The author describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely at home he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. This title is about his quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization - how we got from there, being nothing at all, to here, being us.

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

Discover the fascinating world of Stoicism in this guide to a great and unageing philosophy. Perfect for beginners and seasoned Stoics alike, this pocket-sized guide is brimming with history, wisdom and guidance. With the help of great sages like Marcus Aurelius, you too can begin your own journey towards a happier, more fulfilled existence.

The 1980s was the revolutionary decade of the twentieth century. To look back in 1990 at the Britain of ten years earlier was to look into another country. The changes were not superficial, like the revolution in fashion and music that enlivened the 1960s; nor were they quite as unsettling and joyless as the troubles of the 1970s.

And yet they were irreversible. By the end of the decade, society as a whole was wealthier, money was easier to borrow, there was less social upheaval, less uncerta...

Israel: An Anti-Textbook to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth is The Case for Israel for fans of Drunk History and the Skimm: a personal, accessible, conversational “anti-textbook” moving chronologically from Biblical times to today, from one of Israel's most prominent activists and celebrities—now in trade paperback!

When in June 1941 Nazi Germany invaded the SovietUnion, the SS appealed to young men in occupied areasto support the crusade against Bolshevism. At least 20.000Dutchmen came forward to put their names down forthis cause. The vast majority of them served in what wasfirst called the legion, later the brigade and later still the'Nederland' division. In From Leningrad to Berlin the historyof the largest Dutch Waffen-SS unit on the easternfront is described for the first time.The main sources draw...

If you are a parent or if you have young children or teenagers who are considering a career as a fashion model or if they want to work in the entertainment industry, read this book and keep your children as far away from the fashion industry, Hollywood and other entertainment industries as possible.

In this book Nathalie tells her story as a fashion model who has been celebrated for her striking physical beauty. She did shootings for many prestigious magazines and photographers, and she has b...

It’s December 1944, and knowing they wouldn’t be home for Christmas, a handful of battle weary GIs decide to throw a holiday party for the children of Wiltz, Luxembourg.

Ten Days later the town is all but destroyed during the Battle of the Bulge, and in the years that followed, Wiltz never forgot the kindness and generosity of those soldiers that one St. Nicolas Day.

For thirty years the people of Wiltz searched for those soldiers, and especially the American St. Nicolas, in hopes of brin...

In the twenty-first century, terms such as globalization, global, and world function as key words at the cusp of new frontiers in both historical writing and literary criticism. Practitioners of these disciplines may appear to be long time intimate lovers when seen from pre and early modern time periods, only to divorce with the coming of Anglophone world history in the twenty-first century. In recent years, works such as Martin Puchner’s The Written World, Maya Jasanoff’s The Dawn Watch,...