To European explorers, it was Eden, a paradise of waist-high grasses, towering stands of walnut, maple, chestnut, and oak, and forests that teemed with bears, wolves, racoons, beavers, otters, and foxes. Today it is the city of Broadway and Wall Street, the Empire State Building and the Statue of Li[...]

The quintessential book for history buffs lively, informative inside stories on more than 50 of the most disastrous military mishaps to occur in the past 100 years now in paperback!"Along with millions of you, I am a sucker for war stories. So from the moment I began reading Military Blunders, I was[...]

"The Man Who Stayed Behind" is the remarkable story of Sidney Rittenberg, an American student activist and labour organiser who joined the military, became fluent in Chinese, was sent to China by the U.S. military in the 1940s, became caught up in the turbulence that engulfed that country, and remai[...]

'Written in a clear and straightforward fashion that is guaranteed to make you think, as well as encouraging constructive and engaging modes of writing that will improve your connection to your audience.' Professor Graham Crow, University of Southampton In this new edition the authors show students[...]