultural heritage. But beneath the fairy tale lies the complex history of the author and his

Great Successor - The Secret Rise and Rule of Kim Jong Un (Fifield Anna)(Paperback / softback)

The Great Successor is an irreverent yet insightful quest to understand the life of Kim Jong Un, one of the world's most secretive dictators. Kim's life is swathed in myth and propaganda, from the plainly silly--he supposedly ate so much Swiss cheese that his ankles gave way--to the grimly bloody

Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations (Bergman Ronen)(Paperback)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The first definitive history of the Mossad, Shin Bet, and the IDF's targeted killing programs, hailed by The New York Times as 'an exceptional work, a humane book about an incendiary subject.' WINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD IN HISTORY NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST

The Great Witch of Brittany - Louisa Morgan

Return to the world of A Secret History of Witches with the bewitching tale of Ursule Orchiere and her discovery of magical abilities that will not only change the course of her life but every generation that comes after her.Brittany, 1741: There hasn't been a witch born in the Orchiere clan for

Cuisine and Empire, 43: Cooking in World History (Laudan Rachel)(Paperback)

Rachel Laudan tells the remarkable story of the rise and fall of the world's great cuisines--from the mastery of grain cooking some twenty thousand years ago, to the present--in this superbly researched book. Probing beneath the apparent confusion of dozens of cuisines to reveal the underlying

The Cambridge History of Communism (Naimark Norman)(Paperback)

Volume Two of The Cambridge History of Communism explores the rise of Communist states and movements after World War II. Key themes include the relationship between East European parties and Moscow, and the spread of communism in Asia, Africa and Latin America, as nationalism fed anti-imperialist

MI6 - The History of the Secret Intelligence Service 1909-1949 (Jeffery Keith)(Paperback / softback)

The first - and only - history of the Secret Intelligence Service, written with full and unrestricted access to the closed archives of the Service for the period

Rise and Fall of the Great Powers (Kennedy Paul)(Paperback / softback)

WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE Paul Kennedy's international bestseller is a sweeping account of five hundred years of fluctuating economic muscle and military

Rise and Fall - A History of the World in Ten Empires (Strathern Paul)(Paperback / softback)

Rise and Fall opens with the Akkadian Empire, which ruled over a vast expanse of the region of ancient Mesopotamia, then turns to the immense Roman Empire, where we trace back our western and eastern roots. Next Strathern describes how a great deal of western classical culture was developed in the

The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East (Fisk Robert)(Paperback)

A sweeping and dramatic history of the last half century of conflict in the Middle East from an award-winning journalist who has covered the region for over forty years, The Great War for Civilisation unflinchingly chronicles the tragedy of the region from the Algerian Civil War to the Iranian

Blood and Champagne: The Life and Times of Robert Capa (Kershaw Alex)(Paperback)

'A spellbinding portrait.'--The Sunday Times Robert Capa (1913-1954), one of the finest photojournalists and combat photographers of the twentieth century, covered every major conflict from the Spanish Civil War to the early conflict in Vietnam. Always close to the action, he created some of the

George Foster and the 1977 Reds: The Rise of a Slugger and the End of an Era (Shannon Mike)(Paperback)

 The Cincinnati Reds are recognized as one of the great teams in baseball history. Left fielder George Foster, an integral part of the Reds' back-to-back 1975 and 1976 World Championships, has never received proper credit for his contribution to their legacy. In 1977, Foster became the most

The Little History of Coventry (Walters Peter)(Pevná vazba)

The Little History Of Coventry packs into its pages the colour and incident of a thousand years, telling the story of a city that has perhaps been overlooked by mainstream historians but which has been at the heart of this country's great events many times. From testing ground of the saintly Godiva

Rise and Kill First - The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations (Bergman Ronen)(Paperback / softback)

'A remarkable feat of fearless and responsible reporting . . . important, timely, and informative.'John le CarreNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The first definitive history of the Mossad, Shin Bet, and the IDF's targeted killing

Why Can the Dead Do Such Great Things?: Saints and Worshippers from the Martyrs to the Reformation (Bartlett Robert)(Paperback)

A sweeping, authoritative, and entertaining history of the Christian cult of the saints from its origin to the Reformation From its earliest centuries, one of the most notable features of Christianity has been the veneration of the saints--the holy dead. This ambitious history tells the fascinating

Cosmic Trigger I: Final Secret of the Illuminati (Wilson Robert Anton)(Paperback)

The great modern classic of a brilliant rebel's personal exploration into the nature of consciousnessFeaturing a New Introduction by John Higgs'Cosmic Trigger deals with a process of deliberately induced brain change. This process is called 'initiation' or 'vision quest' in many traditional

Secret Cromer and Sheringham (Talbott Lorna)(Paperback)

Secret Cromer and Sheringham explores the lesser-known history of the Norfolk coastal towns of Cromer and Sheringham through a fascinating selection of stories, unusual facts and attractive

Quest for C - Mansfield Cumming and the Founding of the Secret Service (Judd Alan)(Paperback / softback)

A fascinating and unique history of the launch of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service through the unusual life of its founder, Mansfield

The Rise and Fall of Modern American Conservatism: A Short History (Farber David)(Paperback)

The Rise and Fall of Modern American Conservatism tells the gripping story of perhaps the most significant political force of our time through the lives and careers of six leading figures at the heart of the movement. David Farber traces the history of modern conservatism from its revolt against

Zero Fail - the rise and fall of the Secret Service (Leonnig Carol)(Paperback / softback)

Human Cosmos - A Secret History of the Stars (Marchant Jo)(Paperback / softback)

A journey through the history of science and humankind's relationship with the night sky and the cosmos beyond, from the author of Royal Society Prize-shortlisted

The Cairngorms: A Secret History (Baker Patrick)(Paperback)

This secret history of the Cairngorms is a series of journeys exploring little-known stories of the Cairngorm Mountains. History combines with travelogue in a vivid account of this elemental scenery-- a unique British landscape and its last great wilderness. There have been rare human incursions