For 300 years, from the ninth to the eleventh centuries, the power of the Vikings dominated Western Europe. Their voyaging extended westwards to America and as far south as the Mediterranean and North Africa. As well as being warriors and accomplished seamen, they were jewellers, sculptors and poet[...]

In The Triumph of Improvisation, James Graham Wilson takes a long view of the end of the Cold War, from the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979 to Operation Desert Storm in January 1991. Drawing on deep archival research and recently declassified papers, Wilson argues that adaptation, im[...]

Written by the leading authority on the subject, the catalogue focuses on the entire non-numismatic contents of the Cuerdale hoard (discovered in 1840), together with all the other hoards and single-finds of gold and silver artefacts (ornaments and ingots) of Viking character in the British Museum, [...]

"Älä koske alkoholiin!" hän sanoi. "Älä koskaan juo viiniä." -Stalinin vaimo Nadja juuri ennen itsemurhaansa 9-vuotiaalle tyttärelleen Svetlanalle.Mikä yhdistää Ahti Karjalaista, Aleksanteri Suurta, Iivana Julmaa ja Ernest Hemingwayta? Monen historian suurmiehen suunnaton julmuus, suuruude[...]

No Man's Land is a profoundly chilling tale of espionage, superstition, and betrayal, and bears all the hallmarks of Greene's most famous works. Arriving in the Harz Mountains, within striking distance of the Iron Curtain, 'civilian' Brown appears to be enjoying a small vacation. Yet one night he cr[...]

This book offers a comprehensive solution to any person wishing to sit, and ultimately pass, the SAQ paper for the Final FRCA. It is designed specifically to fit the examination format, with each double page spread containing a sample question and detailed model answer, acting both as a revision gui[...]

Politics and the Environment has established itself as the most comprehensive textbook in this area. This new edition has been completely revised and updated while retaining the features and theory-to-practice focus which made the first edition so successful. The book is designed to introduce stude[...]

Politics and the Environment has established itself as one of the most comprehensive textbooks in this area. This new edition has been completely revised and updated whilst retaining the features and the theory-to-practice focus which made the first two editions so successful. This text is designed [...]

At the start of hostilities in World War I, when the United States was still neutral, American newsreel companies and newspapers sent a new kind of journalist, the film correspondent, to Europe to record the Great War. These pioneering cameramen, accustomed to carrying the Kodaks and Graflexes of st[...]