Historia & arkeologi

Alan Johnson's childhood was not so much difficult as unusual, particularly for a man who was destined to become Home Secretary. Not in respect of the poverty, which was shared with many of those living in the slums of post-war Britain, but in its...

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The story of the Cavendish family and the first eight Dukes of Devonshire is the story of England. From 1381 ? when Sir John Cavendish, Lord Chief Justice of England, was killed during the Peasant?s Revolt ? to 1906, when the Duke of Devonshire?s ...

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Al Murray's (AKA The Pub Landlord) musing on his childhood where his fascination with history and all things war began.Have you ever watched a film with someone who, at the most dramatic scene, argues that the plane on screen hasn't been invented ...

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Margaret Thatcher is one of the most iconic politicians of the twentieth century. With the possible exception of Winston Churchill, no other Prime Minister has had such an impact on modern British history. Like it or not, her radical social and ec...

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The Tudors are a national obsession; they are our most notorious family in history. But, as Leanda de Lisle shows in this gripping new history, beyond the well-worn headlines is a family still more extraordinary than the one we thought we knew. Th...

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It?s Messi vs Ronaldo, it?s Catalonia vs Castilla. It?s the nation against the state, freedom fighters vs Franco?s fascists. It?s majestic goals and mesmerising skills, red cards and bench brawls. It?s the best two teams on the planet going face t...

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Wounded traces the journey made by a casualty from the battlefield to a hospital in Britain. It is a story told through the testimony of those who cared for him - stretcher bearers and medical officers, surgeons and chaplains, orderlies and nurses...

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The Falklands War was a turning point in modern British history. On the one hand, it was what some considered to be the 'last of the great Elizabethan adventures', with the Royal Navy pulling off an incredible feat of maritime warfare, under the m...

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When novelist and former New York Times reporter Alex Berenson traveled to Afghanistan for an embed with the 101st Airborne Division, he found great soldiers and a seemingly hopeless mission. This is the gripping non-fiction tale of how the United...

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As 1862 dawned, the American republic was at deaths door. The federal government appeared overwhelmed, the U.S. Treasury was broke, and the Unions top general was gravely ill. The Confederacywith its booming economy, expert military leadership, an...

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In the summer of 1913, under the cover of Londons perpetual smoggy dusk, two brilliant minds are pitted against each othera celebrated gentleman thief and a talented Scotland Yard detectivein the greatest jewel heist of the new century. An exquisi...

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August Busch IV had everything - or seemed to. In 2006, Busch became the chief executive of Anheuser-Busch, the sixth member of his family to control the legendary brewery. At age 42, Busch was handsome, wealthy, married to a beautiful woman, and ...

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A Simon & Schuster audiobook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every listener.

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A Simon & Schuster audiobook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every listener.

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A Simon & Schuster audiobook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every listener.

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A Simon & Schuster audiobook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every listener.

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A Simon & Schuster audiobook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every listener.

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A Simon & Schuster audiobook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every listener.

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A Simon & Schuster audiobook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every listener.

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A Simon & Schuster audiobook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every listener.

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A Simon & Schuster audiobook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every listener.

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A Simon & Schuster audiobook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every listener.

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A Simon & Schuster audiobook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every listener.

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A Simon & Schuster audiobook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every listener.

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Rory Cellan-Jones traces the roots of social networking from the counterculture of the 197s through early bulletin board systems such as California's The WELL and the first networks on the World Wide Web, finding out how a geeky hobby became a mas...

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Allan Little investigates key moments and issues that brought the EU to the current crisis. In this three-part series, he looks at the transformation of Europe following the fall of the Berlin Wall, probes the failure to enforce the rules of the S...

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The BBC Radio 3 series exploring the meaning of the male nude in the visual arts. When we think of the nude we usually think of the female nude, and in Western art in particular we're often contemplating an image where the artist is primarily conc...

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A crime scene. A murder. A mystery. The most important person on the scene? The forensic scientist. And yet the intricate details of their work remains a mystery to most of us. Silent Witnesses looks at the history of forensic science over the las...

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This is the incredible rise and unbelievable fall of a woman whose energy and ambition is often overshadowed by Napoleon's military might. In this triumphant biography, Kate Williams tells Josephine's searing story, of sexual obsession, politics a...

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In 1960, the Imperial War Museum began a momentous task. A team of academics, archivists and volunteers set about tracing ordinary men and women who had lived through one of the most harrowing periods of modern history, the First World War. Vetera...

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