England's Hidden Reverse: A Secret History of the Esoteric Underground

Reducere. DescriptionFilled with disclosures and based on the author's unprecedented access to the Irish Republican Army, this explosive book sparked controv...

A journey through the history of science and man's relationship with the night sky and the cosmos beyond, from the author of Royal Society Prize-sh...

A New York Times Notable Book - Daily Beast Best Nonfiction of 2014 - Inc. Magazine's Most Thought-Provoking Books of the Year"Man is born free, bu...

A journey through the history of science and humankind's relationship with the night sky and the cosmos beyond, from the author of Royal Society Pr...

The story of the engineers, dreamers and rebels who brought about the American space programme proves to be eccentric, occultist and rife with unus...

Lies, spies, sex-magic and socialism: the secret history of the first American rocket in space.Illustrations: plate section

Reducere. The groundbreaking investigative story of how three successive presidents and their military commanders deceived the public year after year about A...

Reducere. DescriptionThe long-buried truth about the dawn of the Space Age: lies, spies, socialism, and sex magick.Los Angeles, 1930s: Everyone knows that ro...

Reducere. Follow the struggles and victories that shaped Brunswick County from the first contact of Europeans with native Americans, to the successive admini...

This book is about a single, serpentine fact: late in 1976 a record called 'Anarchy in the UK' was issued in London, and this event launched a tran...

In Four Lost Cities, acclaimed science journalist Annalee Newitz takes readers on an entertaining and mind-bending adventure into the deep history ...

DescriptionThe official line is clear: the UK does not 'participate in, solicit, encourage or condone' torture. And yet, the evidence is irrefutabl...

Reducere. With wars among the city-states raging in early Renaissance Italy, the enigmatic genius Leonardo da Vinci was producing some of the most lavish the...

For the last four centuries, science has tried to account for everything in terms of atoms and molecules and the physical laws they adhere to. Rece...

Reducere. From the Yangtze to the Yellow River, China is traversed by great waterways, which have defined its politics and ways of life for centuries. Water ...

Textus Roffensis was written out by a scribe in 1122 - he was copying out a code of law that had first been issued by Ethelbert, the first Christia...

Reducere. On the success of his two bestselling books about World War II, James Bradley began to wonder what the real catalyst was for the Pacific War. What ...

The Tower of London is an iconic building, having held many famous prisoners since it was first built in the 1100s.

Reducere. More than any other scholar, Eric Foner has influenced our understanding of America's history. Now, making brilliant use of extraordinary evidence,...

Reducere. Widely known for its musical influence, Beale Street was also once a hub for Hoodoo culture. Many blues icons, such as Big Memphis Ma Rainey and So...

Reducere. The fascinating story of a friendship, a lost tradition, and an incredible discovery, revealing how enslaved men and women made encoded quilts and ...

Reducere. Based in part on therecent interviews with more than 125 peopleamong them Tommy Ramone, Chris Stein (Blondie), Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith Group), Hill...

Reducere. DescriptionEngland's Secret Weapon examines the way Hollywood used Sherlock Holmes in a series of fourteen films that spanned the years of World Wa...

Reducere. " A] winningly obsessive history of our relationship with underground places" (The Guardian), from sacred caves and derelict subway stations to nuc...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Blake AtwoodIllustration(s): 18 black and white illustrationsNumber of pages: 320Collection: InfrastructuresPubl...

Reducere. Annie Besant was a prolific author and lecturer within the Theosophy movement. Here she looks for the lost mystical tradition that was once a large...

DescriptionCairngorms: A Secret History is a series of journeys exploring barely known human and natural stories of the Cairngorm Mountains. It loo...

DescriptionIf you love Jennifer Robson or The Crown you will love New York Times bestselling author Karen Harper's novel about Elizabeth, The Queen...

Reducere. If you love Jennifer Robson or The Crown you will love New York Times bestselling author Karen Harper's novel about Elizabeth, The Queen Mother. 19...

Reducere. The entire Amiculus Trilogy is now in one volume. In A.D. 476, Rome fell.The last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, a 12-year-old boy namedRomul...

An illustrated key to unlocking the mysteries of paintings, sculpture and architecture by the great Italian masters, this book also provides fresh ...

DescriptionThe historical continuity of spinal catastrophism, traced across multiform encounters between philosophy, psychology, biology, and geolo...

These two short novels, published in the early 1930's ranked high in Tanizaki's own estimation of his work. The contrast is stark, but in their con...

DescriptionWitchcraft: A Secret History unravels the myth from the mystery, the facts from the legends. Meet all the witches of your imagination an...

Based on the notes of the deceased historian, Dr Emile Fouchet, this book attempts to unlock the secrets of the Knights Templar. It offers an exami...

Reducere. New England is so compact that even casual visitors can sample its diverse history in just a short time. But travelers and residents alike can also...

Reducere. In this groundbreaking and now famous work, Mark Booth embarks on an enthralling tour of our world's secret histories. Starting from a dangerous pr...

Jesse James and other infamous outlaws were part of a larger organization, centuries old, that has affected U.S. history from the small, rural stre...

Reducere. In Bootleg: The Secret History of the Other Recording Industry, Clinton Heylin examines the entire modern history of this underground culture: from...

The Secret History of the New World Order outlines the historical evolution of a secret organization which has the final goal of creating a planeta...

Publisher: Folly Books LtdAuthor(s): Nick CatfordIllustration(s): Approx 500 colour photographs together with maps and plansNumber of pages: 288Pub...