This high-quality hardcover edition of James Barrie's classic children's adventure features inventive illustrations from world-renowned illustrator Eric Kincaid, re-imagining Peter and all the rest in a whole new way for modern children. The abridged classic makes the work more accessible while hold[...]

This title re-examines Cromwell's life and career. It opens with an assessment of the man and the myth, exploring the legends which surround Cromwell, the differing interpretations advanced by generations of historians and the source material upon which such interpretations can be based.[...]

Danzig mit seiner deutschen und multikulturellen Geschichte ist nicht nur literarischer Ort der Werke von Günter Grass, sondern auch vieler anderer deutscher und polnischer Schriftsteller vom Barock bis zur Gegenwart. In zehn Spaziergängen präsentiert der Slawist und Historiker Peter Oliver Loew,[...]

This is not history for history's sake, however - this is the history of our present and future, long beyond cold war, into war on terror, war on drugs' Ed Vulliamy, Guardian. The Untold History of the United States is filmmaker Oliver Stone and historian Peter Kuznick's riveting landmark account of[...]

From Hiroshima and Nagasaki to the Watergate scandal and the transformation of America into a national security state, this book lays bare how US presidents have ignored the constitution and international law to influence the course of world events for the interest of the few.[...]

ON SCREEN THEY WERE STARS.
"A portrait of four profoundly flawed yet awesome leading men, as well as a window into a time when glamour was sacrosanct and when stardom was achieved rather than manufactured." --"Playboy
""As the colorful anecdotes collected in this book make clear, some stars[...]

?At last the world knows America as the savior of the world ? ? Woodrow Wilson The notion of American exceptionalism, dating back to John Winthrop's 1630 sermon aboard the Arabella, still warps Americans? understanding of their nation's role in the world. Most are loathe to admit that the United Sta[...]