Fascinating analysis Nigel West; Grippingly told, authoritative Mail on Sunday; Meticulously researched...a remarkably good readJohn Brennan, former CIA Director; Excellent...a …
This is a comprehensively updated account of where China stands today, covering the generational change in the leadership completed in March 2013, the Bo Xilai scandal and the …
The epic tale of Vladimir Putins path to power, as he emerged from obscurity to become one of the worlds most important and dangerous leaders.Former New York Times Moscow Bureau …
The stroke of midnight on 15 August 1947 liberated 400 million Indians from the British Empire. One of the defining moments of world history had been brought about by a tiny number …
Sometimes it is not big events or great men or women that change history. Often, an apparently trivial occasion or insignificant decision changes everything. Stephen Pollard's …
Mark Easton's Britain Etc.looks at the UK through its relationship to 26 subjects - one for each letter of the alphabet. From Alcohol, Beat Bobbies, Cheese and Dogs through …
Crossing Mandelbaum Gate is a vivid memoir of an American boy growing up in the midst of the Arab-Israeli conflict, three major wars and three decades of political upheavals in the …
Britain's first female prime minister remains a political figure of almost mythical proportions. Margaret Thatcher divided a political nation, became a cultural icon, and was the …
Don McRae grew up in a South Africa where his father would call the black men he met 'boy' and where his mother insisted that their black servants used tin mugs, plates and cutlery …
The TimesBook of the YearBBC History MagazineBook of the YearDaily TelegraphBook of the Year BOOK OF THE WEEK - The Times ';The strength of this book lies in the cold realities it …
