Troll Wall - The untold story of the British first ascent of Europe's tallest rock face (Howard Tony)(Pevná vazba)

Troll Wall - The untold story of the British first ascent of Europe's tallest rock face (Howard Tony)(Pevná vazba)

Norway, 1965. A team of young climbers from the north of England camp at the bottom of the tallest vertical rock face in Europe - the Troll Wall. No one has dared attempt this gigantic challenge before. Some say it will never be climbed. This will be the adventure of a

Quest into the Unknown - My life as a climbing nomad (Howard Tony)(Paperback / softback)

In 1965 Tony Howard made the first British ascent of Norway's Troll Wall. He went on to found Troll Climbing Equipment but never stopped exploring. Quest into the Unknown, his autobiography, covers his extensive travels in North Africa, the Middle East, Scandinavia, Canada and much

Everest - The First Ascent - The untold story of Griffith Pugh, the man who made it possible (Tuckey Harriet)(Paperback / softback)

A doctor and physiologist, Griffith Pugh revolutionised almost every aspect of British high-altitude mountaineering, transforming the climbers' attitude to oxygen, the clothes they wore, their equipment, fluid intake and acclimatisation. Yet, far from receiving the acclaim he was due, he was met

Royals at War: The Untold Story of Harry and Meghan's Shocking Split with the House of Windsor (Howard Dylan)(Pevná vazba)

Reveals Shocking Revelations about Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, and the British Royal Family--and the Divisive Rifts Between Them This explosive expos , Royals at War, takes readers inside a riven Buckingham Palace to provide the definitive account of the unfolding abdication crisis of

The Making of India: The Untold Story of British Enterprise (Lalvani Kartar)(Pevná vazba)

This exciting book moves beyond and against the current postcolonial orthodoxy. Instead of arguing that all colonization is wrong and inherently unjust, Dr. Kartar Lalvani argues that Britain made a crucial contribution in providing India with its lasting physical and institutional infrastructure

Himmler's Hostages: The Untold Story of Himmler's Special Prisoners and the End of WWII (Wall Tom)(Pevná vazba)

The dramatic adventures of inveterate escapees who tunneled their way out of Sachsenhausen concentration camp.This book tells the true story of Himmler's plan to use prominent WWII concentration camp prisoners as hostages in an attempt to engage the Western Powers in negotiations. At the center of

Face Value: The Irresistible Influence of First Impressions (Todorov Alexander)(Pevná vazba)

The scientific story of first impressions--and why the snap character judgments we make from faces are irresistible but usually incorrect We make up our minds about others after seeing their faces for a fraction of a second--and these snap judgments predict all kinds of important decisions. For

Sicily Sketchbook (Moireau Fabrice)(Pevná vazba)

Overlooked by mount Etna - the tallest volcano in Europe - Sicily, the largest island of the Mediterranean, has always aroused interest and desire because of its strategic position and the wealth of fertile land. Over the centuries, Sicily has come under various rulers and has had a colorful

The Forgotten Spy: The Untold Story of Stalin's First British Mole (Barrat Nick)(Paperback)

In this gripping book, Nick Barratt delves into the murky waters of the British and Russian secret service, tracing the story of his great uncle Ernest Holloway Oldham--known as ARNO to his 'friends' in the Russian secret service. After serving in the British army during World War I, Ernest was

Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum (Cook O'Toole Jennifer)(Pevná vazba)

The face of autism is changing. And more often than we realize, that face is wearing lipstick. Autism in Heels, an intimate memoir, reveals the woman inside one of autism's most prominent figures, Jennifer O'Toole. At the age of thirty-five, Jennifer was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, and for

The War Behind the Wire: The Life, Death and Glory of British Prisoners of War, 1914-18 (Lewis-Stempel John)(Paperback)

The last untold story of the First World War: the fortunes and fates of 170,000 British soldiers captured by the enemy. On capture, British officers and men were routinely told by the Germans 'For you the war is over'. Nothing could be further from the truth. British Prisoners of War merely

Indian Empire At War - From Jihad to Victory, The Untold Story of the Indian Army in the First World War (Morton-Jack George)(Pevná vazba)

A brilliantly original history of the First World War, re-tracing the footsteps of the Indian Army's 1.5 million men who in 1914-18 served about the globe from Europe to Africa, Asia and the Indian

Wellington and the British Army's Indian Campaigns 1798 - 1805 (Howard Martin R.)(Pevná vazba)

The Peninsular War and the Napoleonic Wars across Europe are subjects of such enduring interest that they have prompted extensive research and writing. Yet other campaigns, in what was a global war, have been largely ignored. Such is the case for the war in India which persisted for much of the

How The Irish Saved Civilization - The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe (Cahill Thomas)(Paperback / softback)

The untold story of Ireland's role, from the fall of Rome to the rise of medieval

The Story of British Animation (Stewart Jez)(Pevná vazba)

Richly illustrated with unique material from the BFI archive, The Story of British Animation is the first authoritative account of the history, art and industry of animation in Britain, covering everything from the origins of animation at the end of the Victorian era to the 21st century's

Kings & Queens of Ancient Britain: A Magnificent Chronicle of the First Rulers of the British Isles, from the Time of Boudicca and King Arthur to the (Phillips Charles)(Pevná vazba)

Starting with Britain under Roman rule, this book details the story of the British monarchs, whose lives and legacies have often passed into legend and separates fact from fiction in the reigns of King Arthur, Queen Boudicca and Shakespeare's King

Erased: The Untold Story of the Panama Canal (Lasso Marixa)(Pevná vazba)

The Panama Canal's untold history--from the Panamanian point of view. Sleuth and scholar Marixa Lasso recounts how the canal's American builders displaced 40,000 residents and erased entire towns in the guise of bringing modernity to the tropics. The Panama Canal set a new course for the modern

Spymaster of Baghdad - The Untold Story of the Elite Intelligence Cell that Turned the Tide against ISIS (Coker Margaret)(Pevná vazba)

To Meet in Hell - Bergen-Belsen, the British Officer Who Liberated It, and the Jewish Girl He Saved (Lerner Bernice)(Pevná vazba)

The story of the British officer who was first to arrive at Bergen-Belsen, and the life of one of the many he saved from

Corridors of Mirrors: The Spirit of Europe in Contemporary British and Romanian Fiction (Brnzeu Pia)(Pevná vazba)

This work examines the notion of Europe as expressed in Romanian and British fiction. It surveys symbolic notions of the common cultural links which seem to embody 'European identity'. In particular, the author examines the shift in post-Iron Curtain literary concepts of this ancient

Opening the Red Door: The Inside Story of Russia's First Christian Liberal Arts University (Bernbaum John A.)(Pevná vazba)

After the Berlin Wall fell, a group of Christian colleges in the U.S. seized the opportunity to begin strategic faculty and student exchanges with universities inside the Soviet Union. They could not have foreseen the doors that would open next. During a 1990 visit to Russia, John Bernbaum and his

Among the Wolves of Court - The Untold Story of Thomas and George Boleyn (Mackay Lauren (Independent Historian UK))(Pevná vazba)

Walcheren 1809: Scandalous Destruction of a British Army (Howard Martin R.)(Pevná vazba)

In July 1809, with the Dutch coast a pistol held at the head of England, the largest British expeditionary force ever assembled, over 40,000 men and around 600 ships, weighed anchor off the Kent coast and sailed for the island of Walcheren in the Scheldt estuary. After an initial success, the

High Adventure: The True Story of the First Ascent of Everest (Hillary Edmund)(Paperback)

Fear lives among Everest's mighty ice-fluted faces and howls across its razor-sharp crags. Gnawing at reason and enslaving minds, it has killed many and defeated countless others. But in 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay stared into its dark eye and did not waver. On May 29, they pushedspent