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Judith Mackrell A gripping biography of six extraordinary women who, in their very different ways, epitomise the decade they came of age - the 1920s | Neil McKenna 28th April 1870. The flamboyantly dressed Miss Fanny Park and Miss Stella Boulton are causing a stir in the Strand Theatre. All eyes are riveted upon their lascivious oglings of... |
Bernhard Rieger Bernhard Rieger reveals how a car commissioned by Hitler and designed by Ferdinand Porsche became a global commodity on a par with Coca-Cola. The Beetle's success hinged on its uncanny... | Craig Taylor An extraordinary group portrait of London today: a book as rich, dynamic, lively, and diverse as the city itself. |
Steven Pinker Can violence really have declined? The images of conflict we see daily on our screens from around the world suggest this is an almost obscene claim to be making. In... | Anne De Courcy The untold stories of the young women who were sent to India in search of marriage |
Frank Dikotter An unprecedented, groundbreaking history of China's Great Famine Winner of the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize 2011 | Peter Doggett No artist offered a more incisive and accurate portrait of the troubled landscape of the 1970s than David Bowie. This title explores the heritage of the artist's most productive and... |
Andrew Marr From the earliest civilizations to the twenty-first century: a global journey through human history, published alongside a landmark BBC One television series. | Stuart Maconie Deals with the places, people and events that have shaped modern Britain. Starting with the death of Queen Victoria, to the Battle of the Somme and the General Strike, and... |
Alan Titchmarsh A practical guide to the countryside that explores the heritage of rural Britain, its landscapes and wildlife, its traditions, customs and crafts. It offers a checklist of British butterflies and... | Francesca Beauman Every week thousands of people advertise for love either in newspapers, magazines or online. But if you think this is a modern phenomenon, think again - the ads have been... |
James C. Whorton The story of arsenic in Victorian Britain, looking both at its widespread presence in everything from candles to curtains, and also its more sinister use for murder and suicide. | Virginia Nicholson We tend to see the Second World War as a man's war, featuring Spitfire crews and brave deeds on the Normandy beaches. But in conditions of "Total War" millions of... |
Robert Winder John Wisden, at his peak known as 'The Little Wonder', was a key member of the England cricket team who in 1859 sailed across the Atlantic on the world's first... | Paul Strathern The Republic of Venice was the first great economic and naval power of modern Western world. After winning the struggle for ascendency against its bitter Genoese rivals in the late... |