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The pounding of horses' hooves shattered the night's silence. Harriet froze in the shadow of a tree and peered out into the darkness. She barely dared to breathe as three slave catchers came to a halt only a few feet from her hiding place. Had she escaped from danger so many times only to lose...

Brought to you by Penguin. There's no pain, no theatrical agony. No screaming, no shouting. The kill shot is catastrophic, yet surgically precise. I slumped silently on to my knees and toppled forward, head first, into the dirt. The lads had seen enough death to assume mine was instantaneous...

The authorised biography of one of the greatest storytellers of all time. "Irresistible. I thought I knew quite a lot about Roald Dahl, but now I know much much more. Donald Sturrock's book lucidly describes a complicated life and relates it to the richness of Dahl's storytelling."Quentin Blake...

Altmontal, ein deutsches Dorf in der Schwarzmeerebene. Hier wird Hedwig Krämer 1919 geboren und erlebt, wie ihre Bullerbü-Märchenwelt durch Hungersnöte, Verfolgung und Krieg zur Hölle wird, der sie 1942 entkommt. Michael Riepl erzählt einfühlsam die frühen Jahre seiner Großmutter und blickt dabei immer wieder auf die heutige Ukraine im Krieg.

A ground-breaking and revelatory exploration of the remarkable friendship between Queen Elizabeth II and Winston Churchill. In February 1952, when the young Elizabeth returned to London after her sudden accession to the throne, Churchill was first to greet her as she stepped off the aircraft...

A newly discovered firsthand account of the Hiroshima bombing and its aftermath from one of the survivors—a lost classic that brings unprecedented immediacy to our understanding of this world-changing event. The whole city was covered with dark clouds, and conflagrations were breaking out in...

'इलाहाबाद ब्लूज' दास्ताँ है साँस लेते उन संस्मरणों की जहाँ इतिहास, संस्कृति और साहित्य की गोद से ज़िंदगी निकल भी रही है और पल-बढ़ भी रही है। इस पुस्तक से गुज़रते हुए पाठकों को यह लगेगा कि वो अपने ही जीवन से कहीं गुज़र रहे हैं।

By the bestselling author of Astoria, a thrilling and masterfully crafted narrative of the Conquistador Francisco Coronado’s expedition across 2,500 miles of the vast uncharted North American interior—“El Norte Misterioso” —where he was turned back by fierce indigenous resistance that...

A BBC History magazine, Esquire, Historia magazine and Waterstones History Book of the Year 'James comes alive in full flamboyance … Russell expertly weaves the bedchamber gossip into the tapestry of a tumultuous reign' SUNDAY TIMES 'Brings the backbiting and power struggles of the Jacobean...

The #1 New York Times bestselling historical novelist delivers her magnum opus—a landmark work of feminist nonfiction that radically redefines our understanding of the extraordinary roles ordinary women played throughout British history and “should be included in every history lesson”...

NEW EDITION - FEATURING UPDATED INTRODUCTION AND NEW CHAPTERS The giant characters of history - from Mozart to Michelangelo, Shakespeare to Einstein, Henry VIII to Hitler, Catherine the Great to Margaret Thatcher, Jesus Christ to Genghis Khan ­- lived lives of astonishing drama and adventure...

Shakespeare: The Illustrated Edition is an exquisitely illustrated, updated edition of Bill Bryson’s bestselling biography of William Shakespeare that takes the reader on an enthralling tour through Elizabethan England and the eccentricities of Shakespearean scholarship. With more than 100...

In this searing memoir of survival in the spirit of Stolen Innocence, the daughter of Warren Jeffs, the self-proclaimed Prophet of the FLDS Church, takes you deep inside the secretive polygamist Mormon fundamentalist cult run by her family and how she escaped it. Born into the Fundamentalist...

A publishing sensation, the publication of Victor Klemperer's diaries brings to light one of the most extraordinary documents of the Nazi period. 'A classic ... Klemperer's diary deserves to rank alongside that of Anne Frank's' SUNDAY TIMES 'I can't remember when I read a more engrossing book'...

गेल्या तीन शतकातला एक लोकोत्तर पुरुष अब्राहम लिंकन. त्याचं काम खूप मोठं पण त्याच्या हयातीत लोकांनी त्याला...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 'An engrossing tale of cruel prejudice and resilience' - The Times 'A stunning account of a dark history . . . magnificent' - The Irish Times 'Fascinating' - The Spectator 'Important and timely' - The Telegraph 'Splendid . . . hard to rival' - Literary...

In the World is the second instalment of Maxim Gorky’s autobiographical trilogy. Published in 1916, the book depicts Gorky’s experiences as a young adult, portraying his encounters with an array of characters from different social classes and conveying his observations of society at large. Gorky skilfully depicts the struggles, dreams and complexities of the lower classes, highlighting the social inequalities prevalent in Russia during the later 19th century.

കേരള രാഷ്ട്രീയത്തിൽ ഇതിഹാസമായി മാറിയ എം.വി. രാഘവന്റെ ആത്മകഥ. ജനങ്ങളിലേക്കും അണികളിലേക്കും ആവേശമായി...

This book is an attempt to preserve in perpetuity the life of one of India’ s greatest constitutional lawyers, M.K. Nambiar. Written by his son and a legal luminary himself, K.K. Venugopal, this biography provides a fascinating account of Mr Nambiar’ s life. It not only describes the man but...

Sometimes the facts are even more extraordinary than the fiction... This book tells the story of Lady Catherine, a beautiful American girl who became the chatelaine of Highclere Castle, the setting for Julian Fellowes' award-winning drama Downton Abbey. Charming and charismatic, Catherine caught...