Written with humour and heart, this is an insight into an ecosystem under threat and he describes the landscape and its inhabitants with compassion and respect.
In A Journey into Russia Jens Muhling shows us a country whose customs, contradictions, absurdities and attractions are still largely unknown beyond its borders.
Integrity in Public Life provides a critique of and an essential guide to integrity, leaving the reader with some hope for its continued place in public life.
Summer 1918. The First World War is drawing to a close when Leon Le Gall, a French teenager from Cherbourg who has dropped out of school and left home, falls in love with Louise Janvier.... Læs mere
Unscrupulous, devilishly ambitious and undeniably charismatic, Domenico Barbaja was the most celebrated Italian impresario of the early 1800s and one of the most intriguing characters to... Læs mere
The island of St Helena, in the South Atlantic, is one of the most remote and most famous islands in the world. The island is a colonial survivor, almost without... Læs mere
1905: Foreign Minister Edward Grey enters secret talks with France about sending British forces to their aid in the event of German attack. The... Læs mere
Professor Lentin provides a balanced analysis, using newly-released documents to give the first detailed account of the fall of Sir Edgar Speyer.
Gives a description of the individual steps of the "Odyssey", starting in troy and finishing in Ithaca. This title includes the countries of Turkey, Tunisia, Malta, Italy and of course Greece.
During the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s, an Iraqi journalist is given a tour of a military prison. He is informed by the major in charge about what is expected of him:... Læs mere
In 1913, three German shipbuilders were ordered to reassemble a steam ship on Lake Tanganyika. At the same time, Winston Churchill sends Commander Geoffrey Spicer-Simson to transport... Læs mere
The Words of My Father is a story of coexistence, survival and the unpredictable impacts and consequences of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.