Historia, vetenskap, upptäckter

'Like a chaotic magic-lantern show, fascinated both by the spectacle it offers and by himself as spectator.'Pictures from Italy is a travelogue by Charles Dickens.In 1844 Charles …

The voyage of Rose de Freycinet, the stowaway who defied the French for love. In 1814, in the aftermath of the French Revolution, nineteen-year-old Rose Pinon married handsome …

‘The Cannibal Islands’ is a historical novel by prolific author R.M. Ballantyne. In it, he gives some background to the world-wide explorations of the famous Captain Cook. …

On the night of 23 February 1820, twenty-five impoverished craftsmen assembled in an obscure stable in Cato Street, London, with a plan to massacre the whole British cabinet at its …

Møt Norges mest ukjente oppdagelsesreisende! Kristiansanderen Carl Alfred Bocks (1849-1932) eventyr på Borneo, Sumatra, Siam og Laos er tørt og kort beskrevet i oppslagsverk om …

A ground-breaking new study brings us a very different picture of the Second World War, asking fundamental questions about ethical commitmentsAccounts of the Second World War …

Ungewöhnliche Einblicke in den Alltag der Neurochirurgie – und in das menschliche Gehirn: Ein weltweit renommierter Gehirnchirurg erzählt von außergewöhnlichen Fällen und seinem …

Puhutteleva lähikuva varjoyhteiskunnan nuorista.Kaunistelematon ja läheltä kuvattu tositarina Subutex-kaupungin eli Raahen pojista, joiden elämässä Subutex-riippuvuus siirtyi …

In Japan, the study of nihonjinron became popular after the Second World War in an attempt to explain the uniqueness of the country s culture and character. Some of the essays in …

ONE OF PEOPLE MAGAZINE'S BEST SUMMER READS 20225* 'A jaw-dropping memoir' - THE TELEGRAPH'One of the maddest memoirs you'll read this year... a beautiful, warm, funny book.' -The …