Maya peoples have long dominated southern Mesoamerica, an area stretching from the lowland coast of the Yucatán Peninsula to the highland mountains of southern Guatemala. While never a unified people, they gave rise to a great civilization with a dynamic set of beliefs and stories that varied between groups and retellings. To the Maya these have always been more than fireside tales: their myths formed the foundation of their culture, weaving together their ancestral and primordial pasts into...

The poignant story of how a group of elite professional footballers went to war.

Developed in 1938 from a Schneider trophy-winning design by the aeronautical engineer and designer R.J Mitchell, the Supermarine Spitfire went on to become the definitive Allied fighter of the Second World War, and ranks amongst the most famous aircraft of all time. This pocket manual presents an accessible collection of fascinating historical documents to help readers explore the technical and tactical developments relating to the design and use of this famous aircraft. Sources include the A...

A New York Times bestseller and an “enriching…brilliant” (David W. Blight, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Frederick Douglass) examination of what “the pursuit of happiness” meant to our nation’s Founders and how that famous phrase defined their lives and became the foundation of our democracy.

The Declaration of Independence identified “the pursuit of happiness” as one of our unalienable rights, along with life and liberty. Jeffr...

From warrior queens and the 300 to the Peloponnesian war, a major new history of the world's first superpower

The fantastical stories of ghosts and monsters engendered by the Atlantic ocean.

Das große Werk zur deutschen Geschichte! Umfassend und fundiert werden hier 2000 Jahre deutsche Geschichte in acht Epochen dargestellt. Ein Zeitstrahl und eine Einführung zu jedem Kapitel bieten einen Überblick über die Meilensteine und die prägenden Entwicklungen der jeweiligen Zeit. Die über 500 Fotos, Karten, Tabellen, Kurzporträts und Schlüsselbegriffe machen Zusammenhänge deutlich und erwecken die deutsche Geschichte zum Leben.

Johan Op de Beeck vertelt meesterlijk het fascinerende levensverhaal van een van de belangrijkste figuren uit de wereldgeschiedenis. Dit tweede deel van Napoleons biografie start op het ogenblik dat Napoleon als keizer het toppunt van zijn macht bereikt. Dankzij briljant gevoerde veldslagen controleert hij Europa. Maar het keizerrijk barst uit zijn voegen en de machtigste man ter wereld begaat vergissingen. In 1812 wordt Napoleon na een catastrofale veldtocht door Rusland gestuit. Vanaf dat o...