Born to Be Hanged. The Epic Story of the Gentlemen Pirates Who Raided the South Seas, Rescued a Princess, and Stole a Fortune, Hardback - Keith Thomso

Discover the "fascinating and outrageously readable" account of the roguish acts of the first pirates to raid the Pacific in a crusade that ended i...

The classic biography of the last woman to be hanged in Britain

Full of misadventure and mystery, Men Without Country is a sweeping history of exploration and rebellion in the South Seas - told by a direct desce...

With stunning illustrations by award-winning artist Alan Marks, the story of Oxford's Saint Frideswide - the Anglo-Saxon princess - is retold for y...

The Panama Canal was the costliest undertaking in history; its completion in 1914 marked the beginning of the "American Century." Panama Fever draw...

When a little boy finds a broken rainbow lying on the ground he decides to take it home and look after it. The little boy loves the rainbow but whe...

Reducere. DescriptionIn 1787, the Royal Navy ship H.M.S. Bounty, captained by William Bligh, set sail for Tahiti in search of breadfruit plants. Soon after l...

Reducere. The untold story of a heroic band of Caribbean pirates whose defiance of imperial rule inspired revolt in colonial outposts across the worldIn the ...

DescriptionHis two years of aedileship over, Decius is ready for his next adventure. He would rather do anything than join the war with Caesar, so ...

Author of the groundbreaking novel }Speak{ furthers the novel's advocacy for supporting and listening to survivors in this poetic memoir in free ve...

Trader and adventurer Peter Dillon (1788-1847) spent much of his life in the Pacific. When he discovered artefacts from a lost French expedition, h...

Reducere. This vivid book retells the story of Captain Cook's great voyages in the South Seas, focusing on the encounters between the explorers and the islan...

The behind-the-scenes story of the making of The Godfather, fifty years after the classic film's original release.Publisher: Simon & SchusterAuthor...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Scott CaneThe epic story of Australia's Aboriginal people, as told through astonishing archaeological discoveries, ancient ...

The true story of the men who made Shackleton's most famous expedition possible and paid the highest price for it.

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. Intrepid Kathleen Purvis traveled extensively throughout the South to create this first-ever guide to the region's burgeoning craft-liquor movement...

The first new and comprehensive narrative history of the American railroads in a generation. 'Shrewd, articulate and incredibly well-informed' - Mi...

The extraordinary life and crimes of heiress-turned-revolutionary Rose Dugdale, who in 1974 became the only woman to pull off a major art heist. In...

The extraordinary life and crimes of heiress-turned-revolutionary Rose Dugdale, who in 1974 became the only woman to pull off a major art heist. In...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Nicole LaporteFormer Variety reporter Nicole LaPorte draws from years of inside-the-filmmakers-studio access to spin a smar...

Reducere. Seven hundred years ago, executioners led a Welsh rebel named William Cragh to a wintry hill to be hanged. They placed a noose around his neck, dro...

'Sometimes, 1+1 = changing the world. Cathy Newman's witty, warm history on the power of determined couples will make you look at your relationship...

Our attention has been hijacked by the tsunami of devices, games and social media which now dominate our lives. This new technology brings efficien...

Reducere. The year was 1765. Eminent botanist Philibert Commerson had just been appointed to a grand new expedition: the first French circumnavigation of the...

Discover the journey of human evolution - all the way from fish, to monkeys, to cavemen, to... You! A simple and playful picture book introduction ...

Reducere. DescriptionIn Lone Star Nation, Pulitzer Prize finalist H. W. Brands demythologizes Texas's journey to statehood and restores the genuinely heroic ...

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A sweeping, groundbreaking epic that combines military with social history, to illuminate the ways in which Great Britain and its people were perma...

Reducere. Award NameChristopher AwardsAward categoryBooks for AdultsIt was December 3, 1984. In the ancient city of Bhopal, a cloud of toxic gas escaped from...

Power. Glory. Death. Courage. How well do we know the story of the Second World War?

Million-copy bestselling author Cathy Glass tells the story of Dawn, a sweet and seemingly well-balanced girl whose outward appearance masks a trau...

Reducere. It seemed Ponchitta Pierce had everything--an apartment in midtown Manhattan, a television show, editorial assignments for a wide variety of U.S. m...

Reducere. Poet, philosopher, and cancer survivor Mark Nepo has been breaking a path of spiritual inquiry for more than forty years. In his latest book, the #...

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The extraordinary story behind A Very British Scandal, starring Claire Foy and Paul Bettany.Publisher: Swift PressAuthor(s): Charles CastleNumber o...

Melville's continuing adventures in the South SeasFollowing the commercial and critical success of Typee, Herman Melville continued his series of S...

Publisher: CaneloAuthor(s): John HarrisNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 127 x 197 x 31Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedescop...

The dramatic life of the revolutionary hero Bolivar, who liberated South America - a sweeping narrative worthy of a Hollywood epic.

Reducere. "Gripping . . . Chang has accomplished the seemingly impossible . . . He has written a remarkably rich, human, and compelling story of the railroad...

In a sweeping narrative spanning 400 years, Ian Dunt tells the story of the liberal ideas that underpin our democracies

Onyx is a picture book story based on the real-life antics and behaviours of the wolves of Yellowstone National Park.

Reducere. Penned by the hand of his father, this is an epic story of a thirteen-year-old boy who refused a death sentence of brain cancer. Isaac Walsh was di...

Not so long ago, in a place not so far away, there was born a very special dog named Umber. Wonderfully soft and covered in lovely dark and golden ...

An interesting look at rare and previously unpublished images of the South Wales bus scene in the 1990s.Publisher: Amberley PublishingAuthor(s): Ke...