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'A rollicking, brilliant book' GARETH RUSSELL 'Hugely enjoyable' SUNDAY TIMES A rollicking narrative history set during the extraordinary summer of 1726 when Jonathan Swift arrived in London from Dublin, with a draft of Gulliver’s Travels in his bag. Jonathan Swift settled into his great...

On January 2, 1678, a fleet of French ships sank off the Venezuelan coast. This proved disastrous for French naval power in the region, and sparked the rise of a golden age of piracy. Tracing the lives of fabled pirates like the Chevalier de Grammont, Nikolaas Van Hoorn, Thomas Paine, and Jean...

A continent divided. A war that reshaped the world. The Thirty Years War (1618–1648) began as a bitter religious conflict within the fractured Holy Roman Empire—but it would erupt into one of the most devastating and transformative wars in European history. What started as a clash between Protestant and Catholic states soon spiraled into a brutal struggle for power, drawing in the great kingdoms of Europe and leaving millions dead.

Throughout the twentieth century, in theaters, ballrooms, and nightclubs, dancers blazed trails of resistance and revolution. From the exuberant endurance of dance marathons during Prohibition to the militant precision of the Rockettes through WWII and the strait-laced fifties; from the aloof...

As groundbreaking as Code Girls and Hidden Figures, this is the shocking true story of two segregated codebreaking units racing to unlock Stalin’s atomic secrets in the face of a rapidly expanding Soviet nuclear threat at the dawn of the Cold War. Facing the global threat of a rising Communist...

Der Alchemist von der Pfaueninsel. Das neue Buch des Bestseller-Autors und "großen Geschichtenerzählers" (Süddeutsche Zeitung) Tauchen wir ein in die großen Träume eines großen Mannes: Johannes Kunckel ist ein Magier und Alchemist, der daran glaubt, Gold zaubern zu können. Der preußische König schenkt ihm deshalb die Pfaueninsel zwischen Potsdam und Berlin, damit er im Geheimen in seiner Zauberwerkstatt aus dem Feuer eine neue Welt erschaffen kann. Aus seinem Ofen entsteigt am Ende ein Glas, wie es zuvor kein Menschenauge je gesehen hatte: rot wie ein Rubin.

My name is Presto, and I am a still a ghost. I came to London as a penniless orphan from Athy, Ireland. Now I am in Queen Elizabeth's personal Secret Service. I am to accompany her Earl of Essex — the new Lord Deputy of Ireland, as he tries to put down a rebellion that has spread across the island in 1599. Through many treacherous perils, I will accompany the two Rebel Chieftains – Hugh Roe O’Donnell, and Hugh O’Neill – the Earl of Tyrone, as they prepare to do battle with my Earl’s English and Royal armies. My Fate, and that of Ireland’s, are tied to the battles that lay ahead.

Discover the remarkable life of Johann Sebastian Bach... During his lifetime, Johann Sebastian Bach was a Konzertmeister who played eloquent music for the masses at church, but his unique, free-flowing style was not always appreciated when his day job called for him to play traditional church standards. He was jailed by a duke, passed over for promotions, and told repeatedly to tone it down. Yes, for most of his life, Bach was more akin to an unsung hero than the celebrated genius we know him as today. That recognition would come, but not until long after he was gone.

El infame campo de concentración de Auschwitz fue diseñado para borrar nombres, cuerpos y conciencias. Sin embargo, algunos prisioneros sobrevivieron porque el sistema los necesitaba. Este libro cuenta la historia de uno de ellos. El dentista de Auschwitz es el testimonio de Benjamin Jacobs, quien fue obligado a ejercer su profesión en el corazón mismo del exterminio nazi.

Brought to you by Penguin. A vivid portrait of the world in 1966, centred around the storied World Cup tournament and its backdrop, published to mark the 60th anniversary. 1966, with London declared ‘a swinging city’ and John Lennon proclaiming the Beatles ‘more popular than Jesus’, the...

Bloomsbury presents This Dark Night: The Life of Emily Brontë by Deborah Lutz, read by Christine Rendel 'Compelling' -- Spectator A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS PICK 'A wonderful book' -- Guardian The first comprehensive biography of Emily Brontë in over two decades. Emily Jane Brontë was just 27...

Always Something To Do is a novel built from primary sources — the handwritten memoir of Naomi Roberts Ledbetter, an interview recorded in her own words at the age of eighty, and historic documents spanning her lifetime. Travel along with her and her story. A girl from a rural farm in Alabama...

“Sempre achei fascinante ampliar a visão e pensar a realidade além da parede técnica do especialista. Espero que o ouvinte lance sobre mim o mesmo método que lanço sobre todos os textos que encaro: ler com atenção e analisar, dissecar e destrinçar o que li. Escrever sobre muitos temas é um desafio curioso. Tenho uma formação profissional na área de História e um olhar treinado para questões específicas.

An urgent and shocking examination of how the ultra-rich dominate democracies, hoard political power, and maintain inequality—and how we might chart another path. The wealthy and powerful few have dominated the many throughout most of human history. This is now more starkly visible than...

Thomas Buergenthal, now a Judge in the International Court of Justice in The Hague, tells his astonishing experiences as a young boy in his memoir A Lucky Child. He arrived at Auschwitz at age 10 after surviving two ghettos and a labor camp. Separated first from his mother and then his father...

Bloomsbury presents Take Six Girls by Laura Thompson, read by Jilly Bond. 'Wonderfully readable... Emphasises their sheer extraordinariness and celebrates them' MAIL ON SUNDAY. The eldest was a razor-sharp novelist of upper-class manners; the second was loved by John Betjeman; the third was a...

Bloomsbury presents So Great a Prince by Lauren Johnson, read by Matthew Biddulph. The King is dead: long live the King. In 1509, Henry VII was succeeded by his son Henry VIII, second monarch of the house of Tudor. But this is not the familiar Tudor world of Protestantism and playwrights...

Bloomsbury presents The Black Russian by Vladimir Alexandrov, read by Ben Onwukwe. The extraordinary story of Frederick Bruce Thomas, the son of former slaves who fled America to build a life in Tsarist Russia. 'A fascinating tale' Anne Applebaum 'Thoroughly enjoyable' Spectator 'Extraordinary...

From the pre-eminent WWII historian, an ardent chronicle of the unprecedented and far-sighted U.S. postwar decision to aid its enemies as well as its allies via the Marshall Plan, which led to eight decades of peace and prosperity in the West that could be upended in an “America First”...

The riveting story of the ring of spies known as the Cambridge Five, who infiltrated the highest levels of the British establishment and helped Stalin cement a half century of Soviet domination over Eastern Europe. “A brilliant book. Deep research and dazzling writing make Stalin’s Apostles...