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The Science of Why We Exist: A History of the Universe from the Big Bang to Consciousness
From the Big Bang and the evolution of the genetic code to the birth of consciousness, this is the extraordinary story of the chain of events that led to human life on earth. Have …
The Watcher
Carla Roberts lives alone in the top of a high rise building, frightened by the sound of the lift stopping and opening on her floor, with nobody getting out. Days later, she s …
Metamorphoses: In Search of Franz Kafka
This groundbreaking study of Franz Kafka's legacy--to be published during the centenary of his death in 2024--explores Kafka's life and influence in an entirely new and dynamic …
Enemies of All: The Rise and Fall of the Golden Age of Piracy
A masterful narrative history of the dangerous lives of pirates during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, revealing their unique impact on colonialism and empire. The …
Napoleon: Soldier of Destiny
Written with great energy and authority?and using the newly available personal archives of Napoleon himself?the first volume of a majestic two-part biography of the great French …
Paris 1944: Occupation, Resistance, Liberation: A Social History
A moving, dramatic social history of the liberation of Paris in 1944, one of the most inspiring and momentous events of the twentieth century. The fall of Paris to the Nazis on …
The Merman
Nella and her brother Robert live a difficult life with their mother and father in a small town on the west coast of Sweden. Robert is bullied at school, and Nella has to resort to …
The Hidden Child
Crime writer Erica Falck is shocked to discover a Nazi medal among her late mother s possessions. Haunted by a childhood of neglect, she resolves to dig deep into her family s past …
Shake It Up, Baby!: The Rise of Beatlemania and the Mayhem of 1963
A vivid, captivating account of the Beatles's musical transformation throughout the pivotal year of 1963, as the world became caught up in the maelstrom of Beatlemania and its …
The House Divided: Sunni, Shia and the Making of the Middle East
An incisive look at the past, present, and future of the religious divide that lies at the heart of the Middle East. At the heart of the Middle East, with its regional conflicts …
Gilded Youth: A History of Growing Up in the Royal Family: From the Plantagenets to the Cambridges
A colorful, fascinating look at growing up in the royal family over the centuries, from the Plantagenets and Tudors to the Windsors and Cambridges. For as long as the British royal …