A chronicle of Ferdinand Magellan's sixteenth-century voyage around the world draws on candid first-person accounts and describes his crew's experiences with mutiny, navigation, death, unusual sexual practices, and Magellan's ruthless leadership tactics. Reprint. 100,000 first printing.[...]

Al Capone is an American legend, "Scarface, " the mythic arch criminal and role model for scores of lesser crime bosses, right down to our own day. Now, in this fascinating, brilliantly readable, revisionist new biography, he also emerges as one of the most complex, influential, and perhaps misunder[...]

As the first European to travel extensively throughout Asia, Marco Polo was the earliest bridge between East and West. His famous journeys took him across the boundaries of the known world, along the dangerous Silk Road, and into the court of Kublai Kahn, where he won the trust of the most feared an[...]

?Ett trollbindande epos, samtidigt ett djupt personligt porträtt av den mest komplexa, fängslande, kontroversiella individ som någonsin satt sin fot på ett skeppsdäck.? USA TodayChristopher Columbus reste över Atlanten 1492 för att hitta en handelsväg till Kina. I stället fann han Amer[...]

Vuonna 1519 viisi alusta mukanaan 260 miestä lähti matkaan Espanjasta portugalilaisen Fernao de Magalhãesin johdolla tavoitteenaan löytää uusi meritie tarunhohtoisille Maustesaarille Itä-Intian vesillä. Kolmen vuoden kuluttua vain yksi laiva palasi mukanaan 18 hengen nääntynyt miehistö. K[...]